Pasture or Arable Land Wanted to Rent, up to £1000 per day!

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Hi, I'm Chris and with my business partner Paul, I run Lets Go Digging. We are paying farmers a up to a £1000 plus to metal detect on their land for one day. Apart from in many cases being a welcome income, we remove potentially dangerous metal objects from the land we detect whilst offering the potential to discover the history beneath our feet. We pay the landowner on the day and can utilise pasture or arable land. We usually require a minimum of 70 acres per visit, so any landowner with for example 500 acres, we would expect to organise 5-7 events totalling approximately £3500 -£5000+ payable. Arable land when ploughed, would attract a full revisit too.

Although establisged in 2014, we have recently launched our website letsgodigging.com which is realising a fast membership sign up and our reputation is seeing referrals from one farmer to another.

Each member nationwide have their own public liability insurance which covers them individually for 10m.

If any landowner would like to discuss this with me, then please feel free to contact me on my mobile 07522008333

The latest generation of farmers seem to be very open minded towards the hobby and the financial rewards (not only the payment from us but the potential of a valuable hoard being uncovered) and our permissions are growing by the week. We are particularly looking for land in the South East, East Anglia, the midlands and the North West although all areas will be considered.

I hope this will be of interest to a few and look forward to any questions!
 
what happens to what is found?

Finders keepers for all small items, anything valued at over £500 is split with landowner, hoards go to Coroner and then either divided between farmer and finder or if Treaure trove, a reward to the value is paid to landowner and the finder.
 
what sort of potentially dangerous metal objects do you come across?

We have substantial live bullets recovered, small pieces of wire, rusty tin shards and pieces of jagged materials. We place scrap buckets around the site so that our members can deposit them safely and they are then removed at the end of an event.
 
How many detectors for a grand?

100, which requires a minimum of 70 acres. We provide our own marshals in high viz, with walkie talkie contact. Anyone flouting our rules are requested to leave the event. We have land throughout Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia. Looking for more to allow for crop timetables.
 

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100, which requires a minimum of 70 acres. We provide our own marshals in high viz, with walkie talkie contact. Anyone flouting our rules are requested to leave the event. We have land throughout Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia. Looking for more to allow for crop timetables.

Kin hell , ELS paid better .:eek:
 
Try charging members more for an event and we wouldn't need any land. I had 150 acres of land a few years ago and if I could have picked up a grand for doing nothing all day I would have made em all coffee lol. We can detect on ELS land too, so double whammy ;)
 
Try charging members more for an event and we wouldn't need any land. I had 150 acres of land a few years ago and if I could have picked up a grand for doing nothing all day I would have made em all coffee lol.
A day out in the country with free parking and possibility to earn a bit..... for a tenner , ffs I'M OOT

You lost me, as a farmer, you do diddly squat and get a grand? What's the free parking and earning a tenner about?
 
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