Do relic huntig partnerships work?

[ynpto804]

I also have two other people that occasionally hunt with my partner and I, making a group of four. People I'm friendly with, but not friends with.

I have my concerns, and they don't get to come to the honey holes. But I spend the time setting up the hunts, finding locations, researching history, negotiating/sweet talking homeowner, etc. They show up and hunt.

I don't mind in a group setting that small things are finders keepers, but the rules you apply to two hunters should apply to four, or five, or six. Set a dollar amount in value. Under that you keep, over that you split (don't forget property owner). Agree in advance who is in charge, and makes the call. In my group, that will be me. Or they can find their own place to hunt.

Fair market value is easy to set. eBay is great resource. Gold jewelry is 60% of spot price is fair.

Personally I wouldn't care if a fellow hunter found something of value, say $500, and wanted to keep it. It's not about the money. But if he was selling it, a split might be in order. If he finds that cache of Morgan silvers in the place that I walked him over and said, "Search here", we should splint something, don't ya think?

Set the value high. None of you are there to get rich. So you don't want money to get in the way. And if it's just about the relics, I don't want to collect any relic found by someone else anyway. That's not what it's about. So I wouldn't care about splitting them.

If I really want a musketball or Dandy button dug by another hunter, I'll just buy one....

Great thoughts thanks.

 

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[Keppy]

I don't think I could sell relics, I find that old items are so cool!

...If i find a relic and i can not sell it... Then to me it is just junk ..Scrap..