Dog Days of Summer

[beer can hunter]

The pink cloud i was riding is slipping away...... I got a x-Terra70 and all the cool stuff to go with it (really spent some of my living expenses on all the cool stuff) and i don't have a lot of "play" money the old lady is on me about it.
Also having a hard time getting permission to Hunt some of the old homesteads........just getting the summertime blues need somthing to happen real soon........I am a recovering addict so i am into the NOW

 

[Jim C (Mich)]

Call up and get permission at an old church lot near you. Go slow and have fun. Jim

 

[charlie (ky)]

n/t

 

[Lawrence in Alabama]

n/t

 

[MK_(MO)]

You didn't mess around on the detector ... that's for sure.
The x-terra 70 looks to be a great machine.. wish I had one.

I may have missed this ... but where do you live?

Every time I've moved I go thru depression trying to find new spots to detect. It just takes time and you have to be patient.
It's too hot right now anyway.... October rules !!
Let people know about your new hobby........ Once people find that you are detectorist they will start telling you about the old homestead on their property.....Everyone has a story. Play your cards right and you will be detecting those sites before long.

There are a million ways to ask for permission to a site.
My best rule of thumb =
always be polite and courteous
don't take rejection personal ... ask again a few months later.
Bring gifts ... (IE: old lady owns property.. show up with flowers.)
Always fill holes and never leave a trace you were there.

I ALWAYS ask for an open invitation to detect a site a lot and any time I want.... I explain that because of ever-changing soil conditions I might not find much today ... and 3 weeks (or months) later when conditions are different I might find something. Repetition truly pays off in detecting. I've never had a landowner tell me "only today".

FYI-- When My ol lady got on me about buying my excalibur (years ago) I reminded her that this is a far less expensive hobby than most guys have. I could be going for hot rods or motorcycles... (or strippers)

Hang in there,
HH
mike

 

[beer can hunter]

[quote MK_(MO)] I could be going for hot rods or motorcycles... (or strippers)[/quote] I like strippers
I live in south Arkansas been here for ~20 years I have been on the look out for good old places to hunt the lost mo. that i have been in the hobby IE old Churches, schools, swimming holes, homesteads and such. but have not asked a lot of people (the good ones a asked by letter)because i look like biker trash to little old Lady's and thay think i am casing out the place lol