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.

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).

The January TVP Outing will be at the Cargo Muchacho Mountains near Glamis on Saturday January 16th. Please check the members only section on the TVP Forum for more details (January 2010 Outing Cargo Muchacho Mountains) or contact Wagonmaster Jay.

We have a booth at the Lancaster gold show. The gold show is a great way to let people know  that we are here and what we do. It is also a great way for us to get new members and make a little money from a raffle. We need volunteers to help out running the booth and answering questions. But most of all we need members to just come. The more the merrier. If you have not been to a gold show it is a lot of fun and you get to meet a lot of great people.

We need some members to help the Gpaa to setup on Friday morning 8am - noon. I will not be able to get there until Friday night due to work. We will set our booth up on saturday morning at 9am. The gold show will run from 10am-5pm on Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sunday. The Gpaa will need people to help take down after the show on Sunday. If you can help setup, take down, or run the booth, please give me a call at 951-244-3442.

The gold show will be held at the Antelope Valley Fairgrownds. The address is 2551 West Avenue H, Suite 102 H Lancaster, CA 93536.

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!

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).

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.