SCTAA September Minutes September 26, 2008

Our September meeting had 36 in attendance.The club program centered on finalizing plans for our annual hunt at Lake Lure, NC.The hunt will take place on Saturday, October 4, beginning around 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m.So far, we have 18 paid hunters and 30 signed up for the cookout.A motion was made to open the Hula Hoop Hunt to guests.The motion was defeated.

Upcoming nominations for officers was announced and a motion was made and passed that the

Present officers continue to serve in 2009.Tee-shirts that are on order will be given out at the club

Hunt.(Price - $10.50)Club dues for 2009 are being taken now and until Dec. 10, the cut-off date

So we can send dues and receive FMDAC membership cards as requested by the national officers.

Dot Derrick won the raffle for a silver dollar.Dennis Trotter won the raffle for a paid 2009 membership. The treasury ended with $2,033.58.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - SEPTEMBER

COIN - 1st - Everett Smith

2nd - TIE - Harold Bell and Ralph Childers

JEWELRY -1st - Roy Evans

2nd - TIE - Darrell Mullinax and Dan Cagle

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - TIE - Maggie Moffat and Darrell Mullinax

MILITARY -1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Maggie Moffat

3rd - Allen Sheriff

OTHER -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - TIE - Dan Cagle, Harold Bell, Tyrone Phillips

# OF COINS - 1st - Maggie Moffat (786)

2nd - Bill Rylands (640)

3rd - Harold Bell (526)

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SCTAA August Minutes August 29, 2008

Our August meeting had 45 in attendance - a great turnout! We had two new members to join on Monday night, along with several other visitors.New members:Frank Dudgeon and Dennis Trotter - Welcome to the SCTAA!

Club President, Randy Reece, shared with everyone about the good time the group had at Myrtle Beach.Thirty rings and other assorted treasures were found by the eight hunters.Next year we'll plan further ahead so more folks can take part in a fun outing.We are in the planning stages of our annual club treasure hunt at Lake Lure, NC.We will be announcing the date soon.

New member, Dennis Trotter, won the raffle for a gold 2 peso coin.The treasury ended with $1,553.68.We are planning another tee-shirt order.If you want one please call or e-mail us as soon as possible.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - AUGUST

COIN - 1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Darrell Mullinax

3rd - Everett Smith

JEWELRY -1st - Roy Evans

2nd - Dan Cagle

3rd - Harold Bell

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Robert Weaver

4-WAY TIE

-(2nd)-Maggie Moffat, (3rd)-Darrell Mullinax,

Harold Bell, Dan Cagle

MILITARY -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Darrell Mullinax

3rd - Bill Rylands

OTHER -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - TIE - Maggie Moffat, Dan Cagle

# OF COINS - 1st - Bill Rylands (1,115)

2nd - Maggie Moffat (917)

3rd - Everett Smith (403)

  

SCTAA July Minutes July 28, 2008

Our July meeting had 35 in attendance. Clem McNure gave the program.He shared his experiences at the Digging in Virginia Hunt he attended recently.We all found it very interesting and informative.

Club President, Randy Reece, reminded everyone that he will be vacationing near Myrtle Beach on the following dates and invites anyone who can to come metal detect with him or get pointers about beach hunting from him and others hunting together.Six people are sharing the cost of a beach house (hunt headquarters) at 176 Easy St., Garden City which is about 10 mi. south of Myrtle Beach.Three others are sharing a room at a nearby motel. The dates are:

August 16 -20 - Saturday to Wednesday noon.

If you want to meet up with club members to treasure hunt, give Randy a call a 864-271-3347 or 864-270-0378.

Maggie Moffat won the raffle (for the second month in a row) for a gold 2 peso coin.The treasury ended with $1,351.68.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JULY

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COIN - 1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Maggie Moffat

JEWELRY -1st - Roy Evans

2nd - Bill Rylands

3rd - Barney Bradley

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Allen Sheriff

3rd - TIE - Robert Weaver, Ralph Childers, Bill Rylands

MILITARY -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Everett Smith

3rd - Bill Rylands

OTHER -1st - TIE - Roy Evans - 2nd - Barney Bradley

3rd - Allen Sheriff

# OF COINS - 1st - Bill Rylands (1,050)

2nd - Maggie Moffat (992)

3rd - Roy Evans (961)

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SCTAA June Minutes June 23, 2008

Our June meeting had 29 in attendance.We welcomed two new members:Ann Cooper and

Deanna Brame.We talked about a group hunt at Myrtle Beach.Club President, Randy Reece,

Announced that he will be vacationing at Myrtle Beach on the following dates and invites anyone

Who can to come metal detect with him or come to ask him for pointers about beach hunting.No one made a commitment to come yet because everyone has to check their calendars, etc.The dates are:

July 7-10, 2008, Monday - Thursday and August 21-24, 2008, Thursday - Sunday

If you want to meet up with Randy, give him a call an 864-271-3347 or 864-270-0378.

Maggie Moffat won the raffle for a gold 2 peso coin.The treasury ended with $1, 258.68.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JUNE

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COIN - 1st - TIE - Harold Bell, 2nd - Everett Smith

3rd - TIE - Dan Cagle and Bill Rylands

JEWELRY - 1st - Harold Bell

2nd - 3-WAY TIE - Allen Sheriff

3rd - Chris Phillips and Everett Smith

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Robert Weaver

2nd - TIE - Chris Phillips

3rd - Bill Rylands

MILITARY - 1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Allen Sheriff

3rd - 3-WAY TIE - Maggie Moffat, Everett Smith, Bill Rylands

OTHER - 1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Maggie Moffat

3rd - 3-WAY TIE - Dan Cagle, Chris Phillips, Robert Weaver

# OF COINS - 1st - Bill Rylands (1,228)

2nd - Maggie Moffat (801)

3rd - Everett Smith (425)

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May 2008 

Our May meeting was a little low on attendance due to Memorial Day. We had 16 in attendance. Doug Harrison took charge of the meeting while Randy & Rebecca were away to Tybee Island for a week of beach hunting.

