2009 Club Hunts

January

Our January club outing was at Clinton park and Franklin High School. Twenty of us survived the cold and there were some pretty good finds. Dick Gaboury got a '42 Merc and a '64 Rosie, Jim Seil got a '53 Rosie, James Lyon found a '47 and '57 Rosie in the same hole and also a gold ring. Bill Baker found a '54 Washington quarter and a '43 war nickel. There was a lot of clad $ too!

The top hunters for the day were:

1st James Lyon 150 pts
2nd Dick Gaboury 146 pts
3rd Bill Baker 143 pts
4th Richard Shellhammer 120 pts
5th Dan Killian 103 pts

Membership drawing winner was Russel Gray who took home a barber half dollar.

February

Fun Hunt:

The Fun Hunt, put on by our President Brian Lundquist, was originally scheduled for December but was cancelled due to crazy amounts of snow. The hunt was rescheduled and the weather for us at Glenhaven park was much better. There were Buffalo Nickels and wheeties planted all over the field, many of which could be found without a metal detector. There were also silver coins and club tokens, not all of which were found. A big thank-you to Brian for sponsering this event.

Regular Hunt:

Our February club outing was at Columbia park in North Portland. The forecast was for rain but we missed the majority of it. It was a good time for all who attended. Dick Gaboury donated 3 barber dimes that we gave away. Todd Mullican donated some coins that we game away too. Thanks Dick and Todd. There were some excellent finds too. Dick found a real nice 14k ID bracelet. Todd found a 43s war nickel and an 1890 V nickel. Bill Baker found an 05 Indian head cent. James Lyons got a gold ring, Lloyd Hunt found a 44s war nickel. 11 wheat pennies and 3 silver items were among the other finds.

The results were:
1st place tie Dick Gaboury/Richard Shellhammer
2nd place Bill Baker
3rd place Todd Mullican
4th place James Lyons
5th place Don Lieurance

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

March

Hi everybody, nice seeing you again. Our March club hunt was at North Gresham Grade School and park. It was a wet one to say the least. We counted out an hour early because everybody was wet and cold. There were some good finds. Dick Gaboury, Ron Spade and Brian Lundquit each found a silver rosey. Charles Davis found a 23 Mercury dime. Clarence Sparks found a nice ring. Bill baker found a silver ring. Dick donated 2 barber dimes.. one for most pennies which was won by Lloyd Hunt who also had the oldest coin with a 1917 wheat penny The other dime went to Larry Williams who had the oldest foreign coin. Tim Towsley found the most money with $6.35. Silver dimes went to all who found the mystery item. The count out results were:

1st place Bill Baker 100pts
2nd place Tim Towsley 97pts
3rd place Dick Gaboury 88pts
4th place James Lyons 84pts
5th place Bruce Drugg 75pts
6th place Richard Shellhammer 66pts

Membership Barber half went to club president Brian Lundquist. Congrats to all!!!

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

April

Our April outing was at West Moreland park in SE Portland. The weatherman predicted rain but it was a beautiful day. The hunt started out slow but by count out time it improved. Brian Kinnier found a 14K gold bangle bracelet, a silver ring and a 1902 Indian head penny, which was the oldest coin found that day. Todd White dug a 28 merc dime and a silver Mickey mouse pendant. Dick Gaboury got a silver war nickel and a buffalo nickel. James Lyons found a silver ring, Dan Killian found a gold ring. There were quite a few wheat pennies also found. So all in all...a good hunt. Dick donated 2 barber dimes. Most garbage won by James L. and closest to 53 which Lloyd Hurt won. Ron Spada won the membership drawing for a barber half dollar.

1st place Brain Kinnier 154 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 89 pts
3rd place Ron Spada 77 pts
4th place James Lyons 76 pts
5th place Dan Killian 72 pts
6th place Todd White 65 pts

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

May

Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our May club outing was at Gabriel park in SW Portland. We were greeted with some hot weather. There were some hot finds too. Richard Shellhammer found a nice gold band. Todd White found a gold child's ring. There were a few wheat pennies found. The oldest which was a 1919 found by Victor Sasek. No silver coins were found this time. All in all, everyone had a good time and found something. The results were:

1st place Richard Shellhammer 166 pts
2nd place George Parker 97 pts
3rd place Todd White 93 pts
4th place Dick Gaboury 87 pts
5th place Victor Sasek 86 pts
5th place Dan Killian 81 pts

Membership barber half dollar went to Wes Barber. Dick donated 2 barber dimes...one for the most nickels found won by Clarence Sparks and the other winner was Tim Towsley with the closest to 56 points. Congrats to all who attended.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

June

Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. June's club outing was at Kenton park. It was another hot day for detecting. It was especially hot for James Lyons who found a 14kt gold ring with diamonds. There were a few wheat pennies found but no silver coins this time. George Parker found over $7 in change and some other cool point items. Dick donated 2 barber dimes. Lucky winners were Carl Middlebrook and Richard Shellhammer. Club dimes went out to those who found the mystery item. Bill Baker won the barber half in the membership drawing. The results of the hunt were:

1st place George Parker 136 pts
2nd place Jack Hipp 92 pts
3rd place James Lyons 74 pts
4th place Bill Baker 55 pts
5th place tie Clarence Sparks 49 pts
Carl Middlebrook 49 pts

Our July outing will be on Saturday, August 1. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 122nd and NE Glisan. The address is 12109 NE Glisan St. We'll be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. I hope to see all of you there. Happy hunting and dig neatly.

