The October 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, October 8th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA. Everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you there!

Here are some of the things going on this month:

Item 1:

PLP T-Shirts will be available at the club meeting this month.

PLP = Public Lands for the People

There have been reports of rangers leaving prospectors alone who are wearing the signature “Orange” PLP T-Shirt, so Jim & Sue from American Prospector & Treasure Seeker made special arrangements with the PLP to get these shirts.

They are $15 each and come in 4 different colors:

• Orange
• Blue
• Sand
• Gray

PLP T-Shirt (Front & Back View)

If you are unable to make it to the meeting, be sure to stop by their shop and pick one up.

American Prospector & Treasure Seeker
28900 Old Town Front Street, Suite 101, Temecula, CA 92590

Item 2:

Have you been out Metal Detecting or Gold Prospecting this last month? Find anything? Then bring it to the meeting so we can see. All entries are voted on and the top two of each category will win a prize.

Item 3:

We have four great raffles each month (not counting the Grand Prize) that you can participate in while at the meeting. Not only is it a lot of fun (especially when you win), but it helps to support the club.

• Door Prize Raffle (Free): Just by signing in, you are entered into the Door Prize Raffle. We normally have 1 to 4 items that are given away each month.
• 50/50 Raffle ($1 per ticket): This is the easiest raffle of them all… if you win, you split (50/50) all of the money collected for the 50/50 raffle with the club. For example, if $70 is collected, then you, as the winner, get $35 and the club keeps $35.
• Gold Raffle ($1 per ticket): There are typically 3 to 4 items each month. One bag of gold concentrate to work on your panning skills and some nice gold nuggets to show your friends.
• Table Raffle ($1 per ticket): You might think… what am I going to do with a table?, but the Table Raffle is an array of items sitting on a table that the winners can choose from. There are typically 10-15 items ranging in value from a few dollars to over a hundred dollars on occasion. The nice thing about the table raffle is that you can see what is there before you purchase your tickets.

Item 4:

A new Grand Prize Raffle item was introduced at the September 2011 club meeting. It is a Tesoro Vaquero metal detector and retails for $525, so be sure to get your tickets for this one.

Tesoro Vaquero

Description:

During the design phase of the Vaquero (pronounced va-care-oh), we knew
that it was going to be a very hard working detector. It is designed as
an all-around detector, able to do just about everything that any
detectorist could want to do. Vaquero is the Spanish word for cowboy.
When we think of hard work and the ability to take on any kind of tough
job, we think of the cowboys of the old west.

The main part of the Vaquero’s versatility is its three and three-quarters
manually adjusted ground balance. This will give the detectorist the power
to set up his machine to best suit the mineralization conditions that he
is working in and his personal treasure hunting style. The Vaquero adds an
ED180 discrimination feature to filter the trash from the treasure and a
Push Button Pinpoint that makes digging up the goodies that much easier.
The discriminate knob is also used to switch into a threshold-based All
Metal Mode.

Tesoro Vaquero

Features:

• MicroMAX Design
• VLF 14 kHz Frequency
• One Drop-in 9V Battery
• Variable Threshold
• 3 3/4 Turn External Ground Balance
• Ultra-lightweight Design
• 9×8 Monolithic Coil
• 3-Piece Knockdown Pole
• Lifetime Warranty

Specifications:

• Operating Frequency  14.3 kHz, 14.5 kHz, 14.7 kHz
• Searchcoil Type  Monolithic (Carbon Fiber)
• Searchcoil Size  9 x 8
• Cable Length  Approx. 3′
• Audio Frequency  Approx. 293 Hz or VCO
• Audio Output  1 1/2″ speaker and headphone jack
• Headphone Compatibility  ¼” stereo plug
• Weight (may vary slightly)  2.2 lbs
• Battery Requirement  One 9 Volt DC (alkaline)
• Battery Life (typical)  10 to 20 hours
• Optimum Temp. Range  30° to 100° F
• Optimum Humidity  0 to 75% R.H.
• Operating Modes  Threshold-based All Metal
• Silent Search Discriminate
• Pinpoint Mode  All Metal Fast Auto-Tune

Item 5:

Tracy will have a laptop computer at the meeting and will be able to assist anyone having problems accessing the Club Forum. He will also be able to register new members onsite rather than having to wait several weeks.

Item 6:

If you are looking for prospecting gear, one of our club vendors, Legends Prospecting Supplies, will be there this month with all of the latest items for you to see and purchase.

Please do what you can to help support the PLP. If you can make a donation that is great. But don’t forget to tell your friends about this and get the word out that this will hurt the prospecting community and California.

United we stand. Divided we fall.