2003 Club Hunts

January

by Tom Smith

Hello to all. A good hunt was had by all at our last club outing at the Ballfield in Washington Park. Although the field was a bit muddy, 37 people came out on a gorgeous day to hunt for goodies. Duane Richardson found a silver Washington Quarter, Dick Gaboury found 2 silver Rosies, Monte Berry found a silver Rosie Arnie Mauroni found a silver Rosie and a Mercury dime, Todd Mullican found a Mercury dime and I found a Mercur dime. Also 3 Buffalo nickels and a good for 5 cents token were found.

Top 5 Finishers
1st Robert Zbinden 183 points
2nd Jim Siel 179 points
3rd Todd Mullican 106 points
4th Clarence Sparks 96 points
5th Jack Hipp 93 point

February

by Tom Smith

A good hunt was had by all at the Ball field in Washington Park. Although the field was a bit muddy, 37 people came out on a gorgeous day to be out hunting for goodies. Duane Richardson found a silver Washington Quarter, Dick Gaboury found 2 silver Rosies, Monte Berry found a silver Rosie, Arnie Mauroni found a silver Rosie and a Mercury dime, Todd Mullican found a Mercury dime and I found a Mercury dime. Also 3 buffalo nickels and a good 5 cents token were found.

Winners in points
1st Robert Zbinden 183 points
2nd Jim Siel 179 points
3rd Todd Mullican 106 points
4th Clarence Sparks 96 points
5th Jack Hipp 93 points

March

by Tom Smith

Hello to all in the detecting world. It was a beautiful morning for the club hunt at Linnfield College in McMinnville. Dick Gaboury made the find of the day with his 1852 Seated Liberty dime and also found a 1903 Barber dime. Robert Zbinden found a 1939-S Walking Liberty Half-Dollar. Don Bean made the outstanding find of and 1893 Barber quarter. Clarence Sparks and Mike Maxon each found a silver Roosevelt dime. Bill Baker found a Mercury dime and I found 3 Mercury dimes and a silver Washington quarter. Some very nice silver jewelry was also found during the hunt. Dick gave away 3 Walking Liberty Half-Dollars, the first for the most trash went to Clarence and the other two went to Don and Jarrand Bean for finding the "spotted" RAM nickels. The attendance drawing for a nice Peace dollar went to Mike Maxon.

Top 5 Finishers
1st Robert Zbinden 148 points
2nd Dick Gaboury 137 points
3rd Terry Bernhardt 110 points
4th Bill Baker 104 points
5th Tom Smith 91 points

April

by Tom Smith

The morning of the hunt was rainy and wet, but after being at Irving Park for a short while the drizzle stopped and it turned out to be a nice morning for detecting. Jack Hipp cleaned up by finding a 1954-D Franklin half-dollar, 3 mercs, a buffalo, 2 sterling rings and a sterling necklace. Some other nice finds were John Becker's gold earring with red stones and Dick Gaboury's silver bracelet. Jim Siel, Arnie Mauroni, Jim Cornwell and I each found a silver Roosevelt dime. Joe Lynsky won the silver dollar for the participation drawing.

Winners in points
1st Jack Hipp 270 points
2nd Tim Towsley 141 points
3rd Dick Gaboury 87 points
4th Arnie Mauroni 86 points
5th Tom Smith 83 points

May

June

by Tom Smith

The June outing was up on Mount Hood and was a gorgeous morning to be out. There were no silver US coins found at the outing, but found a silver Canadian dime. Some sterling jewelry was found, but it looked like we were a couple of weeks late to find the bonanza of stuff in the snow. Dick's most trash half went to Mary Sparks.

Winners in points
1st Bill Baker 113 points
2nd Todd Mullican 109 points
3rd Tom Murray 68 points
4th Mike Maxon 65 points
5th John Becker 54 points

July

by Tom Smith

The July outing was at Leverich park in Vancouver, WA. It was another beautiful day for scanning the hard ground, but there were plenty of trees to keep the sun directly off the back and keep it a bit cooler. There were two gold rings found during the day, a nice gold band by Mike Young and a small 10k ring with green stone found by Mike Maxon. Great job. There were also three sterling rings, two Mercury dimes and two Roosevelt dimes found. But Ruth Kosto made the find of the day by finding a small cache that was put there by a group of GPS people. Apparently, the club puts caches across the country for people to find, dig up, sign in and leave something behind before reburying it. Ruth signed in and returned it to its place after count out for someone else to find. Jim Cornwall and Arnie Mauroni found the RAM nickels to take the halves and Greg Hubbard picked up the most trash for the trash half. The halves were donate by Dick Gaboury.

