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The Search Coil Bulletin NJanuary 2020

Next Meeting January 23rd General Meeting at 7:00 pm, at the Oceano Train Depot, 1650 Front Street in Oceano. Meeting treats will be provided by: Susan Pigeon

Please check to see if you have any recycling or auction items (John Richardson). Please bring in your pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House (Wayne Mills). Elected Officers President: Eric Martinez Vice President: Gene Mintz Treasurer: Christy Winter Secretary: Tom Williams Board of Directors Chairman: Roland Smith Members at Large: John McGrath, Larry Royal All Elected Officers Appointments Auctions: John Richardson Find of the Month: Wayne Mills Historian: Larry Royal Hunt Master: Larry Royal Librarian: Larry Royal Membership: Christi Winter Mystery Draw: Larry Royal Raffles: John Richardson Recycling: John Richardson Scavenger Hunt: Eric Martinez Search Coil Editor: Tom Williams Search Team: Wayne Mills Sunshine: Anita Smith Webmaster: Tom Williams

Central Coast Treasure Hunters Association (CCTHA)

P.O. Box 13405

San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

On the web at: http://cctha.org

The group was founded June 6, 1984. Monthly membership meetings are normally held on the 4th Thursday of the month (except for the November and December meetings) at 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The CCTHA Board of Directors meets at 6:00 p.m. at the March, June, September and December meetings. Guests are always welcome.

Dues are $25 per individual, and $35 for families. Dues are due at the January meeting. Membership is forfeited if not paid by the March Meeting. PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR NAME BADGES TO THE MEETING. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE, PLEASE ASK WAYNE TO MAKE YOU ONE. CONTACT HIM AT wwmills50@hotmail.com BEFORE THE MEETING.

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CENTRAL COAST TREASURE HUNTERS ASSOCIATION Meeting minutes of Thursday, December 5th, 2019

GENERAL MEETING The Board of Directors Meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. by Chairman Roland Smith. Motion was Moved Seconded and Carried (MSC) to postpone the planted hunt until January 25, due to rain and oth-er reasons, pending a vote of the membership. Larry Royal reported Ampex Silver order due Dec. 9th (5 rolls 1/2s & 6 rolls 1/4s). Roland stated a decision will be made on 1/10th gold coin needs after January drawing. Wayne Mills returned the club testing units (gold and diamond). Discussion on fund raising. Meeting closed at 6:35 p.m.. The General Meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by President Eric Martinez. Flag Salute: Board President Roland Smith led the flag salute to begin the meeting. Minutes: The motion was moved, seconded and carried (MSC) to accept the minutes of the November meeting. Recycle: John Richardson announced that our recycling is building. Membership: Our total paid-up membership at the beginning of the December meeting was 42. We had one guest– always glad to see Norm! There are 20 members present, no guests/visitors. Treasury: Christy Winter brought the coins for the Mystery draw, Find of the Month, and Raffle. Christy read the Treasurer’s Report and it was accepted as presented. Coins for next year are covered. Discussion: Due to rain prediction we rescheduled planted hunt Jan. 25. Surgery discussed. Walt recognized. Raffle: John Richardson, announced that he had 14 silver prizes for the evening’s raffle. Ten of the prizes consist of a silver quarter and 2 silver dimes. Four of the prizes were silver half dollars. See results on page 3. Find of the Month: There were 6 “Show and Tell” displays at the December meeting. Each displayer was awarded a raffle ticket. (See page 3 for the results of the Find of the Month competition, winner’s photos on page 4). Wayne Mills counted the Find of the Month ballots with Tom Williams’ assistants. The ballots and tally sheets are available for review for six months after the votes are cast. Sunshine: Our good wishes and prayers go out to members who need them. Please contact the Search Coil Editor with any happy news you would like to share with our members. Quarterly Hunt: Our next Quarterly Hunt will be Saturday, January 25 at 9:00 a.m. on the south side of the parking lot at the end of Park Street in Pismo Beach (Lord willing). Following the hunt we will enjoy a wonderful lunch at the Station Grill. MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT PLANTED ITEMS FOUND DURING THE QUARTERLY HUNT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SUBMISSION TO ANY CLUB COMPETITION. OLD/NEW BUSINESS / ADJOURNMENT: Auction: Avocados and Fisher CZ21 (won by Justin Fiechter).

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned about 8:15 p.m. by President Martinez.

Next Meeting: Our next meeting will be at the Oceano Train Depot at 7:00 p.m.

REFRESHMENTS

Treats for the January 23rd meeting will be provided by Susan Pigeon.

