Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner ! Update DISPLAY MADE!!!!!!

[DPBOB]

Me and my big mouth got me the permission to hunt the house and me and my big mouth is causing me to loose some good finds.

Recon at it's best.....

Saw this beauty and went up and rang the bell.

Women answers the door. Introduced myself and explained what I wanted to do.

Reluctant at first but I said she can see all the finds and pick some and I will put them in a small display for her.

She said ok..

She sure did pick the good finds.

Losing half the good finds. ( Told her I'm keeping the 1892-O  since it is now my oldest dime. She agreed on that.

OH WELL !!!!

Got a bunch of Wheat's (10 ) other junk too..

Thought I'd show the best stuff.

No time like the present time to ask permission.

What can one say....NO or YES  In this case... YES but I messed up!!!!!

Lost a  silver rosie but I know where I dropped it so I have to head back to get it soon.

I also want to get some other " relic's " or  " junk " for the display....


Thanks for looking..                   Bob
 

************* 11-02-08 UPDATE ***********

Made the display today for the owner below. I think she will like it.. It took a little time but I gotter done.

 

[The Buzzard King]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Nice finds!
I hope you can hunt it again, and keep the next round of goodies.
Either way, you probably did a good thing by giving her some stuff.
That's one more person who now sees detectorists in a positive light.
And you never know who she knows, and what it could lead to.
Looks like a great old house to hunt. Maybe she's got some friends nearby!

I always TRY to make a "I'd like to keep any old coins I find, and I'll give you any jewelry I find" kind of deal if I can.

Good luck!

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Great finds!!! I think you did the right thing. For one, the land owner will probably let you hunt the property again but more importantly, you made us all look good by being honest.

 

[allen]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

next time hide the( real ) goodies in your pocket...
those are still some nice looking finds...

 

[Nana40]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Beautiful place to hunt, Bob! 8) Most of the folks around here say, "You found it, you keep it." Only once, so far, have I found a site that gave up terrific finds and I didn't get to keep them...and they were relatives.

Congrats on all those finds and extra congrats on the ones you get to keep!

Nana

 

[jgas]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Way to go...I know it is hard to give back the real goodies, but you will have the favor returned 7 fold in the future hunts. It will happen...Or as I say...Easy Come, Easy Go....... jgas

 

[Happy Harry]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. You now have the opportunity to return and detect more. You may have to do the same split but the first statement is the same. Nice hunt. HHHH

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

It reminds me of when I was hunting a friend of the family's house. LoL she said she wanted any Oil I found.... haha

I agree with Harry!
Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Looks like you did very well! Congratulations on the awesome finds!

 

[DPBOB]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Thanks All for the great responses..

I have to put something together in a frame now but in the end it will be a nice thing to do.

It's all about the hunt and the moments of thrill that counts....

 

[kdismuke1]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

I think you did the right thing. You might luck up and get to hunt other places.

 

[diggemall]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Thanks All for the great responses..

I have to put something together in a frame now but in the end it will be a nice thing to do.

It's all about the hunt and the moments of thrill that counts....

You definately did the right thing:

1) Honor and integrity are hard to find these days - straight up and honest can't be put down

2) you didn't leave her with a "ho-hum" feeling for letting you dig - you made YOUR interest contagious by sparking HER interest by letting her pick from REAL finds. You can bet she will say something good about you to someone else after that experience.

3) It ain't all about "whats in it for me?" That's where the Enrons and AIG's come from.

Now, go find an old house with buried gold buillion in the yard to split with the owner !!

Diggem'

 

[Prime]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

I split things 60/40, with the 60 going to me, and even that I think is a bit much for the owner. It might be their land but they wouldn't have searched it in a million years. They're basically getting something for free, that's how I see it.

I don't want to come off as being greedy, but I honestly don't think that someone deserves 50% of a find that they did nothing towards.

Naturally the 60/40 ratio is open to negotiation, if I want something badly enough I might bend that figure a little bit to get permission to search.

 

[civilman1]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner !!!!!! Silver !!!!!!

Very nice!!!!!! ...Like the Layout

 

[DPBOB]

Thanks again.

I got the display completed today ....

 

[ivan salis]

she should love it -- good luck in the future * bet she'll let you find more ---being your so honest ---rare to find a " honest person" these days -- you were go for your word and that counts for alot --- Ivan

 

[kimsdad]

Hey Bob, VERY nice job on the display!!!

Almost makes me want you to hunt my yard!

Neil

 

[bill-USA]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner ! Update DISPLAY MADE!!!!

Really nice job on the display. Bet she'll love it!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: Great Morning !!!! Watch what you say to the owner ! Update DISPLAY MADE!!!!

Holy Smokes, Bob! That's a wonderful display.

I hope you pull something even better from that site...to keep for yourself. 8)

 

[Damon64]

I still don't understand why owners would want to take your finds. I know it's their property, but you found the stuff. It just strikes me as greedy and petty. It's not like it was worth a fortune...I don't get why some people are like that.

 

[diggemall]

I still don't understand why owners would want to take your finds. I know it's their property, but you found the stuff. It just strikes me as greedy and petty. It's not like it was worth a fortune...I don't get why some people are like that.

Because they're not your finds - they're THEIR finds. YOU found them, but they are on their property, and therefore, belong to them. It is by their good graces that you are allowed to search, dig, and retrieve.

Think of it in terms of someone coming to your house and asking if they can go through your attic, and keep anything good that they might find. Not happening, right ? you may have no idea whats up there, have no intention of ever looking, but none-the-less.............................. Or maybe theres a vein of gold running through your property that you don't know about - any reason why you would let someone prospect for it and then tell them to go ahead and keep it all, since they "did all the work" ? Probably not.

Bobs approach is perfect, and can only foster good will towards our hobby (which often suffers a bad image thanks to a handful of less-than-scrupulous enthusiasts)

Diggem'