Archive for April, 2010

Our prospecting outing for April 2010 will be this Saturday, April 17 out at our new TVP claim. Please check the TVP Forum for all of the details. Click Here to access the post in the forum. You will need to be logged into the forum in order to access this post as it is in the private section of the forum.

8 Members participated in the March Finds of the Month.
GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

• Doug Balhorn won a vial with Gold for his find at the Club Trip to East Fork.
• Jack Hamilton won a Bicentennial Coin for his finds at the First Chance GPAA Claim and Lake Elsinore area Gold.

Gold Finds March 2010

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

• Arnold Shields won a vial with Gold for his finds in the hills of Hemet.
• Ray and Debbie Bratton won a Bicentennial Coin for their finds in local parks and old lots.

Treasure Finds March 2010

OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

• Jim Jeffrey brought in Gold found at East Fork.
• Susan Balhorn brought in a large collection of coins and jewelry found at parks in Temecula and Beaches.
• Peter Anest brought in Quartz, Phospherous he found in Murrieta.

DISPLAYS:

• Tracy Snethen brought in a neat display of Gypsum he found in Utah and Arizona.
• Jim and Sue Jeffrey brought in a very extensive collection of miners lamps, western spurs, crushers, and helmets.

Miner's Lamps Display

Gypsum Display

Thanks for sharing your collection with the membership.

Doug

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. She wasn’t specific about what she needed help with, but it is usually some type of basic assembly of kits or items (i.e. DVD’s, snuffers, etc.).

They are looking for help this Friday, April 9th, at 8:00 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

The April 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, April10th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

This month, we are privileged to have Jerry Hobbs, president of Public Lands for the People, as our guest speaker. The PLP is a great advocate and support to the prospecting community and it will be interesting to hear what is going on and learn how we can get involved to help.

Last month we introduced the new Grand Prize Raffle. A beautiful picture called “Roy’s Rocker” by John Agrella. This month, we have sweetened the pot! Thanks to a generous donation by Vice President Mark Weaver, we have added a Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger Metal Detector to the package. That’s right… the winner walks away with both!

Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger

Hope to see you all there!

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.