Note: If you are scheduled to bring treats and are unable to attend the meeting, please call Wayne Mills to arrange for someone else to do it.

Respectfully submitted, Tom Williams, Secretary CCTHA You are invited to fellowship at the Station Grill 6 p.m. for dinner or a drink (order what you want, you’re paying) be-fore each monthly meeting. I hope to see you there!

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SCAVENGER HUNT (December 5, 2019 - April 23, 2020) All items are metal and all are found while actively detecting. Questions? Call or e-mail Eric Martinez All 15 items earn a silver round or silver dollar (depending on the luck of the draw). 10-14 items earn a silver half dollar.

MYSTERY DRAW (The winner of each draw got a silver half dollar) Draw #1— A shot shell - Pat Taylor by draw Draw #2— A pre-1970 coin - Tom Williams by draw (assist by Wayne)

FIND OF THE MONTH (The winner of each category got a Silver Dollar) Artifact— Eric Martinez - Watch Fob (again) Coin— John Richardson - 1945 War Nickel Jewelry— Pat Taylor - Gold 14k Ring Silver— Pat Taylor - Spinner Ring Show and Tell— Pat Taylor - Rings and Things (as usual)

RAFFLE—

ITEM QUANTITY DESCRIPTION

1 1 Any Lighter (Bic, Zippo, etc)

2 1 A US Coin 1940 or OLDER

3 1 A “D” Buckle

4 1 A Bladed Screwdriver (not Philips)

5 1 A Sacajawea Dollar Coin

6 1 A Spoon or a Fork or a Dinner/steak Knife (Tableware)

7 1 Mercury Dime

8 1 Indian Head Cent

9 1 A Watch or Watch Part

10 1 Knife (any)

11 1 Screwdriver (any)

12 1 House Key

13 1 Any Coin 1950 or OLDER

14 1 Metal Whistle

15 1 A Combination Padlock

Silver Half dollar— Larry Royal Silver .25, .10, .10— David Winter

Silver Half dollar— Justin Fiechter Silver .25, .10, .10— Pat Taylor

Silver Half dollar— Pat Taylor Silver .25, .10, .10— Christy Winter

Silver Half dollar— Scott Pigeon Silver .25, .10, .10— Larry Royal

Silver .25, .10, .10— Wes Wilson Silver .25, .10, .10— Gene Mintz

Silver .25, .10, .10— Tom Williams Silver .25, .10, .10— Gene Mintz

Silver .25, .10, .10— Tom Williams Silver .25, .10, .10— Eric Martinez

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DECEMBER FIND OF THE MONTH

Jewelry by Pat Taylor Silver by Pat Taylor

Pat Taylor won Show and Tell

Coin by

John Richardson

Artifact by

Eric Martinez

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TREASURE TALK

A Charming Lady and Delightful Site

“nicola white mudlark—Tideland Art” is the channel of Nicola White who has hunted the banks of the Thames River in London, England for several years. I have enjoyed many of her videos and her hosting many of the top on line metal detectorists in doing videos of her escorting them mudlarking. Larking in the mud of the Thames refers to browsing and occasionally making a withdrawal from one of the greatest banks of stored antiquity on the planet. A keen eye is as good as a metal detector here as much of the treasure is glass or ceramic/clay items. Nicola is a master of mudlarking and has a wonderous grasp of his-tory as well as artifact identification. I hope to talk him into visiting us when he is in town to visit his mother, Check out the vid-eos of “the Hunter GT”. He is a distributer for Nokta-MAKRO Detectors and has ties to Fisher/First Texas as well. He is in the bay area and makes park and beach hunting videos. He is currently getting to know the new Simplex+ entry priced detector that has near Equi-nox performance for half the price of a 600! I recently heard from a local YouTube video maker, detectorist and resident of Oceano, Mi-chael Swan (MichaelSwan66). We teasingly refer to him as the Running Man– not be-cause he reminds us of Arnold in spandex, but he covers the beach at a brisk pace. His videos of local hunting are worth a watch and you might find him on the beach! Note to Members: If you have any metal detecting related stories, news items, items to sell or tips and hints that you want to share please text or e-mail the Search Coil editor, Tom 805 680-4153; SLODigger@aol.com.

Tom

SCAVENGER HUNT NEWS!

Due to the luck of the draw our last Scavenger Hunt was a toughie. Only Wayne Mills could

come up with even 10 of the 15 items! Our new list of items looks to be much more in

reach for us mortals. Any finds this month and the next 3 months are valid so make a list

and check it often!