How often do you get conditions with permissions? The good , the bad and the ugly.

mh9162013 said:

Any conditions I've been subject to are ones I've put into place, such as only hunting a certain area or showing them everything I find before I leave.

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mh9162013 said:

the only time someone has made a condition, they were joking.

Any conditions i've been subject to are ones i've put into place, such as only hunting a certain area or showing them everything i find before i leave.

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Tom_in_CA said:

Even when property owners have said something like : "I get half" or "I get everything you find", I have found that this never comes to actual fruition.

So for example, I'll bring all the coins and objects, found in a yard, and spread them out on a table on their porch. In order to show them the results. And never have I had anyone actually sweep it all into their pockets.

What I always do, in cases of supposed splits, is I'll already know what I want ahead of time. Eg.: a valuable token, or one of the silvers that I recognize is a better date/mint, etc.... Then, after chit-chat, I'll pull that single one aside, and say : "I don't have this particular one in my collection, Can this one be mine ?" And have never had anyone say "no". In fact, they'll typically just chuckle (at the rest of the pile) and say : "Take it all".

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markinswpa said:

If a property owner says I get half of what your find, I politely reply, You can't split a coin or token and I don't sell anything I find so respectfully I'll have to decline and I thank you for your time.....

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amc rulz said:

.... At the end of the hunt he surprised me and handed over all the coins, and I thanked him for the privilege of poking around the yard.

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FreeBirdTim said:

..... since I get nothing out of the deal .....

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Tom_in_CA said:

Even when property owners have said something like : "I get half" or "I get everything you find", I have found that this never comes to actual fruition.

So for example, I'll bring all the coins and objects, found in a yard, and spread them out on a table on their porch. In order to show them the results. And never have I had anyone actually sweep it all into their pockets.

What I always do, in cases of supposed splits, is I'll already know what I want ahead of time. Eg.: a valuable token, or one of the silvers that I recognize is a better date/mint, etc.... Then, after chit-chat, I'll pull that single one aside, and say : "I don't have this particular one in my collection, Can this one be mine ?" And have never had anyone say "no". In fact, they'll typically just chuckle (at the rest of the pile) and say : "Take it all".

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FreeBirdTim said:

I've got a few friends of friends that want me to detect their property, but they want to keep everything I find. I try to explain that there's no point in my doing that, since I get nothing out of the deal and they get my free time and labor. They'll always reply with, 'Well, it is my property, so anything you find should be mine." I'll counter with, "You're right, go buy a $500 metal detector and see what you find." Have a nice day!

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" Nothing " ? I assume that you enjoy md'ing, right ?

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FreeBirdTim said:

Yes, but I don't enjoy being taken advantage of by someone. I'll gladly metal detect anyone's property for $20 an hour and they can keep everything I find. But my time is just as valuable as their time, so I'm not working for free, even if I enjoy it.

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Tom_in_CA said:

Fun story.

And I would add that, even on the remote times/chance that someone could actually "take everything", there's a few things we have to remember :

1) This is, after all, their property. Thus technically, items belong to them.

2) Even if someone ever truly kept 100%, I would still enjoy it for hunt-sake anyhow. Heck, you can get pix of any notable finds. And thus still have boasting rights among your buddies. What's wrong with that ? Did any of us get into md'ing to make a living with ?

3) There were actually a few times where I had to "turn over everything I find" (and was truly followed through with) : Those were a few times where I had permission, via my museum docent contacts, to hunt sensitive off-limits historic monument type places. Or when assisting an archie during their digs, etc... But, heck, that's to be expected. Eh ?

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FreeBirdTim said:

I've got a few friends of friends that want me to detect their property, but they want to keep everything I find. I try to explain that there's no point in my doing that, since I get nothing out of the deal and they get my free time and labor. They'll always reply with, 'Well, it is my property, so anything you find should be mine." I'll counter with, "You're right, go buy a $500 metal detector and see what you find." Have a nice day!

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Pete e said:

I have a farm permission, with a small unrelated house in the middle of it...I had chatted to the owner a few times while I have been detecting near his boundary and he invited me to try in his garden as there was an old well there that went back a few hundred years.

When I took him up on the request, he followed me around the garden and virtually snatched anything I found out of my hands...Most of the finds were just Victorian copper coins, but I'd find two very nice harness mounts...I asked him if I could get them dated and report them to the local museum, but he evidently didn't trust me enough to allow that even.

The finds sort of dried up at that point ( ) and although he asked me back a couple of times over the next few months, I eventually suggested he should buy a detector and have a search himself...

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