2010 Club Hunts
January
Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our January outing was at Irving park in NE Portland. It was a wet, muddy mess out there but it didn't stop us from finding some good finds. There were some silver rings, and some old wheatback pennies, some cool toy items, etc. The illusive silver coins were just that. No gold either. Oh well. Maybe we just didn't walk in the right spot. The top hunters for the day were:
1st place James Lyons 113 pts
2nd place Brian Lundquist 106 pts
3rd place Dick Gaboury 95 pts
4th place Richard Shellhammer 93 pts
5th place Todd White 90 pts
6th place Larry Williams 78 pts.
Memberships drawing winner for the Barber half was Brent Cousins. Congrats to all that hunted.
Our February club hunt will be on Sunday, Feb. 28th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 1831 West Burnside. We will gather around 7AM and leave for the hunt site promptly at 8. Hope to see you all there.
There's been some concern regarding restrooms at our hunt locations. Unfortunately the Portland parks people lock them and turn the water off to prevent frozen pipes and other problems that they foresee. I'm sorry but we have no control over any of that. Maybe that 2nd or 3rd cup of coffee isn't that great of an idea in this situation.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
February
Hi everybody, nice seeing you again. Our February club hunt was at Wallace park in NW Portland. It was a beautiful early spring day. We had 42 people show up there with metal detectors. Wow!!! I gave a demonstration of how to properly dig a target. It must have helped because I didn't see any unsightly holes when we were done. At the end we had 33 members count out. There were 3 silver coins found. Ron Spada got a rosey, Don Spillman got a merc, and Dick Gaboury got a silver Canadian dime. There were some wheat pennies found as well as some silver jewelry items. All in all, it was a good hunt. The results were:
1st place Dick Gaboury 97 pts
2nd place Tina Bossen 93 pts
3rd place Dan Killian 92 pts
4th place Ron Spada 90 pts
5th place Dan Webb 84 pts
6th place R. Shellhammer 80 pts
Tina Bossen also won the barber half in the membership drawing. Congrats!!! and thanks to all that participated.
Our March club outing will be on Saturday, March 27th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 3519 SW Cedar Hills bvld. Beaverton. We'll be there at 7AM and leave for the hunt site promptly at 8. Hope to see y'all there.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
March
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our March outing was held at Commonwealth park near Cedar Hills. Cedar hills park was also included if anybody wanted to hunt there. It was a nice day, one of the few lately, and everybody found something. We hid 10 silver nickels and 3 tokens. I think only 3 of the nickels were found and 2 of the tokens. There was no silver coins found. James Lyons got 2 rings..one of them gold!!! There was some silver jewelry found. Larry Williams and Lloyd Hurt each found a silver ring. Bill Bogynska found a nice silver bracelet. Dick Gaboury cleaned up in the points by finding 39 fishing related items. Dick also donated 2 barber dimes and we gave one of them to Larry Williams for most coins dug and the other went to Mike Maxon for most fishing items. The find of the day was a toss up between Charles Davis's big honkin' devil cult ring and Mike Maxon's bud light beer cap made into a fishing lure. The top hunters were:
!st place Dick Gaboury 249 pts
2nd place James Lyons 125 pts
3rd place Larry Williams 115 pts
4th place Bill Bogynska 84 pts
5th place Russell Grau 69 pts
6th place Lloyd Hurt 68 pts
Membership winner was Bill Bogynska for the barber half. Congrats to all that attended.
