A buddy and I were detecting the yard of a country home, where a stage stop had once stood. We were inside the picket fence line, at this country cross-roads, when a pickup truck pulled up along the shoulder of the road. He rolled down his window and motioned me to come over and talk to him. I pulled off my headphones, and we started this conversation over the fence-line:
"Can you guys come down to my place, down the road, and do that in my yard when you're done here?" [I'm thinking "
wow, it's not very often total strangers stop to invite you to detect their yards!"].
So I tell him "Sure, we can do your yard too. But first, tell me how old your house is." The fellow looked at me sort of puzzled, and said "built in the 1940s I think". At that, I said "Well, we sort of prefer to do older spots". He looked at me sort of puzzled again, and said "But you'll still do it though?" I said "ok, if we have time....". Next he asks "How much do you charge?" To which I reply "
Nothing. We enjoy this. It's our hobby." Now at this point, the guy looked really puzzled, and insisted, "No, .... really, I'd want to pay you."
This back and forth conversation and negotiation went on for a full minute, before it finally dawned on me ........ He thought we were weed-wacking!