Detecting in South Africa

Hi Indi, welcome to the forum. I am also new to the art of detecting and want to learn a lot more. You mentioned that somebody gave you advise on how to approach people to do detecting on their land, but the link doesn't seems to work. I've  been wondering how I would approach the owner of the farm on which the Attekwas wagon trail is situated.

PGill I saw your video and enjoyed it very much, how did you approach the owner of the land?

I am visiting my sister in Alberton on the 12 Jan 2011, and wondered if somebody can give me a reference to a business which sells metal detectors in that part of of Gauteng.

Thanks

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Oh sorry odd. Im just going to copy past the email from him, gives me a good idea on how to start.

Dear Bronwyn

Yes your pic?s are terrible indeed ha ha.

Basically it is against the Heritage whatever they call themselves (I call them Kentucky eaters or Fish and chips) rules to dig in the ground, however they do not have a problem with picking stuff off the ground, however what we do is contact the land owner first, actually do this by writing him a letter asking for permission to ?hunt? on his land, telling him that whatever we find, he will have first option on anything found, normally they do not want anything, then in your letter you also tell him that you will pick up any wire, nails or glass, items that can hurt his animals.

Once he has given you permission, it is then best to plan an outing, do not take all your friends along with you, do not make any fires for a braai, be carefull if you smoke, in fact do not smoke on his property, you can also sign an indemnity and give it to him stating that you have no chance or ways to try and sue him if you hurt yourself on his land etc.

What I have done is, if I visit a certain area, I then visit the local museum if there is one, I then make up a display of various items that I have found in that area and donate it to the museum or school, this is a token of Goodwill, you can even go further and give one to the farmer or land owner as well.
I will send along a few pic?s of some of the displays that I have made up over the years and that I have donated to museums and schools.

Depending on your financial position will also determine what machine you can buy, but be warned you will be told that this or that machine is better than this or that machine, you must remember that the best machine that works for you is the one to buy, however we find that The Minelab Soverein GT or The Exterra 50 works best for us, I have three machines, A Soverein GT , An Excalibur 1000 and an Exterra 30, all three wonderful machines indeed.

Chat again later

All the best

Regards
Simon


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  i was thinking of starting off here, if i ask them for permission, it could be a heritage site though. 

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Hey Flamtech
I ship nation wide but my new stock only arrives later this month.
@Indibean
Who is this Simon, I just trying to figure out if I know him and I would also like to see his display cases. I am about to do one for a farm that I have been hunting.
As far a machines go, get a good all rounder maybe look at the  Teknetics G2  or T2 as well. They
are really easy to use, extremely light and search deep.
@Xavier
The CZ is pretty good but I am still getting to know it. What you need to check is, how deep does it detect in the water. I have been at the Strand and it is maybe 5cm of white sand and then black sand. I was pulling 1c and 2c( the small ones) at up to 25cm roughly. Those little coppers really scream!  

Posted on: January 09, 2011, 02:42:20 PM

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I really like it that the girls are joining hehehe!


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My mother always used to say that I don't finish anything I start.....seems she was right

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