Long shot but any land owners willing to give permission for myself to metal detect (Midlands)

[Jamie Price]

My name is Jamie and I live in Whetstone, Leicester. I am 45 and I work full time as a site manager from Monday to Friday for a remediation company.

I'm also a keen photographer and do it as a hobby in my spare time, my link to my website is at the bottom of this email.

My other hobby metal detecting and that's the reason I'm contacting you. Would you consider allowing me to detect on your land?

I am a very honest person and I do this as a hobby and not for financial gain. I just enjoy getting out and get a thrill finding old coins, and buttons etc.

I'm very respectful of the land I detect on with most finds only being roughly 4inches deep so I dig in a way that leaves the ground looking like how it was found with very minimal disturbance.

Also im very aware of livestock and the importance of fencing and gates etc, I always close gates behind me and never take short cuts causing damage to fencing. Also any scrap bits of metal I find in the dig holes will be removed and taken with me which helps clean up your land.

I am a member of a few metal detecting groups and go on organised digs regularly. I am also a member of NCMD which is the National council for metal detecting which provides me with public liability insurance up to £10,000,000 which gives land owners peace of mind when allowing someone to detect on their land.

In the organised digs I go on, the Detectorist Anything above over a agreed value will be a 50\50 split with the land owner. As I said earlier I am very honest and always honour this agreement. I can even provide a written agreement if needed.

Any important finds will be recorded and sent to a finds liaison officer who may report it as a national treasure and he must give any museums the chance of buying it, if this happens then the purchase price will be split 50/50 with the land owner.

I will also record and photograph any smaller finds if they have any historical importance so you will have some history of your land.

If you agree to give me permission to detect on your land please can you reply to this email and maybe attach a google map image of the fields that you would like me to detect and any questions you might have.

Sorry for the long post.
Thanks Jamie

 

[Andy12345]

How about 100% to the land owner ....as you said its just a hobby and you are not doing it for financial gain!!!

 

[goodevans]

I wish you luck, we have a guy who is allowed around our place and to be honest I don't understand everybody's animosity,I am always interested to see his finds whether it is musket balls to coins plus bout marker off combination and many reusable shakerator points

 

[Stuart J]

Think there is a particular forum section for these requests.

 

[Jamie Price]

How about 100% to the land owner ....as you said its just a hobby and you are not doing it for financial gain!!!

That would be fine too as you only say 50/50 as the land owner sometimes likes to sell it if its of value! I keep all my finds and just collect them and take photos of them. Not sold anything yet as nothing of high value.

 

[Jamie Price]

I wish you luck, we have a guy who is allowed around our place and to be honest I don't understand everybody's animosity,I am always interested to see his finds whether it is musket balls to coins plus bout marker off combination and many reusable shakerator points

Yeah we like do it it as a hobby and enjoy the hunt. So interesting what is left in the ground. Finding something and then trying to identify it. Its not all financial gain as alot of it has not alot of value at all. Coins, buttons lead etc. It is hard to get permissions though as people think you are going to find a pot of gold and keep it! Better odds of winning the lottery with a less back ache!

 

[Jamie Price]

Think there is a particular forum section for these requests.

 

[britishblue]

Does the metal detecting organisation give you a template to write for your request. I have received 2 requests and they were both almost identical to yours?

 

[Jamie Price]

Thank you I will check

Does the metal detecting organisation give you a template to write for your request. I have received 2 requests and they were both almost identical to yours?

Haha yeah they do give you a rough template. Only because it's so hard to get permissions so i was looking for any help I could.

