£1000 Paid for exclusive metal detecting permissions There's Money in UK Metal Detecting

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 TheMetalDetectorist, '£1000 Paid for exclusive metal detecting permissions' The Farming Forum Jun 21, 2017

I will pay any Land owner or farmer £1000.00 for exclusive permission for our club members to metal detect on their land (land owners must have approx 400 Acres) The land owner will also get a percentage of the fees taken on the days that we hold events on that land. This is a metal detecting business. We hold events and charge our members. Those members are regulated, verified and vetted before they come on anyone's property. They have finite rules to obey or they are removed from the club and land. The business The Metal Detectorist runs a database on a secure website that holds all personal information beyond that required by the current NCMD (national council for metal detecting). The Metal Detectorist is insured and is a subscribed member of The Purple Guide, a must for all event operators in the UK. All liability lies with The Metal Detectorist during any event held by us on your land. All members agree to a strict set of conditions that place an obligation on the detectorist to follow. Failure to means they forfeit their membership and chance to metal detect some of the countries significant sites. The Metal Detectorist runs all of its events on the understanding that we are your advocate and ensure that all land owner interests are followed when things are found. We ensure that all the correct procedures are followed and adhered to when significant finds have been uncovered. We do not allow members their (MY Precious) moment. On our events we have regularly found gold sovereigns guineas silver hammered coins and artifacts, Roman & Saxon. Any find over the value of £300.00 has to be shared with the land owner. As an example recently we had four significant gold finds and all of the gold coins ended up in the possession of the land owners after quotes were found and a values established. Silver hammered coins can sometimes have a value that runs into the thousands. All coins found are valued before they are allowed off site. All documenting is completed by the club. All referencing and find liaison processes are followed closely by the club and the land owner kept informed every step of the way.

We have designed The Metal Detectorist for the land owner. Many of you, im sure agree, that a huge section of the metal detecting community use the hobby as some kind of get rich quick idea. This club has created a process that limits any damage or theft one way or another. All of our members are the type to have disposable incomes. All have verified their personal details including DOB. All of the members have to attend an event and are observed to see if they are the type of member we want in our club. Mainly we have Elderly, Young Children the Disabled and Working people looking to de-stress normally from a nice day out. Good members. The kind you dont mind !

If you are interested in seeing how using The Metal detectorist could benefit you or your business and you have land that you can give permission for us to metal detect on please get in touch. You can either contact me on my mobile [...] References are available from every land owner we have held an event with. All we ask is if you will allow us to use you as a reference in the future

This seems to be this commercial artefact hunting event organiser, Nigel Jones, and you can see the Facebook page here.