Editorial

Hello out there treasure hunters!

If you are looking for a place to talk to other treasure hunters, check out the Forums at www.losttreasure.com. There are a lot of conversations going on there and lots of very helpful information from readers just like yourself.

What about the videos your fellow treasure hunters are posting on our website? There are some great ones and they are all entertaining and informative. Maybe you’ll be inspired to post one of your own!

The Feature Club this issue is the Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club from Irving, Texas. Read about the club, its members, and see some of their finds in the Favorite Finds section.

Be sure to let us know if you have a treasure-hunting related club that needs to be spotlighted. And every one of you has finds you have made…e-mail us the pictures and description of what you found and where you found it!

This issue’s Tip From the Pros is supplied by Craig Redick. And be sure to check out the subscription winners from the Gopher State Treasure Hunters’ recent hunt in the Good Hunting! section.

The latest in THers’ News in this issue includes:

• Major TV Production Company Seeks Passionate and Proven Treasure Hunters
• Nova Scotia Offshore Booty to be Off Limits for Commercial Treasure Hunters
• Exhibition Showcases Treasure from 1st Fully Authenticated Pirate Ship Discovered in U.S. Waters
• Major Archaeological Find at Site of Civil War Prison

It’s that time of year again…pre-order your 2011 Treasure Cache/Treasure Facts today at !

Until next time, there’s nothing like dirt fishing on a beautiful morning,

Good Hunting!

Winners from the Gopher State Treasure Hunters, a Minneapolis/St. Paul based club, received subscription certificates to Lost Treasure Magazine at their recent club hunt at the Kozy Oaks Kampground in North Branch, Minnesota. Shown are (left to right) George Saric, Jim Wedo, and Howard Kloskin.

Tip From the Pros

By Craig Redick, The Old Prospector

Join and support organizations that work to facilitate and improve prospecting. Organizations such as Public Lands for the People (909-889-3039) and Gold Prospectors Association of America (800-551-9707) work hard to protect the future of treasure hunting and gold prospecting. They fight for our rights on many fronts, including keeping public land just that…public.

TH'ers' News

Major TV Production Company Seeks Passionate and Proven Treasure Hunters
Do you make your living traversing the country in an RV scavenging for artifacts from centuries past? Are you a family of metal detectorists who heads out to the local Civil War battlefields on the weekends to find your loot? Or a colorful character who pores over antique maps to find long lost relics?
If so, we want to hear from you. We are a major TV production company looking for our next big TV talent. You should be passionate about what you do, knowledgeable in a wide range of artifacts and time periods, but ultimately an amateur doing what you do because it's what you love. Ideal candidates include families who travel around the country - or even deep into their own backyards - searching for hidden treasures, a dynamic duo who hits the road in search of precious metals or Revolutionary War remnants to pay the rent, a unique individual who goes to great lengths to find long lost relics - or any combination in between.
If you think you have what it takes to be our next TV star, send us a video of your treasure hunting team telling us why we should pick you. Quirky personalities welcome.
Submission Guidelines
Please send a video (preferably a quicktime video) telling us who you are and why you want this gig. Video of yourselves in action is a major bonus.
In the body of your letter or e-mail, please answer the following questions:
1) What is your most astounding find to date?
2) What are your favorite types of finds?
3) What are your most frequent finds?
4) What do you do with your finds?
5) What regions of the country/world do you cover?
6) What methods/equipment do you use?
Send the above materials with your contact information to Series.Inquiries@gmail.com. We will be in touch if we're interested. Thank you for your time, and good luck!

