MEMBER FEDERATION OF METAL DETECTOR & ARCHEOLOGICAL CLUBS, INC. Volume 41 Issue 6 June, 2016 YANKEE TERRITORY COINSHOOTERS Website: www.YankeeTerritoryCoinshooters.com FOUNDED JANUARY 1976 Articles May Be Copied Provided Credit Is Given The Author and YANKEE TERRITORY COINSHOOTERS Yankee Territory Coinshooters P.O. Box 1811 Hartford, CT 06144-1811 FIRST CLASS Official Newsletter Of MEETING PLACE: William J. Pitkin Community Center, 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, Ct. 06109 Meeting Time: 6:30 p.m. Room F3 MEXT MEETING: July 6, 2016 July Meeting Topic is a Detector Demo. Bring in your detectors, probes etc. Also upcoming FUN hunt—July 24, 2016 at Rocky Neck Beach info to follow. When out Detecting make sure you drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen and a hat
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MEMBER FEDERATION OF METAL DETECTOR & ARCHEOLOGICAL CLUBS, INC.
Volume 41 Issue 6 June, 2016
YANKEE TERRITORY COINSHOOTERS
Website: www.YankeeTerritoryCoinshooters.com
FOUNDED JANUARY 1976 Articles May Be Copied Provided Credit Is Given The Author and YANKEE TERRITORY COINSHOOTERS
MEETING PLACE: William J. Pitkin Community Center, 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, Ct. 06109 Meeting Time: 6:30 p.m. Room F3
MEXT MEETING: July 6, 2016
July Meeting Topic is a Detector Demo. Bring in your detectors, probes etc. Also upcoming FUN hunt—July 24, 2016 at Rocky Neck Beach info to follow. When out Detecting make sure you drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen and a hat
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Probe Special Feature: Member Profile.
Matt Dakin
Name: Matt Dakin Board of Directors, Club President YTC Member since April 8, 2008 Favorite thing to do besides MD’ing: Researching finds, And finding new equipment to try out. What machines do you own: Mine lab e Trac (primary) Garrett At Pro (backup/water) Favorite places to hunt-Water or Dirt: DIRT—Nothing beats finding an old property and getting an idea of its history and usage based on the items lost or dropped. If you could hunt anywhere in the world, where would it be: I’d love to take one of those MD trips
to England and try and turn up some Roman/Ancient/Bronze age relics, heck, I’d even settle for Medieval. If you could MD with anyone, who would that be: The Stealth Diggers or The Hoover Boys! They seem to have a blast while out detecting. Who is your favorite hunt buddy: My Son Joshua! What was the largest, quantity wise, find you made: Large amount of coins would be a roll of clad dimes. Largest dollar value wise would be the 1877 IHP. Strangest item found: Probably someone’s pet rodent buried in a coffee can, covered in colored foil(I
re-buried it!)
What do you like most about MD’ing: I like visiting new places and sites, finding unique items that after researching enlightens me with a whole new aspect or part of history I never Knew about.
Thank You Matt for the interesting Bio. Please submit your bio to the
newsletter Editor Now.
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Yankee Territory Coinshooters Meeting Minutes
June 8, 2016
54 Regular members in attendance 1 Guest 63 Facebook members
Next meeting is July 6, 2016
Announcements The meeting was started with a moment of silence.
There were 2 new members. Dave from Marlborough and Joe from Wethersfield. Welcome to the club. We had one guest, Dave Wise, a bit of a legend when it comes to finding and detecting cellar holes.
The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented. The April 13th balance was
$2,549.91+ Receipts of $999.00 – Expenses of $19.40= the May 11th balance of $3,529.51. Silver coin inventory - $27.25face value,0 Silver rounds, 9 Silver dollars and 9 Barber Half dollars.
The Secretary’s report was accepted as printed in the Probe
Please make sure your email address on record with the Club is current, as emailing is the Probe distribution method. If you have issues getting the Probe, please email Bruce Kramer with your current email address at [email protected]. The Probes will also be posted on our Facebook page.
There was one new Guest Book entries on the YTC website. Matthew Shea from Three Rivers MA checked in and said “Found you through MetalDetector.com email newsletter search for clubs. I live about 30min away and would love to join a club nearby. I've been MD since 1994, and up to today only used my Garrett GTA500. Just bought a new Whites
TreasurePro and already going great. Thank you.” Tedd from Tolland checked in and said “Have 2 detectors and 2 kids u13. Was looking for places to go. Thanks, Tedd”. An invitation was extended to both guys to attend the next meeting.