Winners in points
1st Todd Mullican 104 points
2nd Mike Maxon 82 points
3rd Tom Smith 78 points
4th James Lyons 66 points
5th Arnie Mauroni 59 points

August

by Tom Smith

The august outing was at Reed College in Portland and it was another wonderful morning to be out hunting for old things. The find of the day was a 14K gold family seal ring found by Carl Middlebrook. Sterling rings were found by Mike Young, Chris Beniston, and myself and part of a silver bracelet by Mike Maxon. Chris Beniston found the oldest coin with an 1897 Barber dime. He also found 3 silver Roosevelt and 1 Mercury dimes. Mike Maloney found a Mercury dime, Bob Kosto found a silver Roosevelt dime and I found 2 silver Roosevelt and 1 Mercury dimes. James and JP McCarthy showed up for the hunt after seeing it scheduled on the OTTS web site. JP found a nice sterling ring, hopefully we will see them at the September meeting. Mike Maloney won the membership drawing for a nice Peace Dollar. Greg Hubbard found one of the RAM nickels for a Walking Liberty Half-Dollar, the other RAM nickel was not found.Joe Lynskey dug up the most trash to take home the trash half. The Half-Dollars were donated by Dick Gaboury.

Top 5 Finishers
1st Chris Beniston 159 points
2nd Dick Gaboury 141 points
3rd Tom Smith 131 points
4th Bill Baker 113 points
5th Arnie Mauroni 107 points

September

by Tom Smith

Top 5 Finishers
1st Todd Mullican 145 points
2nd Ed Slater 139 points
3rd Bill Baker 123 points
4th Don Bean 119 points
5th Dick Gaboury 88 points

October

by Tom Smith

The October outing was at Arbor Lodge Park in North Portland. It was a cold and blustery winter day to be out detecting, but 23 brave souls came out to give the park a scan. Todd Mullican made the find of the day by finding a nice patented 1875 lock that he recovered from the dirt under the bark chip in the playground. Other good finds were Steve Tuckers sterling ID bracelet, Chris Beniston and Bill Baker a Mercury dime each, Mike Maxon and Jim Ward each with a silver Roosevelt dime, Todd Mullican's war nickel and Tom Smith found a 1964-D quarter, a silver Roosevelt and a 1966 silver Canadian dime. Mike Maloney won the membership attendance drawing and got a nice Morgan dollar. There were two RAM nickels planted in the park but alas none were found and the two halves stayed in Dick's pocket. Kelly McCartney recovered the most trash and took home a Walker Half for his trouble. Thanks to Dick Gaboury the trash Half.

Winners in points
1st Ed Slater 173 points
2nd Jim Siel 141 points
3rd Tom Smith 124 points
4th Robert Zbinden 123 points
4th Dick Gaboury 123 points

November

by Dick Gaboury

17 people met at Glenhaven Park at 9:00 am Saturday November 29, 2003. Things started out slow then Dick Gaboury dug a 60 rosey and later dug a 48 quarter. Bill Baker found a 61 rosey, then things got going, Todd Mullican found a 14k gold ring plus two silver rings, Robert Zbinden found two gold rings, Don Lieurance found one silver ring, Bob Kosto found one silver ring. Clarence Sparks got a double RAM nickel and dug 210 pieces of garbage to claim the walking halves. Jim Siel won the members silver dollar, Dick Gaboury had two walking halves left so he donated them to lucky winners Todd Mullican and Mike Young. There was $29.75 found in clad.

Winners in points
1st Todd Mullican 199 points
2nd Robert Zbinden 183 points
3rd Duane Flackus 146
4th Don Lieurance 137 points
4th Dick Gaboury 137 points

December

by Dick Gaboury

We met at McDonalds at 122nd and Glisan at 8:00 am then at 9:00 am drove to Parkrose High. It was slow at first then Ed Slater found a 1941 Walking half and later added a gold ring, Jack Hipp found a 1901 Indian head inserted in a necklace plus a silver Washington quarter, Todd Mullican found a silver ring just as I was approaching him to show him the 1942 merc I found plus later found a silver ring, our president, Bill Baker found a 1963 rosey right in front of Dick Gaboury and good old Clarence Sparks brought in the garbage truck again for a total of 64 pieces to win the half donated by Dick Gaboury. 19 members showed up and 2 guests.

Winners in points
1st Ed Slater 269 points
2nd Robert Zbinden 179 points
3rd Bill Baker 172 points
4th Dick Gaboury 161 points
5th Todd Mullican 139 points