RyanChappell
Elite Member
Make sure they know what to expect. Tell them the truth. At the average house you find a few wheats, and on a very good day you find a silver dime worth $2! They will yawn and go back inside and watch TV, and not bother you. Offer to return anything they have lost, or anything you think may be sentimental.
I wouldn't volunteer to show the homeowner anything you found, unless you do not mind them taking if from you! I think it is rude to show them a silver Ben Franklin half and say "Hey look what I found! I am keeping it." You agreed up front that you were going to keep everything you found, why rub it in their face.
If the land owner wants any part of the finds, why not find another site to detect, or come back when you are that desperate? Like G4E says there are plenty of homeowners who do not care what you find!
Do not feel guilty keeping the coins that you find, even on a windfall day! You have earned every piece of silver you find with extremely hard and skillful work. The 9-10 hours it takes to find one silver coin are worth between $100-200 to me, so HECK yes I am going to keep a $12 piece of silver! (I only find a half dollar every 6-12 months on average.) or nice key date coin. A $500+ key date coin is a nice, but far from compensation for 10-30 years of detecting.
I wouldn't volunteer to show the homeowner anything you found, unless you do not mind them taking if from you! I think it is rude to show them a silver Ben Franklin half and say "Hey look what I found! I am keeping it." You agreed up front that you were going to keep everything you found, why rub it in their face.
If the land owner wants any part of the finds, why not find another site to detect, or come back when you are that desperate? Like G4E says there are plenty of homeowners who do not care what you find!
Do not feel guilty keeping the coins that you find, even on a windfall day! You have earned every piece of silver you find with extremely hard and skillful work. The 9-10 hours it takes to find one silver coin are worth between $100-200 to me, so HECK yes I am going to keep a $12 piece of silver! (I only find a half dollar every 6-12 months on average.) or nice key date coin. A $500+ key date coin is a nice, but far from compensation for 10-30 years of detecting.
If that ever changes, I'll probably toss a couple goodies their way, but if they want to keep it all, it can stay with the house... in the dirt.