 

[whitefox]

I wish you luck, we have a guy who is allowed around our place and to be honest I don't understand everybody's animosity,I am always interested to see his finds whether it is musket balls to coins plus bout marker off combination and many reusable shakerator points

I too, do not get the animosity,a number of years ago i was contacted by the organiser of a large club,unknown to me until this point,anyway he politely enquired if i would be willing to grant his club permission to detect on my fields ,for a "cash"fee,as the fields were in stubble,i couldnt see the harm,and any cash income is welcome,they were quite a large club, and it was obvious too neighbours and passers by,what was going on, i was very suprised by the comments,of a few neighbours and locals, that they would never allow this on their land? this particular club ,were as good as gold,due to their numbers ,their presence was quite obvious,but even on the wettest and fowl of days,they never even bothered me for a tow out,which i would gladly have given, i was fascinated to see what they found,yes, lots of musket balls and coins,but what i enjoyed most was their knowledge of history,they really knew their stuff,anyway back to my initial reason for posting, a good 35/40 odd years ago,as a raw teenager i was wee square baling straw in this particular field,which the metal detectorists seemed to favour most,my father returned in the afternoon from attending a funeral,i think,and as it was harvest time hurriedly changed,and rushed out to build up bales,in his haste to get on with the job,he forgot to remove a gold signature ring from his finger,which had been a wedding present to him from my mother,well,you guessed it!,the ring was lost,my parents searched for hours in this field,even putting out appeals to the buyers of the straw,to lookout for this piece of valuable nostalgia,but it was never found...........until 2019,it was the second significant find of the day,the club organiser had asked my wife to go with him to examine the first notable find of the day,when they got the call to go and examine another gold ring,my wife was unaware of the story of this ring ,but immediately recognized, what she very rightly assumed was my fathers initials,i was then called and straight away the memory came back,my father had passed away in 2011,but my mother (and me) will forever be gratefull for their search for history............and they are welcome anytime

 

[Jamie Price]

I too, do not get the animosity,a number of years ago i was contacted by the organiser of a large club,unknown to me until this point,anyway he politely enquired if i would be willing to grant his club permission to detect on my fields ,for a "cash"fee,as the fields were in stubble,i couldnt see the harm,and any cash income is welcome,they were quite a large club, and it was obvious too neighbours and passers by,what was going on, i was very suprised by the comments,of a few neighbours and locals, that they would never allow this on their land? this particular club ,were as good as gold,due to their numbers ,their presence was quite obvious,but even on the wettest and fowl of days,they never even bothered me for a tow out,which i would gladly have given, i was fascinated to see what they found,yes, lots of musket balls and coins,but what i enjoyed most was their knowledge of history,they really knew their stuff,anyway back to my initial reason for posting, a good 35/40 odd years ago,as a raw teenager i was wee square baling straw in this particular field,which the metal detectorists seemed to favour most,my father returned in the afternoon from attending a funeral,i think,and as it was harvest time hurriedly changed,and rushed out to build up bales,in his haste to get on with the job,he forgot to remove a gold signature ring from his finger,which had been a wedding present to him from my mother,well,you guessed it!,the ring was lost,my parents searched for hours in this field,even putting out appeals to the buyers of the straw,to lookout for this piece of valuable nostalgia,but it was never found...........until 2019,it was the second significant find of the day,the club organiser had asked my wife to go with him to examine the first notable find of the day,when they got the call to go and examine another gold ring,my wife was unaware of the story of this ring ,but immediately recognized, what she very rightly assumed was my fathers initials,i was then called and straight away the memory came back,my father had passed away in 2011,but my mother (and me) will forever be gratefull for their search for history............and they are welcome anytime

What a lovely story. I go on these organised digs throughout the year and all the people you meet are always very friendly and just normal working people. I work full time as a site manager so I do this as a hobby and spent thousands on my equipment. I know there are bad people out there and these are the ones detecting at night in historic places and just out for just financial gain. Which give us honest detectorists a bad name. I like to find things then research what they are and imagining how the item was lost hundreds of years go. But find it so hard to get permissions now. Thank you for taking the time to reply

 

[Emmssx]

I wish you luck, we have a guy who is allowed around our place and to be honest I don't understand everybody's animosity,I am always interested to see his finds whether it is musket balls to coins plus bout marker off combination and many reusable shakerator points

I wish more people were like you all I want is a chance for some permission as I’m a care worker and always working so I never get the chance to go on club digs love metal detecting