How much land is enough land.

[DIGGA]

I FIND  THAT IF IM OUT  IN THE EARLY EVENING  ON AN ERRAND  FOR HER INDOORS  ETC  I USUALLY  GO THE  SCEENIC ROUTE HOME  AND LOOK FOR A FEW ACCEPTABLE PLACES  FOR DETECTING ,,,,,, BANG A FEW DOORS   AND SEE WHAT TURNS UP,,,,,,,,,,,,,  I  HAVE GOT MOST OF MY LAND DOING THAT,,,,,,,SOMETIMES  ME AND BEEF  GO OUT TO GET  EBAY STUFF   AND ON THE WAY HOME WE DO A DETOUR  AND  POP INTO A FEW FARMS      WEVE  GOT   LOADS  DOING THAT ,,,

[bymatt666 (byron)]

i like to have somewhere local to go on......i have a couple of small farms, but i like  somewhere different too....so i do rallies that are held in england ,for a change...byron

[outlaw]

romano-brit ! Sorry matey wasnt implying you are lazy 

Keep knocking on doors, travel to new area,s off the beaten track.

How far are you from seven bridge, old one ??

[Spooyt Vane]

Outlaw I treat everbody the same in this hobby 6 months or 40years ieverybody is treated with the same respect. II
guess your new to the hobby, because you would not used word lazy. There is a numbeer of reasons big estates.,
niighthawking,Wrong approach, to much door knocking in the areaa tenacy a greementsor a policy of no metal detecting,

[outlaw]

jesus, i cant even get 1 farm to go on,

I wouldnt advise anyone to approach large estates, unless you are connected via family or business. Only larger clubs that can offer substantial sums ££££ are successful.

If you live in an area abundent with houses,tectors and clubs, you need to travel !

I looked on map tuther day and drove 30miles up to a roman road, spoke to the farmer who I didnt know at all and asked for permission to detect. As it was he said yes, last two farms said no !
You can have thousands of acres to detect on, but if there is nothing there, u need more.

Which means getting off backside, on bus/car/train and look for some.
Or you rely on rallies laid on !
 

PS. edited out term lazy as no offence was intended

[waltonbasinman]

Also do your research. Look for Roman roads, Domesday settlements, field names, what else has been found in the area check your county Sites and monuments record. Look at web sites like Coflein and GGAT. Gathering the Jewels is another site and even look at www.old-maps.co.uk with plenty of clues and a million paths that have now disappeared. Most of my land is of the beaten track now, but has not always been that way.

[jonny]

I have just had a thick ear from my next doot neighbour, he caught me nitehawking in his greenhouse, but I knew where the soil came from, so I dont have the problem of to much land.

                 Jonny