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Sounds a good idea DB.

I spent nearly all my life in the UK and was a member of a MD club there. We offered our services out too, but never considered the police. Perhaps we should have. Interesting thought. Our services were mainly used by either Insurances companies (wanting a final shot at finding an expensive lost ring before paying out) or the archaeological profession (who looked down their noses at us but acknowledged our superior skills with a detector). A few club get togethers revolved around these hunts.

You bet me to it, was thinking of spinning off another website to keep the gold and detecting stuff separate so there was a pure detecting forum but was the same old trying-to-find-the-time problem. My true passion is more on the gold side of things so no worries about linking to your website from these forums ;)

Hey Gavin - you have a great website - I dont really go coin hunting or looking at the beach or playgrounds anymore as I am Gold only but I absolutely love reading what Shane and Chris and Co have discovered and got a real kick out of seeing treasures that other guys have found and which I would have gone gaa gaa over such as the Crimean medal and the Boer War medal.

I think that a Gold mining only site would be totally boring and a bit of everything is just great just as a metal detecting only site would be boring - I do however like Drunkbrothers idea but would prefer to see it as part of this site. I see it as taking the metal detectorists from here and halving the total effectiveness of the site and to me there is already a need for more members contributing and not less... just my thoughts.

Because I am more or less happily ensconced here I wouldnt join another site as it would just be repeating itself.
The US 'Treasurenet' site sort of covers everything and I saw this site (New Zealand Gold Mining Forums) as the Kiwi equivalent of the Australian magazine 'Gold, Gem and Treasure.' - the coin and treasure detectorists didnt hijack it or anything - they just added another dimension which actually enhances the site by bringing in more members and more contributions.

The fact is that nearly everyone on this site is actually a metal detector gold hunter - I now know many people on this site personally and all without exception own metal detectors...the only discrepancy is that some are coin and treasure and some are gold but ALL would go Gold hunting if they were in an area where there was gold.

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Yeah I was wondering if the local police use detectors myself as drove past earlier this week. I have a mate in the local cop shop and was going to ask him next time I ran him over.

I would recommend you don't use an html site but run with Wordpress if you don't have particular webdesign skills. You can make them do pretty much anything with the right plugins these days - and the search engines like them.
I can help you with it if you like.

i will still be a part of this site..i love this site and read alot of the gold stuff to...but i will also join the other site..just means posting twice hich i dont mind doing at all..lol

Drunkbrother - All good and I am not opposed to it. I am one of these people who believe in total loyalty to something so I support Gavins forum 100% but after reading above I can see the value in what you are trying to do so hope it succeeds as there is the possibility that it could supplement this forum and they could work together to the benefit of both.

Doesnt that defeat the purpose of this site or rather what this site has become as it has successfully integrated what you suggest into these forums?
You say '...are more interested in discussion on gold locations, hints & equipment.'

To me that seems inane when the purpose of this site is to have 'discussions on gold locations. hints and equipment!' - Why is a metal detector forum better for the objectives above and especially considering that Gavin has incorporated the Gold licence maps for everyone at considerable time and effort.

What you suggest unfairly takes from a great site a good deal of its objectives - I for one learnt a long long time ago that by dividing anything the effectiveness of the combined unit is effectively halved.

I thought this site was for those more interested in Gold locations and not only that but there is some excellent advice here on Metal detectors that CANNOT be beaten on another site considering that some of the most effective metal detector users are those who target gold only and have to deal with all the other rubbish and blacksands that the detector responds to.

Gavin has the site divided into categories and there is absolutely nothing that a detector only site would cover that this one doesnt surely? I see no point in dividing this site which it could effectively do and if your suggestions were put into action would take away some of its primary objectives.

Now bugger everyone - I am going gold mining for the day...Happy Saturday folks - yippee, river here I come...six grammes with detector last Wednesday so what is there today?

Edited by user Saturday, 28 April 2012 10:02:47 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi all. I like this site. Though I hunt mainly for relics and coins I love reading about the gold. I read everything! And I will hunt for gold in my backyard Central Otago once I organise a decent gold detector! NZ is a small place. I don't understand the mechanics of how the two sites will link but I will want to stick to this site, unless Gavin kicks us out I guess!

lammerlaw,

i would love to take you up on the offer of visiting your place. it sounds like it has a good history. i feel like i have gotten to know it via your postings. above all your postings about your place have gotten be interested in all the lesser known diggings all over central and the wakatip.

it might indeed have to wait til after winter though. i have done about 7 or 8 trips over to dunedin this year and travelled most ways possible (still have to do the original route - dunstan trail). did middlemarch way for the first time. not sure why i never went that way before as its stunning and no one is around.

it's not as cold around here as it would usually be but that can change pretty quick. i see a bit of fresh snow on the peaks around here this morning. trying hard to get the courage to get out to the river. not looking forward to getting in. that's the hard part at this time of year. not so bad once you get busy and are in. well, i better get out there. trying to make a day of it. such a nice day i'm sure i will see people out there today.

DB. Fantastic idea Drunkbrother. Best of luck and hope all goes well.

Gavin. Split the forum, nah. The GOLDheads and detectorheads blend in quite well i see. The two go hand in hand. Its not ideal if your just into GOLD, but it works. To split things now i feel would lesson the forums input, possibly dramatically. I dont want to go to another site, i like it here.
I do feel that the ''last 5 posts'' block, could possibly upset GOLDheads when all it says some days is other treasures x 5. Just a thought as i can relate this to past comments. Maybe other treasures should have a 5 last posts of its own. Just a thought.
Great site, a little adjusting for detectorists as you say if so. Be proud.

Shane

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