Should we share leads?

[neo]

I understand not wanting to give local locations that you plan on hunting but why are so many treasure hunters tight lipped about places they know about and are nowhere near? I ask because according to karlvonm there are more locations in a local area than will ever be searched in one lifetime, he's one of very few authors that shared a lot of leads. Personally I don't mind sharing any that I'm no where close to and know I'll never get to search, what do you guys think?

 

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[toolmanbutch]

Are you nuts? No way will I give away my locations of Pull Tabs and Nails. BaHaHaHaHaHaHa

 

[neo]

Your an evil evil man lol.

 

[Truth]

How dare you!


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[Tom_in_CA]

I agree with you Neo. If I, for some reason, got a tip on something far away, I'd share with someone in that area to reconn. on each-of-our's behalf. You know, like if you got wind of a sidewalk demolition slated to occur, or something that you personally can not keep tabs on. Why let it go to waste ?

And you can make clear ahead of time that the person you share with, keeps you in the loop with the results of his reconn. So that if it's enticing enough, you can make the decision to do the long drive there or not.

For the lone-ranger types who never hunt with buddies, never share site tips, etc...., then invariably that will work both ways: So too will no one share with them. So it eventually works both ways in theory.

I have taken friends to locations where they've found gold coins. 4 or 5 by now to be exact. And ... in theory, those could have been MY gold coins if I'd kept the site all-to-myself. Yet conversely those exact same friends have turned me on to site tips, that I've now gone to and found goodies, including gold coins. So it's tit-for-tat sometimes in life.

 

[sawmill man]

Ok, guys i live in ky. give me some tips, im all ears, pms, letters it dont matter

 

[Injunbro]

I'll trade a coin cache location in northern NY state for something in SE AZ.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I agree whatcha got?

 

[Honest Samuel]

For all your members in Connecticut, Who stop looking for treasures because you are too busy to keep searching or no longer believe the story, please sent my a private email with info, and if any is find, I will give you a fair share.

 

[Truth]

Looking for spots in Southern La? I PROMISE I'll do the right thing by you. [emoji1317]


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[Loco-Digger]

I share leads in places where I have MD friends. I sometimes, out of boredom research their areas just in case I end up heading their way. It's always nice to have a site or 2 in your pocket before you get there. Locally I am tight lipped and normally hunt alone.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I will say this.

I had become so shy and reclusive over the years, the only times I would use my detectors was on my own property.

If not for the generosity of TNet members sharing hunts with me I'd still be hiding up the holler versus actually getting out on my own in the water and on land. We have some very decent members here and I don't mind sharing either.

 

[jwp1964]

No. Next question. Seriously, each person can do what they want. I don't mind sharing with hunting buddies who do the same for me, but not everybody is into that.


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[G.I.B.]

I share leads when it's someplace I know I'll never get to hunt, because of geography.

Otherwise- as Daffy Duck so eloquently stated,

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I never share leads, but I do share my hunted out spots. No spot is ever completely hunted out, but some are pretty close to tapped out. I figure that will save them time and help them in the long run.

I also reveal what I've found in spots I've given up on. That way, they can make their own decision if they think a spot is worth trying once or twice anyway. You never know, maybe they'll pull out something good that I missed.

 

[Deft Tones]

I only share leads when it's pillow talk.

She'll have to milk them out of me.

So to the ladies, remember, sharing is caring.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The problem is that we rarely know of any real "spots" in places we don't live in. Anyone can read dimestore novel treasure stories, but those aren't real "leads"

 

[Bottlecapbill]

I used to share a lot more, especially with new guys. I rarely ever got much back though so I pretty much just stopped accept for one other guy who I hunt with often. I don't blame anyone for clamming up since it's tough to find any good sites in our little town.

 

[against the wind]

I'll trade a coin cache location in northern NY state for something in SE AZ.

Check in with Terry Solomon, he has hunted in both places,, maybe something can be worked out.

 

[ScubaDetector]

I just lost two friends because of the pictures I shared of a spot on here. They both had my number but instead of calling me and asking me to take the pictures down they slammed me. GRANTED, I didn't find the spot and it has been hammered for the last couple of years by waders. HOWEVER, I am the only diver that has hit the area that I know of. I DIDN'T CARE if another diver came out and tried. I didn't think sharing would hurt. Except I didn't think that my post might attract more waders, which it didn't.

The trouble with old spots is once the stuff is gone, it is gone usually. Until they make a machine that goes deeper and makes the spot new again. I don't care if another diver hits this spot. I have hunted less than a quarter of it. Sure I have found over 260 pieces of silver and 35 pieces of gold in the last two months, but I can't get it all and I know it.

I think the problem on this forum and others is a few have done a lot of research to find old spots. A lot of treasure hunters don't want to do the research part. They just want to reap the rewards of a great spot. I do a little research but I mostly stumble upon fantastic spots. I can name many of them that I found on my own.

Last year I went on a road trip to a lake I thought was interesting. Actually three lakes. Took my boat out to find a possible promising spot in one of them and found it. Ran full throttle into the sand bar! Decided to try it and had blast. The shallow water was completely void of targets. Not a beep. However the deeper water gave up 19 gold rings and countless silver coins and rings.

When I came up to change tanks between dives, two detectorists were on shore and it looked like they just got there. I waved. One looked at me and then pointed me out to his partner, THEY LEFT. I had a good laugh.

Impossible for anyone to get it all. I am making road trips every year in Michigan now. Impossible for me to hit all 11 thousand lakes here. However, at this time I won't reveal a lake I have researched because I want to hit them if I am able. When I am not able I will reveal a whole lot to others.