Archive for November, 2009

We had six members participate in the Finds of the Month for October 2009.

Gold Finds Winners:

• Cory Axtell won a vial with Gold in it for his Rock with gold that he found in the Desert.
• John Bucholzer received a Bicentennial Coin for runner-up, for his Gold found at the last Club outing at Barstow.

October 2009 Gold Finds

Quartz Rock with Gold

Metal Detector Winners:

• Arnold Shields won a vial with Gold in it for his Silver Bracelet with Turquoise that he found while Detecting and Drywashing at the Gold Hill Claim at Big Bear.
• Rick Schramm received a Bicentennial Coin for runner-up, for his large selection of items to include coins, knifes, spoons, rings and toy cars. His items were found around Parks, Schools, and old lots in the area.

October 2009 Treasure Finds

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 November TVP meeting will be held on Saturday, November 14th, 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 have a new grand prize for the raffle… a Desert Fox Spiral Panning Maching from Camel Mining Products.

The Desert Fox is the original spiral panning device that was first introduced back in 1969 as the Little Camel. There are many copycat machines out there, but the Desert Fox is top notch. I personally have a Desert Fox and just love it. It is just amazing to watch it in action and see the gold walking up the spirals.

The club meetings are an excellent forum to meet with your fellow prospectors and treasure hunters. It is the perfect setting to talk about your recent outings and learn what’s been going on with everyone else.

I hope to see you there.

Tracy

Hi Everyone,

Nancy DeFalco from the GPAA contacted Ken Hannan, our Chapter President, today looking for some help over at the GPAA office in Temecula. They need help putting some things together like DVDs, snuffer bottles, etc. and are looking for volunteers from the Chapters to help get their project finished.

They are looking for help this Friday, November 13th, at 9:00 am. Any volunteers from our Chapter that show up to help will earn Chapter Credits for TVP and lunch will be provided by the GPAA.

If you think you will be able to help out, please email Ken Hannan at president@gpaatvp.com so he can get a count to Nancy.

Here is the location information for those that can make it:

Gold Prospectors Association of America
43445 Business Park Drive, # 113
Temecula CA 92590
951-699-4749

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