Hi guy's, I have a question about door knocking. I have door knocked a few homes and was wondering do most of you guy's that door knock have any better luck on one day or another? What I mean is do you find that door knocking on Sunday the same as Saturday or is there less of a chance to get a yes on Sunday compared to Saturday. It seems like Saturday people would be more apt to say yes. Any thoughts. Thank you and HH.
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question about door knocking
- Thread starter pointer80
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For the most part when I have a day off I am knocking. Sometimes on weekends and sometimes on weekdays. I really don't think it makes that much of a difference. Just try not to look like a slob. Decent clothes and combed hair if you have any, lol. Look them in the eyes when you talk to them and don't wear dark shaded sunglasses, let them see your eyes too. Be polite even when they tell you no. It is weird for me as many times I think there is no way this person will let me detect. They are the ones that usually do. If they say no, thank them for their time and then off to the next house
metalmedic
Member
As long as those guys are getting paid,
it makes everything ok
it makes everything okironsight said:
I recently got permission to hunt a property but not before being asked I was going to share the riches like they find on the detecting shows.
Now we have a new task, defusing the expectations of the homeowners and explaining that most in the hobby don't act like imbeciles.
Now we have a new task, defusing the expectations of the homeowners and explaining that most in the hobby don't act like imbeciles.
[Sharing the riches] What's the best way to do that? Maybe write down everything on a piece of paper, put it in a hat then each person picks? Or I keep the coins you keep the jewelry? or the homeowner gets to choose? Detectorist gets to choose? Or you price all the coins from the red book, tally them up, then split? Can be a bit of a pain, I'd say.
GeorgeinSC
Well-known member
When told that the landowner wants a share of my finds I thank them and tell them that I will be back in touch. That is the last that they hear from me.
If they want "Their" share then let them invest the big bucks, learn to detect, and then go see what might be lost on the property. I will bet you that they will be severely disappointed in what they find.
I have voiced my opinion about Diggers with National Geographic. They will not even answer my E-Mails. Personally I would not urinate on either of those idiots if they were on fire.
If they want "Their" share then let them invest the big bucks, learn to detect, and then go see what might be lost on the property. I will bet you that they will be severely disappointed in what they find.
I have voiced my opinion about Diggers with National Geographic. They will not even answer my E-Mails. Personally I would not urinate on either of those idiots if they were on fire.
GeorgeinSC
Well-known member
My thought is that the Landowner is going to have very High expectations of what you will find and will firmly believe that you are cheating them out of all the riches that you have found. If they have watched those Rectal Orifices on television they will know that you are cheating them.
Rather than have a problem I just tell them that I will be in contact "Later" and they never hear from me again.
Rather than have a problem I just tell them that I will be in contact "Later" and they never hear from me again.
I dont know...tried it a few times, just for giggles, got access, didnt find nothing of value..
That said, folks now a days are wary of strangers, and I dont blame them one bit!.....although they are pliable to authority figures!
So wear khakis, work boots and act like sleepy dope, up and say you are from the city and doing an "underground recon of the gas lines", and you are in! Or, tell them your "boss man sent you out here to locate the pintle pin that flew off the clevis hookup during the winter, very dangerous, gotta find it, wont take but a few minutes, cant have you hit it with your mower, should be in and out in no time"...
or else, better yet, just swing away, and if anybody comes outside to ask you what you are doing, just talk about pintle pins and clevises, threaded sewer stubs, curbstops, fire ants, your boss man, the city, radon gas detector,...whatever pops into your head at the moment that sounds official and dangerous..chances are, if the person is under 50 yrs old, you are golden! You wanna find silver or not?
Mud
That said, folks now a days are wary of strangers, and I dont blame them one bit!.....although they are pliable to authority figures!
So wear khakis, work boots and act like sleepy dope, up and say you are from the city and doing an "underground recon of the gas lines", and you are in! Or, tell them your "boss man sent you out here to locate the pintle pin that flew off the clevis hookup during the winter, very dangerous, gotta find it, wont take but a few minutes, cant have you hit it with your mower, should be in and out in no time"...
or else, better yet, just swing away, and if anybody comes outside to ask you what you are doing, just talk about pintle pins and clevises, threaded sewer stubs, curbstops, fire ants, your boss man, the city, radon gas detector,...whatever pops into your head at the moment that sounds official and dangerous..chances are, if the person is under 50 yrs old, you are golden! You wanna find silver or not?Mud
Yeah, i'm from the gobenmint look'n for knuption pins on tumbling shafts...just wear a hard hat and an orange vest and good to go! 
This whole door knocking thing is something i've been tempted to try with all the pounded-out parks around here. Some have said you have to be clean cut when a knock'n.
Guess it'll be a door knocking challenge as i'm not gonna shave my beard off!
I do get a lot of permissions but only when i can catch the land owner outside and its been only farmers so far and in my County. The one time i knocked on a city house to search some promising property, i got a stern NO from the lady of the house. I'll bet she seen Diggers or maybe it was the beard!
One of these days, 'dam the torpedoes full speed ahead', i'm gonna assume the personality of a pesky door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and go to an old country town and knock away!!!
Being a large land owner myself, i can't understand why with all the BS going on in this day and age, some people would let a stranger onto their property to dig holes or for any other reason. Don't make sense to me.
I've have on on ocassion let neighbors deer hunt on my property but only neighbors i know.
This whole door knocking thing is something i've been tempted to try with all the pounded-out parks around here. Some have said you have to be clean cut when a knock'n.
Guess it'll be a door knocking challenge as i'm not gonna shave my beard off!
I do get a lot of permissions but only when i can catch the land owner outside and its been only farmers so far and in my County. The one time i knocked on a city house to search some promising property, i got a stern NO from the lady of the house. I'll bet she seen Diggers or maybe it was the beard!
One of these days, 'dam the torpedoes full speed ahead', i'm gonna assume the personality of a pesky door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and go to an old country town and knock away!!!
Being a large land owner myself, i can't understand why with all the BS going on in this day and age, some people would let a stranger onto their property to dig holes or for any other reason. Don't make sense to me.
I've have on on ocassion let neighbors deer hunt on my property but only neighbors i know.
metalmedic
Member
Ok pointer....inquiring minds want to know....what's your secret sales pitch?