We briefly discussed Robert & Allen's hunt that was held at the apple farm. We would like to thank Robert & Allen for all their hard work that went into the hunt.

Check out this unplanted 1 reale that Dan Cagle dug at the hunt.

We also talked about the upcoming hunts in Roanoke Valley, Virginia in June and Warrior Basin, Alabama in October.

Doug presented a program on using caution when out hunting. Everyone contributed to the discussion about the hazards like heat stroke, bees, poison oak and ticks. We just need to be aware and prepared.

We had a salute to our veterans since we have veterans spanning more than 50 years of service, from WWII to Vietnam.

Roy told us that Donnie Bagwell had been contacted by a reporter from the Associated Press and did a phone interview about metal detecting and beach hunting and told her about Roy Evans and all his finds. Roy had spent the morning with a photographer who photographed his finds from Tybee Island. Nice to have celebrities among us.

Chris Phillips gave an update on the possibilities of our group getting to metal detect the area of "Old Pickens" SC. Still waiting to get the official word.

Voting on finds. After lots of ties and a little confusion; we got it done. Now might be the time to say how much we appreciate Randy and Rebecca for what they do each month.

Coin
1. Dan Cagle
2. Roy Evans
3. Harold Bell

Jewelry
1. Roy Evans
2. Dan Cagle
3. Barney Bradley

What Is It
1. Darrell Mullinax
2. Dan Cagle
3. Roy Evans

Military
1. Darrell Mullinax
2. Dan Cagle
3. Maggie Moffat

Other
1. Roy Evans
2. Dan Cagle
3. Darrell Mullinax

Number of Coins
1. Harold Bell 512
2. Maggie Moffat 486
3. Barney Bradley 321

16 people in attendance

Silver Dollar Raffle won by Ralph Childers

No birthdays

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April 2008 

Our April meeting had 32 in attendance.A few more people signed up for the Spring Hunt

which will be held on May 17 at the Garner farm in Moore, SC.The hunt fee is $30 and it is open to the public with a maximum of 40 hunters.There is still time to register if you were not at the meeting.
 
Everyone should start gathering about 9:30 and the first hunt will start at 10 a.m.The second hunt will begin about 11 a.m.There will be a time for newcomers to metal detecting to take part in a free hunt while being coached by experienced club members so they can gain skill in the hobby.There will be coin raffles and hula hoop hunts to raise funds for the club.We will finish by 1 p.m. so everyone can purchase their lunch on the way home.We hope everyone will turn out for the fun and festivities.

Harold Bell won the raffle for a gold 2 peso coin.The treasury ended with $1,364.76.The program was a discussion about the Spring Hunt. Jeff Loftis of Loftis Detector Sales was present and donated a number of nice items to be given away at the Spring and Fall hunts.Maggie Moffat donated a new Garrett Detector which will be a prize at the fall hunt .Brenda and Dan Cagle and Darrell Mullinax donated some nice silver coins and Donnie Bagwelll donated a pinpointer. These items will make great prizes. Thanks to all of you!

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS

COIN - 1st - Gerald Hutchinson

2nd - TIE - Everette Smith, 3rd - Dan Cagle

JEWELRY -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Everette Smith

3rd - TIE - Roy Evans, Dan Cagle, Bill Guthke, Allen Sheriff

WHAT IS IT? -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Allen Sheriff

MILITARY -1st - Darrell Mulinax

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Dan Cagle

OTHER -1st - Chris Phillips

2nd - Robert Weaver

3rd - TIE - Jake Phillips, Harold Bell, Dan Cagle, Roy Evans

# OF COINS -1st - Maggie Moffat (888)

2nd - Bill Rylands (732)

3rd - Everette Smith (605)

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March 2008 

Our March meeting had 32 in attendance. A number of people signed up for the Spring Hunt which will be held on May 17 at the Garner farm in Moore, SC.The hunt fee is $30 and it is open to the public with a maximum of 40 hunters.There is still time to register if you were not at the meeting

Randy Gatchel's Treasure Hunt of the Carolinas will be Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 29 & 30.

Brenda Cagle won the raffle for a silver dollar.The treasury ended with $1,036.76

Darrell Mullinax gave a talk on hunting for relics in Charleston, SC. He made the ultimate find in February - a Charleston Neck Slave Tag from 1850! Congratulations, Darrell!

We will continue to poll members about getting club tee shirts at next month's meeting, April 28.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS

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COIN - 1st - Everette Smith

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - TIE - Roy Evans, Darrell Mullinax, Dan Cagle

JEWELRY -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Everette Smith

3rd - Dan Cagle

WHAT IS IT? -TIE - Dan Cagle, Darrell Mullinax, Harold Bell

MILITARY -1st - Bill Rylands

2nd - Darrell Mullinax

3rd - Harold Bell

OTHER -1st - Darrell Mullinax

2nd - TIE - Jake Phillips, Maggie Moffat, Dan Cagle, Allen Sheriff

# OF COINS -1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Bill Rylands

3rd - Maggie Moffat

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Febuary 2008 

The SCTAA meeting had 35 people in attendance including 2 new members

and two visitors.The ending treasury report was $698.76.The gold

Peso raffle winner was Robert Weaver.

Randy Gatchel attended to present information about his upcoming Hunt

Of the Carolinas at Blacksburg, SC on March 29 & 30.

