It’s been a long day! Lots of door knocking and no one really coming to the door, even though there were several vehicles outside in the driveways. A “no” mixed in as well. Usually I have better luck door knocking than this! Well, finally found a nice looking house with a good side walk strip so pulled over and headed to the front door. This wasn’t a well maintained house and the yard was in “average” condition. A guy came to the front door. I decided to take a different approach and asked the property owner if I could hunt the side walk strip. Explained I liked to metal detect. He said, sure, I don’t see why not just don’t dig big holes. I explained the holes are small and I fill them in like I was never there. After gauging his response, I asked if I could detect the yard. He said sure. So off I went. Turned on the detector and began detecting. I was extremely careful with my holes, making sure to keep them small and filling them back perfectly. About my fourth hole in (only 5 minutes if that), I dug an 8” wheat. Just after filling the hole, the property owner came out. Said, “Well, I’m going to have to stop you. My wife saw you digging and was wondering why you had to “do our yard.” At that point I knew I was no longer welcome. And I actually only dug in the side walk strip at that point. I showed him where I had dug and how I didn’t damage the lawn. I actually couldn’t even see where I dug. He said, yep, I saw you dig the holes, I’m sorry my wife just doesn’t want that in our yard. I respect that. The man seemed very sincere, even saying sorry. I said thanks again for the opportunity and was on my way. So that ended my day, worst day of door knocking in my fourth season detecting, lol. Do you think his wife had an issue or did he just change his mind after seeing me dig a few holes? Sometimes I wonder what happens. Sucks having a promising permission revoked!!
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I like the idea!
What's with all the ownership and ruling over?
