August 2008 Newsletter
BCDC AUGUST 2008 NEWSLETTER
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Presidential Words
GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT!!!! BCDC President that is. Here it is August already; just doesn't seem possible. I believe in the future we will avoid eliminating a meeting date. It seems like forever since we were all together, and I miss that. We've had some really beautiful weather, so I hope everyone was able to get in some serious hunting and found lots of nice treasures. As for me, it's been a hectic summer, with too many extra activities going on. I had the opportunity to do a good deed for a member of a club in Colorado, who is originally from this area. He was returning home to Hopewell for a few days for a family reunion and a birthday celebration for his Mother but wanted to do some detecting while here. He joined the forum on our website and asked for a short term hunting partner. I called him on Friday, July 25 to see if anyone had contacted him and he said not yet, so I told him I would be glad to hunt with him when he was free, so we set a time for Saturday morning. We hunted for around 5 hours and were coming up empty, when Roger found a pile of stones that turned out to be an old foundation. We each found a Large Cent before we were ready to call it a day. On Tuesday we were able to get back to the site for some more searching but this time only Roger was to do any good, he popped out two more Large Cents. Roger was leaving Wednesday for Colorado and was quite thrilled with the finds he had made. I went back to the sight on Wednesday and cleaned up all the junk iron we had dug up and searched diligently for a full 4 hours and came up empty. Sure would be nice if one could luck on to a spot like that, say once a week. Well that's enough said for now, we hope to see everyone at the Penn Bistro this coming Thursday, August 7th.
Red Craft-President BCDC
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BCDC SPRING HUNT The first BCDC Spring hunt was held at boobies place on June 28th due to the 4th of July, the hunt and meeting dates very close to each other. This worked out perfectly for those who planned a holiday over the 4th were able to attend the hunt and the meeting.
It turned out to be a beautiful day; we had plenty of people ready to seed the hunt field. There were over 60 tokens buried for prizes. The food was great and there was a lot of it. Those hobo sandwiches were made by Carolyn and were very good. The smoked chicken made by Harry Riper was new to many of us and they were excellent.
There were several raffles and 50/50ty donations to be won.
Of course there was the photographer there taking many photos of the event.
Of course everyone was surprised when
Curt Crocker and Cheryl announced their engagement during the festivities.
Congratulations to the both of them.
Several members were not there and they were missed by many of us. I am sure they will be able to attend future hunts.
Did you guy see how everyone pitched in to make this our first club hunt the success it was.
Finally we would like to thank Boobies wife Carolyn so very much for all the hard work, cooking and preparations she put into hosting this event. Editor |
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Beaver County Detecting Club
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Officers
President Red Craft 724-869-3199
Vice President Curt Crocker 724-816-9614
Secretary Harry Niemeyer 724-457-0720
Treasurer Gary Waddell 724-773-0327
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Board of Directors
Bob Hromika 724-846-0107
Harry Niemeyer 724-457-0720
Gary Waddell 724 - 773 – 0327
Red Craft 724 - 869 -3199
Curt Crocker 724-816-9614 |
Committees
Website Editor
Bob Hromika
Any submissions for the website are to be sent to:
724-846-0107
Newsletter Editor
Harry Niemeyer
Any submissions for the newsletters are to be sent to:
724-457-0720
Membership
Harry Niemeyer
We share a love of Metal Detecting and, most importantly,
We share good friendship.
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Minutes of the July 2008 Meeting
The July meeting of the BCDC which was held at Boobies home on June the 28th was called to order at 12:00 pm by the club President Red Craft.
There were 22 members present and 6 guests.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Harry Niemeyer – Secretary and approved as read.
Gary Waddell read the Treasurers report, which has a balance of $175.00. The treasurer report was approved as read.
Boobie gave a report on the website and the progress being made on developing it. The web site will be having some cosmetic changes made soon. These are ongoing changes which will make it look more professional.
Many thanks to the members for bringing coins to be used for the seeded hunt, also many thanks to those who said they would bring their donations to the hunt or get them to Boobie before hand. Without this help we can not have these outings.
A motion was made and seconded to close the meeting at 12:45pm and the hunt festivities began.
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Hats and shirts
The club hats are here and they are fine looking hats. The lady that made these hats did a great job and we all can be proud to wear them.
