Connecticut Sam
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- Sep 28, 2007
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#19 have great comments.
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lastleg said:richm:
Your original thoughts on not putting ideas into someone's head in right on.
Look, you don't have actual knowledge that a major cache was ever on the property. If you still want to coinhunt anyway keep quiet on your suspicions.
Then if by some accident of nature you find a hoard take a portion for your
efforts. Then you can go to the guy and say "Hey, if I was to find a container
of money would you give me half?" If he says yes, you have this folded scrap
of paper in your back pocket that has this one handwritten paragraph "I, so&so
agree to split 50-50 on any found money on my property with a metal detector
used by so&so on the dates described." Then if he signs ask if you can hunt
tomorrow too. Of course the X spot will have been made to look brand new.
The next day after coinhunting most of the day, go back to X. dig it out again,
go to landowner and go "You're not going to believe this but I found so&so.
Then in the unlikely event he balks or runs you off, you still have an ace up your sleeve.
But if you instead brace the guy with a yard long form wanting his signature
before you even start looking, you might as well find a frame and hang your
document on the wall as a reminder of things not to ever do again.