The first organizational meeting was held
BCTH NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2007
Meetings:
All meetings are held at:
The Family
Bowl-Away,
We always welcome
guests.
For more information call Jack Barrett at (814) 752-2116
or Terry Taylor at (724) 867-5422.
Other club
information may be obtained via the club’s website at: http://www.butlertreasurehunters.net
NEWS & VIEWS
BUSY FALL!! This is certainly going to be one of the busiest Fall Seasons our club has had in recent years. September has already brought us a terrific monthly meeting with some awesome displays and great guest speakers. As one member who travels to a lot of other club’s meetings mentioned, the finds our members recover each month and put on display, rival any and all other clubs and what their members are finding. September was no exception and I feel the dedication and time spent in the field by our members, contributes greatly to each month’s success. Many of our members are very accomplished at using their detectors and the time spent searching only increases each one’s expertise. We welcome several new members that joined this past meeting. They are new to the hobby as well and I am sure will benefit greatly from the experience of our seasoned members who are always more than ready to share tips and techniques. The help we give each other goes a long way to contribute to any growth and success we have had in the past and will surely help considerably to keep our club improving.
Thanks to Jackie Walker for making the September meeting even more special, with her moving presentation about her search and recover dogs and her involvement at the Shanksville crash site back on Sept.11, 2001. Her presentation held each members attention and the display of awards her dogs and her have been given for the numerous times her and her group have volunteered their services to help others was inspiring. Our annual Fall Hunt on Sept. 22 was also another great success. The weather was warm, NO RAIN, and from the comments of all twenty plus members that participated, everyone had a fun time. Thanks to the members donations and finding business donations and the way our Hunt Master Terry Taylor planned and organized the various hunts, no one went home empty handed. Thanks Terry for a great job and thanks to all that helped with seeding as well as aiding in whatever needed done.
If all this was not enough, we have the FMDAC National Hunt and Expo coming up, the first week of November at Conley’s Resort near Butler of which we are the host club. A heavy, member participation from our club is expected and needed and I am sure you will be glad for whatever time you give towards this rare opportunity so close to home. Help with club activities is needed, a club information booth is planned, and all going well, I am sure some new members will find us at this event. Oh, enjoy the seeded hunts also as the FMDAC puts on the best anywhere.
With all that is going on during this busy Fall period, remember the October meeting will be the last displays for our Show & Tell and Coin Shooting contests. Hope to see ya at the next meeting, Best of Health and Detecting to All!!!
THOUGHT
One good reason for doing,
the right thing today,
Is how you will be seen,
Tomorrow.
Best Wishes & God Bless,
Jack Barrett
SEPTEMBER 2007 MEETING MINUTES
OPENING
Jack Barrett called the meeting to order at 7:10 P.M., followed by the pledge to the flag & a moment of silence for our troops.
GREETING
31 members, 6 guests (2 of them became members)
Joe Corrigan from Sarver
Kevin Fry from Midland
Melissa Deem
Rosalind Corrigan
Ray Rennick
Cheryl Kamer
MINUTES
Jim Hindman read August's meeting minutes. Motion to accept was made by Donna Thiel, seconded by Boobie.
STRIP TICKET WINNER
August Strip Ticket winner #882-Paula LaStrapes.
PAYMENTS
Harry Niemeyer $18.09 Postage. Motion to accept was made by Henry Thiel, seconded by Boobie.
HUNTS
The fall hunt was September 22. There were 24 members in attendance. Greg Miller proposed that the club donate $500 to the hunt, motion to accept was made by Paul Kramer, seconded by Andre LaStrapes.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Greg Miller gave the treasurer's report with a balance of $1,062.42 as of September 19th. Motion to accept was made by Clair Klingensmith, seconded by Gary Waddell.
