Archive for October, 2009

On November 7th we will have booth at the Heritage day in Temecula. The event will start at 10am and run until 3pm. We will getting to the Sam Hicks Park  around 9am to start setting up.

“Come celebrate our local heritage and learn about what makes Temecula a special place. Heritage Day is being held in conjunction with the opening of our annual Erle Stanley Gardner exhibit and Writers Weekend. Among Performers: Judy Taylor - Singing and Wild West Show  Ballet Folklorico - Mesa High School Frank Matthies - Blacksmith and Blue Grass Band Pam Grender - Historical Presenter as Helen Hunt Jackson Dale Garcia - Historical Presenter as Cowboy Sheriff”

We are planning on running an information booth, give away some gpaa magazines as well as a gold drawing. Come and join the fun.

If you have any questions give Josh a call at 951-244-3442

The Nevada GPAA Gold and Treasure Show will be held in Las Vegas this year on April 17th & 18th, 2010.

Here is the location of the show:

Southpoint Hotel & Casino
9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89183
Exihbit Halls A & B

If you want to stay at the Southpoint Hotel, their reservation line is 866-791-7626 and the GPAA group code is GOL0415.

Contact the GPAA at www.goldprospectors.org for more information.

The Southern California GPAA Gold and Treasure Show will be held in Lancaster this year on January 16th & 17th, 2010.

Here is the location of the show:

Antelope Valley Fairground
2551 W. Avenue H
Lancaster, CA 93536
Poppy Pavilion

Contact the GPAA at www.goldprospectors.org for more information.

The Temecula Valley Prospectors October outing will be held this Saturday, October 17th, at the GPAA Stratton claim (CA-63) which is just North of Barstow. The group will be meeting Wagon Master Jay Picone at 8:00 am and he will lead the caravan out to the claim around 8:15 am. The meeting location is at the intersection of Irwin Road and Copper City Road in Barstow. Click here for a Google map of the meeting place.

This claim is located on USGS Topo map “Mud Hills” which can be downloaded by clicking here. Note: This is an 8MB Zip file and may take a little bit to download on a slower connection.

Please remember that this is a wilderness area and you should bring the appropriate gear for being in such an area. This is a dry claim in a desert terrain, so you should have plenty of water for drinking and panning. The weather forecast is a high of 92 in Barstow on Saturday, so you’ll probably want some sun screen and a hat or some other type of shade.

If you have any questions about the outing, please contact Jay directly at wagonmaster@gpaatvp.com.

Have a great time and Happy Prospecting!

We had four participants in the Finds of the Month for September 2009.  Tracy Snethen, Arnold Shields, Frank Ramirez, and Rick Schramm brought in their finds.

Gold Finds winner was Tracy Snethen who received a vial with Gold in it, for his efforts.  The participants brought in Gold found using Dry Washers, Pans, High Bankers, and Sluices.  Some of the Gold was found on GPAA Claims.

September 2009 Gold Finds

Metal Detector winner was Rick Schramm who received a vial with Gold in it.  He had an impressive display of items he found in Playgrounds, Old empty lots, Parks, and Desert areas.

September 2009 Treasure Finds

Great job and congratulations to our winners!

Good luck to all TVP Members and bring Home the Gold!

Members are encouraged to bring in their Finds of the Month to each club meeting no matter how big or small.  They can be any metal items found with a Metal Detector and any Gold, Silver, or other precious metal found prospecting. The qualifying factor is that it has to be found and not purchased (i.e. bag of gold concentrate).

The October TVP meeting will be held on Saturday, October 10th, 2009. We will be starting at 9:00 am, but the doors will be open at 8:00 am if you want to come early.

Don’t forget that we have a new meeting place: Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

This month we are having our “TVP Members Raffle” which should be a lot of fun. This has been referred to as the “White Elephant Raffle” in the past, but that tends to give the impression that the raffle items aren’t something you would want… which couldn’t be farther from the truth. Here is how it works:

1. Rather than the club buying goodies for the raffle table, the members are asked to bring the items.
2. They can be new items or they can be “gently used” items, but they should be something you would want to pick yourself.
3. The items don’t have to be related to prospecting and can be anything that you feel is appropriate.
4. If an item comes in that the board doesn’t feel should be included in the raffle, they will remove the item from the table.
5. This is a great fundraiser for the club and should be a lot of fun, so start gathering up your items now.

Club meetings are a great place for our “newbie” prospectors to learn some tips and tricks about prospecting and a place for our more “seasoned” members to share their knowledge with others. We always have a great time and, as always, there is never a cost to attend a club meeting.

We look forward to seeing you all on October 10th.