Pay to hunt??

[kregh]

Have you guys ever heard of a pay to hunt gig?

There is one being offered in SC - pay $150.00 to hunt relics - seems like total BS to me.

Ya know - I'll bury some "relics" in my back yard and let you guys detect for $25.00 - does that sound like a deal or what

 

[REVIER]

Have you guys ever heard of a pay to hunt gig?

There is one being offered in SC - pay $150.00 to hunt relics - seems like total BS to me.

Ya know - I'll bury some "relics" in my back yard and let you guys detect for $25.00 - does that sound like a deal or what

Happens all over, many seeded hunts you can enter in all regions that have been going on for years.
As far as relics, some of those are very popular.
Diggin in Virginia, or DIV, is so popular that you are lucky to get a spot.
Considering it is possible to dig up a lifetime find at these it is no wonder.
Even multiple lifetime finds in one hole.

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=aVZwXNHiulM

 

[mudpuppy]

Truth be told, we all 'pay to hunt' in some form or fashion...some pay parking at the beach, and some pay fuel to get to their locations, and some travel to exotic locations to hunt.....consider this SC hunt you mention like a fishing tournament, at a never before fished lake!...now that $150 does not sound too bad at all!

I do hear you though, out west in WY the ranchers commonly charged a 'trespass fee' of $100 for guys that wanted to hunt big deer on their land....it sure beats shooting through everybody else on the public areas..you are practically guaranteed a nice kill....and if you killed a couple of coyotes, the fee was refunded!
Mud.

 

[Hombre]

Because of that stupid show "Diggers" I may go to the pay to play route. I did the research on an old girl scout camp that is located on some farmers pasture land, took me 2 years to find out all about it and locate the land owner. I called him and asked for permission... he said he would check with his brothers and to check back with him in a day or so. He said that the brothers wanted to buy the Garrett AT Pro and hunt the camp themselves because they had watched the show on National Geographic.

 

[mudpuppy]

Thats a bummer there Hombre! Thanks to those DiggerDopes....Future of the sport sadly...most public places have been hammered, although some guys do real well hitting older sections of towns and curbstripping 'City Property' rights of way and rentals and foreclosed properties...

'Riparian Rights' are also handy to know in your State, and then perhaps contemplate diving or wading the 'free' zones?..(Scubadetector had some interesting posts regarding this, law showing up and all, but he knew his rights and won the day)......

I'm a free ranger by Gar! Even here a fellow has to buy a 'land use permit' to go pick mushrooms! I got tossed by a PO off a Public Park site I've been hunting for years in Dec on account of some dope got out there and dug the hell out of it, and the City Parks guy just up and told the local Cops to toss all detectorists!...I feel I'm 'grandfathered in' a screwdriver stabber, and will contact said Parks guy and procure a unofficial 'pass'...

At this point, I'd pay to play just to avoid the headache and hassle, as much as I dont want to.....although nighthawking is an admirable skill to develop, and I am pretty &%$# good at that, but why?....Making 'criminals' out of us one law at a time!
Mud

 

[Elton]

Have you guys ever heard of a pay to hunt gig?

There is one being offered in SC - pay $150.00 to hunt relics - seems like total BS to me.

Ya know - I'll bury some "relics" in my back yard and let you guys detect for $25.00 - does that sound like a deal or what

[size=x-large]Organized hunts have been happening for years............. Fun for all who participates. Your fee covers land rental etc.... Many times good finds are made..and it's little, if at all, hunted ground.
Who's the organizer of the hunt you speak of ?????[/size] Do a little research and make sure it's a legit hunt.. You will enjoy it if it is...

 

[jld66]

there are things i have seen on a face book page im on. you pay and they plant certain things. if you find the 1922 silver dollar. you win money. 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes. kinda costly to enter but, the cash prizes are good. seen one the 1st prize was like fifteen hundred. i have not done one though.

 

[Fletch88]

I've paid $250 and drove 12 hrs to hunt Civil War relics, so yes $150 May be a deal in the right spot!

 

[homebre]

I know some people in my club and on this board go to Virginia and pay to hunt. To me, and this is me only, I find that this takes the fun out of it. It is not the money or the competition aspect of it. It is just that the fun is finding a place and digging yourself without paying someone or having a contest or having a field seeded. You could go to a store an buy relics. I admit that I have found very few relics, but when I do, it is more meaningful to me. Just my opinion--maybe as I get older I will change my mind, but I am 65!

homebre from hillsborough

 

[mudpuppy]

Hombre, yeah, 'wild finds' taste sweeter!.....to locate a spot all on your own and dig out a fantastic wild find missed by others is indeed a trophy!

