Opinion
You should have asked him to tell his wife, if you find any jewelry it's her's,
50 /50 chance he would have came back out , and said ok , she said yes
the catch 22 , that can work. Try that next time, some times you have to give a little to hunt, 1 property owner gave me the ok to hunt his yard, but 50/50 split, i lost in that one, i gave him all the finds no silver's and some wheat's, left it all on his table, couldn't wait to get out of their as i think he never cleaned up the dog mess from his dogs
, now keep in mind also that some men like beer, so keep a couple of 6 packs in your car , they will let you hunt, very important to leave no trace, step on the plug after your done to re- plant the root's, if not it die's, than they will be looking for you , also ask the female's if they ever lost jewelry in their yard , this also help's them say yes , i will turn it over to you if i find any, i am just looking for silver coin's , a lot of property owner's do not want you to dig up their yard, so you half to make it sound like your giving them something back, last liability issue, there is a web site you can find and print release of liability forms sign them , because some owner's don't want to let you hunt figuring you could get hurt and sew them, so signing the form and getting the second copy back , with the signed by him- owner's permission, could lead to hunting more than once if you ask, or have that clause in there , from this date to this date, happy hunting, Earl