Our JR Australia wide network has some really quality people in our ranks and never once have I ever had to talk to any detectorist about any possible form of code breach. All said and done it comes down to common sense, some curtisy towards others in their time of need.
Detecting Skill catagories required to find peoples lost items Guide:
a/ Land only. (most quaility detectors fit this bill as most recent lost jewellery is surface stuff.)
b/ Land small earrings and chains. (Small coil machines proven Earring detection)
c/ Shallow surf/water ( water proof machines)
d/ Full underwater (Experianced Divers with full Water proof machines and U/water pinpointers)
To Join is simple all I need from you is:
1/ A reasonably reliable contact phone No. (Would be sad if I had a job right next door to you and I couldnt phone you about it.)
2/ A list of your basic equipment and your class abilities you can currently and want perform so I can send you out to the jobs you are setup for.
How JR works: Guideline
1/ I get a customer call and use my knowledge to assess the detecting task at hand. I quote customer a minimum job price and encourage them to pay a reward if they like our service and the item is found. Flaky(Possible non payers) asked to pay via paypal, credit card or bank deposit up front to me directly, before search.
2/ I then call the JR guys in the customers local with the suitable equipment and skills at the time of day they indicated they should be avaliable. I advise of payment condtions. Some times charity work I pay you out of my pocket.
3/ If our first or second JR guy is busy or not avaliable I call other JR guys that live possible close by. I will endeavour to get first time detectorists to meet up with more experianced guys at times. In the event no one is avaliable the job is posted in our forum under state.
4/IMPORTANT Every one to contact customer ASAP to confirm search time and place.
5/Our JR guys put in a minimum two hour search but, Ideally we search the best if not all the area in question so we dont come up empty handed if it can be avoided. Some areas might take two searches, over two days, for ledgendary finds. That will be up to the individual searcher but I tend to give the jobs to the guys willing to go the extra mile as I am prepared to do myself.(put yourself in the customers shoes.)
FOUND Get ready for those customer smiles and bear hugs, payment and bonuses possibly,
NO Find, You gave all you had! Be Happy you are a winner in the customers eyes as we gave it our all! and this really gives the customer closure it was properly looked for.
6/ Customer pays on completion the agreed amount and bonus as they value themselves and our work. In the event they dont pay (extremly rare),Call me asap and or let them go with their item there is no point belittling ourselves. Where possible I will chip in towards your expenses out of my own pocket as I value your time and skills more than that customer. A customer who cheats over money and say a wedding ring is asking for some serious kamra backlash at some point in time .lol Best to let them go.
(Customer pays you by cash usually or If you dont have paypal I can takes credit cards, bank deposit, or Paypal.) Note try to avoid paypal as they charge a few percent per transaction.
Ask customer for a photo of their ring for internet( I usually get them to hold their ring near their smiling face. )
JOB WELL DONE Love to hear your story on Kimbucktwo.
To Protect the very High quality of customer service and fantastic standards of metal detecting all of you have done to date with out exception while being apart of Jewellery Rescue.
I have given some forward fore thought , and now every one for warning into this before it ever emerges. I developed several simple effective ways to detect the Rouge detectorists that would use the JR service to pocket customers money and slack off, sit under a tree for two hours and not provide a decent search as the customer expects. OR the TARGETed Jewellery is pocketed by the detectorist under question or is obviously skipping over or moving target for later pickup when the customer leaves..
One Test you might never realise is happening is if the search JOB and Jewellery is planted on a job and under possibly observation, your honesty will then be defined by your next actions. I intend to give the detectorist under test a chance to make good their lapse ways if possibly. If any one caught out I will ask forum their punishment.
I do this to protect the greater honest to a fault 99.9% of forum members that are real decent guys. Bad buggers need not apply.
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