March 2011

Mount Diablo Metal Detecting Club

Concord, Ca

Meeting the second Tuesday of each month at the

 Contra Costa Water District Office

President Ken Housfeld call the meeting to order. There were 54 member present and 1 guests. It was a good day to be the guest. Ken Warren won the special raffle prize. A GARRET PINPOINTER!

Club dues for 2011 can be paid at the next meeting.  $24 single, $30 Family, A family membership would be when 2 or more members are active hunters,  but any family can be a family membership.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday the 8th of March.

The attendance raffle was won by Steve Bava winning 12 tickets to the main raffle.

Julie Romeo won 6 tickets.

The Silver .10 Dime or $2.00 would have been won by Mike Waters if he was there. Sorry Mike.

There were 2 Dos Pecos Gold coin winners this month. The winners were Leo Del Toro and Jack Gant.

The "RED" Purse was won by Leo Del Toro

Metal Detector Permit

A permit is required to use a metal detector in the Regional Parks. Use of metal detectors is limited to beach areas, lawns, and other developed park areas. Metal detecting is NOT allowed in natural parkland areas, wilderness areas, or regional preserves. There are other restrictions. For more information, and to obtain a permit, please call the Reservations Department at 1-888-327-2757, option 2, 3. This $20 permit is good for 2 years and is non-refundable.

Here's a fun hunt that some MDMDC ers went on last year.

West Coasters

Rendezvous 2011

April 15, 16, & 17th 2010

Rancho Jurupa Regional Park

Crestmore Road off Mission Blvd.

Riverside, CA 

http://www.westcoasters.org/ 

February's Mini Hunt was put on by Jerry Hallett in Napa. We met at McDonald at 8am for breakfast and left for the hunt site a 9am. It was at a park that was about a mile way. There were 24 hunters and everybody won something. There were a dozen bottles of wine won and a couple of lucky winners walked away with silver dollars. It turned out to be a great day for a hunt as the weather was great. Not hot, not cold.

Jerry Hallett talked about club merchandise.

Sweat shirts with hoods           $39.00

Wind Breakers           $65.00

Hats with name    $11.00

Polo type shirt     $40.00

See Jerry at the meeting for more info.

Show and Tell Highlights

Zeke 17 rings,   Jerry 1935 dog tag,    Mike 14 silver coins,   Jack found 14th ring on hill side,

Ray so many coins I can't list them all,   Bob silver diamond bracket.

 

 

Congratulations go out to our newest life member!!

John Russell

Way to go.

Up coming events

Golden Gate Historical Bottle Show

45 Annual Show

Saturday, April 9th 2011

9:00 am-3:00 pm FREE ADMISSION

Contra Costa Fairgrounds, Antioch, Ca Sunset Hall

 

Garys Corner

When hunting slow down and take your time. Don't pass up targets because your moving to fast.

Also keep your coil parallel to the ground. When you reach the outer part of the swing the coil should be at the same place as it is when it is right in front of you.

 

Special thanks go out to those who donated to the last main raffle. Liz McCarthy and James Lind.

 

Notice to all members. Feel free to donate to the main raffle. No item is to small.