2014 January (PDF)

THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE GOLD COAST TREASURE CLUB, INC.
President:
Frank Nash
786-269-5744
Vice-President:
Gary McNew
561-718-5523
Secretary
Jan Smirnow
561-735-8921
Treasurer
Eddie D'Amato
561-385-3841
Hunt Master: Linda Bennett
Home: 561-290-5112
Cell Phone: 561-352-4068
Sales/Raffle Promoter:
Available
Photographer: Steve Hoskins
Librarian: Travis Dreisbach
Hospitality Hostess: Available
Prize Coordinator: Jan Smirnow
Membership: Jim Sharp
Website Administrator:
John Lobota
Newsletter Editor:
Linda Bennett
labennettuk@gmail.com
Email:
gctreasureclub@yahoo.com
Website:
www.apex-ephemera.com/gctc/
Club Mailing Address:
GCTC C/O Gail Hoskins
206 Russell Drive
Lake Worth , FL 33461
Dues are $35 a year.
New members pay an
initiation fee of $5, plus:
$35 if joining between Jan. 1st
and the end of June,
or $17.50 if joining between
July 1 and Dec. 31. $5 extra for
FMDAC membership.

VOLUME 39 NUMBER 1

JANUARY 2014

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE 7:30 PM JANUARY 9
AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE MUSEUM IN DREHER PARK
IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

OUR CODE OF ETHICS: HAVE PERMISSION AND DO NO HARM

JANUARY MEETING
2013 ANNUAL BEST FINDS
It’s time for the ANNUAL BEST
FINDS CONTEST. Bring your best
finds recovered between January
2013 and December 2013 and while
you were a member of the GCTC.
Categories will be: Best Platinum
Jewelry; Best Gold; Best Gold with
Stones; Best Silver; Best Costume
Jewelry; Most Unusual; and Best
American Coin.
Winners of the 7 major categories
will each receive a silver half-dollar
and a certificate. Each member is
allowed one entry per category.
Winners are decided by the same
voting system that we use for the
Monthly Best Finds Contest.

In addition to the Find of the
Year tables, we will have the
normal Find of the Month tables.
Finds for this group should be
items that were dug between the
November 2013 meeting and the
January 2014 meeting. This is a
good way to start the New Year
off right. Bring in all of your finds
and start collecting points toward
Hunter of the Year for 2014. You
can’t win if you don’t enter.

JOIN US EARLY AT
TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT
at 5:15 p.m. before the meeting.
Dutch treat!

3208 FOREST HILL BLVD
PALM SPRINGS, FL 33406

New President, Frank Nash
receiving gavel from outgoing
President, Gary McNew

CLUB HUNT
Night hunt at Juno Beach Pier.
Meet at 5:45 pm in parking lot on
Saturday Jan. 25.
14775 U.S. Highway 1,
Juno Beach
I95 to Donald Ross Rd Exit.
East on Donald Rose Rd to US 1
North on US 1 to parking lot

MEMBER FOR SALE ADS

UPCOMING COMPETITION HUNTS

Whites Pinpointer II new $100
Ruger Stainless Mark II 22 cal , 4” Bull Barrel,like new $400
Ruger Stainless Mark II 22 cal. 5 1/2”Slag side barrel
competition target model w/ red dot scope $600
(I bought both guns new and to be truthful, I’m not sure they
have been fired)
16 ft Key West center console boat with Bimini Top. Has a 40
hp Yamaha Four Stroke motor with less than 20 hours on it.
good trailer. $5000

TCAS 27th Annual Benefit Hunt
Saturday, March 8, 2014 Wabasso, Florida
9a - 4p
If you send in a copy of an official hunt form with
payment before March 1st, 2014, the cost is only $75.
After that the price is $85.
http://www.tcas.us/tcashunt.htm

Email or call me with any questions..
Jerry Laur 561-951-1015 jerrylaur@mac.com

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY
Bo Greenwood (1/21)
Cindy Mosca (1/4)
Jack Petenbrink (1/15)
Delores Smith (1/3)
Nina Smith (1/13)
Irving Smith (1/21)
Wayne Stephens (1/3)
Ed Weston (1/25)