Darrell Mullinax read an article he wrote to submit to Western &

Eastern Treasures Magazine about finding a Charleston Neck Slave Tag

and other great items on a recent trip.

Robert Weaver presented his ideas on putting on a spring hunt in

Spartanburg County.The fee was set at $30 and approved by 15 members

that indicated they would participate.The hunt will be opened to the

Public with a maximum of 40 hunters.The date will be Saturday, May

17,2008.

Other business to be voted on next month:ordering tee shirts with

Our club logo or ball caps and adding a Pay Pal button to our web

page.

February Prize Winners

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COIN

1st-Darrell Mullinax

2nd-Dan Cagle

3rd-Jake Phillips and Chris Phillips (Tie)

JEWELRY

1st (Tie)-Dan Cagle

2nd-Bill Rylands

3rd (Tie) -Jake Phillips and Darrell Mullinax

WHAT IS IT?

1st-Bill Rylands

2nd-Harold Bell

3rs-Dan Cagle

MILITARY

1st-Darrell Mullinax

2nd-Dan Cagle

3rd (Tie)-Everett Smith and Jake Phillips

OTHER

1st-Darrell Mullinax

2nd-Dan Cagle

3rd (Tie)-Harold Bell and Everett Smith

# OF COINS

1st-Harold Bell (936)

2nd-Bill Rylands (733)

3rd-Maggie Moffat (574)

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January 2008
 

The SCTAA awards banquet was held Jan. 14, 2008 at

Ryan's Steak House.We had a great time with 49 attending.

The January meeting was on Jan. 28, 2008 with 26 attending. Jonathan

Brooke gave an excellent program on his research and knowledge of

World War I encampments at Camp Sevier in Greenville and Camp

Wadsworth in Spartanburg.

The closing treasury had $957.22.

The monthly awards follow:

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COIN
1st - Robert Weaver

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Tie:  Bill Rylands and Dan Cagle

JEWELRY
4-way TIE -1st - Tyrone Phillips

2nd - Bill Rylands

3rd - Maggie Moffat

Roy Evans

WHAT IS IT?-
1st - Robert Weaver

2nd - Everett Smith

3rd - Dan Cagle

MILITARY-
TIE1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Tie Bill Rylands, Robert Weaver

OTHER-
TIE1st - Tyrone Phillips

2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Tie Robert Weaver, Maggie Moffat, Allen

Sheriff

# OF COINS
1st - Harold Bell - 1,634

2nd - Everett Smith - 1,462

3rd - Bill Rylands - 1,138

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Awards Banquet 

We had our yearly Awards Banquet on January 14, 2008 at Ryan's Steak House in Greer. We had a good turnout with about 49 in attendance. The food was good and the fellowship was great. Below is a list on our winners.

 

Treasure Hunter of the year

1^st Place: Dan Cagle

2^nd Place: Brenda Cagle

3^rd Place: Clem McNure

4^th Place: Roy Evans

5^th Place: Robert Weaver

Treasure Finder of the year.

1^st Place: Dan Cagle

2^nd Place: Maggie Moffat

3^rd Place: Roy Evans

4^th Place: Harold Bell

5^th Place: Darrell Mullinax

Find of the year award.

1^st Place: Everett Smith

2^nd Place: Darrell Mullinax

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November 2007

The SCTAA met November 26 with 32 in attendance including three visitors. Visitor Brian Such asked for help finding a ring he lost at Jones Gap Park in northern Greenville County.

The Treasury ended with $1,982.91 as folks were paying dues for 2008. Everette Smith won the raffle for a gold 2 peso coin.

Randy spoke about finding property being remodeled and asking for permission to hunt it.

We will not meet in December. Our annual Awards Banquet will be held Monday, January 14, 2008 at Ryan's Steak House in Greer at 7:00 p.m. Each person will purchase his own meal and we will eat together in the reserved meeting room.

The first meeting of 2008 will be on January 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Rec Center.

The Awards Banquet will be at Ryans in Greer on January 14 at 6:30 pm. Don't forget to bring you best find to enter the Find of the Year.  Jeff Loftis has donated a Garrett Ace metal detector  to be given away. Thanks Jeff.

There has been a lot of good finds this year. Click here to see a few of those finds.




November Contest Winners:

COIN

1st - Everette Smith

2nd - Will Joyner

3rd - Robert Weaver

JEWELRY

1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Tony Pannell

3rd - tie: Harold Bell (won toss-up)

Roy Evans

WHAT IS IT?

1st - Will Joyner

2nd - Bill Rylands

3rd - Robert Weaver

MILITARY

1st - Allen Sheriff

2nd - Chris Phillips

3rd - tie: Dan Cagle (won toss-up)

Will Joyner

OTHER

1st - Allen Sheriff

2nd - Maggie Moffat

3rd - Robert Weaver

# OF COINS

1st - Bill Rylands - 1,243

2nd - Harold Bell - 1,019

3rd - Maggie Moffat - 849

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October 2007

The SCTAA met October 22 for our monthly meeting.
We had 22 in attendance.  The Treasury ended with $1,516.
We opened the floor for nominations for next year's
officers.  The incumbents were nominated and unopposed
so we will all continue to serve for another year.

Continuing his lucky streak, Frank Irwin won the monthly
raffle of a Silver dollar.

Everyone who attended our annual hunt at The Beach at Lake Lure 
 had a good time.  There were about 23 hunters
and around 35 for the cookout.



