Jodo_Kast501
Senior Member
In my town, there is a house built in 1875, a beautiful old house on the corner. The owners are frequently out of town because they split their time between here and another state. This is a fairly well-known fact and so some people have taken advantage of the fact and detected the house while they were gone on multiple occasions. One even showed up when the homeowners were in town once and they tried to engage him in conversation, but he refused to talk to them or tell them anything about what he had found and just left.
I have tried to gently rehabilitate their image of metal detectorists by telling them how I do things and trying to make every accommodation to make them comfortable. I've told them that I hate what happened to them and that those people don't represent the hobby, but obviously that is what they've seen of it. They've just been burned too many times by metal detectorists and now won't grant permission to anyone. And that is the story of why I can't get permission on an 1875 house down the street thanks to trespassers and thieves.
I have tried to gently rehabilitate their image of metal detectorists by telling them how I do things and trying to make every accommodation to make them comfortable. I've told them that I hate what happened to them and that those people don't represent the hobby, but obviously that is what they've seen of it. They've just been burned too many times by metal detectorists and now won't grant permission to anyone. And that is the story of why I can't get permission on an 1875 house down the street thanks to trespassers and thieves.
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