Nova Scotia Offshore Booty to be Off Limits for Commercial Treasure Hunters
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is putting an end to all underwater commercial treasure hunting along its coast in a move aimed to prevent the loss of the province's marine heritage.
The government said recently it would introduce legislation in the fall to repeal the Treasure Trove Act.
Enacted in 1954, the law governs treasure hunting on famed Oak Island on the province's south shore. The scope of the original act was subsequently expanded to cover the licensing of shipwreck salvage operations off the coast.
Under the current rules, treasure hunters are allowed to keep most of what they find. But they are required to hand over 10 per cent of non-precious artifacts to the province.
David Salter, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources, said the intent of the new Oak Island Act is to ensure that everything that is found beneath the sea stays in Nova Scotia.
He said individuals and groups will still be allowed to dive on wrecks, but only for archeological and historical purposes.
"Anything that is found would become property of the province," said Salter.
He said some outstanding licenses would still be granted to applicants who meet policy guidelines for treasure hunting, but that all activities would come to an end Dec. 31.
Salter couldn't provide a precise figure, but said there aren't any more than a "handful" of outstanding licences.
The new legislation would incorporate elements of the existing Special Places Protection Act, which carries penalties for those who would remove artifacts without a heritage research permit.
Under the act, anyone in violation can be fined up to $10,000, while a company can face a fine of up to $100,000. The province also has the authority to seize anything found during an excavation.
"This just makes it (legislation) more streamlined and clearer that the purpose is essentially to preserve these heritage objects here in Nova Scotia," said Michael Noonan, a spokesman for the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
Both provincial officials said repealing the Treasure Trove Act would bring Nova Scotia in line with other provinces.
John Wesley Chisholm, a Halifax-based independent filmmaker and avid diver, welcomed the news.
"It allows us to move together under one legislation and figure out the best way to explore and protect and share the marine cultural heritage," said Chisholm.
He says that's significant in a province with an estimated 10,000 shipwrecks, more than any other part of North America.
Chisholm also believes the opportunity now exists to look at new ways to publicly showcase the mysteries that lie beneath the province's coastal waters.
"I think it's our duty ... to try to improve the way we look after this hidden part of Nova Scotia with its story that is relevant to the world," he said.
Courtesy of http://www.brandonsun.com

