13- Members participated in the August - Finds of the month.

GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

-  MARK W. won a vail with Gold for his find at Alaska

-  JACK H. won a Bicentennial Coin for his finds at Two Quartz.

OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

-  JACK B.,  JIM & SUE J.,  JIM & RIE., KARL

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

-  RAY & DEB B. won a vial with Gold for their finds in local parks.

-  DUANE S. won a Bicentennial Coin for his find on Beaches in Orange county.

OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

-  DIANE McM.,  JACK B.,  FRANK R.

Thanks for sharing your finds with the membership.  Good Luck and Bring Home The Gold!

5 Members participated in the MAY Finds of the Month.

GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

• Jim & Sue Jeffrey won a vial with gold for their find a East Fork & Dale District.
• Lorrie Young won a Bicentennial Coin for his find of a nugget from Arizona.
• Jack Hamilton brought in Gold using his home made drywasher.

May 2010 - Gold Finds

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

• Chuck Whitaker won a vial with gold for his find behind Lake Skinner.
• Lorrie Young won a Bicentennial Coin for his find of coins in Parks and old cans from the TVP Claim.

May 2010 - Treasure Finds

DISPLAY:

No displays this month… if you have something you would like to share, please bring it to the meeting. We’d love to see it!

Thanks for sharing your finds with the membership. Good luck and bring home the gold!

Doug Balhorn

7 Members participated in the APRIL Finds of the Month.

GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

• Jim & Sue Jeffrey Won a vial with Gold for their find at Two Quartz & Dome Rock, AZ.
• Tom Clark Won a Bicentennial Coin for his find in the Desert
• Diane McNamara Brought in her find from Dale Mining Area
• Tracy Snethen Brought in his find from the GPAA Crystal Area
• Frank Ramirez Brought in his find from Dale Mining Area

April 2010 Gold

April 2010 Gold

April 2010 Gold

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

• Diane McNamara Won a vial with Gold for her find in Desert/Beach
• Lorrie Young Won a Bicentennial Coin for his find in Parks

April 2010 Treasure

DISPLAY:

Diane McNamara Brought in a large quantity of Garnets she found at the Horse Thief Area

Thanks for sharing your finds with the membership. Good luck and bring home the gold!

Doug Balhorn

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

We had a great turn out for Finds of the Month at the January Meeting with 8 participants who brought in finds they collected during the month of December.

Gold Find Winners were: Jim & Sue Jeffrey who displayed Gold found in several locations including the area the Club is going to in Jan 2010.
Gold Runner up was: Arnold Shields who displayed a picker nugget and hot rocks from the Cool Gardie Area and Fine Flakes from the last Bautista Club Outing.

December Gold Finds

Treasure Finds Winner was: Tracy Snethen who displayed Tourmaline Gem Stones he found.
Treasure Runner up was: Ray Bratton who displayed coins, jewelry, toy cars, and rings that he found at local parks and Tot lots.

Treasure Finds

More Treasure Finds

Also Displayed:
Judy displayed items she found around the Golden Gate Bridge while visiting the area.
Jack Kerber displayed Coins that he found at Jalama Beach.
Frank Ramirez displayed an animal skull found at our last Club outing to Bautista.
Peter Anest displayed local specimens of Gem Stones and rocks found in Murrieta.

Interesting Items Found

Congratulations to our winners!

Good luck to all TVP Members and bring Home the Gold! — Doug Balhorn

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).

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).

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).

We had four participants in the Finds of the Month for September 2009.  Tracy Snethen, Arnold Shields, Frank Ramirez, and Rick Schramm brought in their finds.

Gold Finds winner was Tracy Snethen who received a vial with Gold in it, for his efforts.  The participants brought in Gold found using Dry Washers, Pans, High Bankers, and Sluices.  Some of the Gold was found on GPAA Claims.

September 2009 Gold Finds

Metal Detector winner was Rick Schramm who received a vial with Gold in it.  He had an impressive display of items he found in Playgrounds, Old empty lots, Parks, and Desert areas.

September 2009 Treasure Finds

Great job and 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).