For about the last few days I have been recieving ,calls messages and emails from journalists ,newspapers and television stations ,most originating from the United States of America and Canada,but also some from Europe too.At first I though it was some sort of cruel hoax caused by some of the horrible internet trolls who cause distress and misery to our lovely hobbyists .
The calls general nature are seeking our reaction as a metal detecting association to a television programme /film /video documentary made by an American film production company and I might add a highly respected metal detecting celebrity /television star in Derbyshire very recently.
with the help of my grandchildrens superior technological skills I have been able to view the programme and I feel that we need an emergancy meeting for all members to discuss our reaction and position to the media and local government .It is vitally important that all members attend and I’m emphasising that Derbyshire detectorists who are currently being affected by the very unfair and in my personal view illegally introduced metal detecting ban in one local government area should attend as a matter of priority .
We need to have a media position before local and national media get involved .We also need to contact the local government in the area where the film was made .We also need to contact the film production company and celebrity detectorist .
This has to be done very quickly ,so I am calling the meeting for tomorrow night Monday 16 th September ,at the same time and location where we were deciding our choice of metal detectors for our free to use club machine a few months ago.
Text messages emails have been sent out as well as this notice
yours very seriously
John Potts
association spokesperson
Making Derbyshire Safer Metal Detecting Association 