2017 March GCTC Newsletter (PDF)

March, 2017
Volume 42 Number 3
President
Frank Nash
786-269-5744
Vice-President
Sue Chonoles
561-262-8621
Secretary
Jan Smirnow
561-376-6211
Treasurer
Laurie Haire
954-593-4800
Huntmaster
Vacant
Refreshments
Ingrid & Jim Orlando
Photographer
Vacant
Librarian
Vern Blausey
Prize Coordinator
Jan Smirnow
Membership
John Lobota
Website Administrator
John Lobota
Newsletter Editor
Jack Kazee
othermailboxjk@comcast.net

Contact Us:
Frank Nash
9729 Whippoorwill Trail
Jupiter, FL 33478
gctreasureclub@yahoo.com
www.apex-ephemera.com/gctc
Dues are $35 per year. New members pay an initiation fee of $5,
plus:
$35 if joining between Jan 1st
through the end of June, or $17.50
if joining between July 1 and December 31. $5 extra for FMDAC
membership.

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Gold Coast Treasure Club, Inc.
Our code of ethics: Have permission and do no harm

Our next meeting will be
7:00 PM, March 9, 2017
South Florida Science Center
4801 Dreher Trail North
West Palm Beach, FL 33405

March Meeting Special Guest
Lifetime club member LADY GOLD DIGGER, MARGARET WELLER will be thrilling us once again
with stories of treasure hunting. Margaret and
her late husband, Bob (Frogfoot) Weller are
professional salvagers and have worked numerous wrecks from the 17th and 18th centuries off the coast of Florida. She will bring
artifacts to show and will tell you stories that
will make you wish you were there! Margaret
has performed professionally at numerous
museums across the country. You will be
missing something very special if you miss this
meeting!

March Birthdays
Marilyn Batts (3/14)
Cyndee Freeman (3/18)
Marge Hamlin (3/9)
Heather McNew (3/5)
Jason Petenbrink (3/2)

Join Us for Dinner
Join us at 5:15 for dinner.
Flanigan’s back room
330 Southern Blvd
West Palm Beach
Please RSVP by Wednesday morning,
March 8
Laurie Haire
(954) 593-4800
Dutch treat

Inside this issue:
Juno Beach Hunt

2

Best Finds

3

Raffle Winner

3

TCAS Hunt Details

4—6

Scavenger Hunt Sheet

7

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Juno Beach Night Hunt
Laurie and I hosted a night hunt on Saturday Feb 11, 2017 at
Juno Beach fishing pier at 5:30 pm.
The weather was perfect, cool but not cold, a full moon
rose shortly after sunset with clear skies.
We arrived early that afternoon and the beach was very
crowded with beach goers, we could not plant any coins till
they left. Therefore we started an open wild daylight hunt
for the members.
As it got dark they returned to the meeting spot and table
for snacks and beverages. While they were enjoying the
goodies, Laurie and new member Tripp Cioci's mother left
to plant hundreds of coins on the south side of the pier.
The hour long hunt began just as the full moon was rising
into a clear sky. The cool breeze was most refreshing and
the members were off and digging it.
The list is as follows.....

Scavenger Hunt
We’re having a scavenger hunt that
will end on the April 13th meeting.
Check out the list of required items on
page 7.
All items found will count toward the
most found, and the variety to win.
Yes, this is a “help clean up the trash
on the beach” hunt!

Jack and Melody Kazee
Vern Blausey
Tripp Cioci and his mother
Devin and Ashley
Jim Smith
Glenford Smith
Laurie Haire
Frank Nash
It was a most enjoyable evening. Most of the coins
were found. Tripp found a nice necklace with a cross
and a diamond stud ear ring.
Dave and Vice President Sue Chonoles invited Bill and
his wife along with their friend Bob. They met us at
Red Lobster and went to the club meeting. Hopefully
they will be new members.
Jacob who had joined us at the Red Lobster dinner
and was a guest, showed interest in joining.

Necklace with cross found by Tripp
Cioci

Submitted by Frank Nash, President

From the Editor
Beginning with this issue of The Tinfoil Times, I will be serving as the Newsletter Editor.
I am a fairly new member to the club, and I am looking forward to meeting
all of our members. I am also pretty new at metal detecting, so I hope you
don’t mind me picking your brains from time to time.

Jack Kazee
othermailboxjk@comcast.net
561-818-2957

Ongoing Club Projects

Our club collects eye glasses, foreign coins, miscellaneous items of costume jewelry / tokens / metal toys, pull tabs, empty ink cartridges, small electrical stuff
(nothing bigger than a large toaster), cell phones, tape recorders, printers, etc. for recycling. If you have anything to donate, please see Jan Smirnow.

