South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesJuly 26, 2010

The SCTAA met on July 26, 2010, with 27 in attendance including 5 visitors and our guest speaker, Ken Henkel.Ken was invited to speak by former member Dave Packardwho thought we would all enjoy hearing him.Ken Henkel's program was an interesting talk about his metal detecting experiences ranging from his home area of Maryland to hunting opportunities in England to the Treasure Coast of Florida where he now lives.He assured us artifacts can still be found on the Treasure Coast occasionally (though it is harder now than it was a few years ago to find treasure).I think everyone enjoyed his talk and the numerous photos and items he displayed.Ken also graciously donated about eight prizes that were given away by a drawing of tickets.

Upcoming dates: August 14-21 - Myrtle Beach Trip(On Aug. 14 & 15 Andy Sabisch will speak to the group at dinner at Shoney's Restaurant.About 10+ members have signed up to participate.)

October 23 - Lake Lure Annual Hunt & Cookout

June treasury ended with $809.31.We paid out $25 for the on-line Flickr acct. that Donnie Bagwell uses to post pictures of monthly contest-winning finds.We collected Raffle - $70, Donation Can - $10,tee-shirt sale - $15.Closing balance is $879.31.

NOTE:As a service to the club and publicity outlet, Donnie Bagwell posts SCTAA club info. and minutes of past meetings at http://treasuredigger.net and Finds of the Month photos are at www.flickr.com/photos/sctaaLOST in Lake Lure per Tyrone - Man's white-gold wedding band

Betty Moffat won the gold 2 peso coin raffle.Our next meeting will be August 23, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JULY

(We usually have a number of ties.The first name listed is the coin prize winner, but everyone gets the points who placed in the ties.)

COIN - 1st - TIE - Haskell Staton

2nd- Greg Modzel

3rd - TIE - Harold Bell and Roy Evans

JEWELRY - 1st - Roy Evans

2nd - Greg Modzel

3rd - Haskell Staton

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Haskell Staton

3rd - Travis Aiken

MILITARY - 1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Haskell Staton

OTHER -1st - Roy Evans

2nd - TIE - Allen Sheriff

3rd - Bill Guthke, Darrell Mullinax, Haskell Staton

# OF COINS -1st - Maggie Moffat (616

2nd - Travis Aiken (592)

3rd - Roy Evans (446)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

The SCTAA met on June 28, 2010, with 33 members in attendance.President Randy Reece presented a program displaying his finds from a recent beach trip while giving information on his beach hunting methods.

Upcoming events:August 14 to 21 - Myrtle Beach Trip with Andy Sabisch as guest speaker for dinner on two nights (to be determined soon)

October 23-Annual Lake Lure Hunt & cookout lunch

May treasury ended with $712.81.We collected Raffle - $84.00, Donation Can - $12.50.Closing balance for June is $809.31.(After the meeting we learned that we needed to renew our Flicker account where photos of prize winners finds are displayed monthly at a cost of $25.00 per year.This was given to Donnie Bagwell who manages the web site and posts the photos.)

Joe Cantrell won the silver dollar coin raffle.Our next meeting will be July 26, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JUNE

(We usually have a number of ties.The first name listed is the coin prize winner, but everyone gets the points who placed in the ties.)

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COIN - 1st - Travis Aiken

2nd - Don Brewer

3rd - Allen Sheriff

JEWELRY - 1st - Everette Smith

2nd - Haskell Staton

3rd - TIE - Harold Bell, Terry Barcelona

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - TIE - Terry Barcelona, Roy Evans, Bill Rylands

MILITARY - 1st - Haskell Staton

2nd - Chris Phillips

3rd - TIE - Terry Barcelona, Everette Smith

OTHER -1st - Chris Phillips

2nd - Maggie Moffat

3rd - Roy Evans

# OF COINS -1st - Everette Smith (610)

2nd - Maggie Moffat (570)

3rd - Harold Bell (487)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesMay 26, 2010

The SCTAA met on May 24, 2010, with 26 in attendance including visitors - David Shirah and David Divert from Spartanburg.The program was a talk by Randy about Florida's Treasure Coast.When a projection screen can be obtained, he has an interesting video to show about the area.

Coming dates of interest:July 26 Meeting - Guest Speaker Kent Hinckle from the Treasure Coast (Invited by former member Dave Packard)

August 14-21 - Group hunting at Myrtle Beach

October 23 (or 30th as 2nd choice) - Annual Hunt at Lake Lure

April treasury ended with $659.81.We collected Raffle - $77, Donation Can - $11.On Tuesday I sent in seven additional FMDAC 2010 Memberships totaling $35 (one new member was asking for his FMDAC ID card).That makes the amended closing balance $712.81.

