Getting permission

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	Hi, Lary.  My name's Larry too.  I have been researching the Thomas Jefferson Beale treasure story for a very long time.  I rode to the area and found "Do not Trespass" signs everywhere.  But I found many signs along the road that gave a person's name and phone number concerning the property.  I called, made an appointment to meet him.  These mountain people are very smart and apprehensive about "flat landers" like me. I thought the best approach was to be truthful and explain what I wanted to do.  He accepted that. I also gave him a copy of my driver's license and my telephone number.  From that time on I just wrote him a note when I wanted to go on the property.  Your situation is a little different.  You could research the land records at the public registry in the county or city where the property is located to see who has title to the property.  Usually you can get the street address of the owner.  This is public record and you may be able to search on the internet; however most records would be sorted by the property number.  The public registry would have tax maps you could look at to pin point the property and get the property tax number assigned to that property as well as the owner's name and address.

             I'm a newbie.....it's always been the vacant lots, without the shells of buildings, that have attracted me.  But I've always avoided hunting them because I didn't have any idea where to get permission to hunt and didn't want to face trespass issues.   This sounds like a good first set of steps for me.   Do any of you veterans have any other suggestions on how we should go about getting permission to hunt vacant lots---especially in areas where there are lots of vacant lots and few neighbors who seem to know anything except "you can't do that there"?

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I've been researching the site of schools in 1917. Here's my problem, the sites are located about 75 miles from my house. I have the names and addresses of the property owners. However, of the 7 sites 5 of the owners don't live on the property. liveSome of them live even further away. I was thinking about writing a letter to introduce myself and ask for permission. What are your thoughts?

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While I am new to metal detecting, I can say the one thing that ticks of a cocks (farmers) more than enything is leaving Gates open.

Thanks for all the info I do appreciate it and have learnt a lot as well. 

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If you have ever watched the TV show "American Pickers" on "The History Channel".

The two guys have a very good into.  They will knock on door, introduce themselves  and hand a sheet to the owner of what they are mainly interested in and why they stopped by.  Sometimes they get the door slammed in their face, but most of the time people are happy to show them around of let them just look. 

I always wondered if that would work for metal detecting? 

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I knew had a problem with "cold calling.  I was a real estate agent for 5 years and I would ask everyone I met, "Hi, My name is ________ and I'm with _____.  Do you know anyone who is looking to buy or sell a home in the next 30 days?" 

I'd do this standing in line at the grocery, just about anywhere.    (I used also slip my business card into all the real estate magazines at the grocery.) I got a lot of "no",  a few angry looks, but every once in a great while, I'd get a "yes"!  Before that I was in collectible sales.  I did a lot of cold calling on hobby shops. 

I'll share a Tteasure story with you all.  I was showing a large piece of property to a client who wanted to put up "cookie cutter" homes.  (Same basic floor plan, just change the color of the siding.)  This was just at the start of the Forclosure mess, 2004ish.  There was a nice piece of land with an old house and shed that was ready to fall down on it the land.    The former owner lived out of state, according to the tax records. The bank had foreclosed and I don't think they had even assigned a real estate agent to list it yet.  The house wasn't in much better shape than the shed, but for what he wanted it for, he would have torn it down anyway. 

He wanted to go walk the property.  I was in dress clothes and really didn't feel like going through knee high brush, so I told him to go ahead.  While I was waiting, I decided to look in the shed.  (It was so bad, that the door fell off in my hand!)  Inside the shed was loaded with dirty old children toys.  But also there were at least 2 dozen nice peices of Milk Glass.  There were vases, mugs & candy dishes.  Also an old pull rope push mower (The kind you wrapped the rope around and pulled, then the rope came off in your hand.)  And stacks of old oil cans.  (If I had watched American Pickers, I would have gathered up all the old oil cans!  Proabably the old mower would have been worth something.)  Instead, I took two of the milk glass vases.  My reasoning was the bank owned the property, and chances are no one from the bank had even been out there.  If they had, no one went into the shed.  Just this Summer, I decided to put the vases on ebay.  Serves me right, as I just about gave them away!  LOL



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