Facebook – a reminder that the club hosts a “members only” page on Facebook. The page is only viewable by YTC members and is a great way to share pictures, stories and coordinate activities. If you are not on our Facebook page, you are missing a lot of good finds and information from our members. Contact Matt Dakin or Mike Stanczyc to get added.
The Members Only Section of the YTC Website is accessible by all members through one username and password. Contact any one of the board members if you need access.
There was no new correspondence or FMDAC news.
Dave Bergeron dropped off an interesting article he had cut out from the April 14
th edition of the Journal Inquirer. The article was in reference to the dealings
between the author and a coin dealer concerning the value of his coins and had some advice about selling coins. If you are interested in the article stop by the head table and see Mike Stanczyc.
There are a couple beach hunts upcoming over the summer. Currently the hunt at Rocky Neck State Park is scheduled for July 24
th and will be hosted by Vince DiBattista
and the hunt at Hammonasset beach is scheduled for August 7th. Keep an eye out in future issues of the Probe and at meetings for updates as the hunts get closer
II. Old Business
Any club member may attend the executive board meetings. The meetings are usu-ally held the week before the regular club meeting. If you have an interest in attending, you can contact any member of the board for the date, time and place. Contact information for the board members is listed in the Probe.
The club has an incentive to attend the monthly meetings and other club events. Each time you come to a meeting or event, stop at the head table and get a ticket to fill out. Every meeting you attend or other event, you will get an additional ticket. At the end of the year a drawing will be held for one ounce silver rounds.
T-shirt and hat update: Dave G gave an update on the YTC hats and shirts. The shirt and hats have been completed however there was not enough time to pick them up and sort them out before the last meeting. The items will be distributed to those who ordered them at the June meeting.
This year is the club’s 40th Anniversary. We have an event planned for after the August meeting. We will be having the
is that hunt a is it hunt Madness Moonlightnd2
Moonlight Madness hunt.
conducted in the dark, looking for planted surface finds. The Board was looking for $200 to purchase prizes, based on approximately 40 people attending. The motion was approved. More details will be provided as we get closer.
We will be playing the “Metal Detecting Game” at the September meeting. For those who have not participated before, it is a board that is set up to simulate “digging” for prizes. It has been a lot of fun when we have done it in the past. If you have any prize donations to contribute, please get them to any of the Board members or Ken Faulkner, since he agreed to run it. More details to follow. Thanks Ken.
The contract is in place to continue to hold the meetings at the Pitkin Center for 2017. The meetings will be in the larger banquet room.
The Probe has been a work in progress and keeps improving with every edition. If you have any feedback, please let Bruce Kramer know. He is always looking for ways to make it a better product. Along those lines, Bruce has requested that people submit their biographies, if you want, to go into the Probe as a way of getting to know your other club members. We are starting with the Board members, but I’m sure Bruce would be happy to accept any entries. . fed and refreshed for the meeting, Bob Brock, John Cabral & Phil Skewes. We are looking for a new volunteers to take over the duties of making the coffee for the meetings. It is a great way to contribute to the club that is relatively painless.
B.O.N.E. hunt recap – this is an annual multi day hunt that is held in New Hampshire every year and is a combination of seeded and natural hunts as well as vendor and
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. New Business We have had some long time volunteers that have been helping with the food and drinks for the monthly meetings. Many thanks to those individuals who help keep us fed and re-freshed for the meeting, Bob Brock, John Cabral & Phil Skewes. We are looking for a new volunteers to take over the duties of making the coffee for the meetings. It is a great way to contribute to the club that is relatively painless.
B.O.N.E. hunt recap – this is an annual multi day hunt that is held in New Hampshire every year and is a combination of seeded and natural hunts as well as vendor displays. We had several members attend and some of the comments were that a great time was had, not much on the natural finds, same people show up every year, good friends, the seeded hunt was great. John Cabral won an Ace 150 and an AT Pro. The event was attended by John Cabral, Jeff Pelletier, Rich Walauski and Allyson Cohen.
Dave Wise commented on the Digging in New England (D.I.N.E.) hunt. Over $6,000 was raised for local charities. Jay Mahoney attended and found a KG1. Some other coppers and a Reale were found.
