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I was not asked to prove it. Seems like that would defeat the purpose of concealed. Yes, the CHL ONLY line is 5 feet away from the metal detectors and in full view of everyone.

When I went through I was asked if I was carrying, and indeed I was, but not asked to unconceal or prove in any way

Thats what i thought at first. Thats why I just walked up to the trooper and gave him my CHL. I thought they would walk me behind a partition or in a seperate room and do a metal detector there. But in reality I had to stand there for 2-3 mnutes and it was then obvious why I was standing there.

What hit me later was why they would ask me if I was carrying at that time. If I wasn't I would've went right through the detectors with the rest of the herd and never approached the CHL lane

She went through the regular metal detectors with everyon else. The line I went through was marked CHL

My wife was not carrying as she has yet to get her CHL but I assume she would've gone through the same procedure.

Went on a tour with some out of town friends. Walked in the south entrance and the troopers had a sign that says "all patrons will be subject to metal detectors." The wife looks at me with the "now we have to go back to the car" look but I just smile and said "no, it's cool." We go in and there is a seperate lane with a sign [CHL Access] I present my CHL and the trooper proceeds to run the numbers, I guess to ensure it's valid. Then calls over another trooper, I guess he had never used that computer program before. Then they ask for my DL. They end up forgoing the computer CHL program and just running my DL number to verify. One asks me "Are you currently carrying?" To which I reply, "yep." Radio response comes back clear..."here's your license, have a nice day."

Couldn't have been easier. I did notice a trooper or two leering at me as I showed people around the rotunda but I didn't think much of it. It gives those poor guys and gals something to talk about. Overall, a great experience.