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February Monthly Best Find Winners
Best Gold with Stone

Best Gold

Ed Morin

No Entries

Raffle Winner

18 K Engagement Ring

Best Silver

Most Unusual Item

April Sovich

Tom Lieberman

Silver Bracelet

Teeth
Congratulations to Trisha Otto! Trisha won the raffle for
the Silver Real.

Best Costume

Best Coin

Tom Lieberman

Tom Lieberman

Wheat Penny

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TCAS 30th Annual Hunt
When: Saturday, March 11, 2017
Where: Kiwanis-Hobart Park, Wabasso, Florida
Under the shade of the pines in Hobart Park.

If coming in from the south on I-95. Just turn off at the Vero beach exit SR60 and
veer to the right traveling east.
Look for the big mall on your left. Just past the mall is a Target store.
Across the street is an CVS. Turn left at that light (CR613 or Kings Hwy). Travel
north till you come to 77th street. Turn right and go a few blocks. If you pass the
County Fairgrounds or come to a stop light at CR510, you went too far.

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TCAS Tentative
Schedule of Events
9:00 9:45
am

REGISTRATION

9:45 10:00
am

ORIENTATION and Kellyco Quick Hunt

10:00 - COMPETITION HUNT
11:00
There will be several thousand painted tokens evenly distributed in the
marked-off area, very close to the surface (within 1"). The goal is to loam
cate and recover as many of the marked coins as possible in one hour.
Trophies and prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
Please feel free to gather at the border prior to the hunt, but please do
not enter the area before the beginning of the hunt. Everyone will
begin at the same time and end at the same time. Remaining time will
be announced. Please do not share tokens. Once you leave the hunt
field, you cannot return. This hunt will require speed, technique, skill
and the ability to bend over and have good knees and back. This hunt
is for bragging rights as the "Best Competition Hunter".
11:15 - YOUTH HUNT (12 and under)
11:30
The smaller buccaneers among us will have an opportunity to strut their
stuff. This is a mini version of the Competition Hunt. Yes, you can obam
serve and give verbal help, but the smaller buccaneer is the only one
who can operate the magic wand (metal detector) and retrieve the tokens. Remember the primary goal is to have fun.

11:15 - THE SHOOT-OUT (PINPOINT)
12:00
This will definitely get you in the mood to pull some hair. The object is
to locate and place an X on the specific location of a coin attached to
Noon
the underside of a piece of plywood. The goal is to pinpoint the exact
center of the hidden coin's location with your metal detector. You will
have 30 seconds to make your mark. Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and
3rd places.
Then its break for LUNCH! 12:00 to 1:30pm
1:30 SILVER HUNT and REALE HUNT
2:30 pm
Silver coins will be randomly distributed in the field. Recover as many
as you can, and keep all that you find!!! The more that sign up, the
more coins we will put in the ground! Prize tokens will also be planted
and some will be for SPANISH REALES!
3:00 pm AWARDS PRESENTATION

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Treasure Coast Archaeological Society
29th Annual Hunt

Saturday, March 11, 2017

The cost is $120 per hunter for the whole day (all hunts) including 1 lunch. Entries received before March 1st, 2017, the cost is only $99 per hunter.
The youth hunt is FREE!!! (but does not include a lunch)
Lunch is available for $8 for those not participating in the hunts.

*****

THE RULES

******

All hunts rain or shine.
You will be given a badge at sign in, you must wear it during all hunts.
Headphones required. No pulse machines or pulse type devices.
NO large shovels, sand/beach scoops or picks!You must
dig and retrieve your own targets!
No coil size limit.

Name:

Phone:

Address:_

_

Email:

_

Name:

Phone:

Address:_

_

Email:

_

Emergency contact:_
Extra Lunches:_

Phone:
_ @ $8 each

_

Total enclosed:

Personal checks, money orders ok. Make payable to T.C.A.S. Print this form and send with payment to:

TCAS
PO BOX 780-768

Sebastian, FL 32987

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Scavenger Hunt Tally Sheet
ITEM
KEYS
PENNIES
HAIRPINS
PENCILS
DIFFERENT BOTTLE CAPS
DIMES
NICKELS
CELL PHONES
DIFFERENT COLOR PULL TABS
QUARTERS
TOKENS
FOIL PIECES
ALUMINUM CANS
PENS
HAIR BANDS
PLASTIC BAGGIES
BATTERIES
SPOONS
COSTUME JEWELRY
DOLLAR COINS
WATCH
GLASS BOTTLE
SCREW DRIVER
NAIL
SCREW
REGULAR PULL TABS
EASTER EGG
SILVER PIECE

NUMBER FOUND

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C/O FRANK NASH
9729 WHIPPOORWILL TRAIL

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UPCOMING EVENTS
CLUB MEETING: March 9, 2017

TCAS Hunt: March 11, 2017
Sunshine Shootout & Relic Hunt: April 1, 2017

VISIT OUR WEBSITE:

http://www.apex-ephemera.com/gctc/