Interactive Exhibition Showcases Treasure and Artifacts from First Fully Authenticated Pirate Ship Discovered in U.S. Waters
ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Science Center has been invaded by the blockbuster exhibition Real Pirates. The world’s first exhibition of authentic pirate treasure, organized by National Geographic and Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI) LLC, explores early 18th-century piracy and boasts more than 200 artifacts recovered from the first fully authenticated pirate ship ever discovered in American waters. St. Louis is one of only 10 cities the exhibition will visit. The exhibit ends in St. Louis on September 6th.
From the organizers of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, Real Pirates tells the true story of the Whydah — a real pirate ship that sank off the coast of Cape Cod nearly 300 years ago — and showcases treasure chests of gold coins, jewelry, cannons, pistols, knives, and a life-size replica of the ship’s stern that visitors can board.
The exhibition experience provides visitors with an unprecedented glimpse into the unique economic, political and social circumstances of the early 18th-century Caribbean. It is highlighted by the compelling stories of the diverse people whose lives converged on the vessel before it was sunk in a fierce storm off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass. on April 26, 1717.
“Real Pirates explores the exciting science of nautical archaeology and the technologies that allow scientists to unlock the clues embedded in these 300 year old ‘treasures,’” said Doug King, President and CEO of the Science Center. “Not to mention, it brings to life the stories, adventure and hardships of an era in American history in a way that captivates the imagination of the whole family.”
The Whydah was located by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984. Clifford is still actively excavating the wreck site and continues to bring treasures to the surface every year.
“Discovering the Whydah was the most exciting moment in my career,” said Clifford. “The sheer volume of artifacts the Whydah carried, from more than 50 other ships captured by the pirate captain Sam Bellamy and his men, provides a rare window into the otherwise mysterious world of 18th-century pirates. I see this exhibition as the culmination of my many years of work. Most importantly, it is a chance to bring the real story of pirates to the public as it's never been told before — through real objects last touched by real pirates.”
Real Pirates relates the stories of four members of the Whydah crew — actual people who ended up on the same pirate ship for very different reasons — such as John King, the youngest known pirate on board the Whydah, who was believed to be younger than 11 at the time of the shipwreck. When the ship he was traveling on with his mother was taken over by Bellamy, young John insisted on taking up with the pirate crew, despite his mother’s objections.
A dozen multimedia galleries showcase the reality of the slave trade in West Africa and the economic prosperity in the Caribbean in the early 18th century, the Whydah’s journey, the ship’s capture by Bellamy, the violent storm that sank the ship, its discovery by Clifford, and the recovery and conservation of its artifacts.
All of the objects that sank with the Whydah have remained underwater for centuries, many embedded in masses of material called concretions. When metals are submerged in seawater they undergo electrolytic reactions, which cause the metal to disintegrate and combine with salts in ocean water. The metals and the salts form cemented conglomerates, or concretions, which, as long as they remain submerged in salt water, protect the objects inside. Whydah concretions have gone through a series of conservation steps, including electrolysis, to remove the artifacts from the concretions. The science behind the preservation of these artifacts is explained dramatically in the exhibition as a “concretion” is unveiled before visitors’ eyes.
Artifacts include pirate dress items, daily objects used aboard the ship, weaponry, jewelry and treasure from all over the world, including authentic coins that visitors can touch. One of the most striking artifacts that will be on view is the ship’s bell, inscribed “Whydah Galley 1716,” which was used to authenticate the shipwreck site as that of the Whydah.
More information about the exhibition and how to purchase tickets is available at piratesexhibit.com or slsc.org
Whydah History
The three-masted, 300-ton galley Whydah was built as a slave ship in London in 1715 and represented the most advanced technology of her day. She was easy to maneuver, unusually fast and, to protect her cargo, heavily armed. She was built to transport human captives from the West Coast of Africa to the Caribbean, but only made one such voyage before being captured by pirates.
In February 1717, after the slaves were sold in the Caribbean, the Whydah was captured off the Bahamas by Sam Bellamy, one of the boldest and most successful pirates of his day. Bellamy and his crew hoisted the Jolly Roger — the slave ship was now a pirate ship.
Just two months later, on April 26, 1717, in one of the worst nor’easters ever recorded, the Whydah, packed with plunder from more than 50 captured ships, sank off the Massachusetts coast. All but two of the 146 people on board drowned.
“This was a unique period in our history,” said Jeffrey Bolster, professor of early American and Caribbean history at the University of New Hampshire. “Through the cache of artifacts brought to the surface by Clifford and his team, we see a world generally undisclosed, one in which the Caribbean was the economic center and values were very different, an era before civil rights, before individual liberties and before democracy was institutionalized. Without the slave trade and the wealth of the region, piracy would not have existed. This is a story of the making of America — a true story more powerful than fiction.”
Bolster is a member of an advisory panel composed of academic and other scholarly experts that was created by exhibition organizers to review and provide feedback on proposed content for the exhibition.
In 1984, some 270 years after the Whydah sank, Clifford found the first remains of the ship. In a recovery operation that spans more than two decades, Clifford and his team have documented the wreck site and artifacts with Olympus digital camera equipment and brought up thousands of artifacts, not only gold and silver, but everyday objects that shed light on this tumultuous period of American and world history.
Courtesy of National Geographic.com
Submitted by David Hyde.

2,200-Year-Old Gold Coin Found in Israel
Archaeologists digging in Israel uncovered a rare and beautiful glimpse into biblical times: a gold coin dating back to 191 B.C.
The coin, whose discovery was announced recently, was discovered in Tel Kedesh in upper Galilee, embedded in a wall. It was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy V, The Jerusalem Post reported.
One side of the coin displays the face of Queen Arsinoe II Philadelphus, wife of Ptolemy II, while the reverse shows “two overlapping cornucopias decorated with fillets,” according to the Israel Antiquities
Authority.
“The coin is beautiful and in excellent preservation,” Donald T. Ariel, head of Antiquities Authority’s coin department, said in a statement. “It is the heaviest gold coin with the highest contemporary value of any coin ever found in an excavation in Israel.” Sue Webb, Israel Antiquities Authority / Getty Images
This rare gold coin that shows the face of Queen Arsinoe II Philadelphus, wife of Ptolemy II, was discovered by archaeologists in Israel.
The coin is unusually large and heavy, weighing 1 ounce, CNN reported. Most contemporary coins only weighed about 0.16 ounces.
Experts say it’s unlikely that the coin was ever used to pay for anything. Instead, it probably had a symbolic or ceremonial purpose.
“A coin this size wouldn’t have been circulating in the markets,” Ariel said.
The name “Philadelphus” means “brotherly love.” This may refer to the fact that Arsinoe and her husband, Ptolemy II, were also brother and sister, which was common in the period.
The Tel Kedesh area was home to a range of ethnic groups, including Phoenicians, Persians and Canaanites. Archaeologists began excavating there in 1997, Agence France-Presse said.
Courtesy of http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/2-200-year-old-gold-coin-found-in-israel

