Are you ready to get out and do some detecting or prospecting? Well August will be a great month to do just that, so make your plans now to attend one of the outings with the club.

The prospecting outing will be at East Fork on the San Gabriel river. Jim Jeffery will be leading the outing, so be sure to check with him or check the Club Forum for details. This outing will be held on Saturday, August 21st.

John Bucholzer will be leading our metal detecting outing, but we don’t have a definitive date or location yet. Check back for more details on this outing.

** UPDATE **

The metal detecting outing will be held at Oceanside beach on Sunday August 29th at 4pm. We will be working the beach on the South side of the pier. Hope to see you there!

Our prospecting & metal detecting outings are being combined this month as we head up to the Holcomb Valley near Big Bear.

The outing is scheduled for Saturday July 17th and John Bucholzer will be leading the outing this month. Everyone will be meeting at the Big Bear Discovery Center at 8:00 am. The Center is located at 40971 North Shore Drive (Highway 38), Fawnskin, CA 92333.

Items to bring:

• Lunch
• Water (a must have)
• Adventure pass (so you can park your vehicle)
• GPAA membership prospecting permit or bring a friend with one
• Metal Detector
• Dry Washer
• Other Prospecting Gear (i.e. buckets, pans, tubs, etc.)

There is no phone reception where we are going, so call before Saturday with any questions.

Due to an urgent family matter, Wagonmaster Jay will not be able to go on the club outing to East Fork this weekend. Our backup wagonmaster, Jim, will not be there either, so if you aren’t familiar with the area, try to hook up with another club member who has been there before.

Please keep Jay and his family in your prayers.

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

I have added some new photos to the Photo Gallery area of the site and have reorganized the albums so the newest ones show first. You can get to the new photos by clicking on the Photo Gallery tab at the top of the site (just to the left of the Forum tab).

Here is what has been added:

• Pictures from the May 2010 club meeting
• Pictures from the April 2010 club outing to the new claim outside of 29 Palms
• Pictures from the April Metal Detecting outing to Oceanside

If you have pictures from a club meeting, event, or outing and would like to share them, please email them to webmaster@gpaatvp.com. Also, if you have a story about an outing or an event or just prospecting in general, please send that along too as we are always looking for good information to share with the members.

John Bucholzer will be leading the group on our next metal detecting outing on Saturday May 22nd and we will be going to Holcomb Valley looking for gold.  In your GPAA Mining Guide it is CA-46 & CA-47. We will meet at 8:00 am at the Big Bear Discovery Center which is located at 40971 North Shore Drive (Highway 38), Fawnskin, CA 92333.

Items to bring:

• Lunch
• Water (a must have)
• Adventure pass (so you can park your vehicle)
• GPAA membership prospecting permit or bring a friend with one
• Metal Detector

There is no phone reception where we are going, so call before Saturday with any questions.

The TVP Outing is this Saturday (5/15/2010). The group will be going to the Crystal Group claims (GPAA # CA-45) and will be meeting at 8:00 am.

For more details on the outing, please see Wagonmaster Jay’s post in the TVP Forum. Click Here to go directly to the post.

Our first Metal Detecting Outing will be held on Saturday April 10th after the monthly TVP Meeting. John Bucholzer will be leading the group and we will be heading down to a spot called Oceanside Harbor in Oceanside. The meeting place will be at a pay to park area where S. Harbor Dr. meets N. Pacific St. The approximate address is 204 S. Harbor Dr., Oceanside CA (click the address for a map).

Here is what you need to bring:

• A Metal Detector
• Food and water for yourself
• Cash for the parking area

If you don’t have a detector right now, but are interested in learning more about them, please come out and see how they work.

If you have any questions about this outing, please see John at the meeting or give him a call at 951-743-1591.

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.

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.