about to give up!

[geckokid]

well every place I asked to Metal detect they all said "NO!!!"


So I went to a Park and found 4 pennies and a Horse shoe.

I am about to give up metal detecting! If this keeps up.

 

[CRUSADER]

well every place I asked to Metal detect they all said "NO!!!"


So I went to a Park and found 4 pennies and a Horse shoe.

I am about to give up metal detecting! If this keeps up.

You don't give up metal detecting, its in your veins.

You don't succeed by quiting. Keep at it.

 

[mastereagle22]

How have you been asking? What do you say? How are you dressed?

I have found that by approaching a person and handing them a business card I made up it breaks the tension a little. I then ask them about the history of their property, or if I have researched it I tell them a little about it. I then tell them about my hobby and about some of the things I find and then I ask. Usually by that time they are ready to say yes. It really matters how you look too. I have found that if I go in my uniform (I am a RN) that I get more yes than no answers.

You can't give up you still have to go for it.

 

[Woodsie]

Never give up!!!!!!!!!.....Keep asking for permission...also do a little resherch and find some places in your area that look like they could give up some old coins...NEVER NEVER GIVE UP...The best is yet to come.

Woodsie

 

[osubuckeye]

I haven't had the guts to ask a property owner for permission to detect. However, in the meantime I have been going to parks and have had a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction finding some coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and oh yes, a few pennies). It's not so much the finds but the fun. Plan outside the negativity - you'll win.

 

[mastereagle22]

I haven't had the guts to ask a property owner for permission to detect. However, in the meantime I have been going to parks and have had a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction finding some coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and oh yes, a few pennies). It's not so much the finds but the fun. Plan outside the negativity - you'll win.

I was the same way but now I figure all they can say is no. And yes I have had lots of Nos and very few yes answers. Still plugging away. I can tell you that on two occasions I got a no at first, left my business card and got a call a few days later with a YES!!!

 

[DaChief]

I have never had a problem with getting permission to hunt. In almost 20 years of hunting, I have only been turned down once and he eventually invited me to come back later. I guess he was having a bad day.

I dress casual, walk up with a big smile on my face and go for it with a hand shake and an introduction. It usually goes good from there. Try to network with friends also and feed off one location for permission for others. For example, if you are allowed on a farm, make sure you remember the name of the owner. Drop that name at the next place. It works.

Construction sites are really good opportunities also. I think of them as windows to the past. When an old building comes down, there was plain old earth under it many years ago. Ask the forman for permission to hunt when it is safe and let him make the call. They are usually pretty good and it doesn't hurt to bring an extra cold soda out of the car when you are asking.

Don't give up and just work on your people skills. What State are you hunting in?

 

[Natman]

Try asking people at work or other people you know if they have a neighbor or someone with an older house who'll let you check their yard..my wife is in the process of asking people she works with if I can check theirs..some of the homes are pretty old.

Also, look for vacant homes with For Sale signs in the yard..call the agent, tell them who you are, where you live, and that you have a MD hobby. Ask if you can check the yard...I do this all the time and I get the go ahead about 8 out of 10 times.

Good luck,
Nat

 

[Green1]

when the going gets tough .... try harder !!!! 8) 8) 8)

 

[mastereagle22]

One other thing I try to do is send a quick short thank you note to a person that has said yes and I happen to include the line, "If you know of anyone else that may let me detect on their property please let me know."

I have actually gotten several places to hunt that way.

 

[Texas Coin Hunter]

Hi geckokid
the number one thing i have found out about metal detecting is if the folks in your community know who you are and if your associated with the local historical society, that helps open doors when it come to Treasure Hunting. Make up a bussiness card w/ your name, address, town & Organizations your associated with....like Historical Society, which relate to you hunting.

TCH

 

[wallyblackburn]

Not saying anything that hasn't already been said, but I just want to reinforce it some...

I haven't had great luck with "cold calls" - that is, going up to a house or whatever and asking either. But, I have gotten to hunt some great places through the "friend of a friend", or "friend of a relative", etc.

For example, my sister works for an attorney in a small town east of here and she is always running into probate cases, land sales to commercial interests, etc. So I asked her to keep an eye out for me and I kept reminding her (pestering would be more correct). Heck, she was driving by an old farm house yesterday and saw a bunch of people working in the yard and she went up and asked them for me! Turns out the church next door bought this old place to use as offices and they said I could come around any time. She is blond and about 5'3" - I am 5'11" and go about 220 with a goatee - any wonder she gets a yes and I might not?