Major Archaeological Find at Site of Civil War Prison
Atlanta, Georgia - The discovery of the exact location of a stockade and dozens of personal artifacts belonging to its Union prisoners is one of the biggest archaeological Civil War finds in decades, federal and Georgia officials said Monday.
Outside of scholars and Civil War buffs, few people have heard of the Confederacy's Camp Lawton, which replaced the infamous and overcrowded Andersonville prison in fall 1864.
For nearly 150 years, its exact location was not known, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Georgia Southern University said.
Georgia Southern students earlier this year began their search at a state park and federal fish hatchery for evidence of the wall timbers and interior buildings.
"Archaeologists call it one of the most significant Civil War discoveries in decades," a joint statement read.
Officials would provide no details until the formal announcement Wednesday morning at Magnolia Springs State Park, five miles north of Millen in southeast Georgia. An open house for the public will follow from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Life at Lawton, described as "foul and fetid," wasn't much better than at Andersonville, with the exception of plentiful water from Magnolia Springs.
In its six weeks' existence, between 725 and 1,330 men died at the prison camp. The 42-acre stockade held about 10,000 men before it was hastily closed when Union forces approached.
Monday's announcement follows weeks of speculation that began after a locked chain-linked fence went up around the hatchery adjoining the state park.
Townspeople in nearby Millen made the secrecy part of their water cooler discussions.
"It's created a lot of buzz, what's going on out there," said Connie Lee, owner of Cindy's Cafe, a popular meeting place in the town of about 3,500.
Rumors have included the discovery of a chest with important papers, gold, a burial trench and, yes, even Union Gen. William Sherman's horse.
There are no photos of Lawton and few visual stockade details, although a Union mapmaker painted some important watercolors of the prison. He also kept a 5,000-page journal that detailed the misery at Camp Lawton, which was built to hold up to 40,000 prisoners.
"The weather has been rainy and cold at nights," Pvt. Robert Knox Sneden, who was previously imprisoned at Andersonville, wrote in his diary on Nov. 1, 1864. "Many prisoners have died from exposure, as not more than half of us have any shelter but a blanket propped upon sticks. . . . Our rations have grown smaller in bulk too, and we have the same hunger as of old."
The impending arrival of Federal forces during Sherman's March to the Sea soon forced the Confederates to move the prisoners elsewhere, including Florence, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia.
In early December 1864, Union cavalry found the empty prison, a freshly dug area and a board reading "650 buried here."
Outraged, troops apparently burned much of the stockade and the camp buildings, and a depot and a hotel in Millen, which was a transportation hub.
Many of the state park facilities -- including a pool, houses and the main office -- sit atop the prison site. Some earthworks, long known to visitors and historians, survived.
The artifacts will deepen the knowledge of the tough daily life of prisoners and guards alike, said a historian who has completed a manuscript on the camp.
"[Lawton] illustrates almost every Civil War POW issue," said John K. Derden, professor emeritus at East Georgia College which has campuses in nearby Statesboro and Swainsboro.
Derden cited health conditions, death rates, prisoner exchanges and the South's dwindling ability to manage a population where disease and poor sanitation were in abundance.
Until now, Andersonville was the sole POW camp in the South to capture the public's attention and imagination.
Besides the camp's own horrors, Clara Barton made Andersonville famous through her extensive campaign to have POW graves found and soldiers reinterred at a national cemetery. The prison's commandant, Henry H. Wirz, was hanged in 1865, the only man to be hanged for war crimes during the Civil War.
Monuments dot Andersonville National Historic Site, which drew 136,000 visitors last year. A 1996 movie tells its story.
None of that happened at Camp Lawton, where time and its remote location put it on the road to obscurity, fortunately for archaeologists.
That promises to change beginning Wednesday, when the public will get its first glimpse of what life might have been like for prisoners, many of whom had been moved to Lawton from Andersonville.
Lee and Walter Bragg, owner of Millen Auto Parts, hope anything associated with the discovery will boost the depressed area, where a 10.7 percent unemployment rate exceeds the state average.
"Our county [Jenkins] needs something to revitalize Millen," Lee said.
Courtesy of http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/14/georgia.civil.war.camp/

