Nugget Shooting Derby / Treasure Hunt
Sponsored by Gold Nugget Mining Supply

Being held on September 18 & 19, 2010 at the 7th Annual Coyote Melon Festival in Meadview Arizona.

Nugget Shooting Derby

The Nugget Shooting Derby offers prizes of gold nuggets, collectible coins and a bonus prize for the high points winner, but be aware- contestants will work for these prizes! Metal targets, which can be exchanged for prizes, are scattered across 1+ acres of desert and must be located with a metal detector within the time allotted.

Saturday the 18th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
$35 Entry Fee

GRAND PRIZE: MINELAB  X-TERRA 705 METAL DETECTOR, RETAIL VALUE $990!
2ND PLACE: DETECTOR PRO “Nugget Buster” HEADPHONES
3RD PLACE: 1.75 DWT GOLD NUGGET

BONUS TARGETS:

• .7 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• .5 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• .3 DWT GOLD NUGGET

Treasure Hunt

Sunday the 19th from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$25 Entry Fee if registered by 09/15/2010
$30 Entry Fee for all registrations after 09/15/2010

GRAND PRIZE: DETECTOR PRO “BLACK WIDOW” HEADPHONES, RETAIL VALUE $140!
TARGETS:

• .4 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• .4 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• .25 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• .2 DWT GOLD NUGGET
• 1939-S WALKING HALF DOLLAR
• 1918-S WALKING HALF DOLLAR
• 1936-S WALKING HALF DOLLAR
• 1898 BARBER HALF DOLLAR
• 1949-S FRANKLIN HALF DOLLAR
• 1908-D BARBER HALF DOLLAR
• 1922 PEACE DOLLAR
• 1891 MORGAN DOLLAR
• 1880-S MORGAN DOLLAR

For official rules, more information or to enter, call 928-727-3786 or visit http://www.coyotemelonfestival.com

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!

8- Members participated in the JULY - Finds of the Month.

GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

• Don A. won a vial with gold for his find at Mariposa County.
• Tracy S. won a Bicentennial Coin for his finds at Wickenburg, Arizona.

Other Participants:

• Smith-B. brought in gold found at Gold Mtn.
• Tom C.  brought in gold that he found at Barstow.

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

• Lorrie Y. won a vial with gold for his finds in local parks and Dohenny Beach.
•  John B. won a bicentennial Coin for his find at local beaches.

Other Participants: 

•  Ray & Deb B. brought in finds they found a Murrieta Parks.

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

Doug B.

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

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).