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Good and bad field hunting...

B

Big Fang Coin Biter

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Yep, I am still detecting. I found this stuff in a plowed corn field, site of an old long-gone residence. I thought I found the largest of large cents (bigger than a 50 cent piece). Then I looked at the reverse, hum, it's a brass $20 gold piece? I looked it up on the Internet and it is actually an 1850's gaming token fashioned after the $20 gold piece (was gilt at one time). Got a nice, for a field, shield nickel 1866 and an eagle button with no back mark. It was a fun hunt until...

The owner of the field showed up, and it wasn't the guy I got permission from! CRAP was he ever mad, and I don't blame him. The previous weekend I had asked at the house next to the field if he knew who owned the field. He gave me the name of a large local farmer. I guess he thought I was asking about the next field over, because he owned the one I was in. His son bitc6ed me out for a while until I just stopped trying to explain and kept saying, I am sorry. What a downer...

So a word to you all, especially during hunting season when the landowners are real touchy, make sure you are on the land that you have permission for. I was on the wrong side of a fence row - that is all it takes.

HH - BF
 
I think many of these guys(and gals) are way too tightly wound for their own good especially in a farm field...an honest mistake and really no harm done...geez, just a nice guy wanting to play in the dirt looking for some old corroded metal things for a kick..it's happened to me too...once the next door property owner called the police on me hunting around an old falling down place...that was fun...they were concerned I might be stealing copper wire or pipes out of the old place when I was out in the middle of the yard when they came? Oh well, even with permission interesting events/scenarios and confrontations occur to say the least...one of the many hazards of the hobby! We'll just have to continue to do our best to be ambassadors for the hobby we can...no matter what :)
 
Let us not forget..It is their farm Field ( Property) .... Even if an " Honest Error" was made. It's still wrong.

So we have to be very careful where we hunt, make sure we are on the right property. :shrug:

A lot of farmers do not want anyone on their land.
 
BFCB, you did the right thing by being passive and apologetic. I would have had less patience for the landowner's son though. And if he had continued to berate me once off the property, it might have ended differently I'm afraid ... lol ! :stretcher:
 
Fang -- honest mistake; I like to think most reasonable folks would understand, after you explained the situation. In this case, I guess not. At some point, after you apologize and try to explain, it ceases being your problem, and becomes his...

Sorry it happened, nice finds!

Steve
 
Sorry you took a wrong turn but at least you got a few keepers for your flogging.
 
Things might have happened before your arrival such as other people trespassing w/o permission, digging and leaving holes or driving across their fields. Farmers are real touchy about people driving in their fields. Most I know have no problem with metal detecting as long as you do it at appropriate times and cover all holes and remove trash (iron etc..) ..You certainly don't want to go in their fields when new crops have just been planted. Also something else to consider in farm fields is the application of weed killers etc., some of these treatments make it unwise to dig in the dirt when these chemicals have just been sprayed even though no crop has yet been planted..

John
 
Very Cool finds.
Thumbs down to the guy who was probably on a power trip.
Just be thankful he didn't demand you return your goodies.
 
McDave, I was in the wrong for sure. The guy was very mad, so I really think things came out alright. He kept saying this is the same excuse that hunters use - I thought I was on someone else's property. The only thing I would have said had he been in a listening mood was: Do you really think I would ask your Dad who lives 200 yards away, he says no detecting, but I go anyway the following weekend? I am sure that is what he thought happened. I cannot blame the guy for being mad.
Thanks - BF
 
Christopher,
The copper wire thing is a real problem. With unemployment and scrap prices high, theft is very common, around here anyway. I know numerous farmers and land owners that have told me the same story about wire stripped out of old houses on their property. Usually that is why they are turning me down for permission to detect. One farmer had his aluminum irrigation pipes stolen! Most of the farmers that let you on the property are very nice folks, especially since they have these type of problems to deal with. Then there are hunters who have a better than average chance of getting hurt on their property, with or without permission. It is surprising that any of them give permission.

It made me feel sick to make this mistake. I try to go out of my way to respect the farmers/land owners. I go back and show/share finds. I ask again if I want to go back out. I try to bring them something from the garden as a gesture of my thanks. Make them mad once and that is it. Plus I worry about what gets spread around the community.

All we can do is our best... Friday was not my best.
HH - BF
 
your story reminded me of a house I did years ago. A little house on main street in a small town. I was with the owner in the yard detecting, finding a few wheaties, and he was having as good of time as I was. After about twenty minutes, a Lincoln pulls in the driveway,and his wife gets out SCREAMING, "just what in the @@@@ do u guys think u r doing in my yard..! " He tried explaining to her, but that was useless.... Well, i thanked him as we both had a little chuckle over it.. but to pacify his wife.. we decided that I was done detecting! poor guy told me she was kinda a cranky one! lmao.. oh well.. He was the one that had to go back and deal with her! glad I wasnt him that day...lol...but it was a memorable day! So sometimes even WITH permission u can get your butt chewed out! it doesn't happen often, but it can happen! have a good day !
 
Ive made that mistake.... but i was lucky mine went the other way and the farmer even brought his tractor and turned the dirt again for me. Asking a farmer has went both ways for me.... some have their head on straight other..... well they get a cob just because you asked. I asked the owner of a piece of land once that didnt live in the area but allowed a neighbor to farm it. The farmer dude was just a butt to me.... turned out bad the owner pulled his right to farm the property. We try our best .... but sometimes it just goes wrong. People are odd about their property even fields, its the times we live in i suppose. Thats a shame because it looked like a real producer.

Dew
 
Nice finds bud... Ive run into the father/son or the brother "issue", myself. minor blunders happen, and I know from experience that others can go back and get permission from these folks ....all is not lost. Keep your head high and keep at it :)
 
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