Our April club hunt is going to be a little different. I am going to tell you where we are going now so you can plan accordingly. We will be hunting Lake Sacajawea park in Longview, Washington. The hunt will be on Sunday, May 2nd. If you have a computer go to mapquest.com to find directions. We are going to meet at the burger king located at 658 Oregon Way, Longview, WA. Carpooling is encouraged. We will be there around 7 and leave for the hunt site at 7:45. Count out at noon. We will discuss this outing more at the next club meeting.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
April
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our April outing was at Lake Sakajawea park in Longview, WA. 24 of us turned out for the hunt. I promised beautiful weather but it was a little chilly and cloudy. Hey, it didn't rain on us so I'm as good as the weatherman. haha. There were some good finds. Sandy Peters, Clarence Sparks, Dick Gaboury and Bill Baker each found a silver ring. Arnie Mauroni brought home the gold with a 14 kt ring!!! 14 wheat pennies in all were found. There were no silver coins this time. Trash weighed in at 8.5 lbs. The count out results were:
1st place Bruce Drugg 124 pts
2nd place Arnie Mauroni 112 pts
3rd place Justin Lee 109 pts
4th place tie Clarence Sparks 107 pts
Dick Gaboury 107 pts
6th place Brian Kinnear 85 pts
Membership drawing winner for the barber half was Mark Larson. Congrats to all that participated.
Our next club outing will be on Saturday May 29th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located on NE 82nd ave near NE Fremont. The address is 3330 NE 82nd Ave. We will arrive 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
May
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our May outing was a pretty good one. We went to Glenhaven park and Madison high school. The rain quit just in time for the hunt and started again right after we fisished. Perfect timing!!! There were some real nice finds too. Brent Cousins found a nice 14kt men's wedding band. Todd White got a nice white gold ring with diamonds!!! Arnie Mauroni got a Merc dime. Dick Gaboury got a cool advertising token for Indian motorcyles. There were quite a few wheat pennies found. The final results were:
1st place Victor Sasek 138 pts
2nd place Bill Baker 121 pts
3rd place Arnie Mauroni 90 pts.
4th place Dick Gaboury 87 pts
5th place Mike Maxon 85 pts
6th place Brian Lundquist 67 pts.
Richard Shellhammer and Tina Bossen won the barber dimes Dick Gaboury donates at each hunt. Thanks Dick. The membership drawing winner for the barber half was Lloyd Hurt. Thanks to all who participated.
Our June outing will be on Sunday June 27th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located on the corner of NE 122nd ave and NE Glisan. Address: 12109 NE Glisan st. We will be there around 7 and leave for the hunt site promptly at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
June
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our June club hunt was at David Douglas high school and surrounding grade schools and parks in SE Portland. It was a beautiful day to be out hunting. Things started warming up when Dick Gaboury dug a 59 rosy right in front of me. I, in return, dug a 37 quarter in front of him. haha. There were 15 wheat pennies found. Sandi Peters got the oldest with a 1928. Clarence Sparks and Dick got a silver jewelry item. Probably one of the most unusual finds was by Charles Davis. He found nails..lots and lots of nails. 996 of them to be exact. He'll tell you about it at the next meeting!! All our trash weighed in at 13 1/2 lbs. All in all, it was a good hunt and 24 hunters counted out. The final results were:
1st place Bill Baker 141 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 134 pts
3rd place Charles Davis 111 pts
4th place Bruce Drugg 85 pts
5th place Todd White 81 pts
6th place Steve Tucker 69 pts
Sandi Peters won the membership drawing for a Barber half. Krystal French won the barber dime Dick Gaboury donated. Thanks to all who participated.
Our July outing will be on Saturday, July 31st. We are going to do a little State hopping and meet in Vancouver, WA. The McDonald's is located at 2110 E 4th plain, Vancouver, WA. Mapquest.com will give you directions to get there. We will be arriving around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there!!!
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
July
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our July club hunt took place in Vancouver at the Hudson bay high and surrounding parks. A record number of members showed up and it turned out to be a real good hunt. First of all, the McDonald's that we were meeting at burned down a few days before our hunt. But since we love a challenge we passed the paperwork thru open windows on the back street. Everybody found their way to the hunt site and everybody found something. Don Lieurance found the oldest coin with a 1891 Indian head penny! George Parker dug a 43 Washington quarter! Tom Severnson got a 41 merc! There were quite a few wheat pennies found. Also some neat artifacts and jewelry were found. We found quite a few old bullets that dated back to the civil war era. We took out almost 10 lbs of trash. Top hunters for the day were:
1st place Todd White 113 pts
2nd place George Parker 103 pts
3rd place Don Lieurance 100 pts
4th place Aaron Lange 99 pts
5th place Brian Kinnear 89 pts
6th place Dick Gaboury 86 pts
The membership drawing was lucky for Harold Cawthorn who won the Silver half!!! Bill Trautz won the barber dime Dick donated! Thanks Dick. And thanks to all who participated.