The shirts are ready and they also look great. Boobie will have the hats and shirts at the August 7th meeting.
Some members have already purchased their hats; those who have not can pick them up at this coming meeting; please do not forget to bring your payment.
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How deep do detectors go?
The answer to this question comes in two parts. The first part has to do with the detector circuitry and coil design. Environmental factors make up the second part of the answer.
Coil and circuitry design determine the overall ability of a detector to find targets. During the design phase of any detector, the engineers decide which features to include. The things that they consider are the type of hunting and who will be using it. A beginner’s model may not have the bells and whistles of the more professional models, but it will be easier to use. The more specific a detector’s design, the narrower set of features it will have. Some detectors designed for the ultimate depth will be hard for a beginner to use or may be too sensitive to use in trashy areas. Coil size will affect the depth of the detector but may not be suited for a particular type of hunting.
Environmental factors include just about everything except the detector and coil. Just a few of the things to take into consideration are the following: size and shape of the target, soil conditions, orientation of the target in the ground, content of the target, and any outside interference, such as electrical wires and radio or cell phone traffic. Weather conditions, such as rain-soaked ground or even an incoming thunderstorm, may also play a part in the depth and sensitivity of any detector.
With all that being said, an average detector using a stock coil in moderate ground should see the following targets with these ranges:
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Dime to nickel: |
4 to 8 inches |
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Quarter to half dollar: |
6 to 12 inches |
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Dollar to fruit jar lid: |
8 to 16 inches |
Knowing your detector and using it properly are the two most important things that you can do to get the best depth and sensitivity out of any machine.
"Courtesy of Tesoro Electronics"
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WORKING TOGETHER
On June the 30th I received a phone call from Jackie Walker, a member of the Butler Treasure Hunters and the Monroeville Area Metal Detecting Club. Jackie was asking for volunteers to help with a metal detecting demo at the North Hills Junior High School for a summer school class of challenged children.
On July the 2nd we all met at the school at 8:00am. Those present were the following:
Jackie Walker, member of the Butler County Treasure Hunting Club and the Monroeville Area Metal Detecting Club..
Donna Walker, member of the Butler County Treasure Hunting Club and the Monroeville Area Metal Detecting Club.
Alexa Walker, member of the Monroeville Area Metal Detecting Club.
Ron Foster, member of the Monroeville Area Metal Detecting Club.
Red Craft, member of the Butler County Treasurer Hunters and President of the Beaver County Detecting club.
Harry Niemeyer, member of the Butler, Monroeville clubs and Secretary of the Beaver County Detecting club.
All are also members of the Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs ( F.M.D.A.C.).
Jackie gave us a rundown of what we would be doing and what to expect. We than set up several hunt areas for the students to use.
We than went into the school to meet the class of 11 students that would be hunting.
We introduced ourselves as;
Jackie Walker
Donna Walker
Alexa Walker
And for fun we spontaneously did the following,
Ron Walker
Harry Walker
Red Walker as - Just Red.
They all loved it and after the laughter died down we introduced ourselves with our real names.
There was a short description of metal detecting and the detectors. After which we all went to the ball field to search for treasures.
We had plenty of targets. Thanks to the many donations of coins and trinkets we were able to seed the field every time we changed students. Everyone had a full field of targets every time they started to hunt. each student had at least two periods of hunting which lasted until they found all the targets. Of course they were allowed to keep all finds which really excited them.
Each of us had two students to work with; my two were Katie and Ryan.
I soon learned that I needed to hold their hand on the detector and to guide them through the hunt field to locate the targets.
After about two hours of teaching, hunting and enjoying a beautiful morning we all went into the school library for a period of show and tell.
Ron Foster had a gold nugget that he had found to show the students and he than held a raffle for the nugget. There were eleven pieces of blank folded paper, with one having a drawing of a gold nugget on it. The student who drew the drawing of the nugget won the gold nugget.
The lucky winner was a young girl whose name was Kala. Congratulations kala
We than went to the snack room where there were several trays of homemade cookies. After a short while we bid them goodbye and left the school feeling very humble and proud of the morning’s events.
It was very nice to see members of several clubs working together to make someone’s day a bit happier.
Thank you.
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When you are left with the lesser of two evils,
you are still left with an evil..
