Starting January 2019 we will begin something new and only featured here at www.mentalmetaldetecting.com. Members from the Facebook group: Metal Detecting Maryland (MDM) will be voting for their Digger of the Month. If you aren’t a member of this Facebook group you can request to join and you will
“usually” get the approval within 1 or 2 days. Voting will take place after members have been identified as the Wall of Fame winners for the month.
What is the Wall of Fame?
Wall of fame winners are picked by the MDM administrators based photo submissions during the entire month. Members are encouraged to post their “best” photos of their finds during the month. The administrators looks at all of the photos and picks several winning photos and turns them into the groups wall art. Hence, The Wall of Fame. (see The August 2019 Wall of Fame below)
How Do You Vote For Digger of The Month?
After the Wall of Fame winners have been identified and announced to the rest of the group, the administrator will put up a voting poll with the winners names and what they found for the month. Once the poll is up, MDM members can begin voting for up to 5 days. The person who has accumulated the most votes during the voting period will win Digger of The Month.
What Will The Winner Get?
The winner will earn the bragging rights and a full page feature on this website. However, many of you have your own YouTube channels, other Facebook groups, Instagram, Twitter etc. You will be given the opportunity to plug any of your social media links for free on your feature page. Just let me know and we’ll get them all linked out on your page. Basically you are getting free advertising so if you have a vendor you buy all your gear from and you would like to plug them that’s ok too.
What Will The Full Page Feature Contain?
The MDM Digger of the month will have a full feature written up on them and posted here on www.mentalmetaldecting.com. A photo of the winner will be requested as well as other photos. Several questions will be sent to the winner and the winner will need to provide answers back to the administrator. For example, the questions could be similar to the following:
- How long have you been metal detecting?
- What was the first machine you ever used?
- What is your favorite metal detector and what do you like about the machine the most? (Please provide a photo of you and your machine if possible)
- Who inspired you to get into metal detecting?
- What do you consider to be your best find metal detecting? (please provide a photo if possible)
- What is your favorite type of detecting (relic, coin shooting, water etc.)?
- Name 5 items you would like to find in 2019?
- Do you have other social media links, channels etc. you want to share on your page?
Once all the information is gathered a new page will be created and the winner will be featured here as the MDM Digger of The Month. An announcement with a link will be shared with the MDM Facebook group as well so all the members can click over and learn more about the Digger of The Month.
Are There Any Restrictions?
There will not be any repeat winners month to month. There are only 12 opportunities to win for the year. If you are selected as a winner you will not be eligible to win Digger of The Month again. However, you can be selected for the Wall of Fame but you will not be eligible to win the Digger of The Month.
What If You Don’t Want To Be Digger of The Month?
I can’t really see why you wouldn’t want to be but if a person gets on the Wall of Fame but decides they don’t want to be in the running for Digger of The Month, it’s not a problem. Just let me know ahead of voting and we won’t put your name on the list to be voted on.
Dare I Say Digger of The Year?
On of our MDM members brought forth the idea of selecting a MDM Digger of The Year based on the 12 monthly winners. The idea here would be at the end of the year MDM members would vote based on the 12 monthly winners and the winner would be crowned the MDM Digger of The Year. This idea will go up for a vote at some point but its a great idea. More to come on that.