Private Property

[John(Tx)]

Recently I found an old house from around the early 1900s' which was empty and overgrown with grass and weeds. Did a search on the appraisal district site and found who owned the property. The owner had passed so I contacted the daughter who lives in California, we had a chat and told her what I was after. She told me that her dad had lost his WWII dogtags in the yard and if I found them she would like to have them, of course I said yes. Then she told me her dad had willed the property to The Salvation Army which was based in Dallas, Tx. I contacted the person in charge and explained what had taken place. I also said that if given permission I would clean up the place, cut the grass/weeds and removed all the debris. She said it would be brought up at the next board meeting. She sent ma an email yesterday and said the board members had denied my request. I replied that was fine but that the board members needed to get the place cleaned up or the city would do it for them and charge them. I don't know what it would of hurt to hunt this old run down place and maybe return a set of old dogtags to the man's daughter. Some of my friends say to just go in there, cut the grass and hunt but I am not one for trespassing, not worth the embarrassment. Thanks for letting me vent some. I am also one of those guys like many of you that always puts money in the Salvation Army's kettle when they are standing outside WalMart. HH John

 

[morelic55]

I would take pics of the property and send them to the daughter, have her contact the Salvation Army with the Question..."How could you let the place go like this?"
Maybe she could help you get in there............MO

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[wayne_etc]

Yep!
Have the daughter call up "the Board" and tell them that SHE WANT'S you to detect the property!

w

 

[TURNMASTER]

Good call

 

[Pyledriver]

Not to hijack but I had a rejection last week from a property company. The guy said no so fast it made me wonder if he even knew what I was talking about-so I asked him. He said 'yeah, you just want to go and strip all the metal from the old house for scrap'. I said 'no, and that's why I asked you if you knew what I meant', then explained to him what I was really trying to do. He lightened up a bit and then told me he'd take it up with the owner of the land. I'm sure he WON'T do that, but now I know that it's not the development company's land and can find the owner through more research! Not sure if you have the same situation here or not, but most people that sit in some sort of power position say no to anything they don't understand, or sometimes to something they know is harmless but they just don't like the idea of it. If the property has been willed to the S.A. it may not matter what the daughter thinks or wants. One of the hardest things to handle in this hobby is not getting irritated with those who say no just because they're on a power trip or don't care to understand. It's in my nature to call people out when I think they're being..uh..difficult, but I know it's for the better to just let it go. Well, ok, except for the lady at the gate at a local lake. She told me the Corps of Engineers does NOT allow metal detecting of ANY kind, EVER. I said, 'oh really, well what's this permit I have then?' LOL!

If it's no, just let it ride....