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