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Hi all,

I think it's time I / we gave the forum sections some thought. To me it's clear we probably need a dedicated non-gold detecting area at the very least. I'm also wondering about potential other areas e.g. gems / semi-precious stones / rock hounds to widen the scope a bit ("other treasures" may suffice if there's not enough dedicated interest).

I'd still like the main focus to be gold but it's clear we have numerous people making up our friendly little community who have interests that are not exclusive to gold, the most obvious being coin and relic detecting.

Please also sing up if you think some of the existing sections could be dropped, merged together, renamed, etc.

A few potential forum sections just to get the ball rolling:

Metal Detecting - Gold
Metal Detecting - Coin & Relic Hunting

Dredging (under the gold section if enough people here dredge, or maybe to attract new users)
Overseas Locations (under gold section)

Metal Detecting could have it's whole own section with such things as:
Locations
Tips 'n' Tricks
Makes and Models
etc.
(not thought this out too deeply yet so please give me some input here detectorists!)

Please be forthcoming with your views and opinions!!

Cheers,
Gavin

Cheers Ash_T - I'll keep you in mind when I come to getting some moderators on board - much appreciated. Will be something I do with the new site! BTW: The forums will get moved across as-is, just given a slight facelift.

Thanks for the detecting forum link. Here's also a gold specific one someone put me on to in Oz in case you're curious - http://golddetecting.4umer.net/

And thanks for the design mock-up. However, I think I have some ideas I want to explore myself - not too much of a departure from the current look and feel probably - just a bit more updated ;)

Edited by user Friday, 8 June 2012 11:19:56 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I support a dredging section

Not sure if an overseas section is needed because of overlaps...dredging overseas, does that file under overseas or under dredging?

i love your idea gavin...there are many many detectorist on here both for raw gold and as you say coins and relics....

this idea Metal Detecting could have it's whole own section with such things as:

Locations
Tips 'n' Tricks
Makes and Models

is a fantastic idea..i know myself i dont mind sharing locations with anybody..the way i look at it is im never going to find everything and if i share a location then ppl may share one with me and we both find great stuff in different areas..i know this is happening here in CHCH with the group of guys here..and we are always happy to invit new ppl along.

as well as this Metal Detecting - Gold
Metal Detecting - Coin & Relic Hunting

but i would definatly keep raw gold as the main part of the forum as thats what it was all about until the detectorist started joining up.

While I am new to the forum, it appears that the detectorist side of things is pretty active especially in Christchurch (The City That Rocks). I think an area specific to our interests is great. Perhaps an area where things dont have to be too serious would be good too. I think that some of the fossickers look at us as intruders. A minority I would think. Cheers Mike.

You got ya hands full there Gavin. Metal detecting is goin off in NZ and detectorists seem to congrigate here. That's a good thing as it shows how popular this forum is.

Possibly split the home page into thirds. AS in two thirds usual stuff and one third metal detecting. This may keep things more organised.

Or, a whole seperate homepage altogether 4 detetorists (that sounds like alot of work...).
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Hi Gavin and company

I think that the possibilities and endless.
I would like to see a showcase category where items have to be valuable in their own right, desirable and genuinely scarce - this category would be where the Crimean War medal and the Boer War medal would go, scarce early British crowns, gold coins, an old miners revolver recovered from a Goldfield - items of historical and/or monetary value.
Gold in its raw would not be shown in this category - just other treasures, metal detector finds or otherwise - but they must be rare, scarce, valuable or otherwise desirable things to have.

Show and ell could be divided into several categories - one would be the above showcase category, another would be gold finds, another could be Goldfields collectibles (My 'Lammerlaws Treasuyres' would go there.

Goldfields history could be another one where the separate goldfields each had a chapter devoted to it.

A questions category where people can ask questions and a Handy hints category.

The possibilities go on.

Edited by user Sunday, 10 June 2012 12:00:30 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Expat

Firstly I shall ask you if you would like to bow to your King - I am the King of 'Conspiracy theorists' but I wish to point out to you that 'Within the 'theory' lies the truth and the truth we are fed is the lie' - the only wise statement made by 'Lammerlaw' in his life! We are fed a total litany of lies and most of the sheep swallow it hook, line and sinker.

As for your first statement about the reluctance to post on the forum - point well taken and with good reason. I had not thought of it myself but your point is very valid as there have already been nasty threats and prosecutions relating to poor sods digging bottles, taking old bottles and other relics from the site of demolished buildings and so I do believe that you will be quite correct in what you say and have raised a very very valid point.

From the enthusiasm with which these mini Hitlers like to persecute decent honest folk for merely recovering old relics and thus preserving them for posterity I guess we can all assume that Himmler, Goebels, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and Irma Grese are are all alive and well, the Kempai Tai (City council) Gestapo (Police) and KGB (NZ Government) reincarnated right here in Kiwiland forever ready to pout their pomposity on us poor fellows innocently pursuing a great hobby.

Edited by user Sunday, 10 June 2012 2:40:36 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I noted your spelling of Irma Grese and yes that spelling is correct so have edited mine accordingly...your mudder-in-law and mine must have known each other as it was my mudder-in-law who taught Irma Grese the art of being sadistic. cruel, nasty and otherwise totally obnoxious.

Of course people can present their discoveries on here as having been found prior to the Hysterical Places Act and who can prove otherwise!

Cheers for all the input guys!

As Lammerlaw has indicated, it's sometimes hard to decide where a posting should go so I'll try and keep things fairly simple still.

At present I'm thinking of keeping the forums as-is, but adding a new "Metal Detecting - Coin & Relic Hunting" section at the bottom with a number of forum topics under it e.g. Locations, Makes & Models, Buy, Sell & Swap, etc. Just hashing out what sections are required. Again, input is most welcome! Was to try and keep if fairly simple though, but hopefully cover all bases so people aren't struggling to decide where things should be posted.

I think non-gold detecting needs it's own whole section as there will be too much overlap with gold-specific sections else.

I'm hoping to pop along to the next Chch detectorist meeting and perhaps I can hash out some section ideas with you guys if I haven't finalised it by then. When and where's the next pow-wow?

Cheers,
Gavin :)