searched. There hasn't been a time where I haven't got into an educational conversation with a few security personnel after my carry on goes through the x-ray equipment.
Most of these people were very intrigued about our collecting interests and the hobby in general.
Last year on my way to the convention, I was flying late evening out of Tampa and had arrived very early for my flight.
As usual, I was stopped and searched. After about 5 minutes of back and forth on the x-ray conveyor, a supervisor and 4 security personnel collectively searched 'My Chips'.
After the usual collecting/hobby explanation and the "oh ya, my parents brought some of them back from their last trip" conversation, the supervisor said that she was going to use the scans of my chip tubes in her new employee orientation seminars.
All in all, great fun and helped kill almost an hour. Good thing it was a slow night!!!