   
Monthly contest winners are as follows:

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COIN
1st  -  Dan Cagle
2nd  -  Roy Evans
3rd  -  Gerald Hutchinson

JEWELRY
1st  -  Roy Evans
2nd  -  4-way tie:  Tyrone Phillips (2nd)
                              Maggie Moffat (3rd)
                              Bill Rylands
                              Dan Cagle

WHAT IS IT?
1st  -  Harold Bell
2nd  -  3-way tie:  Gerald Hutchinson (2nd)
                              Bill Rylands (3rd)
                              Dan Cagle

MILITARY
1st  -  Dan Cagle
2nd  -  Maggie Moffat
3rd  -  Tie:  Tyrone Phillips (3rd)
                   Harold Bell

OTHER
1st  -  Dan Cagle
2nd  -  Roy Evans
3rd  -  Gerald Hutchinson

# COINS
1st  -  Bill Rylands -1,170
2nd  -  Maggie Moffat - 918
3rd  -  Tyrone Phillips - 503


September 2007

The SCTAA met on September 24, 2007 with 35 people attending.

The treasury ended with $2,202.91.

Our guest speaker was Butch Holcombe, publisher of "American

Digger" magazine and author of several books. Butch gave an

interesting and entertaining talk about his experiences in metal detecting over the last forty years.

Donnie Bagwell won the raffle for the gold peso coin.

Our next meeting will be October 22, 2007.

Our annual hunt at Lake Lure will be October 20 beginning at 9 a.m. and ending about 3 p.m. The entry fee for club members is $30. So far we have 20 hunters who have signed up.

Last years hunt field.

www.southcarolinaroadtrips.net/LakeLure

MONTHLY CONTEST WINNERS

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COIN - 1st - Roy Evans, 2nd - Harold Bell, 3rd - Everette Smith

JEWELRY - 1st - Roy Evans, 2nd - Everette Smith (tied for 1st),

3rd - Maggie Moffat

WHAT IS IT? - 1st - Chris Phillips, 2nd - Harold Bell

3rd - Jake Phillips

MILITARY - 1st - Jake Phillips, 2nd - Dan Cagle (tied for 1st),

3rd - Allen Sheriff

OTHER - 1st - Robert Weaver, 2nd - Roy Evans,

3rd - Gerald Hutchinson (tied for 2nd along with

Dan Cagle)

# OF COINS - 1st - Maggie Moffat - 1,049

2nd - Harold Bell - 720

3rd - Everette Smith - 667

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August 2007

The SCTAA met August 27, 2007 with about 33 people in attendance. The

Treasury ended the night with $1,774.91.

Robert Weaver presented a program on tips for competition hunting. Our annual comptition hunt at Lake Lure is scheduled for October 20. The hunt will open at 9 a.m. with the first hunt beginning at 10 a.m. Brenda and Dot will be running Hula Hoop hunts all day for $1 for each toss. Lunch will be served around 11:30. ( We have a sign-up sheet for anyone who would like to contribute something to the meal.) The 2nd hunt will be at 1 p.m. We will be finished about 3 p.m.

The Silver Dollar Raffle was won by Mike Henley, who joined on Monday night.

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AUGUST CONTEST WINNERS

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COIN

1st - Everette Smith

2nd - 3-way tie - Roy Evans, Dan Cagle, Bill Rylands

JEWELRY

1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - Bill Rylands

WHAT IS IT?

1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Darrell Mullinax

3rd - Bill Rylands

MILITARY

1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Maggie Moffat

3rd - Allen Sheriff

OTHER

1st - Tyrone Phillips

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - Maggie Moffat

# OF COINS

1st - Bill Rylands (1,443)

2nd - Everette Smith (921)

3rd - Maggie Moffat (825)

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July 2007

The Club meeting was held on July 23, 2007 and 37 people were in attendance. The treasury has $1,302.90.

 

Update on Penny Gilliam- No chemo or radiation will be needed. We were all pleased to hear that good news.

For the meeting, Randy had a display of the items that have been donated for the annual club hunt at Lake Lure, NC. We had a brief discussion about when to schedule the hunt. The members chose September 22 as the date of choice if available. Tyrone Phillips will be checking on that. The second choice will be October 20.

We will know more by next month's meeting which will be August 27, 2007 at 7:30.

Brenda Cagle won the raffle for the gold 2 peso coin.

TREASURE FINDER WINNERS FOR JULY

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COIN

1st - Bill Rylands

2nd - Ralph Childers

3rd - Dan Cagle and Tony Pannell (tied)

JEWELRY

1st - Roy Evans

2nd - Jake Phillips

3rd - Maggie Moffat, Tyrone Phillips and Will Joyner (tied)

WHAT IS IT?

1st - Harold Bell

2nd - Dan Cagle

3rd - Will Joyner

MILITARY

1st - Dan Cagle

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - Maggie Moffat and Darrell Mullinax (tied)

OTHER

1st - Dana Motley

2nd - Roy Evans

3rd - Bill Rylands and Darrell Mullinax (tied)

# OF COINS

1st - Bill Rylands - 1,273

2nd - Maggie Moffat - 848

3rd - Everette Smith - 662


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June 2007

The SCTAA club met June 25, 2007 with 33 in attendance.  The treasury has
$1,093.90.  Tyrone Phillips gave us a report on his wife, Penny.  Her cancer
surgery went well.  She returned to work quickly but for only a few hours
each week.  She is still tired and will not know if further treatment is
needed until her appointment on July 10.  They apreciate our prayers and the
gift of the raffle proceeds of $122.  Keep praying for her strengthening and
healing.

PROGRAM - Ron Newby, sales representative for Minelab Metal Detectors, gave
a very informative presentation on several Minelab models.

Metal detectors

Our next meeting will be July 23, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Rec Center.