 

Feature Club

The Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club
The purpose of the Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club is to promote friendship, fun, greater knowledge, and expertise through organized metal detecting activities, special events, and sharing treasure-hunting experiences.

Activities and Functions
Monthly Meetings - The club meets on the last Friday of the month at 7:30p.m. at the Garden & Arts Center, 906 Senter, Irving, Texas.
Organized Club Hunts and Outings
The Lone Star Annual Open Competitive Hunt (see more on this hunt below)
Annual Christmas and Awards Banquet
Participation in the Annual Texas Council State Expo
Community Service Activities.

Member Benefits
Meet and make new friends who share your interests.
Learn new metal detecting skills and how to conduct historical research.
Get the inside information on the latest equipment and where to go for the best deals.
Use of the club library of videos, books, and treasure hunting magazines.
Participation in the "Find-of-the-Month" contests.
Receive the monthly Lone Star newsletter as well as the club member directory and bylaws.
Avoid the potentially serious consequences of not knowing local and state federal laws concerning our hobby.
Enjoy snacks, munchies, drinks, and prizes at meetings.

Membership Fee: $20 per person or $25 for Family membership (spouses and children are welcome). Read more about the club following these photos.

 Officers:
President: Paul Wilson
Vice President: Dave Totzke
Secretary: Peter Kerell:
Treasurer: Robert Jordon
TCTC President: Walt Harwell
Webmaster: Email Robert Jeffrey

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Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club
36th Annual Open Hunt
October 16th, 2010

Mountain Creek Preserve - corner of Nursery & Hunter Ferrell Rd., Irving, Texas.

8:15-9:15 Registration
9:30-10 Dollar Hunt
10:30-11 21 Hunt
11:30-12 All Detectors Hunt
12-1 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Silver Quarter/Half Hunt
1:45-2 Fund-raiser Hunt
2-3:15 Cake Auction
3:30-4:15 Main Hunt
4:30 Prizes Awarded

Hunt rain or shine
Huntmaster/Marshal rules are final
No refunds
Headphones required for all hunts - no long handled diggers.

Directions - Going south on Loop 12 exit Shady Grove. Turn right onto Shady Grove. Take Shady Grove to Nursery Rd and turn left. Continue on Nursery Rd. to the park.

For more information, e-mail info@lonestartreasure.com or log onto http://www.lonestartreasure.com

Favorite Finds

The Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club Recent Finds of the Month.

