Will folks pay for clearing their driveways and parking lots?

[FredMaxwell]

It'd be interesting to see if a guy could make a little route for himself there and keep gravel lots free of nails for a fee..
And it'd be even better if the owner would sign off on a 51 49 split of anything of value

I may be eccentric so tell me if that's dumb
I probably won't listen

 

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[hollowpointred]

hey........why not! people have made money with wierder ideas........remember the pet rock!!! what have you got to lose? at the very least you may gain some new spots to hunt.

 

[FredMaxwell]

I can imagine the owners being mad and angry if I came on scene with a jackhammer and ended up digging for a water main but what the hell it would be a good opportunity to justify buying a camcorder...
PS: My uncle lives there on frasier, good to know you

 

[hollowpointred]

Frazier PA? ....yeah thats not too far from here. small world huh!

 

[FredMaxwell]

Frazier PA? ....yeah thats not too far from here. small world huh!

Sure is,
Frasier street in Wilmington DE where you are
I use to live in Smyrna

 

[Monty]

I know a guy who has a professional parking lot cleaning company.? He has contracts with most of the shopping centers in town and has several commercial sweeping machines plus a couple of dozen employees.? He makes a ton of $$$.? I don't think one guy with a metal detector could do much good but if you approach it from a professional cleaning point of view and there is no one doing it now, you could do real good!? Montyi

 

[FredMaxwell]

Sure you're right,
I know of a guy in FL who bought one of those crazy things and made it pay itself off in a years time!
Makes about 60/yr with one machine according to him

 

[hollowpointred]

oh frasier street....thats only a few blocks from here.....right up the street! welcome to the forum! have you ever done any detecting around here?

 

[FredMaxwell]

Not yet

 

[EDDE]

$20/ 250 lb pull magnet from harbor freight company cheaper!!!

 

[FredMaxwell]

$20/? 250 lb pull magnet from harbor freight company cheaper!!!

Those sure are nice to have
Been known to destroy data.. but sure are handy

 

[NLINE SIXX]

$20/? 250 lb pull magnet from harbor freight company cheaper!!!

You killing me

NL6

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

What happens if someone gets a flat tire in a lot you've been sweeping? Are you liable? I sweep my own (former owner spread fireplace ashes in the crushed shale driverway . . . and also burned wood with nails from pallets & c. Mighty tough digging. You may need to keep a bucket of "fill" to smooth over holes.

Those pull magnets do work pretty well. I borrorwed one and found old roofing nails EVERYRWHERE in my yard.

 

[EDDE]

see and sell those...

 

[FredMaxwell]

What happens if someone gets a flat tire in a lot you've been sweeping?? Are you liable?? I sweep my own (former owner spread fireplace ashes in the crushed shale driverway . . . and also burned wood with nails from pallets & c.? Mighty tough digging.? You may need to keep a bucket of "fill" to smooth over holes.

Those pull magnets do work pretty well.? I borrorwed one and found old roofing nails EVERYRWHERE in my yard.? ?

No no the property owner would be liable
I would say look man I did my job right and you are not going to stand there in a courtroom and tell me and the judge you can prove it was my fault someone picked up a nail in your lot or even that it wasn't in the tire before they got there.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It'd be interesting to see if a guy could make a little route for himself there and keep gravel lots free of nails for a fee..
And it'd be even better if the owner would sign off on a 51/49 split of anything of value

Well than I don't see much what's in it for them as far as paying a fee. So, that leaves the split option. If secretary "A" drops her wedding ring in the parking lot, I think she'd prefer it back in one piece. Probably not a cash settlement after it's sold for gold, either. And if Mr. Boss looks out the window to his parking lot and sees a half dozen little fresh holes and you say "your split is 3-1/2 cents" he's going to reconsider.

You're going to have to be a good salesman to pitch this.