Anyone ever on the receiving end of ‘giver’s remorse’ ???

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

I don’t know if it has a ‘name’ per se……

But what happens if some kind folks wholeheartedly grant you permission to hunt their property….but then the hunt yields some fantastic finds?
Can the landowner exercise rights to your find? How do you handle this? Or does it rarely happen at all?


And what about cache finds? Finding coins/artifacts etc.. are commonplace (I hope!)……but what if you unearth a cache box by the old oak, so to speak. It has stuff/relics/personal items inside from saaaaaay, two generations of that family before.
What about that? I’d feel guilty taking sentimental family items (lockets, trinkets, whatever)…..but the face value of coins therein wouldn’t be significant – the true value would be though. I’d be inclined to split – leave them with the articles and keep the coins. What do you do? But then, I just may find nuthin’!

Hey – I feel for them……but had the hunter not come along…..those treasures would remain gone forever.

I’m sure there are existing threads about this….but y’all have a wonderfully large forum and maybe I just don’t know where to look yet.

Thanks in advance!


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[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Gary in Pennsylvania,
if you needed someones permission to hunt,
all that should be worked out at the start.
Who gets what. I try staying away from that
sort of crap.


It's a hobby for me; if I feel like it, owner could
receive a thank you of some kind; finds, just a
thank you note, small gift.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[ivan salis]

known items of fanily history area "the families" its the right thing to do -- however items just "general wealth" a few old coins if not of great value say $100 or less in value -- I 'd keep em --- it the total over a hundred in value then --I'd do the -- I pick one coin you pick onecoin --till their gone bit -- fair enough -- now for a really "big strike" over say $500 or more -- I'd go halves with the owner

fair is fair -- if you get premission -- hold to a 50 / 50 split (best to get this straight up front* before the hunt -- if you do that most folks will hold to a bargin )-- now for the very few folks that try to "double deal you" the hard part is "proving" that he did ever did indeed give you the right to hunt and keep stuff off his land when the cops come,( if the guys a "double dealer" and if the find is a worth while find count on the cops being called by the scum in a attempt to "strong arm " you--- by the way running away just makes you look like a "poacher" illegally on the land and doesn't help and so if you don't have it in writting --- you might have to give over your finds to the crook to avoid police trouble and "issues" -- a lot of detectorist go by their "gut" -- if the guy seems shady in the least --get the ok in writing -- say you need it in case a cop comes by while your digging to show its ok with the land owner. * --which really is why you need it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I wish I'd find a cache, or gold bars, to have to worry about that

My usual line, when getting permission for a yard, or field, or whatever, is: "you're welcome to anything I find". You'd be surprised how often they don't exercise that, and just say "keep it". Or...... pick out the one or two coins or tokens you want, and upon showing them the results (once again, they usually don't even ask), I'll say "do you mind if I keep just this one token, (or key date merc or barber or whatever) for my collection, as it's the one I don't have yet". And then give them the common wheaties, clad, etc.. I've only had ONE person say "I want it all", in all my years of ever showing property owners the goodies.

But even in cases where I am, in fact, parting with good coins, it's still a thrill to see the excitement on a person's face. They'll oftentimes turn you on to tips/locations, get you into their neighbor's yards, etc... And you can always snap digital pix before handing things over, so you have record and "boasting rights". I've given away a silver dollar, a few reales, etc... over the years, to property owners. And in each case, it was worth it for the fun of the hunt, and other things I've not had to part with.

But yeah, I guess the stakes & emotions would change when it's big dollar items :P