Still, I have no problem paying a fee to participate in a 'tournament' setting either...the intent is just different, it lets you meet a lot of fellow hunters and assess your skills/gear against theirs...its a very good way to learn and meet some very adept hunters, shorten a fellows learning curve so to speak....like shooting trap or skeet, its not as much 'fun' as a real world field hunt against wild game, but it does let a guy know what areas they might need to improve on to make themselves 'better'...hints, tricks, or tips to be gained in a group shoot..flesh sharpens flesh, so its worth the money on those points if a fellow goes into it with this in mind..
Mud

 

[Mega]

Premium detecting land especially for say Relic hunting will command a Premium price,if you had the same land and you had some history of it i guess most folks would do exactly the same,i do have my own permissions of a fair few 1000 acres of roman,saxon and Celtic but that basically costs me just the odd bottles of Whisky and chocolates at Christmas time,but the club that i am a member and we usually go out every sunday but as a club we have access to a massive amount of land but we pay a small payment every week typically about $15 but when you are talking about in excess of 70,000 acres we can detect on then its a small price to pay.

Its called supply and demand,you can go down the local tots lot for free but expect it to have been detected many times or go on prime land albeit it one cannot say that you will find prime finds but it must increase the finds in your favour by a massive amount.

River detecting in the UK for votive offereing by the Romans to the water gods is a good place to search but as above permission is required from the land owners of both banks,of course if its the same landowner who owns both banks then just one permission is require if not then both are requested,other wise you are allowed just basically to go into the middle of the river and thats it,foreshores in the UK are usually owned by the Crown and you require a free licence downloaded from the internet,some beaches are privatly owned but most are Crown owned.

Of course just my personal opinion.

 

[Percy]

I stopped by this church near where I live and asked them if I could hunt their grounds. Church is old and run down. I was asked to come back and ask the deacon. Well I did and the deacons' reply
was that they would pray and wait for an answer.........I never went back (lol) ! a little off topic but dang !

 

[Percy]

n/t

 

[GaryF]

it's all about the $......

Unless it is a seeded hunt you'll never find me paying to hunt anywhere. If I want to pay for relics I'd save my money on batteries and such and just find out what was for sale here on the web. I detect to make a few $ and hope that I come out on the good side of the money put into and gotten out of for this hobby. You all do what you want but you wont see me digging into my wallet to fatten someone else's just to dig in the dirt.

 

[BarryL]

I know some people in my club and on this board go to Virginia and pay to hunt. To me, and this is me only, I find that this takes the fun out of it. It is not the money or the competition aspect of it. It is just that the fun is finding a place and digging yourself without paying someone or having a contest or having a field seeded. You could go to a store an buy relics. I admit that I have found very few relics, but when I do, it is more meaningful to me. Just my opinion--maybe as I get older I will change my mind, but I am 65!

homebre from hillsborough

with that being said I would pay to get a chance to hunt on a piece of property that has a history of the civil war on it as there is a chance to maybe dig that once in a lifetime piece that is waiting just for me to find. Here in Texas that is not possible since there was limited civil war action . I envy the ones out east that have that opportunity

 

[homebre]

I would be afraid of getting "detector" envy if they found much more than I did!!

 

[kimbershot]

i live in "bubba" land. would i pay--no. the reason--md is my hobby. i am not a collector and i do not sell what i find. i belong to a local historical society. my goal is to preserve tiny pieces of history and donate same for display at our local headquarters. i can empathize with those who pay for an experieince--like trophy deer/pig hunting or the chance to find the relic of a lifetime--but i would think that if the property was not proven--ie--not fair chase or in md terms--no historically proven significance--it would only be a canned hunt. i do not choose to be a source of revenue.

 

[chuck ky]

that link takes us to a listing of music videos!!!

 

[Rainyday101]

I would not pay to hunt either, but that is just me. It's easy to say the parks are all hunted out and there is nowhere left to detect, and the simple fact is most of the parks are well hunted and have been for over 20 years. Note I said well hunted, not hunted out. The best places are still there, they are just not obvious and might require research and some door knocking.

If somebody wants to pay hunt that's fine with me and it's their choice.

 

[jld66]

I stopped by this church near where I live and asked them if I could hunt their grounds. Church is old and run down. I was asked to come back and ask the deacon. Well I did and the deacons' reply
was that they would pray and wait for an answer.........I never went back (lol) ! a little off topic but dang !

should have made a twenty dollar donation. surely, the deacon would have accepted it and given you permission then. haha