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

July

Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our last club hunt was at Parkrose high and middle school. It was another plus 90 degree day. 24 hunters attended. There were some good finds. Lloyd Hurt got a gold band and a silver ring. Mike Maxon found an Apollo moonwalk token. Mike Jeffries found a Seattle transit token. Dick Gaboury found the oldest coin with a 47 wheat. Bill Baker and Brian Lundquist each found a silver ring. Some sad news to report. James Lyons found a gold ring that didn't want to be found. Seems he lost it between his dig spot and our count out area. I haven't heard if anybody went back to try to find it. So, the dirty shovel of the day award went to James. hehehe.

1st place Lloyd Hurt 118 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 100 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 95 pts
4th place James Lyons 90 pts
5th place Clarence Sparks 82 pts
6th place Bruce Drugg 75 pts

Dick donated 2 barber dimes. First one was won by Sue Maxon. The other went to James Lyons. Thank you Dick. Lucky detectorist/chef Arnie Mauroni won the barber half in the membership drawing. wtg.

Our August outing will be on Sunday, August 30th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located on NE 82nd near Fremont. The address is 3330 NE 82nd ave. We will be there around 7 and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out is at noon. See you all there!!!

Bill and Dick

August

Hi everybody, nice seeing you again. Our August club hunt was at Fernhill park. It was a good one too. There were some very nice finds. Let's start out with silver coins. James Lyons found a rosey and a washington quarter, Dick Gaboury found a merc, Bill Baker found a rosey, George Parker found a merc and Lloyd Hurt got a 29 standing liberty quarter. Next in notable jewelry finds was Larry Williams who found a silver bracelet and Arnie Mauroni found an 18 kt gold ring!!! Bev Parker found her first wheat penny. There were many other good finds by everyone who attended. The results were:

1st place James Lyons 147 pts
2nd place tie Dick Gaboury 109 pts Lloyd Hurt 109 pts
4th place Richard Shellhammer 106 pts
5th place Larry Williams 88 pts
6th place Geroge Parker 80 pts

Lucky Arnie Mauroni won the barber half for the membership drawing. He also won a barber dime Dick donated for the most pull tabs dug. The other barber dime went to Bruce Drugg for closest to a specified score. We gave out silver dimes to those who found the mystery item. Thanks to all.

Our September outing will be on Saturday, the 26th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 18320 SE Stark. We'll be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. Hope to see you there.

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

September

Hello everybody, nice seeing you again. Our September outing was at Centennial high and Lychwood grade and park. It proved to be a good one, in fact if we all pooled the change we found we'd have $61.80. That's almost enough for a bag of groceries!!! or 3.8 oz. of silver!!! or...??? Everybody found something of interest. There were no silver coins found but there were some silver rings and jewelry items. Bill Baker, Lloyd Hurt, Clarence Sparks, Richard Shellhammer, Arnie Mauroni, Dick Armstrong and Russell Gray all got a piece of silver jewelry. There were a few wheat pennies found. Dick Gaboury got 2, Bill got one, Arnie and Bruce Drugg tied for the oldest coin with 1944 wheats. Dick donated 2 barber dimes. One was given to Lloyd for having the most state quarters. The other was won by Krystal Woodruff for being closest to a specified score. The top finishers were:

1st place Arnie Mauroni 181 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 161 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 136 pts 4th place Richard Shellhammer 117 pts
5th place James Lyons 116 pts
6th place Lloyd Hurt 95 pts

Membership drawing for a barber half dollar was won by Tina Bossen!!!

Our October hunt will be on Sunday, November 1st. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located on SE 82nd ave. The address is 5613 SE 82nd. We'll be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Countout will be at noon. Hope to see you all there.

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

October

Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our October outing was at Glenwood park and Kelly elementary in SE Portland. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny fall day. It was exceptionally beautiful for James Lyons who found a silver bracelet, a gold pendant and a silver rosey. Dick Gaboury found the oldest coin with a 29 wheat penny. There were quite a few interesting finds over all. I hid 8 club tokens. 4 were found at the hunt and the next day Jim Siel went back and found 2 more. Still 2 left to find out there. Good luck. The top hunters for the day were:

1st place Dick Gaboury 153 pts
2nd place James Lyons 147 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 128 pts
4th place Arnie Mauroni 113 pts
5th place Richard Shellhammer 84 pts
tie 6th Dan Killian 72 pts
Jim Siel 72 pts

Bruce Drugg won one of the barber dimes Dick donates each hunt for oldest foreign coin. And the other one went to Steve Tucker for the largest button...that's button!!! Lucky Todd White won the barber half for the membership drawing. Silver dimes were given to everyone who found the mystery item.

Our November hunt will be on Saturday, November 28th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at the corner of NE Columbia blvd and MLK blvd. The address is 8011 NE M L King blvd. We will be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there.

Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury

November

Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our November outing was at Arbor Lodge park in N. Portland. It started out a little slow but turned out to be a good hunt for most who attended. 35+ members attended this hunt making it the biggest yet. There were some good finds too. Dick Gaboury, Justin Lee and Bill Baker found silver rosies. Todd White got a silver war nickel. There were quite a few wheat pennies found the oldest being a 1917 found by Brian Kinnear. Dick found the overall oldest coin with a 1913 french coin. Arnie Mauroni found a gold bracelet!!! Mark Larson got a silver bracelet. James Lyons and Richard Shellhammer got silver jewelry. The countout results were as follows:

1st place Richard Shellhammer 143 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 121 pts
3rd place Arnie Mauroni 103 pts
4th place Bill Baker 101 pts
5th place James Lyons 90 pts
6th place Justin Lee 63 pts

Membership drawing winner of the barber half was, once again...Todd White.

We are thinking about having a fun hunt in early January. If we decide to, it will be announced at the Christmas party and posted on the website. Dick and I wish you all a merry Christmas and a great new year!!!
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury