Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters

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1 Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters The General September 2012 Our Next Club Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 at 7 pm at Gwinnett County Fire Station #5. For directions, please refer to the club swebsite, The meeting site is: Gwinnett County Fire Station # Old Norcross Road Duluth, GA September 25 th, 2012 Meeting Minutes: There were 18 attendees. We had one new member, Bill Robertson s grandson, Jerry Lawson. Welcome to the club Jerry! Old Business: 1. Mark Whipkey was able to speak with the director of Lake Lanier Islands and we now have a Beach Hunt, Thanks Mark. 2. Doug Beaver has graciously stepped up to be the Hunt Master for the upcoming Beach Hunt (October 27 th ) and the Club Seeded Hunt (November 10 th ). 3. We are still in desperate need of a New Treasurer. Bill Robertson has been Treasurer for untold years and is NOW ready to retire.

2 New Business 1) Beach Hunt set for Saturday, October 27 th. We must now pay entrance to the park $10 per car. (There is a parking lot right outside the gate that will allow us to carpool into the park). Cost to participate will be $10 per hunter; this goes directly in to the club treasury for purchase of silver for the seeded hunt. Bring water, a light snack and your beach scoop. A flyer will be ed out. 2) Club Seeded Hunt will be held Saturday Nov. 10 th, same location as before. Entry Fee is $15, for each hunter. A flyer will be ed out in advance. 3) If interested in finding a Hunt Buddy try our Website. 4) We have 30 paid members eligible to participate in the Club Hunts. Dues must have been paid by the end of September, to be eligible to participate at the club hunts. We will not be accepting dues at the Hunt sites. 5) Mark Whipkey has a Whites DD Coil for sale $100 6) If you have anything that you would like to sell/trade (or give away) please bring to next club meeting. Treasury Report: Balance forward: $ Dirty Money: $0.00 Raffle $ Dues@$24 ea: $96.00 Sub total: $ Bought 50 Silver Dimes: -$ The final treasury balance was $ Club Interests Club Officers terms. Mark Whipkey Clayton Nugent Robert Powell Treasurer John Dyer/ Mark Whipkey Jeff Herke Doug Sortino Doug Beaver President Vice President Secretary -STILL OPEN- Programs Webmaster Point of Contact Hunt Master All, we are still in desperate need of a New Club Treasurer. Bill Robertson has been doing it for untold years and is ready to retire. Do you need to have jewelry appraised? Try H&A International Jewelry for $20 located at 1820C Independence Sq., Dunwoody, GA

3 Maybe you need to cash in your gold and silver finds. Try ARA Refinery at Another refinery is Midwest Refinery, Lost and Found Lost anything or want to help find lost items? Go to Websites of Interest Here are a few places around the web to visit It you have any problems connecting to any of these links try downloading the latest Acrobat Reader: A great site geared for treasure hunters and preservation of the hobby: Many detecting forums can be found here: Want to know the metal content value of your coins? Save all those nickels and pennies! Here is a gold/silver value calculator. Dirty Money Dirty Money can be turned in to the club. Please remember to bring in your dirty modern coin finds and scrap copper or brass finds. If you can t make it to a meeting but would like to join the club or renew your membership, please send your check to Bill Robertson, 4110 Menlo Drive, Tucker, GA Should you need to contact Bill his phone is or robe7827@bellsouth.net. We are always in need of items to be used for door prizes at our meetings. Please bring what you can to any of our meetings. Another website with a multitude of forums: A website for the treasure hunter: Here is a site on everything you need to know about gold: ialtypes Here is a great repository website on everything metal detecting: An online relic hunting magazine. Very good! Door Prizes: (September Winners) Doug Beaver won a Knife. Jeff Herke won a Precision Screwdriver set. Rob Pech won a Fisher Find Pouch Leon Pavlacka won a Whites Treasure Hunter License Plate. Andy Cohen won 5 Treasure Hunting Books.

4 Bill Robertson won a Southern Treasures Pouch. Coins: Jeff Herke Raffle Prize: Robert Powell won an 1885 Morgan silver dollar. Monthly Finds Winners: Artifacts: Sandy Hirsch Jeff searched in New York while on vacation and found 24 Wheaties, an 1853 Dime, a 1910 Dime, a 1951 Dime, two 1897 Indian Heads, and a 1892 Indian Head. He was using Minelab Explorer 2 Relics: Andy Cohen Sandy found Cash, an FDR Little White House Token, a JFK Memorial Pendant, an AA 3 year coin, a pager, a bunch of scrap metal and many many more items. He was using a Tesoro and an Omega Andy found various CW bullets, caps and friction primers. Andy uses a Minelab Explorer 2.

5 Jewelry: Robert Powell Find of The Month: Robert found a 14k ½ carat diamond ring. It was found and returned to the owner. Robert uses a Minelab X-Terra 705. Robert found a 14k ½ carat diamond ring. It was found and returned to the owner. Robert uses a Minelab X-Terra 705. Year to Date top 10 September 2012 Points 1 Mark Whipkey Doug Sortino and Robert Powell Bill Robertson Sandy Hirsh Jeff Herke Rob Pech Andy Cohen John Dyer 23

6 Congratulations everyone! Other Club Information: The Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters were organized in The founding members recognized the need for an organization of metal detecting enthusiasts to promote the following: That metal detecting is a rewarding and beneficial hobby to be shared by any individual or family. That all people using metal detectors share a common responsibility to themselves, and to the treasure hunting fraternity, to respect the rights of all landowners and public officials in the preservation and protection of their property against trespass or undue damage through carelessness on the part of treasure hunters or other individuals. That service to historical societies, law enforcement agencies, and charitable organizations, is an integral part of a treasure hunter s code of ethics. In furtherance of these aims, the Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters have established this organization, for the purpose of inspiring those standards of attainment and neighborly conduct; and it shall be the endeavor of the members who may be called upon to preside over and govern this organization, to enforce the precepts of this organization by every reasonable means within their power, and they and all members of this organization shall exemplify those principles by conduct as well as enforcement in order that the club may bring honor to itself, and the world may be convinced of the sincerity of our purpose. Club Meeting Information Meetings are normally held the last Tuesday of the month (no meeting in December) at 7 PM at the Gwinnett County Fire Station # Old Norcross Road Duluth, GA Club Officers President Mark Whipkey Vice President Clayton Nugent Secretary Robert Powell Treasurer Programs John Dyer/Mark Whipkey Webmaster Jeff Herke Newsletter Publisher / Editor Clayton Nugent Club Information Contact Doug Sortino To Join or Renew Your Club Membership: The club s membership year is from July July. Dues are $24 this year and are still a great value. Dues are prorated during the year. Make your checks payable to Stone Mountain Treasure Hunters. Please mail them to Bill Robertson, 4110 Menlo Drive, Tucker, GA Should you need to contact Bill his phone is or is robe7827@bellsouth.net. Point of Contact: For information on our club, its meetings, or activities please contact Doug Sortino. Our Club Website: You can find our club s constitution, Find of The Month and Year rules, the entry form for the Find of The Month / Treasure Hunter of The Year

7 competition, pictures showing the winning entries from the previous months Find of The Month category winners, past monthly newsletters, membership list, interesting links, etc Please forward any constructive comments on our club s website format or what you would like to see. Submit them at the next club meeting. For items of interest to The Club and its members, please forward any articles along with the publication s name and date or items of interest to Clayton.Nugent@ncr.com or submit them at the next club meeting.