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The March 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, March 13th, at 9:00 am. We are currently meeting at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

This month we are introducing a new item for the Grand Prize Raffle. It is a beautiful prospecting picture called “Roy’s Rocker” by John Agrella and would look great hanging on your wall at home. This picture has been beautifully framed and signed by the artist. Click here to see a bigger image of the picture.

Be sure to come to the meeting so you can see this work of art in person.

Roy's Rocker by John Agrella

Don’t forget to bring your finds of the month, so we can see what everyone has been doing.

The February 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, February 13th, at 9:00 am. We are currently meeting at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

This month, the Grand Prize Raffle will be drawn and someone is going home with a Variable Speed Desert Fox Automatic Gold Panning Machine valued at $339. Have you purchased your tickets yet? If not, you need to make sure you get there on the 13th and load up on the tickets because it could be going home with you!

Don’t forget to bring your finds of the month, so we can see what everyone has been doing.

The January 2010 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held this coming Saturday, January 9th, at 9:00 am. We are currently meeting at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

Be sure to bring your finds of the month, so we can see what everyone has been doing.

Hope to see you there and Happy New Year!

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.

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

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!