Archive for December, 2009

The December TVP Outing will be at the GPAA Bautista Placer claim on Saturday December 19th. Please check the members only section on the TVP Forum for more details (Baustita Placer Outing) or contact Wagonmaster Jay.

We had 5 participants in the Finds of the Month for November 2009.

Gold Find Winners -  Newell Frunce won a vial with gold in it for the gold he found at the November TVP outing to East Fork.  Cory Axtell received a Bicentennial coin for runner-up, for his mercury and gold flake that he also found at the East Fork outing.

November Gold Finds

Metal Detector Winner - Rick Schramm won a vial with gold in it for his large selection of items that he found around parks, Schools, and old lots.

November Treasure Hunting 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).

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the great response to our activation emails! We discussed this at the meeting last month and I just got things rolling last Friday, but the response has been terrific. We’ve had 34 new email subscriptions and 28 forum activations since I sent out the emails.  This will definitely help keep everyone up to date with what is going on with the group.

Just a quick reminder… Our December Club Meeting & Christmas Party is this Saturday, December 12th at 9:00 am. Hope to see you there!

Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas to all!

Next Saturday, December 12th, is our monthly club meeting and the annual Temecula Valley Prospectors Christmas Party.

The meeting will go from 9:00 am to 10:00 am and the pot luck and raffle will go from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

This is always a fun event, so I hope you can make it. If you are planning on attending, please bring wrapped, non-gender, gifts/donations for the table with a suggested value between $10 & $20. We are also having a Pot Luck, so be sure to contact Sue or Diane to see what you can bring. They can be reached at refreshments@gpaatvp.com.

Did you see the new item we have for the Grand Prize Raffle? It is a Desert Fox Automatic Gold Panning Machine and we introduced it at last month’s meeting (November).

If you’ve ever panned large amounts of concentrates, you know how long it takes and how much you ache, especially the lower back, when you’re finally done. With an automatic panning machine, it is as simple as adding the concentrates to the machine and watching the gold slide up the spirals and into your collection cup.

If you’ve never seen one of these in action, be sure to be at the meeting this month (12/12/2009) as I will be bringing my own Desert Fox to show you how it works. I will talk about the machine, give you some tips on how to get the most out of it, and will actually run some concentrates through so you can see how well it really works.

Whether you are a seasoned, competition winning, gold panner, or a beginner just starting out, I think you will be impressed with what the Desert Fox can do and how much time it can save you.

Remember that everyone is welcome at our club meetings, so bring your friends and family next Saturday, December 12th, for some good ol’ prospecting fun. We meet at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA and we hope to see you there.