FMDAC NEWS
The FMDAC Fall Convention will be held November 2, 3 & 4 at Connelly's on Rt 8 South of Butler. The hunt site will be at Jackie Walker's property in Glenshaw, PA. Speakers for the seminars will include Steve Dodin, Phil Doyle, & Diane Brandy. They are looking for someone to run the Free Kids Hunt on Sunday and someone to sell food at the hunt site--if you know of any vendor's that would be interested in setting up food booths, contact Jack Barrett, Vic Kamer or Terry Taylor.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Jackie Walker gave a presentation about her Search & Recovery dogs. She spoke about her involvement at the Flight 93 Crash Site. She's been working with the dogs since 1996 and it takes a minimum of 2 years to train each dog. As a club, we are very fortunate to have people like Jackie in our area.
Ray Rennick spoke about his display of Biblical Coins. Ray will return at a later date due time constraints with our meeting.
Kevin Fry, just being new to the hobby, found the remains of a revolutionary war cannon. The cannon was donated to an area museum.
RAFFLE TICKETS
$49 donated for the 50/50 raffle--Terry Taylor was the winner
of a Silver Eagle.
$29 donated for Vic's Silver Coin Raffle--Paula LaStrapes was the winner.
DISPLAYS
There were 11 displays.
BEST DISPLAY: Terry Taylor--coins, jewelry
BEST COIN: Henry Theil--1963 Half Dollar
BEST JEWELRY: Bob Brown--14K Gold Ring
BEST ARTIFACT: Dan Bollinger--Fireplace Cover
OLDEST COIN: Perry Smyda--1745 Half Crown from Great Britain
MOST SILVER: Joe Novastat--5
CONSOLATION WINNER: Larry Leathers
Judges: Joe Guerre & Andre LaStrapes
Attendance Winner: Clair Klingensmith
MOTION TO ADJOURN
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Bob Brown, seconded by Boobie.
BUTLER CLUB ANNUAL FALL HUNT
The Butler Metal Detecting Club’s fall hunt was held on Saturday September 22ND, 2007 on the Kathy Hilliard property.
My, My, What a beautiful day we had. The blue skies and snowy white puffs of clouds and the green grass made it a very enjoyable day to be out with friends again. I am sure everyone went home with more treasures than they came with. Of course someone planted a gold ring in front of me for a joke. They thought I would get excited and yell all over about it. They forget that I have seen a lot and been through plenty so It is quite hard to get me excited with a phony gold ring. Payback could be a rubber snake in the detecting pouch.
For those who did not make it we missed seeing you and are hoping you all can make the spring hunt. I knew Terry was good but I never knew he had good enough contacts to get the weather we dream about for this hunt..
Thanks to the hunt committee for an excellent day.
A New club in western Pennsylvania
We welcome the newest metal Detecting club in Western Pennsylvania.
They had their first meeting on the first Thursday of October. It was decided that their meetings will be held on the first Thursday of each month.
What is the name you may ask? There was a decision to think of and submit several ideas during the days following the meeting, than a vote will be made next month. All the present members belong to our club in Butler and will remain active B.C.T.H members. So if anyone lives near Beaver County, PA and if you are interested give them a call at:
Perry: home > 724-643-1842
Boobie: home >724-846-0107
Kevin Fry: home > 724-643-6133
FMDAC
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Hunt
The MAECC hunt will be held October 28th, 2007, at the Carlisle Convention / Expo Center, in conjunction with the GPAA Gold Show. The hunt field is only 2 blocks away from the Convention Center
Two hunts scheduled on Sunday. Rain or Shine. Registration is at 9:30 am with the first hunt at 11;00 am and the second at 1:00pm. The chapter will be putting in an additional $500.00
To register for the hunt, send a check or money order made out to Mid-Atlantic East coast Chapter.
Send it to the chapter secretary Terry Taylor, 241 Gerwick Rd, Emlenton, PA 16373
For more information contact Chapter President –Vic Kamer 724-295-3046 or email Vic by clicking on his name.
ADMIT YOUR ERRORS BEFORE
SOMEONE ELSE EXAGGERATES THEM
NEWSLETTER EDITOR:
Harry Niemeyer
73 McGovern Blvd.
Crescent, PA.
15046
THANKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO OUR "FALL HUNT" HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2007
Sincerely,
Jack Barrett, President
Butler County Treasure Hunters
691 Beers Road
Sigel, Pa. 15860
814 -752 -2116