Read the June 1992 Newsletter

TREASURE FINDER CONTEST WINNERS

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COIN:  1st - Dan Cagle, 2nd - Maggie Moffat,
           3rd - (tie) Haskell Staton & Roy Evans

JEWELRY:  1st - Bill Guthke, 2nd - Maggie Moffat, 3rd - Darrell Joyner

WHAT IS IT?  1st - Gerald Hutchinson, 2nd - Roy Evans,
                    3rd - (tie) Robert Weaver & Haskell Staton

MILITARY:  1st - Dan Cagle, 2nd- Darrell Joyner, 3rd- Darrell Mullinax

OTHER:  1st - Maggie Moffat, 2nd - Dan Cagle, 3rd - Haskell Staton

# OF COINS:  1st - Maggie Moffat (821), 2nd - Harold Bell (315)
                                 3rd - Roy Evans (220)

Viking treasure trove unearthed
 
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May 2007

The SCTAA club meeting for May had an attendance of 26. The treasury

has $1,151.57. Our next meeting will be June 25, 2007.

Randy shared with everyone the e-mail we has received from Tyrone Phillips,

past president, concerning his wife, Penny, having surgery for endometrial cancer on May 30. We ask that all be praying for them during this difficult time. Tyrone served as club president for 10 years and Penny faithfully served along side him as our club secretary. We will share updates as we get them.

Randy gave a program on helpful tips when beach hunting.

TREASURE FINDER WINNERS FOR MAY

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Coin - 1st-Gerald Hutchinson, 2nd-Everette Smith, 3rd-Tony Pannell

Jewelry - 1st-Chris Phillips,2nd-Gerald Hutchinson, 3rd-Harold Bell

What is it? - Robert Weaver, 2nd-Darrell Mullinax, 3rd-Dan Cagle

Military - 1st-Harold Bell, 2nd-Gerald Hutchinson,

3rd-Robert Weaver (tied with Dan Cagle)

Other - 1st-Gerald Hutchinson, 2nd-Maggie Moffat,

3rd-Chris Phillips (tied with Robert Weaver, Bill Rylands, Dan Cagle)

# of Coins - 1st-Bill Rylands (1,748), 2nd-Maggie Moffat (1,168),

3rd-Everette Smith (571)

Chris Phillips sent these pictures of some of his finds.

For the program we discussed suggestions from the officers and board on

ways to improve the club and the annual hunt.

TREASURE FINDER WINNERS FOR APRIL.

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COIN 1st - Harold Bell, 2nd/tie - Dan Cagle, 3rd - Bill Rylands

JEWELRY 1st - Roy Evans, 2nd/tie - Bill Rylands, 3rd - Darrell Mullinax

WHAT IS IT? 1st - Chris Phillips, 2nd - Dan Cagle, 3rd - Darrell Mullinax

MILITARY 1st - Darrell Mullinax, 2nd - Dana Motley,

3rd/tie - Dave Packard & Allen Sheriff

OTHER 1st - Chris Phillips, 2nd - Maggie Moffat, 3rd - Dave Packard

COIN # 1st - Maggie Moffat (1,134), 2nd - Bill Rylands (525), 3rd - Harold Bell (415)

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March 2007

We had attendance of 34 people at the March meeting. The club treasury has $886.12.

Darrell Joyner presented an excellent program about his experiences collecting antique beer cans. He was very knowlegable of the subject and gave us some interesting stories. Who knew old beer cans could reach a value of $20,000? THANK YOU - DARRELL!!

For more information on collecting beer cans visit http://bcca.com/


TREASURE FINDERS FOR MARCH

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COIN 1st- Roy Evans, 2nd- Allen Sheriff, 3rd- Maggie Moffat

JEWELRY 1st- Dan Cagle, 2nd- Robert Weaver, 3rd- Maggie Moffat

WHAT IS IT? 1st- Darrell Mullinax, 2nd- Dan Cagle, 3rd- Maggie Moffat

MILITARY 1st- Darrell Mullinax, 2nd- Roy Evans, 3rd- Allen Sheriff

OTHER 1st- Roy Evans, 2nd- Darrell Mullinax, 3rd- Maggie Moffat

COIN # 1st- Maggie Moffat (1,124), 2nd- Bill Rylands (362), 3rd- Robert Weaver (173)

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S.C. Low-Country Relic and Coin Hunt   Visit www.scdigger.com for details



After reading the April 1993 Newsletter I have decided to ad a Free Classified page for the club. So if any has anything thing for sale email me the details and I will get it posted.

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February 2007

The South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association met Monday, February
26, 2007.  We had a very large group of 42 people in attendance.  Several
new members joined, we are happy to report.

Our guest speaker Greg Toney gave a great presentation on his experiences
hunting at Stoneman's Switch, Virginia, a Civil War federal army winter
encampment site.  Greg, a college teacher, relic hunter and author, also had
a number of terrific artifacts on display.  Everyone enjoyed his program!!

Check out Greggs web site. www.scdigger.com
Ending Treasury Report - $757.11.

TREASURE FINDER CONTEST WINNERS
Pictures

COIN - 1ST - CHRIS PHILLIPS, 2ND - HAROLD BELL, 3RD - HASKELL STATON

JEWELRY - 1ST - CLEM MCNURE, 2ND - HAROLD BELL, 3RD - ROY EVANS (3-WAY TIE)

WHAT IS IT? - 1ST - GERALD HUTCHINSON, 2ND - ALLEN SHERIFF, 3RD - DARRELL
MULLINAX

MILITARY - 1ST - TYRONE PHILLIPS, 2ND - HAROLD BELL, 3RD - HASKELL STATON

OTHER - 1ST - JAKE PHILLIPS, 2ND - DARRELL MULLINAX, 3RD - WILL JOYNER

# COINS FOUND - 1ST - MAGGIE MOFFAT, 2ND - HAROLD BELL, 3RD - EVERETTE SMITH

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Is there treasure in the upstate of South Carolina? No doubt…but where? That has been a question that many have sought the answer and I have sought the answer to for over thirty five years now. There is a connection between my love for the hunt and my equal love for local history. I was born and raised in upper Spartanburg County near the tiny town of Campobello near the Greenville County line and on the edge of North Carolina. Being at the foot ofthe Blue Ridge Mountains I was constantly exposed to the old mountain cultures as well as the encroaching more modern culture which has/is slowly pushing out the old ways. Progress….is guess. However I would and do like to salvage as much of that other time as possible and to remember and try to preserve those memories in our minds and the minds of our children and grandchildren.. Some memories are good and some are not so good. Some of that bygone culture is better and some was worse than today.

