More artifact hunters?? Words of advice...

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I was just reading Bsit post and it brought up something some of us have been talking about. Here was his post.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,307957.0.html

Read that first.

We all enjoy sharing out hunts on here but we need to learn to be careful in what we show and say. I have noticed twice the traffic this year in artfact areas. A lot of this may be the economy with people worrying about bills and with eBay selling things world wide. There are many many people that are not members watching these boards all the time that never post or contribute anything and are reading these post. If you want to keep your sites as traffic free as possible then I suggest the following. If you do not mind a lot of traffic then read no further. We all enjoy taking a friend and sharing but its diffrent when people you do not know find your site from a internet post you did and end up selling to eBay or where ever the artifacts. Its a small world now days. Here are some idea's and feel free to add to them.

DO NOT'S

1. When taking pictures limit it to just the insitu of the item.
2. Do not do landscape photos IF they can be easily recognised.
3. Do not list waterways or farms by name.
4. Make sure maps have all the gps data off them.
5.Do not list your county on profile.
Do's
1.Take good insitus
2.Tell about the hunt
3.List your area like>>> South East Texas
4.Try to help New Members get started when they Join and private message them with areas you want to share.
3. Shoot plenty of good pictures that look just like anywhere else.
4. Consider the small cost of being a charter member and support the web site.

OK I am not paranoid but many of the hunters I have been talking to are seeing a large large increase in traffic and the hobby. That's great as I hunt by permission but it gets tough when its a worn out trail. If you do not think this place is popular then read the 4 sale sign they have on it.

DO YOU WANT INSTANT INTERNET SUCCESS?

TREASURENET, THE OLDEST AND MOST POPULAR TREASURE HUNTING SITE ON THE INTERNET IS FOR SALE.
Over 2 MILLION Posts!
180,000+ Topics.
39,000+ Members.
Online since 1994.
GREAT search engine position - Google "treasure".
Great statistics... See our Alexa stats.
Asking price: Best offer.

Contact Marc if you are interested.
 

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This is Bsit who this post was in comment to. Hope it wasnt any of you but who ever came to where I hunt pretty much got me outcasted from some good friends and my hunting grounds. Doing some heavy researching now and got some good leads on productive spots but I am really apprehensive about posting here anymore. I didnt even think about people outside this community using this site to find someones areas. Learn from my mistake and if it was someone from here all you had to do is ask. Probably could have shown you some cool sh**. Thanks for all the info and knowledge Ive learned from you all, especially 37 and Tnmountains. And larson of course but I will lay low for a little while when it comes to my new points. -----BSIT
 

Bsit
Keep posting just do not show any landmarks and keep packing your 45. There are always going to be people lurking from everywhere and I am not saying they are bad as I have been proved wrong.
Posting pictures can not only hurt you but others that also hunt those areas from their own explorations. We just need to be smarter and this is a growing hobby due to places like here and the economy. People think what we do is easy. It is not easy. Look at what happened to Marc the owner of Treasure -net with his discovery being stolen from him. Keep huntin good luck and look forward to pics of your finds.
TnMountains
 

bsit1361 said:
i dont know that story. What happened with mark

Marc the guy that founded and owns treasure ne t(this site) found real treasure and lost it due to talking about it. I am talking coins, guns and so forth. His story is on here somewhere....
 

TnMountains said:
bsit1361 said:
i dont know that story. What happened with mark

Marc the guy that founded and owns treasure ne t(this site) found real treasure and lost it due to talking about it. I am talking coins, guns and so forth. His story is on here somewhere....

I'd like to read that story.
Newt
 

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