Etiquette!

[probono]

well it happened to me a few years ago whilst on  a farm , seen a guy in the distance he came over to say hello and we have been great friends ever since , detecting together often 

Was that me then Mike - I remember having a similar experience

[hotmill]

its happened to our club, we payed the farmer for a days detecting there was about 10/15 of us there next thing 2 fellas came on and started detecting, we found out they are in another club. now if it was me even though we have the permission off the farmer i would never think of going on a farm if a club was on even if others are on i wouldnt go on as its an unwritten rule in my eyes, (dont step on others shoes).

I agree Jase, I ask if there's someone else is detecting the land, if they are then I don't bother, plenty of other land to go at without treading on people's toes.

[wagis]

If the farmer does tell you others have been on his land it is worth asking him if it was recently, as I have a couple of fields that have been detected on before but not for a couple of years so I don't mind going on them. If it had have been recently I wouldn't have bothered even though I had his permission.