 

One of the things that I want to share with you today is a bit about an area in northern Greenville County called “Dark Corner”. Is there treasure there?? I think so. Is it easy to find?? Probably not. So what about this “Dark Corner”? Well I have heard several stories about how it got its name. One local author claims that the notorious title was given to the area because the mountain people of the area would not agree to support the Articles of Secession and that the area was a Union safe haven during the Civil War thus suggesting that the people in the area “were in darkness”. Others say that it was because of the rampant manufacture and sale of moonshine whiskey, something that I was witness to as a young fellow. Riding in the truck with my daddy over the twisting dirt roads made me pretty nervous knowing the legends of the area. Daddy never let me know what we were doing over at the foot of Glassy Mountain but later I figured it out. Enough about this…..get to the treasure Bob.

In the early 1980’s a local gentleman named Harvey Scivedge wrote a little book about mountain people. In that book was the story of a treasure tucked away in the heavy mountains of upstate of South Carolina in the upper Greenville County. So sit back and read about this story as described by him along with some other things that I have added.

When the Civil War was over times were hard and there was almost no work. Reconstruction was the order of the day. A man could hardly feed his family. My great-great grandfather has seen his farm fall in value by two thirds. Liquor was a large part of the mountain peoples lives. They made it, drank it and sold it. Corn was raised on the river bottoms and ground into meal and made into mash and alcohol was distilled. Dray wagons went loaded with the stuff into Greenville and Spartanburg where it was sold to buy food and supplies. People who lived in this area were concentrated along places like Table Rock, Beaver Dam Creek, Devils Fork (present day Lake Jocassee) Hogback and Glassy Mountains, Caesers Head (Saluda Mountain SC). After the war the area was a hangout for outlaws and marauders. There are many legends of hidden treasure in these mountains. This is one.

A gentleman named Steve Munford came up from Charleston along about the year 1840. He and his wife bought a four hundred acre tract of land along the west side of the North Saluda River in upper Greenville County. He purchased three slaves and together they improved the land and the next eleven years it was believed with his inheritance that Mr. Munford had accumulated over twenty thousand dollars in gold and silver. With the Civil War looming it is said that Munford decided to take his hoard load it up and take it over on Dust Mountain and bury it to protect it from all the miscreants in the area. Munford being physically ill at the time needed the help of his slaves for that much gold and silver was far to heavy for him. Knowing that his slaves were afraid of him and would not dare speak of this endeavor, he threatened to kill them. So he took two of them with him. Blindfolded he gave each of them a large bag to carry while he rode on horseback with digging tools and an iron pot. He had the first man hold the horse tall, and the second man hold onto the first man. Though blindfolded they could tell that they were going in a winding pattern. After what seemed hours they stopped dug a hole and hid everything. After that he blindfolded them again and put them on the horse and he led them back to the farm house and again warned them not to speak of it.

As the war raged on plundering of the area was the order of the day. Lawless marauders calling themselves homeguard and militia but nothing more than both Union and Confederate deserters terrorized the area. Munford had definitely done the right thing in hiding his cache and waited for the end of hostilities. The close ofthe war brought no better climate. Reconstruction provided only a greater level of hostilities leading Spartanburg, Union and York Counties of South Carolina to be placed under martial law in 1871. Munford apparently never found the comfort that he needed to retrieve his hoard as lawlessness in the area prevailed. The law would not even enter the area. In 1885 Steve Munford died in his sleep leaving his treasure buried along the slopes of Dust Mountain. After his death his former slaves were no longer afraid to tell their story. They described their adventure. They described that they could hear water running over falls and when they made the turn. Twenty five years had passed and the only landmark that they could recognize was the sound of falls. The great thing is that there are only four five water falls in the entire area. It is said that Munfords grandsons opened up their grandmothers grave in search of the gold only to find a terrible stench and a skeleton. About fifty years ago someone dug all the graves in an old cemetery back in the woods near Dust Mountain. They had scattered the bones over the cemetery. All of these big holes dug all over Dust Mountain proves that the locals believe that the treasure is buried someplace there on the mountain. I believe that there is a treasure of twenty thousand dollars face in gold and silver and it seems “that it is almost as if this mountain and the ghost of the dead man was working together to keep this location a secret forever.”

Can you find it?

The South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association (SCTAA) met on Monday,
January 22, 2007. The program given by President Randy Reece was on the
monthly contest scoring rules.  We hope everyone will participate in the
contests this year. 

Upcoming Events:  FMDAC Spring Convention - May 4, 5 & 6, 2007 - Mesa AZ
                              10th Annual Treasure Hunt of the Carolinas -
March 24-25, 2007 - Blacksburg, SC
                              World Class Shooters Clinic & Match - March
2007 - Lake Lure -  See Tyrone Phillips


Ending Treasury Report - $668.11.