Roy Evans won the gold 2 peso coin raffle.Our next meeting will be June 28, 2010.

Congratulations to Donnie Bagwell who has a new granddaughter, Georgia Claire.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - MAY

(We had a number of ties.The first name listed is the coin prize winner, but everyone gets the points who placed in the ties.)

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COIN - 1st - TIE - Harold Bell

2nd - Allen Sheriff

3rd - TIE - Jake Phillips, Bill Rylands

JEWELRY - 1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Debbie Ellison

3rd - TIE - Roy Evans, Chris Phillips

WHAT IS IT? -1st - TIE - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Jake Phillips

3rd - Bill Rylands

MILITARY - 1st - Chris Phillip

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Jake Phillips

OTHER -1st - TIE - Harold Bell

2nd - Robert Weaver

3rd - TIE - Jake Phillips, Roy Evans

# OF COINS -1st - Bill Rylands (1,216)

2nd - Bill Guthke (422)

3rd - Maggie Moffat (420)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesApril 28, 2010

The SCTAA met on April 26, 2010, with 32 in attendance.One new member joined: Doug Byrd (brought in by Greg Modzel) .The motivational program, The Perks of Metal Detecting, was presented by Robert Weaver.

Doug Harrison, Harold Bell, Chris Phillips and Randy Reece manned a booth at the Easley Spring Fling on April 10 to promote our hobby.They displayed finds made in the upstate area and talked to a large number of folks and handed out almost 30 copies of our info. letter.

Upcoming dates:Myrtle Beach Trip - August 14-21;Lake Lure Hunt - October 23 or 30 (2nd choice).

We asked everyone to pray for Wayne Beddingfield, who is battling cancer on his spine.Wayne was present Monday night and feeling okay so far.

March treasury ended with $511.81.We collected Raffle - $110, Donation Can - $13,2010 Memberships - $25.Closing balance is $659.81.

Tony Pannell won the silver dollar coin raffle.Our next meeting will be May 24, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - APRIL

(We often have several of ties.The first name listed is the coin prize winner, everyone gets the points for that place.)

COIN - 1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Tyrone Phillips

3rd - TIE - Carter Mahaffee and Robert Weaver

JEWELRY - 1st - Roy Evans

2nd - TIE - Ralph Childers

3rd-Bill Guthke

WHAT IS IT? -1st - TIE - Darrell Mullinax

2nd- Harold Bell

3rd- Roy Evans

MILITARY - 1st - Tyrone Phillips

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Bill Guthke

OTHER -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Chris Phillips

3rd - Roy Evans

# OF COINS -1st - Bill Rylands (850)

2nd - Maggie Moffat (615)

3rd - Bill Guthke (507)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

The SCTAA met on March 22, 2010, with 25 in attendance.One new member joined:Greg Modzel.The program was a video presentation on metal detecting beaches.

With the help of Doug Harrison, we will man a booth at the Easley Spring Fling on April 10 to promote our hobby.We will display finds made in the upstate area and hand out our info. letter to those who are interested.

February treasury ended with $353.31.We collected Raffle - $71, Donation Can - $12.50,2010 Memberships - $75.Closing balance is $511.81.

Everette Smith won the gold 2 peso coin raffle.Our next meeting will be April 26, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - MARCH

(We had a number of ties.The first name listed is the coin prize winner, but everyone gets the points who placed in the ties.)

COIN - 1st - TIE - Haskell Staton

2nd - Tom Fiscus

3rd - TIE - Jake Phillips, Harold Bell and Darrell Mullinax

JEWELRY - 1st - Tom Fiscus

2nd - TIE - Harold Bell

3rd - Greg Modzel

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Carter Mahaffee

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - TIE - Maggie Moffat, Everette Smith, Tom Fiscus and Chris Phillips

MILITARY - 1st - TIE - Terry Barcelona

2nd - Travis Aiken

3rd - Tom Fiscus

OTHER -1st - TIE - Tom Fiscus

2nd - Don Brewer

3rd - Robert Weaver

# OF COINS -1st - Everette Smith (985)

2nd - Tom Fiscus (573);

3rd - Maggie Moffat (552)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesFebruary 25, 2010

The SCTAA met on February 22, 2010, with 29 in attendance including two visitors - Greg Modzel and Rick Smigel.One new member joined: Jimmy Fleming.The program was presented by Robert Weaver on the topic of Discouragement/Encouragement with some interesting highlights of his early days of metal detecting.

