BioProfessor
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Hello fellow Tneters. I am working with 2 groups in the Southeastern part of the US that are both 503(c) organizations - not for profit - that want to hold a competitive detecting event on their property. They don't have hundreds of acres to seed relics and hold a big hunt like a normal rally. They have limited space and want the event to be a skill competition and award a "traveling" trophy that will give the winner the distinction of being the best detectorist in the tri-state area. We want it to be man & machine against the targets in the ground. We want people to test their skills at locating all types of targets, IDing he metal, and making the decision as to whether it is a good or bad target.
We are not holding the event until next fall so we have plenty of time to change what we do. We really need help in planning an event that people will come to and compete in a head-to-head competition with other detectorist.
We want the hunt to be truly competitive and the person that gets the highest score will get a very nice trophy that says they are the best detectorist in the Tri-State area. It will have their name and date engraved on a plate on the trophy. They get the trophy and the designation of "Best Detectorist" for the year. The trophy has to come back the next year and they can defend their title or choose to not come back and the trophy will list the winner of that years contest. The then get bragging rights for the following year.
We would like 100 people to register and come and compete. We will then set-up 100 grids about 30' x 30'. In each grid there will be planted items. Each participant will get sheets that show the 100 grids. The person detecting the grid will mark where in the grid the target is, Off to the side of the grid on the paper, they will give their best guess as to what metal they believe it is, and if it is a "good" target.
There will be a time limit for each grid. When the time is up, a horn will sound and everyone will move to a new grid. We do this until all people have done all grids. No targets will be dug. The sheets showing the 100 grids will be turned in for scoring. After scoring, they will get their scored sheets back and a set of sheets that show where the targets were in each grid, what they were, and how deep they were. There will be time for people to go back to grids and targets to see why they missed them. We hope to have some interaction and have them get someone who heard the target and for them to hear it on that machine and to see them what the machine showed over the target that allowed them to "nail" it while others missed it.
There will be a pulled-pork Bar-b-que served for lunch
While the scoring is going on, there will be a field with 500 -1000 planted items -mostly from the UK but also items donated - for the participants to hunt, dig, and keep. There will be buttons, buckles, bullets, etc. All good items from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century.
The trophy will then be awarded to the person with the highest overall score - number of targets found + types of metal identified + classification as a good or bad target. There will also be items in the planted field that represent one of the prizes that was donated. Find the marked item, win the prize. One per participant. Duplicates must be reburied. If we have enough donations, we will have a drawing of the partiipants for prizes.
We think it is a true competition and that if you find the most targets, are best at IDing the metal type, and the best at determining good from bad targets then YOU ARE the best detectorist in that field that day.
People are telling us that people should be able to dig so many targets as they go through the grids. If we do that, the field changes and we can't
compare people's ability head-to-head.
What are your thoughts? Would you come to something like this and try to better everybody?
How would you change it to make it attractive to more people?
If you find this and read it, I would appreciate it if you could direct some of your friends on TNET to some and read this and help us out.
Thanks for the help.
Daryl
We are not holding the event until next fall so we have plenty of time to change what we do. We really need help in planning an event that people will come to and compete in a head-to-head competition with other detectorist.
We want the hunt to be truly competitive and the person that gets the highest score will get a very nice trophy that says they are the best detectorist in the Tri-State area. It will have their name and date engraved on a plate on the trophy. They get the trophy and the designation of "Best Detectorist" for the year. The trophy has to come back the next year and they can defend their title or choose to not come back and the trophy will list the winner of that years contest. The then get bragging rights for the following year.
We would like 100 people to register and come and compete. We will then set-up 100 grids about 30' x 30'. In each grid there will be planted items. Each participant will get sheets that show the 100 grids. The person detecting the grid will mark where in the grid the target is, Off to the side of the grid on the paper, they will give their best guess as to what metal they believe it is, and if it is a "good" target.
There will be a time limit for each grid. When the time is up, a horn will sound and everyone will move to a new grid. We do this until all people have done all grids. No targets will be dug. The sheets showing the 100 grids will be turned in for scoring. After scoring, they will get their scored sheets back and a set of sheets that show where the targets were in each grid, what they were, and how deep they were. There will be time for people to go back to grids and targets to see why they missed them. We hope to have some interaction and have them get someone who heard the target and for them to hear it on that machine and to see them what the machine showed over the target that allowed them to "nail" it while others missed it.
There will be a pulled-pork Bar-b-que served for lunch
While the scoring is going on, there will be a field with 500 -1000 planted items -mostly from the UK but also items donated - for the participants to hunt, dig, and keep. There will be buttons, buckles, bullets, etc. All good items from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century.
The trophy will then be awarded to the person with the highest overall score - number of targets found + types of metal identified + classification as a good or bad target. There will also be items in the planted field that represent one of the prizes that was donated. Find the marked item, win the prize. One per participant. Duplicates must be reburied. If we have enough donations, we will have a drawing of the partiipants for prizes.
We think it is a true competition and that if you find the most targets, are best at IDing the metal type, and the best at determining good from bad targets then YOU ARE the best detectorist in that field that day.
People are telling us that people should be able to dig so many targets as they go through the grids. If we do that, the field changes and we can't
compare people's ability head-to-head.
What are your thoughts? Would you come to something like this and try to better everybody?
How would you change it to make it attractive to more people?
If you find this and read it, I would appreciate it if you could direct some of your friends on TNET to some and read this and help us out.
Thanks for the help.
Daryl
