LongJohnSilver1
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This is a peeve of mine which I'm seeing a bit of, but I'm not sure there's much that can be done.
Ring finders here are charging people something like $200 just to look for an item, and when they fail it's always "other detectorists have taken it" which is going to generate ill will towards us.
Now maybe sometimes it's true, but they don't really know. The person might have them searching in the wrong place, or maybe they simply missed it (something I've seen them completely unwilling to admit to), or maybe it's sunk beyond range.
For me it's just a classless attempt to cover their failure. I've tried to balance this kind of negativity by searching for stuff for free if people ask me at the beach.
Has anyone else encountered this?
Ring finders here are charging people something like $200 just to look for an item, and when they fail it's always "other detectorists have taken it" which is going to generate ill will towards us.
Now maybe sometimes it's true, but they don't really know. The person might have them searching in the wrong place, or maybe they simply missed it (something I've seen them completely unwilling to admit to), or maybe it's sunk beyond range.
For me it's just a classless attempt to cover their failure. I've tried to balance this kind of negativity by searching for stuff for free if people ask me at the beach.
Has anyone else encountered this?