January treasury ended with $1,448.46.We collected Raffle - $87, Donation Can - $10.50,2010 Memberships - $25 and added $ .30 adjustment for a math error.We paid out the following:$1,217.95 for coins purchased at Coin Depot as prizes for this year.Closing balance is $353.31.

Tom Fiscus won the silver dollar coin raffle.c Our next meeting will be March 22, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - FEBRUARY

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COIN - 1st - Tom Fiscus;2nd - TIE - Chris Phillips, Harold Bell and Roy Evans

JEWELRY - 1st - Roy Evans;2nd - TIE - Darrell Mullinax, Tom Fiscus and Jake Phillips

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Harold Bell; 2nd - Tom Fiscus;3rd - TIE - Darrell Mullinax, Maggie Moffat and Haskell Staton

MILITARY -1st - Harold Bell;2nd - TIE - Haskell Staton and Erin Mahaffee

OTHER -1st -Travis Aiken;2nd - Tom Fiscus;3rd - Roy Evans

# OF COINS -1st - Tom Fiscus (1,161);2nd - Harold Bell (316);3rd - Roy Evans (285)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

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South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesJanuary 25, 2010

The SCTAA met on January 25, 2010, with 28 in attendance including one visitor - John Lowe. Two new members joined:Travis Aiken (brought in by Jake Phillips) and Thomas Fiscus (brought in by Harold Bell).Also Joe Cantrell rejoined at the Awards Banquet.Current membership total is 31.The program was presented by Randy Reece who reviewed the yearly contests and the treasury and use of money that comes in.The Annual Awards Banquet was a great success with 56 people attending.The Best Find of the Year Award winners were:1st - Roy Evans,2nd - Bill Guthke.

November treasury ended with $1,619.46.We collected Raffle - $80, Donation Can - $11, 2010 Memberships - $75.We collected $50 cash for raffle tickets we sold on behalf of Carolina Coin and Relic Assoc/Art DiFilippo. The Treasury ended with $1,835.46.HOWEVER - We paid out the following:$140 to FMDAC ($5 for each member who had paid up); $146.70 to The Awards Center for plaques for our Awards Banquet; $50 to Uncle Sam's Antiques for silver dimes to give everyone at the Banquet; $50 check to Carolina Coin and Relic Assoc. for their raffle tickets.The AMENDED Treasury ends with$1,448.46.(One outstanding bill for coins charged to personal credit card pending). NOTE:Sorry I have to amend treasury so often.It is very hectic trying to do so much during the meetings.

Tony Pannell won the gold 2 peso coin raffle .Our next meeting will be February 22, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JANUARY

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COIN - 1st - Travis Aiken
             2nd - TIE - Harold Bell and Don Brewer

JEWELRY - 1st - Everette Smith
                     2nd - TIE - Don Brewer, Allen Sheriff (3rd), Haskell Staton

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Darrell Mullinax;
                         2nd - Everette Smith
                         3rd - TIE - Robert Weaver, Don Brewer, Harold Bell

MILITARY -1st - Bill Rylands
                     2nd - Chris Phillips;
                     3rd - Ryleigh Mahaffee

OTHER -1st -Bill Rylands 
                2nd - Chris Phillips 
                3rd - TIE - Maggie Moffat, Don Brewer,

Harold Bell

# OF COINS -1st - Everette Smith (1,499) 
                        2nd - Harold Bell (426)
                        3rd - Maggie Moffat (305)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

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SOUTH CAROLINA TREASURE AND ARTIFACT ASSOCIATION

2009 AWARDS BANQUET

WELCOME - Members and their families and guests!

The winners of the treasure hunter of the year award are members who have supported the club in a variety of ways.Members earn points for attendance, making donations to the club hunt, returning a lost object you have found to the owner, conducting a program, bringing in a new member or buying raffle tickets.The points you earn for buying raffle tickets is on a sliding scale - the more you buy, the more points you earn.This year's winners are:

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5th Place Treasure Hunter-Darrell Mullinax

4th Place Treasure Hunter-Clem McNure

3rd Place Treasure Hunter-Harold Bell

2nd Place Treasure Hunter-Robert Weaver

1st Place Treasure Hunter-Maggie Moffat

The Treasure Finder Awards go to those members who have amassed the most points for their finds in our monthly contests.These folks are regular and consistent hunters who put time and effort into their search and have had it pay off with some excellent treasures found month after month.This year's winners are:

5th Place Treasure Finder-Roy Evans

4th Place Treasure Finder-Robert Weaver

3rd Place Treasure Finder-Darrell Mullinax

2nd Place Treasure Finder-Haskell Staton

1st Place Treasure Finder-Maggie Moffat

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU! Next meeting will be on January 25, 2010.

