I'm not sure if this applies to anyone.

[hypergurl7]

So I'm a teen who uses cloth. (Anyone else here, lol?) Anyway, we have drug searches in school. I was wondering if a metal dector could pick up the metal snaps on my cloth pads (assuming that I was on my period and had 2-3 in my wetbag.) I think I'm being stupid, but if a police officer was to discover my wetbag I would be mortified.

Am I being

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[frkyjenn]

Well if it helps any, I wore a cloth pad with a metal snap through security at an airport and it didn't beep. I think their sensors are way more sensitive than a schools.

I'm sure you'll be fine.. :)

Oh, and I'm not a teen using cloth. But my 13 year old just started her period last Saturday and she's using cloth.

[spiritofjoy]

I don't think it would be a problem, since most metal detectors seem to be set to identify very dense sources of metal (think guns, knives, Tibetan Singing Bowls, etc). :)

[tweekie]

I'm not sure, but a lot of sellers are now using matching plastic snaps, which would solve the problem completely. :)

[notadate]

I don't think so. After all, imagine all the metal snaps on people's jackets and jeans. If the metal detectors went off every time, they'd be searching every other person.

[giniliz]

You'll be fine. Even airport metal detectors don't pick up small things like that... The last time I was in an airport, the person told me not to worry if I missed a couple coins in my pocket. Indeed, after I got through the detector with no problem, I found 4 coins there.