Trezurehunter
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- Mar 22, 2003
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I went to do a door knock at a home built in 1900, and the lady politely turned me down. I decided to drive to another town (only 5 minutes away) to do a church yard or two. While I'm detecting the church yard, my daughter called me and said that I could go back to the first house where I was just turned away ! These are a few small towns with populations of 600 - 700, so everybody knows everything. Turns out that after I left the lady's house, she jumps on Facebook and other social media saying that someone named Ron was just at her door asking permission to look around her yard with a metal detector, and had anyone ever heard of such a thing. My daughter lives in this same small town, and when it hit social media, the boards lit up ! People were telling this lady that I was a hobbyist and had looked around their yards before, and I wasn't going to hurt her. Next thing you know, my daughter gets the call telling me to go back there, so I did. I get to her door to confirm what's going on, and she actually apologizes for turning me down the first time ! She said she is single, so you can't be to careful even in small town America. I agreed and told her not to worry about it, I had been turned down before. So, I had only enough time to detect the front yard, and got to it. Very first hit was this sterling band found right along the sidewalk, and the great looking "Good For 5 cents in Merchandise" token showed up a few minutes later. It says "Rens place". The good thing is, is that I told her I would not get her whole yard done in the time I had, and she said to come back anytime. I will do that, because I still have the back yard to look thru, and will go thru the front yard again just to make sure I didn't miss anything. I really lucked out on this one, because the lady is also giving me permission to look thru her moms yard, and the home was built in 1905. This one sure turned out for the better. From a refusal, to getting two yards to look around. What a good day.
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