Pay to play doesn't sound appealing to me.
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It does to some people
I remember a few years back we talked about this and I balked at the idea of paying to detect somewhere. After a few years of struggling to find productive places to metal detect I may have changed my stance a bit.
There is a civil war marker near a field that I sometimes drive by. It is documented and on private property, and the house sits very close to where the actual camp is on the property. There is a possibility it has been hunted... but that doesn't deter me because my motto is that it hasn't been hunted til I hunt it...(we all should have that attitude)
That is a site that I would be willing to pay to get on. No guarantees of finding anything, but the opportunity and chance to find CW artifacts would be worth paying for... and I am certain that I'd come away with a few goodies from that camp.
MY delimma has been on how to approach the land owner and pay... do I offer cash? whiskey? apple pie? steak? Just a handshake? Will it insult him if I offer to pay, possibly sending the message that I was thinking I can waltz in there and throw couple dollars around and free run of the place.
I've hesitated on offering to pay because I'm unsure how to go about it. I used to laugh at the idea of paying to detect a property, but getting permissions on sites with great potential around here is harder than I used to think it would be.
"Hi Sir, here's some money, a pie, bottle of whiskey, a silver dime, a subscription to espn, a gift basket and some envelopes... Can I detect your property?"