How to go Treasure Hunting in the Texas Panhandle

Prepare an agreement on a computer with blank percentage areas which may be filled out by both you and a landowner. The signed agreement should provide you with permission to walk upon the land, as well as signifying the percentage agreed upon between you and the landowner if an item of value is discovered and sold. If possible, contact an attorney working in the state of Texas who can review your agreement.

Drive on public roads alongside any property where you desire to survey for treasure while using a GPS unit to provide you coordinates of locations where you desire to seek and to dig. Write down the coordinates for later use.

Locate the residence of the land owner, using public records if necessary. Take the GPS coordinates to any Department of Land Management Bureau serving the Texas Panhandle. Provide the GPS data along with directions to the property and have a clerk look up the registered place of residence for the owner of the given parcel of land.

Dress for inclement weather. In the Panhandle of Texas, days can be blistering hot during the summer and will be damp and cool throughout the fall and winter months.

Search for metal items buried in the ground using a quality metal detector. Spend at least six to eight hours scouring the land for metal items, digging them up as they are found using a hand spade and a shovel. Place all items in a bag or a box.

Present the entire box or bag of discovered items to the land owner at the end of the treasure hunting session. Be honest and show all items found, whether low-value scrap items or salable items. This honesty can pay off simply because the landowner may be willing to pay you a finders fee for something he may have lost on his own property which has personal historical value. The landowner may always be the first and best buyer for items found for such items, as such items may be worthless to others.