parrothead
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Has anyone run into this problem? If so what do you do then, dig and say thanks for the opportunity? Also sorry about all of the posting I am doing.
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Property owner wants all of your finds
- Thread starter parrothead
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Like Dahut said.
Sounds like the deal on my TV. Cost me $450 just 2 weeks over a year ago. (1 Year warranty) I called Polaroid to see what could be done. She said if I paid for shipping and send my TV plus $550.00 to them they would send me back a rebuilt TV. Like people are going to jump on that deal!
Sounds like the deal on my TV. Cost me $450 just 2 weeks over a year ago. (1 Year warranty) I called Polaroid to see what could be done. She said if I paid for shipping and send my TV plus $550.00 to them they would send me back a rebuilt TV. Like people are going to jump on that deal!
If you have a backup detector and you trust him/her to use it, you could offer a him a chance to detect alongside you. Then he's getting free use of a detector and a free lesson in detecting.
Of course if this person is unreasonable enough to want everything you find after you do all the work you're probably better off just walking away.
It's not at all ethical and I'm not recommending it, but you could give him the trash and inconspicuously pocket the treasure. Unless he's right with you he'd never know the difference. You could even bring some extra trash for him from a previous dig and make sure he gets a whole lot of "finds" since he wants them so badly.
Of course if this person is unreasonable enough to want everything you find after you do all the work you're probably better off just walking away.
It's not at all ethical and I'm not recommending it, but you could give him the trash and inconspicuously pocket the treasure. Unless he's right with you he'd never know the difference. You could even bring some extra trash for him from a previous dig and make sure he gets a whole lot of "finds" since he wants them so badly.
GRAY GHOST
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I think you would do exactly what I would do. Go there and pick up all the trash and dispose. Plus any glass I dig I will dispose of it. Spend several house on my knees digging mostly tabs and can slaw. I can't forget that new set of batteries I just installed in my machine. Then there is the fuel for my car. Plus some wiper fluid and a quart of oil. What about my wife telling me as I walked out the door to pick up some bread and milk before I come home. Plus all those pictures and painting I need to do. After all this expense and pressure of not forgetting what my wife wanted. I hand the property owner all my good finds. There goes that V nickel, mercury dime, 8 wheaties and that tiny little gold charm. Oh well I had fun! 
At least for me I'd try to negotiate with him/her. If this is not possible I'd move on, there are more good sites out there!
And my research has left me with quite a few probably good sites so I see no reason to mess around, just move on.
I always have at least one place in reserve just in case.
And my research has left me with quite a few probably good sites so I see no reason to mess around, just move on.
I always have at least one place in reserve just in case.
parrothead
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Hey guys, thanks for all of the input
Yeah, I've encountered the same thing. One local gentleman had given me permission to search the grounds of his 110 year old house. He then told me I had to mark all the signals while a Archy friend of his went behind, dig the item and take them to the historical museum for display, he told me this after he said yes and I was going to start hunting, to please wait on his friend. I looked at him and said "I don't think so" do it yourself and walked out. There are some strange ones out there but it is their property. I do better when I offer to mow the lawn in return, that works about 95% of the time. HH
Actually, giving them to a museum would be ok to me as it can give our hobby a better name among some folks.
This can be the key to open up even more sites and be more accepted among i.e. archaeologists.
But if the owner wanted to keep it all to himself then absolutely not! (if you ask me that would be greed)
Thats my take on it anyways,
Eu
This can be the key to open up even more sites and be more accepted among i.e. archaeologists.
But if the owner wanted to keep it all to himself then absolutely not! (if you ask me that would be greed)
Thats my take on it anyways,
Eu
I ask the father of the Catholic Church if I could detector on Church property for a traction line that went thru there in the 20s. He said yes, but if I wanted to try the other church yard he was over( about 3 miles away) I was welcome to. He said another guy detected and found a few old 
coins. He told me, keep what I find unless I hit a pot of gold, then we could split it.
coins. He told me, keep what I find unless I hit a pot of gold, then we could split it.I reckon that whatever is there will continue to molder and rot in the ground, unless I retrieve it. I say so.
Knowing how people are, I never mention treasure, coins, buttons, etc. - everything is an artifact, moldering in the ground. I stick to that.
I am a member of the State and Local Historical Societies already, and it says so on the card I hand the owner. I arrived at his/her property because research led me there. It goes without saying that significant finds go on display, attributed to the owner of the property and in thanks to his generosity.
I have yet to find Blackbeards treasure nor anything even remotely greed-worthy. I tell them that.
I use the trash pouch - goody pocket technique, and have for years. I am always prepared to show anyone my finds.
I clear out all trash and funky items I find, everything from old wire to car parts. The space is cleaner than when I arrived and I tell them that, too.
This is a lot of work for me, but I normally share the items I find. I use the word share a lot,
If they still want to be a miserly pirate, I cannot help that. I'll offer to sell them one of my detectors and move on.
Knowing how people are, I never mention treasure, coins, buttons, etc. - everything is an artifact, moldering in the ground. I stick to that.
I am a member of the State and Local Historical Societies already, and it says so on the card I hand the owner. I arrived at his/her property because research led me there. It goes without saying that significant finds go on display, attributed to the owner of the property and in thanks to his generosity.
I have yet to find Blackbeards treasure nor anything even remotely greed-worthy. I tell them that.
I use the trash pouch - goody pocket technique, and have for years. I am always prepared to show anyone my finds.
I clear out all trash and funky items I find, everything from old wire to car parts. The space is cleaner than when I arrived and I tell them that, too.
This is a lot of work for me, but I normally share the items I find. I use the word share a lot,
If they still want to be a miserly pirate, I cannot help that. I'll offer to sell them one of my detectors and move on.