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- Location
- Northern O-H-I-O
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- Detector(s) used
- F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I have been eyeing a house in town that is on the 1874 map for a while now. The owner is a snowbird who spends most of the year in Florida. Well today as I drove by on my way to work, I spotted her in the front yard setting up for a yard sale. I did a quick U turn about 50 yards past the house and pulled into her driveway. As I was looking at the items she had for sale I asked if she had a printer drawer for sale. Sure enough she did. It was still marked as $45 from when she used to own a retail store, but the yard sale price was $20.00. Before I could began to haggle she said she'd take $15. 
(I must look like a cheap B@st@rd). 
I paid her and we began to talk about the house and the local history (she said the house was built in 1854). A few minutes into the conversation I told her I was involved in the hobby of metal detecting 
and was planning on using the drawer to display some of my neater finds. We talked about some of my recent finds and she said she see's people on the beaches all summer metal detecting. Her daughter came out and joined the conversation and began to elaborate about the jewelry her friends have found on the beaches. I asked the owner if she'd mind if I detected her property someday after the yard sale has ended. She said sure, as long as you don't dig holes. 
I immediately knelt down and described how I cut a plug using my finger as the lesche and told her that with the proper method you would not know where I pulled a plug to uncover a find. Her daughter backed me up and the owner then said okay, 
but I get all of the jewelry you find. 
I commented that was a fair request. I love a nice "to the point negotiation".
Below is a pick of the printer's drawer with some of my not so cleaned finds and a picture of the house.
Hope it provides as many old coins as my last historic brick home. It was a good stop. Got me a printer's drawer for a great price and a very promising permission
Don't ya just love this hobby?
(I must look like a cheap B@st@rd). I paid her and we began to talk about the house and the local history (she said the house was built in 1854). A few minutes into the conversation I told her I was involved in the hobby of metal detecting and was planning on using the drawer to display some of my neater finds. We talked about some of my recent finds and she said she see's people on the beaches all summer metal detecting. Her daughter came out and joined the conversation and began to elaborate about the jewelry her friends have found on the beaches. I asked the owner if she'd mind if I detected her property someday after the yard sale has ended. She said sure, as long as you don't dig holes. I immediately knelt down and described how I cut a plug using my finger as the lesche and told her that with the proper method you would not know where I pulled a plug to uncover a find. Her daughter backed me up and the owner then said okay, but I get all of the jewelry you find. I commented that was a fair request. I love a nice "to the point negotiation". Below is a pick of the printer's drawer with some of my not so cleaned finds and a picture of the house.
Hope it provides as many old coins as my last historic brick home. It was a good stop. Got me a printer's drawer for a great price and a very promising permission
Don't ya just love this hobby?
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