Keep trying,
Wally

 

[DDEXPII]

never give up & never give in

HH
DDEII

 

[ModernMiner]

You are too young to quit already!!! Don't give up, we'll haunt you if you do.
Seriously though, the business card is a great idea, as is putting a "wanted" ad on WWW.CRAIGSLIST.COM

I too got burned out on detecting playgrounds, then ventured out to old house and farms. It hurts when you get turned down on getting permission, but don't quit.
You will eventually get some that say "yes", and after awhile, you will have too many and not enough time to hunt them all.
My Mom used to live up there in the Lewes / Rehobeth Beach area. There are a ton of very large farms in that area, and probably in your area too. If you can score a farm property, it will keep you busy for months.
Good luck to you & please don't give up.
-MM-
P.S. You will NOT be sorry buying a Tesoro if you love hunting for relics.

 

[ModernMiner]

Gecko,
Here's my old post about the Craigslist ad.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,91057.msg706170.html#msg706170
Give it a try.
-MM-

 

[panzermeyer]

Never surrender !!!! We all get a a dry time now and then.Things will get better..trust me.God Bless and HH...Panz

 

[BuckleBoy]

I am running out of places to hunt! I did the research and was not giving permission.

There is just about nothing left in my yard (think I should dig up all the nails in the yard now. I am tired of just clad. I would like to hunt relics.
I really don't like hunting in parks.

I need a deeper hunting machine. Thinking about a Tesoro Tejón Detector that good for all around, and deep.

I would stick with the ace for a while, for starters. You shouldn't get any more frustrated than you already are by trying to learn a new machine on top of it. One of my buddies hunts with an Ace 250, and we went to one of my CW sites and it held its own against me in terms of finds! I have been hunting 16 years now and my machine cost easily twice what the Ace cost... so there's some food for thought. I wouldn't go spending a lot of money on a new machine at this point. It isn't your machine that's the issue--you just need to persevere.

Now in terms of permission, I don't think it ever hurts to have a cute girl along--nothing sexist in my advice here (I know what old farmers are really like!)--it's just my experiences talking. Anyhow, there are also several excellent threads on Tnet about getting permission. You should read these from top to bottom and take notes. Seriously! Here they are:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,57130.msg404977.html#msg404977

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,34422.msg375823.html#msg375823

Third piece of advice: Keep researching! I know the feeling of doing all the work on locating a site and getting told "No." It SUCKS! But you know what? Every piece of information you know about your area is power in your hands. More than once, I have gotten good leads for sites from pursuing one specific other site. Within a 50 mile radius of where you live--and this will hold true for all of us!--there are more sites than we could hunt in a lifetime. Whenever I get turned down on a site, I just go and find another one. You have to be willing to be told "no." We confront dead ends in all of the stages of our hobby--research, permission, and actual detecting even! It is all part of what we do. Comes with the territory. So my best advice is shrug off the disappointment and move on--there is no other choice if you want to get good at what you do! The good finds are out there, and you are just as capable of finding them with your Ace as anyone else, and that's the truth! So don't listen to what the detector-brand-groupies say to you about changing machines. Stick to the machine you know.

Regards,

Buckleboy

 

[kevo]

VERY well said by BB. For the first year or two of this hobby I didn't find crap. I was too nervous about asking for permission and being told no. I always assure them that I will not be leaving holes in their yard/field. Everything will be filled back in. I also tell them I will show them my finds and they can pick something out. (only do this if you can separate the valuable ones from the non-valuable ones first ). I stopped caring about being told no. I have went to the same house 4 times trying to catch somebody at home but to no avail. For the first 4 months of metal detecting I didn't find crap-just 1 decent find-a wheat penny. I was digging wrong, pin pointing wrong, and swinging wrong. I thought everything was going to be silver and worth a bunch but it isn't. Just take your time like BB said, keep swinging and keep digging and you will hit gold like BB seems to always do This really is a hobby of patience.

 

[bootybay]

wait a minute..did I hear give up...no no ...don't.. look... I am in the same boat as you..but know what...I am not giving up... I am not giving up asking permission either, I will keep doing it... and doing it till someone says yes... and by god the historical society is an excellent idea too ( whomever said that, thank you) way I figure this is...both you and I are beginners... so hang tough.... it will get better...and know what... I am getting alot of practice in tot lots...and each day I am getting to know my detector better n better...

also, stop...sit down and think...think of places you have been too ( before metal detecting started for ya) cause tonite..a huge lightbulb went off..and I said omg Rae, you are dumb...I know just where to go, its so historic its not funny.... and you watch... I will be allowed to hunt there, cause I am not giving up.... so my friend... Never say never..and NEVER NEVER GIVE UP...

rae