2007 Club Hunts
January
by Jim Cornwell
This hunt could best be described with two words: COLD & WINDY! A hardy group of thirty-five members met at McDonalds on a blustery Saturday morning before departing for our hunt site at Brentwood Park. In order the top hunters were: Todd Mullican, Tom Smith, Dan Web, Bill Baker, Steve Tucker and Brian Lundquist. 11 silver dimes and 31 wheatieswere recovered. The oldest coin was a 1903 Indian penny by Brian Lundquist. The first Token from among the 30- planted in Multnomah and Clark County Parks by our VG.P. was found by Bev Parker - ATTA Girl!
Thanks to Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury for hosting the January Outing.
February
by Jim Cornwell
Sunday March 4, saw us gathered at Wallace Park on the west side of Portland. It was a beautiful Sunday morning and the finds matched the day. Some of the finds included Clarence Sparks with two silver rings, a gold ring apeice by Ron Rathburn and Harrold Cawthorn, a "V" nickel by Carl Middlebrook and even your editor found a heavy sterling silver ID bracelet weighing 1.7 ounces. Our group numbered over thirty and out of their finds they contributed to the "Penny Jar", aluminum can collection and the ever popular "pull tab" jar. The top hunter of the day was Clarence Sparks. The grape vine tells us that next months hunt will be to an old productive area and will be hosted by our Vice Pres, Brian Lundquist.
Thanks to Dan Webb for hosting the February Outing.
March
by Brian Lundquist
The club hunt for March was held in Estacada at Estacada High, Estacada Middle, Estacada Grade school, as well as River Mill Grade school. About 40 members and guests met at the Mc Donald's in Damascus. Due to the change to daylight savings time we met at 7:00 am and left for the hunt at 8:00 am. Carl Middlebrook won the hunt with a total of 120 points, there were 7 members who scored over 100 with several in the 90s.Tom Smith Found a Rosey and a Merc, Dewite Gamler a new member got a Merc, Tom also got the oldest coin a 1918 Lincon cent. Silver rings were found by Steve Tucker, Brian Lundquist and Tom Smith. No gold items were detected; Membership drawing was won by Tom Smith. The Four Schools produced lots of clad change Dan ( The Penny Man ) Killian dug over 100 pennies. 35 members counted out. We had several new members in attendance, and hope all had a good time. Clarence Sparks had a new 12 inch coil just released by Whites and gave it a shake down at the hunt. I talked to him after the hunt and he was impressed with the new coils performance, Clarence said the depth of the signals was good and an improvement on his MXT. We cashed in $9.00 in pennies from the hunt and will apply it to the club picnic fund. Good job to all that attended.
April
by Mike Maxon
[1] Mike Maxon with 285 points. Honest I did try to give all that fishing gear away.
[2] Larry Williams with 105 points.
[3] James Lyons, 99 points, w/two Mercs & a 42 war nickel.
[4] Don Lieurance, 91 points, three foreign coins and a heart pendant.
[5] Dwight Gamler 67 points, and an interesting 10 cent Palmolive token.
There was also a nice silver bracelet and a rose w/ turquoise pendant found.
August
by Brian Lundquist
The August club hunt was held at Renyolds High School, Saturday September first. There were 26 members in attendance. We scoured the area of some what stressed ground and ball fields, and the imagination station of Next Door Columbia Park. Jim Lyons placed first with 210 pts; Jim's luck was uncanny as he recovered a 1934 walker, a gold necklace, a silver medallion, and several other interesting items. Good job Jim. Second went to Dan Webb at 138 pts, Dan also won the membership drawing and took 2 sliver dimes for his pull tabs recovered. Third was Brian Gambler at 134 pts, fourth was Mike Maxon 132 pts and fith was Mr. Shellhammer 113 points. We gave to 4 lucky detectoerest 2 silver dimes each for there pennies and pull tabs, they were Dan Webb, Brian Kanier, Robert Schelb, and Tod Mullican
September
by Jim Webb
The September 30, 2007 club outing was at Berkeley Park, Duniway Elementary and Lewis Elementary School. Though the hunt was wet and rainy, it was not without a few rewards for those who stuck it out. 1st place went to Larry, 2nd to Brian Lundquist, 3rd Dan Killian, 4th James Lyons and 5th to Mike Maxon. Among the various treasures were a 14K Gold Bracelet found by Larry Williams, a 1908 Barber Dime by Bill Baker, a Silver Ring by Brian Kinnear, several wheat pennies found by Dick Gaboury and one each Gold and Silver Rings to our very own treasurer Mike Maxon. George Parker won a silver quarter for collecting the most pull tabs to help our cause. 17 hunters counted out and received a mercury dime each for there determination.
October
by Dan Webb
Our October club hunt was at Leverich Park in Washington on Saturday the 27th. The weather was great for the time of year! A little bit frosty in the morning followed by a sunny afternoon and no wind! It was a tough hunt for the 24 members that counted out but some very nice items were found. 1st place went to James Lyons, then following was 2nd - George Parker, tied for 3rd - Eli Nicholson & Bill Baker and 4th place - Mike Mahoney. A few noteworthy items found included a 1941 D dime by Dan Killian, 1942 S mercury dime and a silver cross for Tom Smith, 1940 wheat penny, 1942 P mercury dime & a silver cross for Dick, 1961 D dime and 1940 S mercury dimes for Bill Parks, a silver ring for Bill Baker and another silver ring for Dan Webb. In addition to the regular items, we awarded silver quarters to Dick Gaboury and Bill Parks a tie of the oldest coins and a few silver dimes for the finding fishing sinkers as the mystery item.