Our August hunt will be on Sunday, Aug. 29th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 10050 SW Barber Blvd. We'll be getting there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there.
A reminder: Those of you who leave early from our meeting spot for the hunt site are required to wait until Dick and Bill get there before you start hunting. Thanks in advance.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
August
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our August club hunt took place in SW Portland at Jackson middle school. It was a perfect day to be out enjoying our hobby. The ground was very hard due to lack of rain but we managed to retrieve some good stuff without making a mess. One of our newest members, Lonnie Trickle, got a 62 Benjamin half dollar. It was his first trip outside of his back yard with his detector and he made a great find. Bruce Drugg got a standing liberty quarter. This one didn't have a date as most don't because of the design. Nevertheless, an excellent find. James Lyons is still suffering with his back injury but managed to dig a 64 Washington quarter and a silver ring. There were 7 other silver jewelry items found. There were a few wheat pennies found. No gold this time. We took out over 10 lbs of trash and over $83 in clad coins. There were 27 of us that counted out. The top hunters for the day were:
1st place Lonnie Trickle 131 pts
2nd place Dick Gaboury 116 pts
3rd place Bruce Drugg 107 pts
4th place James Lyons 106 pts
5th place Bill Trautz 92 pts
6th place Justin Lee 74 pts
Membership drawing winner for the half dollar was Harold Cawthorn. Dick Gaboury (thanks again Dick) donated 2 barber dimes which were won by Todd White and Mary Sparks. A special thanks goes out to Mary Sparks who donated her time and detector to new member Linda Carlson and showed her how to use it. A very nice gesture. Thanks to everyone who participated in this months hunt.
Our September outing will be on Saturday, October 2nd. We will be meeting at the same McDonald's located at 10050 SW Barbur blvd. We will be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site promptly at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there!!!
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
September
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our September club hunt was at Wilson high school and adjacent grade school. It was a perfect day for hunting. Mild temperature and no rain. It started out slow but within the first hour Todd White dug a silver rosey. Next Dick Gaboury dug a rosey, and another and another. 5 to be exact!!! I nicknamed him Silverman about 10 yrs ago and he seems to always live up to that name. Todd ended up with another rosey and a silver war nickel. Byron Dunn got a merc and a rosey and Mark Larson got a rosey. 11 silver coins in all. Very nice!!! 5 silver rings were also found and a real nice 14kt gold ring found by Earl Dunn. There were also a number of wheaties found. The top hunters for the day were:
1st place Dick Gaboury 211 pts
2nd place Arnie Mauroni 154 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 138 pts
4th place James Lyons 115 pts
5th place Earl Dunn 113 pts
6th place Todd White 111 pts
16 yr old and younger hunter winners were:
1st place Bryce Stanberry 48 pts
2nd place Tim Bogynska 23 pts
Membership drawing winner for the Benjamin half was Alan Gaudet. There were some silver dimes given out to those who found the mystery item. Dick donated 2 barber dimes that were won by Dick Armstrong and Earl Dunn. Thanks Dick. All in all it was a great outing.
