2018 February GCTC Newsletter (PDF)

February, 2018
Volume 43 Number 2
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
Jack Kazee
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

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

Our next club meeting will be
7:00 PM, February 8, 2018
South Florida Science Center
Garden Club Building
4800 Dreher Trail North
West Palm Beach, FL 33405

February News
Congratulations Ed Morin for winning Treasure
Hunter of the Year 2017. The winners of the other
categories are listed inside.
Our special guest speaker for the February
meeting is Tom Dankowski. Tom has over 40 years’
experience in the metal detecting field, both
detecting and training people in the use of metal
detectors. He has worked with the FBI and police
locating crucial evidence, has written many
technical articles on metal detecting, and gives
educational lectures at seminars and local clubs.
He also works with Fisher Research Laboratory R&D
on current and future metal detector concepts.
You do not want to miss this meeting!

Dues are $35 per year. New members
pay an initiation fee of $5, plus:

Dues are due by this month! A $5 late fee will be
assessed on dues paid after this month. Checks or
cash is accepted.

$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.

If you have moved, or changed your contact info, please let
Jan Smirnow know, so we can keep in touch with you.

February Birthdays
Carmelo Basilico (2/9)
Glen Gamble (2/3)
Patricia Kachadrian (2/21)
Melody Kazee (2/19)
Pauline Nash (2/3)
Annette Norris (2/22)
James Perkins (2/1)
Cheryl Petenbrink (2/13)
Marilyn Smith (2/5)

Join us before the meeting at
5:15 for dinner.
Flanigan’s back room
330 Southern Blvd
West Palm Beach

Please RSVP by noon
February 7
Laurie Haire
(954) 593-4800
Dutch treat

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Meeting Minutes – January 11, 2018
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to our country’s flag. Approximately 26 people were in attendance.
We had 1 guest, John. He drove down from Fort Pierce, hope to see him again next month. Frank gave the club an incentive. If you
bring in a guest, you will get a 50/50 ticket.
The board was short-staffed as Vice President Sue Chonoles was absent. Secretary Jan Smirnoff, who was sick with the flu, still
came in and set up the Chinese auction and then left to go home to bed.
Laurie Haire, treasurer reported there is $2977.03 in our treasury. She announced the club membership fees are due. She made
copies of a laminate article from April, Why We’re Called the Treasure Coast if anyone wanted one. Also stated she has club cards for
members to pass out to the public while out metal detecting. She showed a card that was received from the Ronald McDonald House
for the donation of the pull tabs, a very worthwhile cause.
President Frank Nash spoke on the Memorial Hunt we will be having in February. The board will decide on the date, so watch fo r an
email announcement. It will be a silver hunt. He announced he is leaving this weekend to go to a Mine Lab conference on their newest
detector in Arizona and will report on that next month. There is a good possibility that Tom Dankowski could be coming to the club
next month to speak, be sure to be there.
3 members collected their birthday dollar for the month of December and January.
The Chinese Auction was held during the break. Many books were bought and will be enjoyed by our club members along with some
funds added to our treasury.
Laurie Haire did the presentation of the awards. Ed Morin won Treasure Hunter of the Year, Tripp Cioci received the runner up. Frank
Nash got Detective of the Year, Paul Hamlin won Ambassador of Goodwill, Sue Chonoles won Tipper of Year, Cheryl Petenbrink wo n
Volunteer of the Year, and Jack Kazee got Editor of the Year. Congratulations to all, very well deserved.
A new hint and clue was requested for the hidden cache. Frank advised that it is gone, someone took it. We will have to get a new jar
and replant.
Best finds were done by Cheryl Petenbrink and Paul Hamlin.
The winner of the 50/50 drawing was Paul Hamlin for $25.00
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30.

Submitted by Member Melody Kazee, filling in for Jan Smirnow

Skill Enhancement Hunt
Jan Smirnow and Tom Lieberman will be putting on a skill training hunt February 17 or 18 at 8:30 am at Boynton Beach Inlet. Anyone
wishing to hone their skills, or share their skills with others, please call Jan Smirnow at 561-376-6211

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2017 Yearly Awards
Congratulations to the following members, who were awarded for their hard work and dedication to the Gold Coast
Treasure Club, and our great hobby!

Trip Ciofi

Frank Nash
Detective of the Year

Ed Morin

Runner-up
Treasure Hunter of the Year 2017

Treasure Hunter of the Year 2017

Paul Hamlin
Ambassador of the Year

Cheryl Petenbrink
Volunteer of the Year

Jack Kazee
Editor of the Year

Not pictured, but not forgotten.

Sue Chonoles Tipper of the Year

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Best Finds January 2018

Best Gold With Stone
14k Ring, Small Diamond
James Perkins III

Best Gold
10k Toe Ring
Paul Hamlin

Most Unusual
1942 Shell Casing
Paul Hamlin

Best Silver
925 Ring
Paul Hamlin

Best Costume
Necklace
Tom Lieberman

Best Coin
1946 Silver Dime
Tom Lieberman

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Upcoming Hunt
The Memorial Hunt will be held Sunday, February 25. The time, location, and cost will be announced at the
meeting. RSVP is required, and payment for the hunt must be made at the February meeting. If you can’t
attend the meeting, your check must be received no later than February 16.
Mail checks to:
Frank Nash
9729 Whippoorwill Trail
Jupiter, FL 33478
No big foot coils, no pulse induction machines, and no coil over 10 inches. No competition baskets. This is a
“dig everything” hunt. Complete rules and hunt details will be explained at the meeting.
Food will be served.

Gold Coast Treasure Club Website
The Gold Coast Treasure Club website is where to go for the latest club information. You will find a lot of interesting and helpful
information there. The website is at http://www.apex-ephemera.com/gctc/.
Some of the information you will find on our website:
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Our current newsletter, as well as an archive all of our previous newsletters
Calendar of Club Events.
Links to great online resources, like forums, vendors, blogs, and maps geared for all levels of Metal Detectors.
Other resources, like local tides, weather, precious metals pricing, county parks and recreation, and metal detector manufacturers.

There is lots more there, and the website is being updated frequently, so be sure to check in often!

Find This Capsule, Win a Prize—not!
There once was a capsule, filled with pull-tabs, and hidden by Frank Nash. He had given a few clues as to its whereabouts, so our
club could try to find it.. One day, he went to check on it, but alas, it had disappeared. Someone apparently found it, but i t wasn’t
one of our members. Another capsule will be put together and hidden in the near future.

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GCTC, INC.
C/O FRANK NASH
9729 WHIPPOORWILL TRAIL
JUPITER, FL 33478

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Upcoming events:

Club Meeting February 8, 2018
Memorial hunt February 25, 2018

VISIT OUR WEBSITE:

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