Semptember meeting notes
By Webmaster | October 4, 2007
Terri just sent out notes from the September meeting. Here they are:
October 2007
Our next meeting will by Thursday, October 18th, at 7:00 P.M. We still need volunteers to help with the fall hunt. If you do not intend on participating in the hunt, the club sure could use some help in putting it on!!! This will be our last meeting prior to the fall hunt.
September 2007
Total of twenty-three members and one visitor attended the September meeting. Mr. Marvin Stockwell was a guest of Sid Witherington. Carolyn Glaze advised the club that we have purchased all the coins and prizes for the fall hunt. As of the September meeting we had a total of fifteen paid entries for the fall hunt and a show of hands of nine club members who plan to participate. Recognition and many thanks was given Marcus Stafford at the meeting for the website by all club members present.
Congratulations, James Scaccia, the recipient of the 1945 2-Peso gold coin door prize. There were a few wheat pennies present at the club meeting but none were good enough to score a bingo.
Mr. Bill Bugg was top dog in finds of the month. Bill found an old Memphis hotel tag from early 1900s. Second place honors were Jim Bryson with an 1881 Indian Head penny and Terry Clifton with 14K Black Onyx/4-diamond men’s ring. Rounding out the competition with the three third place finishers. Marcus Stafford found a 1914 French 10-centimes coin. Jim Bryson doubled up with two third place entries, a really nice 14K white gold men’s ring w/star sapphire and old Harry S. Truman commemorative bronze medal.
Mr. Benny Hendrix was in possession of the winning ticket for split the pot. The Prez took home $22.00 for diesel and battery money.
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Metal detecting via remote control
By Webmaster | September 30, 2007
Too tired to get out and swing the detector? Check out this little gizmo… it’s a radio-controlled buggy with a built-in metal detector. I can’t imagine that it’s very practical, but it looks like a fun toy. It might not find a whole lot of buried treasure, but it might possibly add a new twist to the hula-hoop contest at the Spring Hunt.
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September meeting – photos
By Webmaster | September 21, 2007
Thanks to everyone who attended the September meeting of the Memphis Metal Detector Club. Some of the photos taken at the meeting are now up in the About the Club setion of the website, so be sure to take a look. You’ll probably see some familiar faces!
We still need photos for the Spring Hunt and Fall Hunt sections, so if you have any please get them together.
Carolyn mentioned during the meeting that there are still plenty of places available for anyone who wants to attend the Fall Hunt, so get your registration in soon!
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Canadian detectorist finds and returns bracelet lost for decades
By Webmaster | September 21, 2007
It’s great to have a hobby where you can not only find valuable items, but sometimes you can make someone’s day by returning something lost long ago. Check out this article that describes just such a situation.
A devastated 13-year-old Mike Lebow searched the bottom of Lake Tahoe 53 years ago, desperately trying to find the bracelet he’d lost while swimming — the bracelet his mom had given to his dad as he was shipped off to war. So imagine the surprise that University of Manitoba psychology Prof. Michael Lebow felt when he answered his phone several weeks ago.A man with a metal detector had come across the silver bracelet in about one metre of water.“He said, ‘Did you lose a bracelet a couple of years ago?’ I said, ‘I haven’t been there in half a century,’” Lebow said.
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Meeting reminder – Thursday, September 20th
By Webmaster | September 18, 2007
Don’t forget this month’s meeting, taking place this Thursday, September 20th. If you have any photos of club meetings, finds or hunts please consider bringing them for possible inclusion on the website. We particularly need photos of the Spring and Fall hunts from past years. If your photos are digital, please burn them to a CD if possible.
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