October 2008 Newsletter now on: www.ckmetaldetecting.com 2008 Chatham Kent Metal Detecting Club V O L U M E 6, I S S U E 1 0 This Month Frank s Message 2 Last meeting Minutes 2 Club interest, Sale Items 3 Finds for September 4 Fall Hunt Pictures 5 Interesting and Fun Stuff 6 Phil Szucs Kathy Gagnier Fred Cammaart Frank Vadovic Dave Crundwell Don Wallace President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Events Coordinator O U R C L U B Our club is a group of people interested in recovering artifacts, coins, and other interesting items from the past and various historical research topics. Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month at the back door behind Evangel Community Church on 76 Sandy Street in Chatham. Guests are always welcome. At each meeting members may enter their finds of the month in the Finds of the Month Competition. The programs consist of talks by club members or invited speakers, slide or video shows, artifacts displays or demonstrations of new products. The club maintains a small library of books, magazines and maps, which may be checked out for one month. Our club strives to improve the public image of detector users and other amateur historical collectors. We therefore abide by the Code of Ethics. C O D E O F E T H I C S Web Site I will respect private property and will not metal detect without the owner s permission. I will fill all holes. I will appreciate and protect our heritage of natural and cultural resources, wildlife and private property. I will use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesy at all times. I will leave all gates as found. I will remove litter and properly dispose of all trash found. I will not litter. I will not destroy property,buildings, or what is left of ghost towns and deserted structures. I will not tamper with signs, structural facilities or equipment. I will return an item, by any means, if someone can adequately Wish to Thank We can be contacted by email at Info@ckmetaldetecting.com For the club newsletter. CKMDC Next Meeting November 27, 2008 @ 7:00pm Yes! Halloween is tomorrow Please!! Be careful of all the little Trick and Treater s out there. Page 1
Frank s Message Hi All!!! Well it looks like snow will be flying soon and I know the this will not stop a lot of you. There is still a lot of open fields and beaches out there. Lot of interesting finds coming in, keep it up! Please! if you are interested in putting in a little message E-Me or the Club and we ll enter it here. I will be in Cuba last week of the month so if you have anything to put in the newsletter get it to me ASAP And I try to have the news letter in for you for November. Last meeting minutes The President Phil Szucs began the meeting with 20 members present including the executive. Kathy read the minutes and all members were in favour to print them as read. SAUBLE BEACH HUNT: Fred C. got one silver ring coming back in Grand Bend and found just shy of 9 dollars at Sauble Beach. Not much was found but everyone enjoyed the companionship. PORT STANLEY CLUB: Four members from this club attended. It was a really good hunt with 4 hunts. Phil walked away with lots of silver dimes and loonies. Art got a gold ring and loads of coins. The hunts were done at 11:45 a.m. The weather cooperated and held off until after the hunts. LIGHT HOUSE COVE: Vince and Dennis helped a lady look for her Grandmother s ring. They took a dingy out to the water but unfortunately didn t find the ring. The woman drew a picture of the ring and it is published in the newsletter if anyone was to look for it and find it to return it to her as it has great sentimental value. She wrote a nice thank you letter in the newsletter. INSURANCE: Frank mentioned to his new insurance agent about our club and the insurance company will phone us to help look for people s lost rings. There is a 10% reward for found items. A lot of insurance brokers don t know we are here so we should inform them of our services. SATURDAY FUN HUNT: 15 members look to be attending. Phil showed the members the items for the hunt. First hunt is called the FUN HUNT with tokens, U.S. nickels and pennies. The pennies have playing cards and you have to look for the best poker hand. One nickel is a stretch nickel which can be redeemed for a special prize. The second hunt is the RING HUNT. There are 42 silver rings, 2 silver dollars, and 30 silver dimes and tokens. The tokens are different this year, they are in a mini zip lock back with a ticket and number and the matching number will be attached to the prize. The third hunt is called the CASH HUNT with 40 silver dollars 500 dimes and tokens. During all three hunts there are 10 gold plated dimes labelled through 10 and these can be redeemed for prizes. Pizza will be served. The hunt begins at 9:00 a.m. Phil was thinking about renting a magnetic bar to pull across the sand to pick up some junk. People were asked to bring rakes to mix up the sand a bit. Vince asked to move the hunt closer to the water as there is less junk there. Kids hunt is planned. 