Coins

Bob Bruce

1916 Barber Quarter

Gold Jewelry

Chuck Howell

14k Ring w / 14k Chain

Silver and Plated Jewelry

Mike Lacy

Silver Dollar Key chain

Tokens

Peter Krell

Circle Ginger Ale Token

Relics

Ron Rutledge

Brown Bennington

Wild Card

Peter Krell

City Champ Roller Skate Medal

Coins

Mike  Lacy

1954 half and 1944 penny

Gold Jewelry

Jessy Boedeker

White Gold with 13 Diamonds

Silver and Plated Jewelry

Paul Wilson

Silver Dollar money clip

Tokens

Mike Lacy

Pontiac Token

Relics

Andy Mesaros

Arrowhead

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Wild Card

Andy Mesaros

Cattle Raisers Badge

Calendar of Events

AUGUST
21st – Cisco, Texas. The Gray Ghost Nite Hunt at full dark. Silver dimes and collectible coins of all kinds. No lights of any kind for the first 30 minutes. No digging tools needed; coins will not be buried. Penlights and small headlamps are allowed after first half hour. Location is on private property and will be revealed at the time of the hunt. Assemble at the Lela Lloyd Museum, 116 W. 7th, at 7:30 p.m. and be escorted to the hunt field about 8 blocks away. Do not park on the grass. Entries limited to 35. Entry fee: $35. Deadline for registry is July 21. Call Jerry Eckhart at (254) 631-6809 for entry form, write 704 Avenue I, Cisco, TX 76437, or e-mail jmeckhart@sbcglobal.net

28th – 29th – Concord, New Hampshire. The Capital Mineral Club’s Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Festival at the Everett Arena, 15 Loudon Road (1,500 feet east of Exit 14, I-93). Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $5, children under 12 free with an adult. Dealers, displays, raffles and hourly and grand show prizes. For more info, log onto www.capitalmineralclub.org

SEPTEMBER
4th – 5th – Foresthill, California. Annual Foresthill Heritage Celebration, California State Gold Panning and Lumberjack Championships, and U.S. National Gold Panning Championships at the Old Foresthill Memorial Park. American Legion Post 587 Annual Pig Roast, music, family events, gold panning, food and craft vendors. Heritage 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Championships Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call (530) 367-2891 or log onto www.goldhounds.com

10th – 12th – Derby, New York. The 25th Annual International Treasure Hunt at Wendt Beach Park on Old Lake Shore Road, 5 miles off Exit 57A on New York I-90. Rain or shine, silver and gold hunts. Registration both days from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Free camping available, no hook-ups or dump station. For information, call Joe, (716) 632-6129 or Louie, (716) 434-3712, write 5327 Ernest Road, Lockport, NY 14094, or log onto NFRHA.com

11th – Milan, Michigan. Michigan Treasure Hunters’ 37th Annual Open Hunt at the KC Campground. For more information, contact Vincent Tremain, 15552 Stonehouse Circle, Livonia, MI 48154, or visit www.michigantreasurehunters.com

11th – 12th – Boonville, Indiana. Lincoln Hills Treasure Club’s 4th Annual Treasure Hunt at Scales Lake Park on the sandy beach, sponsored by Robert Jackson. Entry fees put in the hunt as silver dimes. Prize donations welcome. Free Kids’ Hunt, Teens’ Hunt $10. For more info, contact Robert Jackson at (812) 925-3280 or (812) 305-0295.

18th – Knox, New York. 40th Annual Club Hunt with over $5,000 in prizes, sponsored by the Empire State Metal Detector Association, at the Knox Firemen’s Park. For info and registration form, go to www.esmda.org. For more info, contact Bob Lavoy at metal@nycap.rr.com or call (518) 356-0564.

19th – Lathrop, Missouri. 34th Annual Open Hunt sponsored by Mo-Kan Search and Recovery Club at the Lathrop Antique Show Grounds. For more info e-mail Terry Theiss at outboundace@hotmail.com, call Chuck Clevenger at (816) 436-0697, or visit the
club website at www.mokansr.com

25th – Pearblossom, California. 1st Annual Outpost Shootout co-sponsored by A.V.T.H.S. & the Outpost at 34141 116th St. E. The shootout is a day-long event, 9 a.m. –5 p.m., for those in the metal detecting hobby, veteran and newbies, and anyone interested in learning more about detecting & treasure hunting. There will be displays of metal detected treasures & information on detectors. Demonstrations will be given. Featured events of the day are planted coin & token hunts-some require a fee to enter. In addition, The Outpost and other sponsors will add more coins and prizes to the hunts. For more info, contact Scott Sandahl at sandahlfamily3@sbcglobal.net

25th – Taunton, Massachusetts. 2nd Annual New England Treasure Show sponsored by the Silver City Treasure Seekers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Bristol-Plymouth Technical High School, 940 County Street, Route 140. Adults $4, Seniors $2, Children 12 and under free. For more info, check out www.silvercitytreasureseekers.net or contact Steve Pimentel at (508) 971-1745 or e-mail vester1@comcast.net or write P.O. Box 818, North Dighton, MA 02764.

