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I've been doing this for the last 4 years and I've got to say that whenever I've asked to hunt someones property they almost always say something to the effect of "If you find something valuable I want a piece of the action". Some do it in that quasi kidding manner some come across dead serious but ultimately they all get this message across in one way or another
Now, I used to take the time to explain thats its just a hobby and that really valuable finds are very rare and junk metal is very plentiful. Sometimes it worked and permission was gained, other times my standard speach was meet with skeptism and a few times downright disbelief and premission was denied (One landowner really drove the point home "with do you take me for a fool sir, if there is nothing valuable their then why do you want to look") Hard to refute such logic
So I got to thinking What could I do in these situations to gain access and quell the disblief.. Then it hit me and I've used this method 3 times this summer with great sucess
Now when I sense the potential for land owner greed I immediately put on my best used car salesman face and convince the land owner to hunt the place with me for a bit and see
This has been a great summer for my new method
First thing I do is pick the hottest part of the day to hunt.
Second thing I do is set the Compadre to all metal mode because after all I tell them you don't want to miss any of the good fine gold jewerly and other treasure that is sure to be here a scant few inches below that nice dry clay, I mean soil
Then I explain in detail exactly how to do this properly usally takes between 15 and 30 minutes for the "introductry" lesson
Then we hunt after between 30 minutes to 1 hour my new "hunting buddy" is so throughly tired out and loaded down with so much useless trash that they are more then ready to take a break and let me go at it for a bit longer
Finally and this is the key to my method. Before I leave I make sure to ask them if they are ready to go again tomorrow at the same time After they stammer out whatever lame excuse first comes to mind for being unable to hunt with me I casually ask "Well would it be Ok if I go by myself"
I'm happy to say that my new system is 3 for 3
Now, I used to take the time to explain thats its just a hobby and that really valuable finds are very rare and junk metal is very plentiful. Sometimes it worked and permission was gained, other times my standard speach was meet with skeptism and a few times downright disbelief and premission was denied (One landowner really drove the point home "with do you take me for a fool sir, if there is nothing valuable their then why do you want to look") Hard to refute such logic
So I got to thinking What could I do in these situations to gain access and quell the disblief.. Then it hit me and I've used this method 3 times this summer with great sucess
Now when I sense the potential for land owner greed I immediately put on my best used car salesman face and convince the land owner to hunt the place with me for a bit and see
This has been a great summer for my new method
First thing I do is pick the hottest part of the day to hunt.
Second thing I do is set the Compadre to all metal mode because after all I tell them you don't want to miss any of the good fine gold jewerly and other treasure that is sure to be here a scant few inches below that nice dry clay, I mean soil
Then I explain in detail exactly how to do this properly usally takes between 15 and 30 minutes for the "introductry" lesson
Then we hunt after between 30 minutes to 1 hour my new "hunting buddy" is so throughly tired out and loaded down with so much useless trash that they are more then ready to take a break and let me go at it for a bit longer
Finally and this is the key to my method. Before I leave I make sure to ask them if they are ready to go again tomorrow at the same time After they stammer out whatever lame excuse first comes to mind for being unable to hunt with me I casually ask "Well would it be Ok if I go by myself"
I'm happy to say that my new system is 3 for 3