TREASURE FINDER CONTEST WINNERS
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COIN - 1ST - ROY EVANS,  2ND - ROBERT WEAVER,  3RD - HAROLD BELL

JEWELRY - 1ST - EVERETTE SMITH,  2ND - BILL RYLANDS ,  3RD - MAGGIE MOFFAT

WHAT IS IT? - 1ST - EVERETTE SMITH, 2ND - ROBERT WEAVER, 3RD - HAROLD BELL
(HASKELL          STATON-4-way tie)

MILITARY - 1ST - HAROLD BELL, 2ND - DARRELL MULLINAX, 3RD - ROBERT WEAVER

OTHER - 1ST - ROY EVANS, 2ND - HASKELL STATON, 3RD - EVERETTE SMITH (BILL
RYLANDS-4-way tie)

#COINS FOUND - 1ST - EVERETTE SMITH, 2ND - MAGGIE MOFFAT, 3RD - HAROLD BELL

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The last meeting of 2006 was on Nov. 27. We heard a report on the FMDAC fall convention at North Myrtle Beach and we voted for FMDAC officers. The SCTAA treasury has $1,398.71.

NOTE; Everyone is asked to please pay their 2007 dues of $25 by the next meeting, January 22, 2007 so we can send in our national association dues and receive our ID cards.

2006 Awards Banquet is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 at 7 p.m. at Ryan's Steak House in Greer. Please make plans to attend and don't forget to bring your Best Find of the year for the Best Finds Competition that night. For those who are new, we each buy our own meal and gather in the private room at the front of Ryan's for a time of food and fellowship and the awards presentations. Bring your family and come on!

Here is a article from our 1991 December newsletter written by Ray Hunt..

Treasure Found

A story concerning the real meaning of Christmas.

We all love to here stories of treasures sought for and especially those that have been found. Man has always searched for that which he considers to be of special value and the wise men in the book of Matthew were no different. most scholars of the bible believe the men to have been early astronomers from ancient Persia who somehow related the signs in the positioning of the planets and stars with the old testament prophesies of the coming of Christ. Some believe that they may have journeyed as much as two years before finally reaching Bethlehem where they found the young christ child, worshipped him , and presented him with treasures of gold, frankincense and myrrh. one can only imagine the joy they experienced at finding such a sought for treasure that they beheld.

John 3:16 says, For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

While many of the treasures of life that we seek for may be quite elusive, this is one that we can all find. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 Those who seek and find him today can be equated with the magic of old in that they are truly wise men!
Ray Hunt

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Nov. Winners

Coin - 1st - Everette Smith, 2nd - (tie)Ralph Childers, Dan Cagle, Lloyd Derrick

Jewelry - 1st - Maggie Moffat, 2nd - (tie) Lloyd Derrick, Bill Rylands

 What is it? - 1st - Chris Phillips, 2nd - (tie) Everette Smith, Harold Bell, Lloyd Derrick

Military Relic - 1st - Doug Harrison, 2nd - (tie) Chris Phillips, Lloyd Derrick, Darrell Mullinax

Other - 1st - Jake Phillips, 2nd - Allen Sheriff, 3rd - Lloyd Derrick

 Coin Count - 1st - Bill Rylands (1,573), 2nd - Maggie Moffat (996), 3rd - Everette Smith (845)

November 2006

Welcome to the November addition of the SCTAA Club blog. If you didn’t attend our last meeting you missed a good program by Rev. Robert Ivey from Gaffney a Revolutionary War re-enactor. I always thought about battles when someone spoke about re-enacting but after seeing Robert I have a new view about re-enactors. Robert portrayed a S.C. patriot and hero William Jasper who was a member of the 2nd S.C. Continentals regiment. Robert brought along a sponge-staff, an original 3^rd addition Brown Bess riffle and a period Bible. Click here for a short story about William Jasper. This story basically describes the presentation that Robert portrayed.

I have created a category for our club directory which is password protected. You should have received the password in a separate email from me if not email me  and I will send you a password.

Other business included plans for the annual Awards Banquet which will be at Ryan’s Steak house in Greer on Monday, 8 2007. We also talked about the FMDAC fall convention that will be on November 10 – 12. We have several members that will be attending this hunt. We hope one of our members brings home the grand prize.

 

Most important was the election of new officers. All officers were re-elected for the upcoming year.

I have added several pictures of the hunt that Darrell took. Click here to view.

If you would like to see pictures of the finds of the month for October click here.

Click here to read the February 1992 newsletter.

Our next meeting will be November 27, 2006

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Below is an article taken from our February 92 newsletter written by Mike Lee


                                                                                                       Keep a Log of your Finds

  

I would like to welcome everyone to the SCTAA Club Blog. I will try to post information each month about our meetings and activities. I need all the help I can get so please give me suggestions and stories to use in our club blog. I also would encourage you to become an author and start your own personal blog and tell us about your metal detecting trips and your thoughts on anything else that you would like to share with us.

 

I will be posting some of our old newsletters if anyone is interested in reading them. The graphics may not show up because of software changes. I have also started a club Photo Album on Kodak.com. If anyone has any pictures they would like to add, E-mail them to me and I will upload them.

 

This year is our 18^th anniversary and I think we have come a long way. A lot of friends have been made with lots of fun and some great finds.

 

Just a reminder that hunting season is approaching here in South Carolina and it would be a good idea to stay away from these areas and not interfere with the hunters since their season is so short and to keep from getting shot.

 

We had a good turn-out at our club hunt Saturday. The weather was beautiful, it did get a little cool for a while but over all it was great. There were about 32 present and 22 hunters.

 

Our first hunt was the Poker Hunt. We started hunting at 10:15 and hunted about 30 minutes. Tyrone won this hunt with 3 Kings. Tyrone also found a card from last years Poker Hunt. We would like to thank Dan & Brenda for sponsoring this hunt.

