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).

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

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).

It is time to come show off your treasure hunting skills, or if you are like me it is time to hunt through the closet, dust off your metal detector and replace the batteries.  We are having our annual metal detector hunt at Siera park in Canyon Lake. We will be having two detector beach style hunts and a potluck lunch. There will be prizes handed out for special targets and also a prize for the best potluck dish.

We will start at 9am. We will have the hunts followed by lunch and probably end sometime around noon. TVP will supply the hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring a potluck dish or something to share.

You will need to be on the list to be allowed in the Canyon Lake gate. If you signed up at the meeting you are all set. If not, Please give Mark Weaver a call at 951-244-6138. Everyone in the car does not need to be on the list just the driver. Don’t forget your ID or they will not let you in past the gate. At the gate don”t forget to ask the guards for a map to get to Siera Park.

Last year we had a lot of fun so don’t miss this.

See you there