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Forum Awards - To set goals and give recognition for exceptional finds
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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 12:01:11 PM(UTC)
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Hopefully after we get community moderators, Gavin can implement the Awards.

You can see how awards are working on Australian forum :

List:
http://forum.kimbucktwo....tion=faq;sa=show;faqid=5
Claiming award :
http://forum.kimbucktwo....x.php/topic,18938.0.html

* Why would it be nice?
- people would get additional motivation to go out there to find stuff

* How can one prove that he has found it?
- its all about honesty, as award is no more than a badge for YOURSELF, so if you trick everyone and show a "spill of gold sovereigns"that you made up - it is just not cool and you will be fooling yourself

* What Awards will be included?
- we will vote and see what specific kiwi awards are possible

* who will be posting the award?
- active moderator will post an award

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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 12:56:59 PM(UTC)
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If we do then we should use the current system the Aussie forum has - a particular thread where you post asking for an award. Their old system where awards were just allocated from any post put me off posting any finds on there (I'm personally not into awards).

Also limited number of awards. For example silver coins that were used as currency here (a pre 1933 british 3p is equal to a post 1933 NZ one) , sovereign of course, token, etc but not lead toys, one tonne award, or the hundreds of other ones the Aussie forum had.

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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 1:46:55 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Shilo Go to Quoted Post
but not lead toys, one tonne award, or the hundreds of other ones the Aussie forum had.



They have removed Bullet, lead toys and some others..
But i recon a ton would be a good one. but for nz we should split 50$ and 100$
Also, i always wanted following reards:

Intact Pocket Watch
Intact Silver/gold Cigarette case
Purse/wallet with coins

Any other suggestions are welcome











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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 2:33:33 PM(UTC)
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War medal?
A returned to owner find?
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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 2:59:38 PM(UTC)
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War medal?
A returned to owner find?

Yes, defiantly both of those. Return to owner should include anything that is of sentimental value or which the detectorist was asked to find (for example car keys) as this is good publicity for our hobby and should be encouraged.

Coins - precious metal only, pre 1947 and used as NZ currency:
Thrupence,
six pence,
shilling,
florin,
half crown,
sovereign.

Jewelry:
Any gold or platinum ring, bracelet or pendant. Earrings are normally 2 small so wouldn't bother with those and silver is not a rare enough find.

War Medal
Pre 1947 purse or wallet with contents
$100 (sorry I max think $50 is a bit low & easy - $100 is even too low for Aussie where they have more lost $2)

Unusual Antique find (this could include pocket watch, cig case, vesta case etc) Maybe have this one on a vote system where if somebody has such a find it gets nominated and seconded for an award by other members? This means some great finds that we can't forsee at the moment are still able to get an award.

Recovery & Return Award.

The object of the awards could be a mixture of easy ones ( like the silver coins) to encourage beginners and some rare ones (war medal etc) to keep the experienced members interested. But not too many.
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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 3:57:20 PM(UTC)
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Another thought - how about annual zero balancing?
Every year at a certain date everybody goes back to zero awards and starts again. This will avoid somebody having a reward showing 5 years from now and will make it more of a challenge or something to look forward to for the more experienced hunters ( they can go for a hunt to find a specific coin or item).
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Posted : Monday, 5 August 2013 4:32:11 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Shilo Go to Quoted Post
Another thought - how about annual zero balancing?
Every year at a certain date everybody goes back to zero awards and starts again. This will avoid somebody having a reward showing 5 years from now and will make it more of a challenge or something to look forward to for the more experienced hunters ( they can go for a hunt to find a specific coin or item).


The Awards reset, is pretty good one!
and there will be a annual post that will summarize member's achivement as well.

and then start again :-)
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DrunkBrother  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 12:13:54 PM(UTC)
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So in the 24 hours, not much response here.

What do people think?
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 12:44:56 PM(UTC)
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I'm for it. It'll give me more motivation to get out and about and find rewards
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 1:19:57 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: DrunkBrother Go to Quoted Post
So in the 24 hours, not much response here.

What do people think?



I think awards can be fun although as we don't have many large population bases don't expect the same results as the Aussie forum. Of course the best things we find depend on the two parameters on time spent hunting and a fair dollop of luck.

Need to check with Gavin too and see how he feels about it?


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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 1:23:51 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Metal Kiwi Go to Quoted Post

Need to check with Gavin too and see how he feels about it?


I have emailed him first before posting this topic :-)
main thing is to get support from members -if members say YES we want it, it motivates us and so on - awards will be implemented .

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chrischch  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 2:03:19 PM(UTC)
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Its hard to get this lot to agree on anything. There seems to be opposition to any change.
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 10:13:54 PM(UTC)
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I kept track one day and averaged a 2 cent coin every 7 minutes, what do I win?
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 10:44:42 PM(UTC)
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I kept track one day and averaged a 2 cent coin every 7 minutes, what do I win?


If you hunted for the whole 24 hours of the day then you win 205 x 2 cent pieces. Congratulations! :)
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 August 2013 10:49:23 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: rgmcbrid Go to Quoted Post
I kept track one day and averaged a 2 cent coin every 7 minutes, what do I win?


If you hunted for the whole 24 hours of the day then you win 205 x 2 cent pieces. Congratulations! :)


You beat me to it! :)
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Posted : Wednesday, 7 August 2013 10:18:35 AM(UTC)
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Yeah, I feel pretty lucky that way...
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Posted : Wednesday, 7 August 2013 11:56:21 AM(UTC)
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i like the rewards!like you said it creates motivation and the return award creates good publicity for the hobby!id also like to see the play it forward on this forum also!anyone who doesnt like the rewards simply doesn't have to participate!!im sure theres lots who will like to see the badges on their profile!cant see it hurting the forum in any way would be an improvement in my opinion and i think max would make a great moderator!
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