East Tennessee detecting club

[beginner]

im trying to start a club for my area, if your interested and want to join let me know, im going to start a group on here and im looking for a couple of people that lives in this area to help me to decide a name.

 

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[beginner]

and also i would like any info anyone can give me on starting a club. what are some basic things i should know for starting a detecting club?

 

[Mark S.]

There is already a club in Knoxville.

Smarts Treasure Club

 

[ctb7]

Where in E.Tn. are you from. I am in Abingdon, Va. close to the border. Tom

 

[mical66]

Greeneville TN here , not far from either of you ,, roughly a hour to knoxville or the VA line..

 

[PhilBarnett]

I a from McMinn County

 

[PhilBarnett]

I am from the Athens area between Athens and Englewood just between Knoxville and Chattanooga.

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

I've been to a Knoxville Smarts meeting and considered it a complete waste of time. They spent most of the meeting arguing about rules for the monthly $5 prizes that they hand out. Seems one group was tired of the same group of friends winning all the cash.(guess who decided who won the prizes)

The reason I never went back tho was that they didn't DO anything that blew my whistle. All the club dues went into those $5 'prizes' and the semiannual 'Throw a bunch of silver dimes in a field and hunt them' contest (literally that's what they did- I watched them do it). That is not what I envision a metal detecting club doing. What a club ought to do is to use those dues to gain access to properties that a single hunter couldn't obtain and to actively promote the club as a resource to the community (ala Lost My Stuff kind of thing). If I want to just sit around and eat/drink or shoot the breeze with my friends, I sure don't need to pay dues to do that.

Maybe I'm off base with all that tho- what do the rest of youall think a club should be doing?

 

[NHBandit]

Very close to Greeneville here.

 

[davidb]

Did anyone else here start a club or what I'm in Knoxville

 

[doodah]

Did anyone else here start a club or what I'm in Knoxville

Bump..we need some active hunters..any new clubs or groups anyone is aware of?

 

[bigun]

I'm in kingsport just starting out with a Old Discovery 2000

 

[doodah]

I'm in kingsport just starting out with a Old Discovery 2000

Cool bigun...done any good yet?

 

[Gaiton6729Zippo]

Howdy All: There is a club in Johnson City Tenn that has been active a little more than a year. The TRI-CITIES HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY meets on the 3rd Tues. of the month at 6:30 PM at Shoneys in Johnson City. If you have an interest in MD come out and meet us. we look forward to seeing you.

 

[muerte33]

Gaiton6729Zippo,
I am going to be spending some time in Lenoir City which is about 2 hours from you guys.
Do you guys have anybody from that far away at your meetings?
Do you know of a group closer to Lenoir City?
Thanks very much!

 

[peeboo]

a metal detecting club in JC?! that's so exciting! too bad i just learned of this today and missed the last meeting. I'm in Kingsport and am glad to hear of a club!

 

[davidb]

I wish somebody would

 

[jdsly]

I live in jonesborough.....think there used to be a club there

 

[Gaiton6729Zippo]

muerte, I am not sure where all of the members are from, most seem to be fairly close to the tri cities area. We have 20-30 members as this is a fairly new club. I do not know of a club in Lenoir, you may be able to Google it and find out. Thanks if you get a chance come to a meeting and meet us, we are always glad to talk and swap stories about M.D.

 

[Gaiton6729Zippo]

jdsly, Some of the members in the Tri-Cities Historical Preservation society used to be in the club in Jonesboro. Come check out the club.