 

After the first hunt we had lunch with some great tasting hot dogs, beans, pasta salad and some good looking deserts.

 

Our second hunt (Token Hunt) started a 1:00 and lasted 45 minutes. It was silver dimes, silver quarters, silver half & tokens. All of the tokens were found except for one. I found a little treasure chest filled with dimes and a note for a special prize (Eisenhower dollar, two Susan B. Anthony’s and four Kennedy half’s.) planted by Dan & Brenda. Thanks.

 

We would like to thank all who donated coins and prizes and for everyone who brought and prepared the food. Thanks to Tyrone for getting the beach and preparing the field and planting the coins. Thanks to Randy for all the work that went into this hunt and for planting the tokens. 

Let’s get started early! Start thinking about next years hunt and if anyone has any ideas or suggestion let Randy know.

Donnie

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This is a reprint from one of our old newsletter.

Breakfast Club

 

As usual most all my excursions begin with the Breakfast Club at Hardees, McDonalds or café in the areas I have planned to hunt. A few weeks ago while downing the energy for the day’s hunt I could here several conversations going on. Nothing really interesting until an older gentlemen asked if the new owners of the old Presbyterian Church were going to tear it down. The response to his question was no, they were just beginning to renovate it.  I am all ears now and ready for more information. Sure enough several gentlemen sitting close by joined the conversation. In approximately the time it would take to get your detector in the car I had found out a few of the activities that had taken place both inside and out, how old the building was, what it was used for and what was it going to become. Where is it? Who are the new owners? Would you like to join? Before I forget it was built in 1880!

 

Directions Given, Thank You, I hunt old coins with a metal detector, sounds like a good place to find some. Several agreed. Wonder who you would need to see about getting permission to get on the property? Me I’m the care taker and the new owners are from out of town. Permission granted along with some other leads that I will follow up on at a later date.

 

You also can pick up leads this way. Seat yourself with the breakfast club, don’t sit in the deserted area all by yourself say good morning and start eating. It’s easy to listen this way. Sure sometimes nothing of interest is being discussed. That’s when you mention your hobby and ask a few questions. Keep in mind these people live in the area and have a lot of information that you won’t find in any library or book. Remember you found something of importance in your research or you would not be in the area to begin with. Why not add the breakfast club along with your research. You’ll be glad you did.

 

Jimmy Cochran

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September Meeting

Attendance - 37 including 4 visitors.

 Program - Info about hunting in England. 

Lake Lure Hunt scheduled for Oct. 21.  So far 23 members have entered at $30 each.  The club will match each entry fee by adding $15 worth of silver for each entry.  A number of  members have donated nice items for the hunt, so we expect a great time for all.  A lot of folks have volunteered to bring food items for our hot dog cookout.

 

Upcoming Event - FMDAC National Convention at North Myrtle Beach, SC - Nov. 10, 11, 12, 2006

Raffle of Gold Peso Winner - Thomas Waters 

Monthly Contest Winners - Coin - 1st - Dan Cagle, 2nd - Lloyd Derrick, 3rd - Will Joyner

              Jewelry - 1st - Lloyd Derrick, 2nd - Roy Evans, 3rd - Harold Bell

              What is it? - 1st - Chris Phillips, 2nd - Brenda Cagle, 3rd - Lloyd Derrick

              Military - 1st - Darrell Mullinax, 2nd - Dan Cagle, 3rd - Lloyd Derrick

              Other - 1st - Dan Cagle, 2nd - Will Joyner, 3rd - Roy Evans

               # of Coins - 1st - Maggie Moffat (1,003), 2nd - Harold Bell (624), 3rd - Everette Smith (559)

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 My friend Jimmy and I decided that we would go on a day trip to Charleston SC to hunt the beach with our metal detectors at the Isle of Palms on Sunday of Labor Day weekend. We invited our wives Teresa & Terri to go along for the ride. Terri and I met Jimmy & Teresa at their home around 6:30am for the trip. After a short stop for breakfast we were on our way for a day of fun.

 

 We arrived in Charleston at about 10:30 and took Teresa & Terri downtown to the Market. Armed with cash and debit cards they were off to their own treasure hunt.

We agreed to pick them up at 5:30 and have dinner before heading home.

 

 We finally arrived at the County Park paid our $5 all day parking fee and entered the beach through the park. We decided to go right under the pier and hunt in front of the hotels. This was my first trip here and I was surprised that the beach was so wide. I turned on my Minelab Explorer and started hunting the waters edge and it seemed like a half hour before I found my first coin a corroded zinc penny. I hunted for another hour and half finding only the occasional coin and pull tab.

 

 I decided to go back over and hunt in front of the county park. This side was packed with lots sunbathers making it a little hard to hunt. My first find there was a silver skull ring at about two inches deep. I hunted for about ½ hr here finding only a few coins. Jimmy showed up and we decided to go back to the other side and hunt toward the local grill for a burger. I was ready for a break.

 After lunch we started hunting the beach just past the hotels in front of the condos. We were digging more coins here that were older and deeper. I received a signal that sounded like a pull tab. I removed one scoop of sand and I could see part of a silver chain. I gently pull it and out popped a three diamond pendant. After a closer look I could tell that it was not real diamonds. Just my luck. I found about 40 coins in all and Jimmy found about the same number of coins and a silver ring with his Fisher CZ-6.  We hunted until 4:00 or a little after and figured it was time to go find our wives.

 

After we picked up our wives and finished showing them our finds. Terri said look at this ring that I found on the sidewalk. An emerald ring with 8 little diamonds. Better than any thing that Jimmy and I found. Go figure.

 

Next hunt local State Park swimming beach.

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