Found a Barber dime and stuff... BUT...

[Rusted_Iron]

... I don't have a pic to post because I don't have the dime!

What happened is, I went with a friend of mine to his friend's house. This 'friend of a friend' gave me permission to detect.

I found:
a silver Washington quarter, 4" deep
a Barber dime, 7-8" deep
an Indian Head cent, 7" deep
a few wheat pennies
some neat relics
a bunch of modern change

But guess what, the guy kept all my finds. He even kept the modern change. That's right, he even kept the clad. It wasn't even a dollar's worth, but he kept it all.

I started out with the impression I was going to get to keep some stuff. He said we'd "work something out". In the beginning he said he might want to buy certain finds from me, well at the end he didn't even offer that. Even if it was only $10 worth of finds, it's just the idea.

So anyway, what "worked out" is, once he had everything in his possession, he wasn't too interested in further negotiation. (There are words for this but I won't say it on a family oriented forum.)

I know this has happened to other Tnetter's out there, I know I could have done the whole contract thingie, but I didn't want to make a scene or even a big production of it, because my buddy is friends w/ the guy. In fact I didn't even discuss this whole issue with my friend yet.

I did get to keep the Indian because it was pretty much a corroded slug that looked like it wouldn't clean up. So, he was like, "oh, you can keep that one".

The guy followed me everywhere, watched my every move. When he wasn't 2 feet away from me, his kid was shadowing me instead. Worse, now this guy is excited to get a metal detector, meaning I'll have yet another competitor in my area.

Sorry if I seem a little ticked off, I'll get over this and eventually just put it in the category of experience gained.

I put the Indian head cent into some olive oil, we'll see if it cleans up at all. If so I will have a pic for y'all.

About that Barber dime that I can't show you, I was pretty excited to find it, 4th one ever for me... so what I"m going to do is go and buy myself one just like it at a coin shop (it's a $3 coin in the condition I found mine, so no big deal) and put it in my 'finds' box.

 

[279785]

I am still waiting to find anything that old. Nice finds!!!

HH

ML

 

[WheatbackDigger]

Unfortunately, his property, ain't much you can do about it. At least you got the chance to dig a few nice coins. Let it be.

 

[bomber]

sorry 2 hear that bud but al least its better than having a friend take advantage of ya

 

[Rusted_Iron]

tell him that if you could afford it you would purchase a bounty hunter

Tell him a low end one like fast tracker or the scout,all BH are not bad i love my Discovery 3300

Definitely want him to get a low end one Reddie, nothin wrong with the higher end models. I was thinking maybe the cheapest one they sell at Wally World.

 

[ceejay64]

I was going to suggest BBs, as well. Make sure you spread 'em all around; nice and wide. LOL!

But why are y'all busting on my BH...
I've made a lot of great finds! Sounds like this guy wouldn't want to spend more than $25 bucks on one anyway, cheap SOB. Tell him to go to the toy department to get one. Ha!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

I was going to suggest BBs, as well. Make sure you spread 'em all around; nice and wide. LOL!

But why are y'all busting on my BH...
I've made a lot of great finds! Sounds like this guy wouldn't want to spend more than $25 bucks on one anyway, cheap SOB. Tell him to go to the toy department to get one. Ha!

The 505 is a good machine, a friend of mine has one and finds stuff all the time w/ it too.

Hopefully whatever machine the cheap guy gets, he won't take the time to learn it, will get frustrated, and give up altogether

 

[acevillav]

What a first class TURD . He is setting a fine example for his son I would go get some bottle caps or pull tabs and pepper his yard like a t-bone stake.Rmind him that gold and pulltabs often register as the same thing on him detector. As greedy as he sounds that should make him mucho crazy tracking down those signals. Just a thought better to do the right thing and try to rehab the son maybe you could help show him how adults act.Karma will come back to bite him in the rear sooner or later.

Keep swingin Amigo better days are ahead 8) !

Acevillav

 

[acevillav]

sorry about my spelling errors It's hard to spell when you're seeing RED[color=red][/color].

He'll get his in the end allways works that way.........

 

[Farmercal]

Look on the bright side...you didn't dig up a new looking 1916 D dime! That would really suck to lose that one. Seriously, this is just one of life's little lessons to learn from. That fellow is probably related to that guy at the beach that claims ownership to the diamond ring you just scooped up in the surf and the government isn't much better.

 

[Michigan Badger]

But guess what, the guy kept all my finds. ....once he had everything in his possession, he wasn't too interested in further negotiation.

Sorry to read of your bad experience pal.

But maybe it will give you some comfort to know this has happened to me and others.

This is the major reason why I hunt mostly large farm areas, the kind where I don't "check back in."

Can you even imagine digging a rare gold coin and then having to show it to the owner of the property when he's not related and really not your friend? Bye bye gold piece!

I could say more but nuff said.

Too bad but we live and learn.

Badger

 

[bazinga]

Another tip for some people who haven't already tried this is to take a handful of already dug coins like some wheats, an indian, and maybe a scratched and worn mercury dime or something and say you dug those while your real finds are hidden in a pocket somewhere.

Of course this only works when the person isn't watching over your shoulder the whole time.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

I was ready to leave, he ask to "see" all my finds and starts putting them into his pockets. His two sons drive up, and I told him that I was under the impression that we would split all finds, he said "no, I gave you permission, I didn't say you could keep any of it."

ooh that burns me just reading about it!
What a slimeball.

 

[bcs123]

that dose suck but it would have been worse if ud pulled a double eagle or any gold coin for that mater

 

[madfranks]

I've never been in a situation like that before, but I always told myself if I ever get permission to hunt someone else's property, I'm going to show them the crappy stuff first, like the junk and pennies, and if they start taking it all, I say that's all I found and never show him the rest. That's what I'd do.

 

[romeo-1]

What a doofus rectoramus!

 

[lordmarcovan]

What was the date, mint, and approximate grade of the dime you found (and subsequently lost, to Mister Greedy)?

If I have an example that matches or comes close, I'll send it to you.

 

[Mainedigger]

Rusted...what a bummer!!!!! but I agree with some of the previous posts...his yard, his perogative...a total suck, but he never did say you could keep what you found..."we'll work something out"..isn;t exactly clear and definitive, to me that would imply I would get to keep my finds...but unfortunately there are greedy miserable people out there that think of no one but themselves....leave it be and chalk it up to experience. Fortunately, idiots like this are in the minority and most property owners not only let you keep what you find but are just as thrilled with what you find as you are. I show most poeple what I find and any jewelry or rings I do offer them to the property owner if it is something they or someone they know lost. I;ve yet to have anyone "take" any of my finds, but I also personally know all the people in whose yards I detect. There are many people like your friends "friend" out there and I just try to avoid them. Nice finds and too bad they were taken from you.

 

[ppratt]

That sucks I had something like that happen to me once. It was a indian head penny the guy took it from me after I showed him. He put it in his pocket and I asked to see it one more time before he took it and as soon as he handed it to me I threw it in the woods and walk to my car.

 

[treasures4me2find]

Sounds like this guys yard should become pull tab city. What a a**hole. Well great finds anyway, sorry you couldn't keep them all. Sounds like you almost had a great day MDing.


Ken

 

[Harry_Morant]

If he gets a detector - invite him to detect at your place.

That way you can scatter a rare coin in your yard before he shows up - then follow him like he did to you and when he expresses joy at finding a rare coin ....make him hand it over

That should get the message across.