Detecting Property Stakes For Home Owners

[iwillcya]

Here is thought for everyone, the other night at our clubs detector meeting one of the members brought up a good point about letting people know about your hobby. He told us he was at some location & over heard a guy discussing needing to find the property stakes so he could get his property marked out & ready for sale. He said the local survey guys charge $600 for this service. He told the guy he could find it for him & went out to the guys property & located the first stake, & then with that measurement was able to measure to the other ones & then locate them for him & he said it took him all of about 20 mins.

The owner asked him what he wanted for his time & he just asked if he could hunt his property which happened to be dated back to the mid 1800s & the guy said sure & he said in less than 3 hours he found over 60 coins, many from the 1800s & he only did a little less than half of the yard & can't wait to do the other half.

So a good idea would be in your area to share that you could do that service & save home owners a lot of money. So set up a more reasonable fee & make yourself some extra spending cash & or if the site looks promising do it in exchange for hunting privlegies.

So what would be the best way to get your name out there that you are available for that service & who would be the best group of people to contact to let them know about you? would you contact realitors, zoning people? I don't know & am asking where you guys think would be a good place to start?

Let me know your thought's & I'll let you know how it works out after
I try it. Thanks Everyone!

[Joker]

Thats a great story. I think it is pertinent that we act as ambassadors every day and if we can help someone it is our duty. As you found out with this story the rewards can be huge..

As far as getting your name out there.

My approach was to build credibility within my local communitys.

1st -I contacted all the local parks and schools letting them know my intentions and getting all permissions in line.

2nd -I joined the local Historical society. This is a good idea for many reasons.

If your truly into finding historical sites it is a great place to do research and to ask questions to the experts. Also, the amount of contacts ive made being involved with this group has been amazing and advantageous to my pursuit of History and Historical sites.

3rd -Visit your local musuems. I did some research on a site in the museum working with the archevist and she has since offered me access to hunt the musuem grounds which used to be the powder house (1700's) for the local military installation.

These affiliations are a great way to get your credentials in order for the really interesting sites that only those with permissions can hunt. My point, they are virgin sites!

Also, my affliations with these groups has led me to permissions on sites that the city owns through the mayors office. The mayor's permission for these virgin sites is PURE GOLD!!

I keep all my permissions and credentials in a folder in my car at all times.

After awhile you should be able to put your name out there as a service to help recover lost items or other services..

If you talk to a property owner and tell him what youve done, show him your credentials and it makes it alot easier for someone to allow you on their property to dig holes...

Just a few ideas and pardon any spelling errors or length of my reply..

Good luck

[liquid1]

great info...good Idea..i have an old house behind me thats vacant and I been wanting to detect it.about 30 acres..hopefully i will get permission soon..

[smartfox]

60 coins dating back to the 1800s? That guy could probably retire by now if the coins are in decent shape. definitely a good idea.

[iwillcya]

Sorry if i wasn't clear of the 60 coins he found maybe 5 or less were in the 1800s, still not bad as I've only ever found one coin in the 1800s

[EBCIII]

What a neat idea to get the permission to hunt a site! I like it, Beale.