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Are you ready to get out and do some detecting or prospecting? Well August will be a great month to do just that, so make your plans now to attend one of the outings with the club.

The prospecting outing will be at East Fork on the San Gabriel river. Jim Jeffery will be leading the outing, so be sure to check with him or check the Club Forum for details. This outing will be held on Saturday, August 21st.

John Bucholzer will be leading our metal detecting outing, but we don’t have a definitive date or location yet. Check back for more details on this outing.

** UPDATE **

The metal detecting outing will be held at Oceanside beach on Sunday August 29th at 4pm. We will be working the beach on the South side of the pier. Hope to see you there!

The August 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, August 14th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

If you’ve been out digging or detecting this month, don’t forget to bring your finds to share with the group. Who knows… you might just win some gold!

All are welcome, so we hope to see you there.

Our prospecting & metal detecting outings are being combined this month as we head up to the Holcomb Valley near Big Bear.

The outing is scheduled for Saturday July 17th and John Bucholzer will be leading the outing this month. Everyone will be meeting at the Big Bear Discovery Center at 8:00 am. The Center is located at 40971 North Shore Drive (Highway 38), Fawnskin, CA 92333.

Items to bring:

• Lunch
• Water (a must have)
• Adventure pass (so you can park your vehicle)
• GPAA membership prospecting permit or bring a friend with one
• Metal Detector
• Dry Washer
• Other Prospecting Gear (i.e. buckets, pans, tubs, etc.)

There is no phone reception where we are going, so call before Saturday with any questions.

The July 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, July 10th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

We have a new Grand Prize that you really need to come and see. It is the Keene DW2 Mini Dry Washer w/12V Power and is one of the most portable Dry Washers available.

We also have some really cool things that will be on the main raffle table too. From talking with Jim, there will be a Keene A51A Mini Sluice, a 28″ Beach Scoop, and more.

If you’ve been out digging or detecting this month, don’t forget to bring your finds to share with the group. Who knows… you might just win some gold!

All are welcome, so we hope to see you there.

** UPDATE **

We will discussing a possible event at the Stagecoach Days in Banning on September 9th to 12th.

Jim Jeffery will be discussing a new technique of Sluicing Without Classifying which should be very informative.

John Bucholzer will be leading the group on our next metal detecting outing on June 12th right after the club meeting. The outing will be from 12:00 noon to 4 pm at the Rotary Park in Temecula. This is the park right next to the community center where we hold our meeting, so the commute to the outing will be really short

Rotary Park Temecula

John has gotten special permission for us to use the park for the outing and the maintenance staff will be checking up on us to see how our club did after we are finished. This will determine if we can use Temecula parks in the future, so let’s leave it in better shape than when we arrived.

Here are a few guidelines:

• If you dig a hole be sure to fill it in.
• If you are digging in the grass, take care on how the grass is removed so it can be put back (like a divot when out on the golf course).
• If you see some trash, pick it up.
• Be courteous to those who might be using the park.

The park is only about 1 acre in size, so there won’t be a lot of area to explore, but it should be good fun to get out with the group to see what we can find.

It is going to be in the mid 80’s on Saturday, so don’t forget to bring a hat, some water to drink, and be sure to put your detector in the car

The June 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, June 12th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

Our Metal Detector & Roy’s Rocker Grand Prize was given away last month and Ken has acquired a new grand prize that is going to knock your socks off… are you sitting down? Well here it is…

Keene DW2 Mini Dry Washer w/12V Power

Simply the lightest, most compact, portable and efficient Dry Washer on the market. The easy turning hand crank controls the vibration on our DW2, enabling heavier materials to settle faster. The over-sized Marlex hopper has an adjustable flow control to provide an even flow of material with increased capacity. The dual riffle design greatly improves fine gold recovery and has a snap latching system which makes removal of the riffle tray a snap for clean up. Ir includes the optional 12 Volt electric motor that operates the vibrating crank shaft for faster settling of heavier material. Efficient, light, portable and a breeze to operate, this Dry Washer is an absolute value.

The retail value of this Dry Washer is $775, so you need to make sure you get your share of the tickets, because this one is going to be HOT!!

We are still waiting on confirmation of our speaker this month, but we’ve had a lot going on this month, so you’ll want to come and catch up on what everyone’s been doing and share your adventures too.

All are welcome, so we hope to see you there.

John Bucholzer will be leading the group on our next metal detecting outing on Saturday May 22nd and we will be going to Holcomb Valley looking for gold.  In your GPAA Mining Guide it is CA-46 & CA-47. We will meet at 8:00 am at the Big Bear Discovery Center which is located at 40971 North Shore Drive (Highway 38), Fawnskin, CA 92333.

Items to bring:

• Lunch
• Water (a must have)
• Adventure pass (so you can park your vehicle)
• GPAA membership prospecting permit or bring a friend with one
• Metal Detector

There is no phone reception where we are going, so call before Saturday with any questions.

The TVP Outing is this Saturday (5/15/2010). The group will be going to the Crystal Group claims (GPAA # CA-45) and will be meeting at 8:00 am.

For more details on the outing, please see Wagonmaster Jay’s post in the TVP Forum. Click Here to go directly to the post.

The May 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, May 8th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

The Grand Prize Raffle (Roy’s Rocker Picture & Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger Metal Detector) will be drawn this month, so be sure to come and get some additional tickets. You don’t have to be present to win the Grand Prize, but the more tickets you have in the bucket, the better your chance to win!

Our speaker this month will be Cory Rudolph who has been prospecting for more than 40 years. Cory will be touching on some real interesting topics, so plan on being there. You definitely don’t want to miss this one!

All are welcome, so we hope to see you there.

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!