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Central Florida Metal Detecting Club
Second Annual Central Florida Sunshine Shootout &
Relic Hunt
April 5, 2014
830a-5:00p
Early registration = $99.00/ hunter.
After March 25, 2014 = $125.00/hunter.
The registration fee includes a catered mid-day meal and
multiple hunts.
http://www.thecfmdc.com/sunshine_13.html
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12TH TREASURE HUNT OF THE CAROLINAS
MARCH 29-30, 2014
Largest Open Hunt In The Carolinas
The targets for the weekend will include Silver Quarters,
Halves, Dollars, Rounds, Dimes and Gold Coins
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HOLIDAY PARTY
Our Holiday Party was held at High Point in Delray
Beach through the courtesy of Bob Dobski and his
community. Twas the party before Christmas and all
through the High Point Club House the decorations were
hung in expectation of the Gold Coast Treasure Club’s
members. The lights were on and the party did began!
The food was delightful and plentiful, not a tummy was
hungry after the feast! The Door prizes were plenty and
hopefully pleasing! Donations of gifts and time to make
our party a success were donated by Reilly’s Treasured
Gold, White’s Metal Detecting
Company, Kellyco
Treasure Hunting, Betty and Jerry Laur, Paul and Marge
Hamlin, The Petenbrinks, Linda Bennett, Gail and Steve
Hoskins, Nick Mosca, The Smith Families, the Pressleins,
Ed D’Amato, Laurie and Frank Nash, Bob Dobski and
me! Hopefully I have not forgotten anyone!
A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO
CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, COOKING AND GIFTS
AND TO THOSE WHO HELPED WITH THE SETUP
AND CLEAN UP!
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Submitted by Jan Smirnow, Secretary

http://ecrda.org/

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Hunt Info Will Be Available
At Club Meeting

ONGOING CLUB PROJECTS
Our club collects eye glasses, foreign coins,
miscellaneous items of costume jewelry/tokens/metal toys,
pull tabs, and empty ink cartridges. Give Jan Smirnow or
Linda Bennett your donations.

CHALLENGE LEVELS
Do you enjoy a good challenge? If so, then you should
join the quest to master the five challenge levels! This fun
program offers a coin reward simply for finding a specific
group of targets (much like a scavenger hunt) and showing
those finds to the hunt master (Linda Bennett).
For questions or explanations, come early to a meeting
and speak with Linda.

DUBIOUS AWARDS
Winners of these awards were nominated by fellow
members for their “dubious“ actions during the past
year.

 Jerry Laur received a box of Krispy Creme
doughnuts to tide him over to his next visit.
Locally, the nearest shop is in Ft. Lauderdale.
So that made the Knoxville trip for FMDAC
convention extra special. Jerry passed and
stopped at the shop 2 times a day going to hunts.
To his credit he did share with fellow club
members.
 Kathy Ayon demonstrated her uncoordinated
use of a competition basket with a scoop at the
Daytona Hunt.
Later that evening she
demonstrated her pole dancing moves which
looked a lot like her moves on the competition
field. She received a video on Pole Dancing
Instruction which will hopefully help her
develop better hunt techniques, get good
exercise and delight her fiance.
 Jan Smirnow is in charge of all raffles. Her last
raffle took forever to determine a winner.
Actually it was more entertaining. So it was
suggested to pay for bingo cards instead of
tickets and the winner will be the first person
who covers a card. A bingo game was her prize.

WINNER OF THE BROKEN SCOOP AWARD
By popular vote, Jan Smirnow received the honor of
winning the Fifth Annual Broken Scoop Award..
Jan will have to display this award in a prominent
place at her home until the next Holiday Party in 2014.
Hopefully she will be able to pass along the award at
that time to another member.
The scoop was donated by Kevin Reilly of Reilly's Treasured
Gold, Inc in 2008.

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SPECIAL THANKS FOR HOSTING
A CLUB HUNT IN 2013
A Stapler with brass engraving were awarded to Ben
Smith, John Lobota and Frank Nash in appreciation
for hosting a club hunt during 2013.
Thank you, guys, for your hard work!

Young pirates Lauren Dreisbach, Radina
Malchev and Nick Malchev receive a stocking.

HIGHLIGHTS

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INC.
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C/O GAIL HOSKINS
206 RUSSELL DRIVE
LAKE WORTH, FL
33461

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UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Meeting: January 9, 2014
Club Hunt: Jan 25, 2014
TCAS Competition Hunt: March 8, 2014
CFMDC Sunshine Hunt:April 5, 2014

VISIT OUR WEBSITE:

http://www.apex-ephemera.com/gctc/
Also check out:

http://www.treasurechests.net/

THE GOLD COAST TREASURE CLUB, INC.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM FOR 2014- PLEASE FILL OUT AND
SUBMIT WITH DUES
PLEASE PRINT
NAME:_________________________________Birthdate (Month&Day)______
SPOUSE:_______________________________Birthdate (Month&Day)______
CHILDREN LIVING AT HOME: _________________________________
____________________________Birthdate(Month &Day ) of each child
ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________
PHONE NUMBERS:______________________CELL PHONE:___________
EMAIL:___________________________________________
OKAY TO PUBLISH INFORMATION IN CLUB DIRECTORY: ONLY
FOR CLUB MEMBER ACCESS______________
OKAY TO RECEIVE CLUB NEWSLETTER BY EMAIL/WEBSITE______________
(Newsletter sent as PDF file; or can access by website)
The dues are $35 per year(Jan-Dec) ________(Due by end of Feb to prevent $5 late fee)
$5 to Join FMDAC (voluntary)_________
SIGNATURE_______________________________
DATE:_____________________________________
DUES PAID:_________________

CLUB ADDRESS:
GCTC
C/O Gail Hoskins
206 Russell Dr
Lake Worth, Florida 33461