Beaver County Detecting Club

The Penn Bistro has the honor of being. the first sponsor of the BCDC. They have agreed to let us have our dinner meetings in their beautiful restaurant and meeting rooms. They are open from Tuesdays until Fridays, with Saturday only open for banquets and private parties.
The BCDC meets promptly on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00pm.
If possible try to be there around 6 or 6:30 to order, if you are going to eat.

get directions to our meeting site here
MapQuest:

MAP

615 Penn Ave.
New Brighton, Pa. 15066
724-843-7366

BLACK HILLS GOLD
carries with it a delightful legend. A French goldsmith named Henri LeBeau became lost during the "gold rush days" of the middle 1870's, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He fell asleep, believing he was dying of starvation and thirst. During a dream, he saw a mountain stream with grape vines growing on its banks. Upon awakening, he walked over a rise and found the stream and grape vines, just as he had seen in his dream. In gratitude, he decided to devote his talents as a goldsmith to creating jewelry in the shapes of grape clusters and leaves fashioned in rose, green and yellow gold. Today, a series of up to 40 different steps are necessary to capture the same dramatic detail in our traditional and contemporary Black Hills Gold designs. While many of our customers might believe that the name "Black Hills Gold" denotes a certain type of mined gold, it actually refers to the design of the jewelry. Based on the legend, Black Hills Gold features leaves, grape clusters and vines in a tri-color motif of green, rose and yellow gold. The distinctive green and rose golds are created by adding silver and copper alloys to yellow gold. By federal mandate, this style of jewelry must be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota in order to carry the name "Black Hills Gold Jewelry."

BCDC Code of Ethics
1. I will respect the rights and property of others.
2. I will obtain permission before hunting on property that is privately owned. Where possible, such permission will be in writing.
3. I will check all laws, Federal, State, and local laws before searching. It is my responsibility to
"know the law".
4. I will fill all holes and leave the vegetation as it was.
5. I will remove and dispose of any and all trash and littler when I leave the site.
6. I will not destroy or deface signs, equipment, or structures.
7. I will build fires in designated or safe sites only.
8. I will conduct myself with courtesy and consideration for others and set a example of myself to credit my hobby.
9. I will leave gates as found.
10. I will report to proper authorities any individuals who enter and or remove artifacts from Federal or State parks.

TO ALL BCDC MEMBERS

If you decide to go detecting and would like to have some of the members join you for the hunt.

Please post your plans and your

contact information on the clubs forum in advance.

The members will then be able to plan their days and perhaps they will be able to join in the fun of the hunt with other BCDC club members.

The Clubs 1st hunt was held @ Bradys Run, March 29th 2008

The Clubs 2nd hunt was held in Darlington, March 6th 2008

The Clubs 3rd hunt was held April 26th.

MEETING DATES for 2008

Jan. 3
Feb. 7
March 6
April 3
May 1

June 5
C U @ THE MEETING

July 3
August 7
Sept. 4
Oct. 2
Nov. 6
Dec. 4

PLATINUM
Platinum is rarer, and therefore more expensive, than gold. It is grayish-white in color, non-tarnishing, and very strong. Very high temperatures are necessary to melt platinum; therefore, it did not become a viable jewelry metal until advancements in jewelers' tools were made in the late 1800s. It became the most popular jewelry metal in America in the 1920s; its durability made it the ideal choice for the lacy filigree styles of the period. Jewelry platinum is an alloy, usually 90% platinum and 10% iridium. Platinum jewelry is typically stamped "Plat."

Nickel Silver:
"Nickel silver" is very resistant to corrosion, and is extremely durable. In times past, "nickel" or "German" silver was comprised of around 90% silver.  Since it did not meet the government requirement of 92.5% pure silver content, it could not legally or by definition be called "sterling" silver.  In fact, the "nickel" or "German" silver of today consists of a nickel alloy which is 60 parts copper, 20 parts zinc, and 20 parts nickel.

CHARTER MEMBERS
&
Board of directors are;

Bob (Boobie) Hromika
Harry Niemeyer
Gary Waddell
Curt Crocker
Red Craft

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Our first meeting was actually the establishing of the officer positions and the various committees.

OFFICERS
&
COMMITTEES

President – Red Craft
email to Red

Vice President - Curt Crocker
email to Curt

Treasurer - Gary Waddell
email to Gary

Webmaster - Bob (Boobie) Hromika
email to Bob

Secretary - Harry Niemeyer
email to Harry

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Page Last edited on 05/06/08 04:50 PM

webmaster Robert (Boobie) Hromika

Beaver County Detecting Club

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