Find of the year winners.

1st Place  Find of the year Roy Evans

 

2nd Place Find of the year  Bill Guthkie

 

 

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association Minutes November 23, 2009

The SCTAA met on November 23, 2009 with 30 in attendance. The program was presented by Robert Weaver who explained cleaning methods and displayed some of the equipment he uses to clean coins and relics. Then Clem McNure shared interesting information about his recent trip to metal detect civil war sites with the Digging in Virginia group. We appreciated the useful information each man shared.

We have set the date for our Annual Awards Banquet for January 11, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Ryan's Steak House in Greer.

October treasury ended with $1,473.21. We spent $204 to finish purchasing coins for next year's contests. We collected Raffle - $89, Donation Can - $11.25, 2010 Memberships - $250. The treasury ends with $1,619.46. Ryleigh Mahaffee won the silver dollar raffle. Our next meeting will be January 25, 2010.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - OCTOBER

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COIN - 1st - Darrell Mullinax; 2nd - Haskell Staton; 3rd - Maggie Moffat

JEWELRY - 1st - Clem McNure; 2nd - TIE - Roy Evans and Haskell Staton

WHAT IS IT? - 1st - Don Brewer; 2nd - TIE - Haskell Staton and Chris Phillips

MILITARY - 1st - Clem McNure; 2nd - TIE - Haskell Staton, Robert Weaver (3rd), and Everette Smith

OTHER - 1st - Clem McNure; 2nd - Don Brewer; 3rd - Maggie Moffat and Haskell Staton
# OF COINS - 1st - Maggie Moffat (774); 2nd - Everette Smith (568); 3rd - Bill Rylands (335)




Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer

 

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association MinutesOctober 28,2009

The SCTAA met on October 26, 2009 with 30 in attendance including visitors:Travis Aiken and Terry Krueger who joined for 2010.

The program was nomination of officers for 2010.Two positions were vacant:Doug Harrison had to give up the vice-president slot due to out-of-town work and Dan Cagle passed away leaving a board member slot open.Nominations were made and voted on quickly with these results:Randy Reece - President, Maggie Moffat - Vice President, Rebecca Reece - Secretary/Treasurer, Robert Weaver and Harold Bell - Board Members at large.

Our annual big event, the Lake Lure Hunt was Saturday, October 24.We had 23 members who hunted and 35 people for the hot dog cookout. Everyone seemed to have a great time.Randy said "Thank you to all who gave donations of coins and prizes, who brought the good food and drinks, and who helped with set- up and close-up for the event."We especially appreciate that Tyrone Phillips can arrange for this great site for our club every year and devote time and energy to planting coins on the Friday before the hunt.

Pictures of the hunt

We have set the date for our Annual Awards Banquet for January 11, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Ryan's Steak House in Greer.

September treasury ended with $2,214.21.We spent $1,465 for the hunt and dimes for next year's contests.We took in $350 for fees, dues and raffles and $55 on the hula hoop field. We collected Raffle - $134, Donation Can - $10, 2010 Memberships - $175.The ammended treasury ends with $1,473.21. Darrell Mullinax won the gold 2 peso raffle.Ralph Childers won the raffle for the gold 2 peso and silver half-dollar which were unclaimed at the hunt.Our next meeting will be November 23.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - SEPTEMBER

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COIN - 1st - Haskell Staton;2nd - Bill Rylands; 3rd - Allen Sheriff

JEWELRY - 1st - Haskell Staton;2nd - Roy Evans;3rd - TIE - Bill Rylands & Ryleigh Mahaffee

WHAT IS IT? - 1st - Ryleigh Mahaffee; 2nd - Jake Phillips;3rd - TIE - Haskell Staton, Maggie Moffat, Chris Phillips and Allen Sheriff

MILITARY -1st - Roy Evans;2nd - Robert Weaver;3rd - Maggie Moffat

OTHER -1st -TIE - Haskell Staton and Chris Phillips; 3rd - Allen Sheriff

# OF COINS -1st - Maggie Moffat (911);2nd - Haskell Staton (332);3rd - Bill Rylands (132)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary/Treasurer