6 kids are planning to attend. Vince will bring flags for the hunt. The hunts should be done around 2:00p.m. Everyone can bring a dessert if they d like. GRAND BEND: Robert Robertson went hunting and was approached about a lost ring. Robert helped look for it and found it for the man. Great job Rob! 50/50 DRAW: Brought in $73.00 and the winner receives $36.50. Robert Szucs won the money. FINDS OF THE MONTH: Phil and Frank talked about the categories. Frank defined each category. Only one item in each category and names MUST be on the back of the sheet. Majority voted on the four categories according to Frank s paper. All members voted and majority voted to have four categories Coins, Jewelry, Relic, and Misc. MYSTERY DRAW: Won by Robert Robertson. Next month: bring in cutlery that you found. Next month: Nominations. LOGOS: two entries, one from Art and two from Joanne. If you have some please give them to Phil next month. The meeting was adjourned. Page 2
Adam wanted to thank Mr. Shepley for lending his machine during the kids hunt and helping him find treasure. It meant a lot to him and he was certainly excited that he was able to find treasure. If you look at the picture, I'm not sure who was having more fun, the child participant, the adult participant or the onlookers. Thank you again for making his day special. Liana Cutler Ajax, On A Thank You! Club Interest Club Site: http://www.ckmetaldetecting.com/ Interesting Sites The Treasure Depot http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/index.html Canadian Metal Detecting Forum http://members3.boardhost.com/cmdf/ History Television http://history.ca The Trading Post http://members4.boardhost.com/cmdctradingpost/ Lost Treasure http://www.losttreasure.com/ Western & Eastern Treasures http://www.treasurenet.com/westeast/ Aluminum cans Monday August 25, 2008 Vince, Dennis and I took cans to London and got $97.00 Total over $443.00 Not Bad! Eh!! For more info go to: http://metaldetectinghunt.com/ White s Prism V Like New! $600.00 Contact: Jack (519) 948 3354 White s XLT E Series Asking $500 OBO Contact Frank @ Club Tesor Conquistador With coil and Jolly Roger Headset & manual Asking $250 Contact Vince Please! Contact me ( Frank) In writing at the meeting or E-Mail me: fvadovic@cogeco.ca to post an item you would like to sell. Page 3
September Finds Coin Robert Szucs Fred Cammaart Dave Crundwell Rick Pearce Jewelry Dave Crundwell Joanne Szucs Rick Pearce Relic Misc Al Stirling Robert Szucs X Dave Crundwell Dale Crow Al Stirling Robert Szucs Fred Cammaart Finds of the month COINS: 1824 George IV won by Robert Szucs. JEWELRY: 10k child s ring by David Crundwell. RELIC: token won by Al Stirling MISC.: Police wallet with police badge won by Dave Crundwell. BEST OVERALL: 1824 coin by Robert Szucs. POLICEMAN S BADGE: returned by Dave Crundwell. Found it in the middle of the road. About 2 hours later went back and found the badge part. The Metro police said to drop it off downtown but it was too far so he returned it to a local police station. Sorry! For any missed labeled or missing pictures... Page 4
Chatham Kent Metal Detecting Club Fall Hunt Fantastic Fall Hunt, The weather was excellent. The turn out was great. Lots of prizes and the pizza and wings was delicious. These are only a few of the pictures, ask to have the rest of the picture to be up loaded or barrow the CD to put on your computer Pictures by Don Wallace and Frank Vadovic Page 5
Interesting & Fun Stuff! Bird Bands Dave s Stuff It will be a partners hunt, Phil. He s going to do the digging! Dave s Stuff The banding of migratory birds with light weight numbered bands goes to the 1800 s. The original idea was to record the location and number where the bird was banded then wait until a hunter or birder found and reported it s location. This allowed the bander to trace the migration rout of that bird. With enough bands being returned the routs of most migrating birds in the United States and Canada was established. #1 GOOSE BAND # 2-4 PIDGEON BANDS # 5 SMALL BIRDS Call 1-800-327-band 1597-41477 Write Bird Band Laurel Md. 20708 USA USA 72 FCC 975 AU 36 BFC 657 #6 DUCK BAND Advise F & Wildlife Service Write WASHINGTON D.C. USA 595-89475 CU 63 CHATHAM 1648 W.,J, GILHULA 59 LORNE AVE. CHATHAM ONTARIO Page 6