Our October club hunt will be on Sunday, October 31st. BOOOO it's Halloween!!! They'll be a prize for the best costume...haha. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 3354 NE 3rd ave. Camas, WA. We will be arriving around 7 AM and leaving for the hunt site at 8. Count out will be at noon. See you there.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
October
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our October club outing was at Hathaway park and Hathaway school in Washougal WA. We all got real lucky and didn't get rained on. The sun actually came out and it was a beautiful day to be doing what we love. 30 of us showed up. It was a mixed bag of finds that day. Only 1 silver coin was found by yours truly, Bill Baker...a 63 rosy. Byron Dunn got 2 silver rings, James Lyons got a silver ring, Paul Luis and Lloyd Hurt each got gold rings!!! There were a few wheat pennies found and lots of other interesting items. The top hunters for the day were:
1st place Bill Trautz 119 pts
2nd place Byron Dunn 100 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 93 pts
4th place James Lyons 86 pts
5th place Mark Larson 68 pts
6th place Paul Luis 67 pts
1st place in the 16 year olds or younger was Talon Bossen!!!
Thank you Dick Gaboury, who donated 3 barber dimes. Since it was Halloween, 2 were given for best costume. It was a tie between Linda Carlson and Talon Bossen. The other dime was given to Laura Smith for being a good sport and falling for our Halloween prank. She got her hand a little sticky when she reached in the bag to draw a chip. Haha. It was a lot of fun.
Congratulations to membership drawing winner Bill Halsne for the Franklin half. Thanks to all who came.
Our next club outing will be on Saturday, November 27th. We will be meeting at the McDonald's located at 2100 8th Court, West Linn, OR. We will be there around 7AM and leave for the hunt site at 8. Don't be late. Hope to see you there. You might even find something.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
November
Hi everybody. Nice seeing you again. Our November outing was at Willamette park in West Linn. It was a beautiful day to be out hunting. We've been real lucky this year with the weather. There were 20 of us that counted out. Everybody found something including James Lyons who got a gold ring. Todd White got a silver ring, Richard Shellhammer got a silver earring. There were 8 wheat pennies found. No silver coins this time which was surprising because this was an old park. Maybe it's been hunted in the past? haha. Most public sites have been. We took out over 8 lbs of garbage. The top hunters for the day were:
1st place James Lyons 127 pts
2nd place Mike Maxon 101 pts
3rd place Bill Baker 95 pts
4th place Todd White 93 pts
5th place Richard Shellhammer 92 pts
6th place Victor Sasek 88 pts
Dick Gaboury donated at barber dime that was won by Richard Shellhammer for the most garbage found. The lucky membership drawing winner was James Lyons who won a nice silver half dollar. Thanks to all who participated.
Our December outing will be on Sunday, January 2nd. We will be meeting at the McDonald's on 28th and SE Powell. We'll be arriving around 7AM and leave for the hunt site promptly at 8. Count out will be at noon. Hope to see you all there.
Reminder: This will be Dick and my last hunt. We've been doing this off and on for the past 10 yrs. I think it's time someone stepped up and took this over. I would hate to see nobody interested in doing it and have the club outings not happen anymore. So, volunteer for this or other spots that will be vacant, like FOTM. etc. This club doesn't run itself. We need equal help from all. Have a great healthy Christmas and may God be with you.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury
December
Hi everybody...nice seeing you again. Our December outing was held at Creston park in SE Portland. It was about 28 degrees and the east wind was blowing at 20 mph. That equaled to a very cold day. Clarence Sparks and I thought we were going to be the only ones to show up but by the time we left McDonald's there were 8 of us. In spite of the freezing temperatures we were able to chip away at the ground and find a few items of interest. I got a 25 wheatie, Llyod Hurt got a wheatie and a silver ring, Linda Carlson got a 48 nickel. Rod Walton got a wheatie. Everybody found something. The results were as follows:
1st place Lloyd Hurt 56 pts
2nd place Bill Baker 40 pts
3rd place Victor Sasek 33 pts
4th place Linda Carlson 26 pts
5th place Clarence Sparks 20 pts
6th place Mark Larson 18 pts
The membership drawing winner for the walking half dollar was Mark Larson.
This was Bill and Dick's last hunt for 2010. We look forward to Arnie and Mike's picks for your 2011 club hunts. Thanks and happy new year to all.
Bill Baker and Dick Gaboury