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I was thinking exactly the same thing. I get sooo many people saying they wish they had one especially near the holiday beaches etc
I have an ad up at local shops offering detector service but no replies so far. I have a cheap one that will find anything and everything with no target id and the fisher f2. Let me know if you get someone down here if you like.

Oh .. Hi there Shezem.
Hopefully we can get you sorted out.


The page on my website is treasure hunters for hire
And I was wondering the best way to go about it.
If you would like your contact details listed as a treasure hunter, or if I would just keep a list and forward any requests - what are your suggestions?
At this stage I would offer this a free service for hunters and let you organize your own renumeration - if you wanted to make a donation toward my expenses I'd let you :)

At this stage the page is ranking pretty well for various related search terms.

Edited by user Saturday, 11 February 2012 1:02:41 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks Chris, will get back to you soon for your contact details when I get organized.

what an interesting concept. i guess some people are very trusting.

my detector is like my cameras (i'm a professional photographer).

i hate letting anyone even touch them as you don't know what settings get altered and not changed back, you don't know who's dropped it to frazzle the circuitry, etc etc.

i guess some of you must use your detectors only occasionally. i don't know where i'd be if it was a great sunny day and i had the urge to head out and not have my machine at hand.

also, the good detectors are expensive and complicated machines. i'm guessing a person's details such as drivers license etc would be obtained and a bond taken? whose insurance covers the detector as i'm sure it says somewhere that a person's own insurance does not cover the renting out of your property?

for those of you that simply are looking for coins on public reserves i think little could go wrong but for all of us gold searchers the terrain we go into is not in the least a great place to be in the care of someone else's precious machine. i think i would be constantly fretting i was going to drown it or drop it over a cliff.

the good high end detectors take a lot to get your head around too. you would really have to be familiar with these to have much luck. i'm still learning stuff with my gold bug 2 and i've had it for years. luckily i know someone that has a gb2 (and also a minelab 4500) who knows a lot more than me and can teach me further.

maybe that could be a though. detector classes.

good luck

Hi

Wouldn't mind getting my name out there, for the right reasons I might add. Have you looked at Google Ads for your website? We have them on the Paydirt site and I'm always clicking on them. Every little bit helps.

Dave

Thanks Dave.
I have a couple of adword ads on the site, but I'd rather people buy from me than my competitors advertising on google :)

True PB. If you are wanting to make a business of it then it would probably be a good thing to join ringfinders as you say. But for those that just want the possibility of some pocket money for doing what you are doing anyway, then I'll happily send you any leads I get in your area. It is all good promotion for my site if I can help people out.

I used to be on ringfinders as well, but had some issues with some dudes wanting me to find some buried cash while one of their brothers was in prison.. Was an odd experience and I had to pull the plug before it got too nasty.

I have added those who requested to be included for contact should I get inquiries from your area. At this stage I will probably make contact via the forum or email for those that passed on their email.

On another note, this is an interesting story of a lost ring recovered
http://nz.news.yahoo.com...omach-after-three-years/

He passes our name and number on when a request is made......I guess its better that way as then the idiots can be filtered out and you dont get all and sundry ringing and texting you with spam etc etc.

I recently lent one of my old machines to a friend, he saw it in the van and asked if his mate could
use it as he needed to find a power bar (something off the tractor i gather) he lost while making hay.
He needed a easy way to find it other than busting open a field of bales and redoing them.
He found it, but it wasn't straight anymore. lol!

maybe i should have hired it to him?