I have been looking at the posts on this forum for quite some time and I personally don't start any new posts or reply to any. My question is what is the criteria for the ranking of members on this forum? Obviously the rating "New Member" speaks for itself. That person could have been detecting for quite some time and just joined the forum or a complete novice and just got into metal detecting. Then I notice some people with the label "Active Member", " Well Known Member". How does a person achieve the new ranking? Length of time since joining, number or posts , etc? I'm not sure that somewhere on this website would be the answer to my question. Any feedback would be appreciated.