Tidewater Coin and Relic Club Newsletter

                                                         

May Meeting

          The Tidewater Coin and Relic Club will meet at the Virginia Beach Central Library on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.  The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.  The meeting will be on the first floor in meeting room “A”. Starting in July the club meeting will be held at Bayside Library, 936 Independence Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA  23456, 385-2689.  The meeting will still be the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm- 8:30 or 9:00pm with the doors opening at 6:30pm.  If you need directions—get off the same Independence Blvd. exit from 264, but instead of turning right onto VA Beach Blvd. stay straight for 2 miles, then turn right onto Honeygrove Road, the library will be on your right.
 

The Prez sez            

Good time at the April meeting and a great story from Bob. The spring hunt is really looking like a great day, want to see ya all there, we have folks coming in from all over the east coast. By the way if there is anyone interested in lapidary, drop me an e-mail or call me at 498-1641. Went down to the beach, and the folks are starting to drop stuff, was quite a bunch of people out playing in the sand, I didn’t pick up a lot of loot, but sure did get some exercise. Spring is here so we can all get out and do a little detector swinging. Happy hunting and be safe, see ya all at the May Meeting.

                                                                                                                                    Papa Jim         

                       

2006 Club Officers 

President:   Jim Doubler

Vice-President: Gary Gray

Secretary: Ina Finn

Treasurer: Bob Deml

Public Relations:  Sherry Ferguson

Librarian:   John Steffel

 

Items for sale

WANTED: Garrett Master Hunter model ADS—call Gary Gray for more information 451-8176.

***You can purchase items of clothing with our club patch/logo. The cost for shirts and hats is $10.00, aprons for $6.00, and all three for $25.00. XXL Shirts are $2.00 more.

***Fisher model #1280-X Aquanaut underwater detector.  $300.00   Call Beck for more

**If you have items for sale, please write down what it is, how much you want, and how to contact you and give it to Sherry Ferguson

Other Club News

The club will still be displaying our relic types of finds in the locked display boxes inside the library during the month of May.  If you are interested please contact Gary Gray as soon as possible—May is right around the corner.

I would like to feature a club member or two each month in the newsletter.  If you want to have your stories published in the newsletter—just email me or call me with the following information:  your best find story, how you got started metal detecting, and/or any tips of the trade/experience you would like to share.  Thank you!  I will be getting a copy of the metal detecting information I have been asking everyone for as soon as I collect everyone’s whom I can reach.

Starting in July the club meeting will be held at Bayside Library, 936 Independence Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA  23456, 385-2689.  The meeting will still be the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm- 8:30 or 9:00pm with the doors still opening at 6:30pm.  If you need directions—get off the same Independence Blvd. exit from 264, but instead of turning right onto VA Beach Blvd. stay straight for 2 miles on Independence Blvd., then turn right onto Honeygrove Road, the library will be on your right.  

 

Spring Hunt
Use gate #3 on Helicopter Road, which is a non-military gate to get into Little Creek for the hunt.  Please sign up to help with the hunt whether you plan on metal detecting or not.  We still need people to help out with:  the registration desk, seed the hunt area, coin raffles, etc.  Please contact Bob Deml.
 

Buying Silver Dimes (lots) and Quarters (limited) for the spring Hunt.

Candl Coin has given me a price of .75 per dime and $1.85 per quarter. So... I will be buying silver from club members @ .65 per dime and @ $1.60 per quarter. Please have coins counted, rolled or bagged, and labeled with your name. I reserve the right to reject any coins with excessive wear after I have a chance to inspect them.  Call Bob Deml if you are interested in selling any of your silver coins (474-0912).  Bob Deml needs to know before the meeting if you are bringing silver to sell. This year the prices change daily and Bob needs to spend the money wisely.

             

Club Coin

The Club Coin has been replaced again. This time it is brass ½ dollar sized with "Dare to Dream" printed on it. There are not any good pictures of it ye, but it is wrapped in plastic and has a phone number inside to call if you find it.

Clue 1:  You will find this neighborhood park on the seasonal brook with a bend in the road.

Clue 2:  Once you find Fallbrook Bend, look around the trees.

Clue 3:  You will find near a pecan tree at Cypress Point North Community Park.
 

Websites of Interest

www.gometaldetecting.com   www.wwats.org   www.fmdac.org   www.findmall.com

www.thetreasuredepot.com     www.ballistic.com   www.kellycodetectors.com

www.discountdetectors.com www.mytreasurespot.com   http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm 

**If you know of other web sites that our members may be interested in, we can list them here.  

Finds For the Month of January
 

 

Coin

Jewelry

Relic

Wildcard

(Fishing gear)

Table

Other

1st

Gary Gray

 

Vaughn Curry

Gary Gray

Norm Franz

Bob Combes

Gary Gray

2nd

Tony Conard

 

Tony Conard

Tony Conard

Vaughn Curry

Norm Franz

 

Bob Combes

3rd

Norm Franz

Norm Franz

 

Bob Combes

 

Gene Feierstein

 

Ina Finn

Vaughn Curry

 

 

Tidewater Coin & Relic Club receipt form.

 

Please fill this in if you have to turn any money into the treasurer, it helps keep the club’s financial records correct.  Thank you.

 

 

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