25th – 26th – Mt. Vernon, Illinois. The Tri-State Metal Detecting Club will host its Annual two-day hunt loaded with silver coins, unique hunts, prizes, raffles, and lots of fun! For more info, contact Justin Stevens at (618) 201-1853 or by e-mail at tds62864@hotmail.com

26th – 27th – Java Center, New York. Genesee Valley Treasure Seekers, Inc.’s 10th Annual Hunt at the Beaver Meadows Campgrounds. Prizes include detectors, and gold and silver coins. Events benefit the American Cancer Society. For more information, call John Howard at (585) 663-7368.

OCTOBER
8th – 9th – Cullman, Alabama. 37th Annual Deep South Open Treasure Hunt, sponsored by the Warrior Basin Treasure Hunters Association and Garrett Metal Detectors, at Smith Lake Park. Prizes will include gold and silver coins, metal detectors, old coins, relics and tokens. Discount cutoff dates are 6/10 (up to 35% discount) and 9/30 (up to 15% discount). Sign up a new guest and save another 10%. Contacts: Joe Box: ulozifind@windstream.net, (205) 640-4116, Cell (205) 451-7693; Eddie Bradley: eddieb@wbtha.com; Lawrence McKelvey: lmckelvey@charter.net
Get all the details at http://wbtha.com/HuntPages/DSTH/DSTH2010/dsth.html

10th – Belmar Beach, New Jersey. 23rd Annual Open Beach Hunt sponsored by the Deep Search Metal Detecting Club. For more information, visit www.DSMDC.org or contact John Helders at (732) 572-1367 or e-mail Russell at marketmanruss@aol.com for a registration form.

16th – Irving, Texas. The Lone Star Treasure Hunters Club will host its 36th Annual Open Hunt at the Mountain Creek Preserve from 8:30 – 4:30. Six hunts with lots of prizes, a cake auction, and a raffle. Headphones required. For more information, log onto http://www.lonestartreasure.com/LSTHOH201036th.pdf or contact Huntmaster Robert Jordan, 1705 Pecan View, Garland, TX, 75040, (972) 530-5832, e-mail bobby.jordan@tx.rr.com

16th – Aiken, South Carolina. The 1st CSRA Metal Detecting Annual Hunt, 10 a.m. Location will be announced by e-mail to all who register. Several nice prizes, including gold and silver coins and a metal detector. Come join the fun. Lunch will be provided. Visit
www.csrametaldetecting.webs.com for more info. Registration fee is $60 before Sept. 15th, $75 after. Call Joey or Kandi for more info at (803) 640-0755.

24th – Galveston, Texas. Houston Archeology Recovery Club’s 29th Annual Open Beach Hunt at Stewart Beach. For registration visit http://www.texascouncil.net and click on Member Events. Contacts: Buster Toland: 281-345-6899, gailrmt@sbcglobal.net , or byron_whitaker@yahoo.com

30th – 31st – Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Open Hunt 2010 sponsored by the Lancaster Research & Recovery Club, in partnership with the Susquehanna Valley Metal Detecting Club, at the Lancaster County Central Park’s Environmental Center. Registration starts at 8 a.m. each day. All silver hunts - one each morning and afternoon, rain or shine. There will be a Kids Hunt (up to age 12), a Free Fun Hunt, and an Optional Gold Hunt. Questions? Call Mike or Sue Race at (717) 355-0691, or e-mail msrace@hydrosoft.net

31st – Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s Open Hunt following the Lancaster Research & Recovery Club’s Open Hunt at the Lancaster County Park Environmental Center at approximately 3 p.m. The entry fee is only $50 and the Chapter will kick in $2,500 above your entry fee. Send fee to Mid-Atlantic East Coast Chapter, c/o Vic Kamer, 106 Elm Street, Sarver, PA 16055. Call (724) 295-3046 for more info.

E-mail upcoming events to managingeditor@losttreasure.com