The P.O. Box was renewed for $82 for the year.
Richard MacRobbie has been feeling a bit under the weather lately. A card was sent to him with Best Wishes for a Speedy Recovery.
Jeff Pelletier had obtained some old P.O. Box covers. He has agreed to raffle one off in the near future with half of the proceeds going to the American School for the Deaf and half to the YTC club. The box is beautiful (see picture) and should result in a good donation to both entities. Thanks for the donation Jeff.
Dave G. is looking for donations of scout related items that were found at the Boy Scout camp hunt. He is looking to put them into a display to donate back to the Boy Scouts. If you have anything you would like to contribute, please see Dave. I am sure we can get enough neckerchief slides, looking for the more unique items.
Riker Boxes – Matt has purchased these in the past and is looking to see if there is any interest in doing a bulk order again. Please see Matt if you are interested. He said he has used them in the past to put together displays that he has given back to homeowner. Works great for getting additional permissions. They are also great at displaying you finds for friends and family to marvel at! (see picture)
Bruce Kramer has offered to purchase YTC embroidered patches (approx. 3 ½” round) and sell them back to club member with a portion of the proceeds to go back to the club. Let Bruce know if you are interested.
Upcoming meeting programs: June – Mike Russo will discuss a strategy on when to buy and sell your precious metals. He will also evaluate any jewelry you bring in and have ques-tions about, July – Detector Demo day, August – 40
th anniversary party with a Moonlight
Madness hunt & September – the Metal Detecting Game, we are looking for donations to fill the board.
The topic of discussion for the evening was presented by David Naumec and was our annual update on the progress on the investigation of the Pequot War. Several club members have been volunteering time over the past few years, helping the researchers out with their metal detecting skills. It was very interesting to see the continued progress.
The following individuals finished various levels of the Challenge Hunts: Matt Poling, John Cabral and Rick Yingling have completed Levels 1&2, Dave Gregorski and Matt Dakin have completed Level 2 and Roger Moyles completed Level 3.
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FINDS of the MONTH BOLD, ITALICS indicates the category winner
Submitted by Bill Wright
COIN Gold/Silver
Pre 1900 Bruce Morris 1776 Half Reale
Post 1899 Roger Moyles 1901 Barber Quarter Vince DiBattista 1937 Mercury Dime Ken Gudernatch 1941 D Mercury Dime Jim Mauro 1911 Barber Dime Other
Pre 1900 Dave Gregorski 1787 Fugio Cent Bob Brock 179? Liberty Cap Large Cent Matt Dakin 1655 - 1658 French Liard Coin
Post 1899 Matt Poling 1902 Indian Head Penny Token/Medal Bruce Peltier 1841 Hard Times Token Bill Wright Dept. of Weights and Measures Token Chris Kutschker Batting Cage Token from Salem Oregon
JEWELRY Gold John Cabral 14K Gold Ring Matt Dakin 14K Robert Pendant Silver Mike Stanczyc Central or South American Bracelet Dave Gregorski 1905 Sterling Child's Ring Ken Gudernatch Sterling Stud Earring Bruce Morris Sterling Amber Bracelet Matt Poling Spooky Lady Pendant Other Jim Mauro Egyptian Revival Broach Vince DiBattista Victorian Pin Phil Skewes Ring Richard Walauski Indian Pin Roger Moyles Pewter Ring
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Rules Clarification, Please READ………. For BOTH the FINDS of the MONTH and the YTC Challenge, any metallic item MUST have been found with The aid of a metal detector. The ONLY “eyeball” finds allowed are for FOTM’s Non-Metal category, and even those MUST have been Found while metal detecting (ie: not while out walking down the street)
FOM Continued
RELIC
Toy Jeff Pelletier Toy Derringer Bob Daniels 2012 Hotwheels Rescue Truck Robert Geren Hot Wheels Car Military Roger Albert Civil War Button Matt Dakin Sword Scabbard Attachment Dave Gregorski 122nd CT Regiment Lapel Pin Paul Ranieri Bullet Other Roger Moyles Lock Plate John Cabral Large Cent Whizzer Vince DiBattista 1930 License Tag Jim Mauro 1909 & 1910 Dog Tag Bruce Peltier Buckle Bob Brock Gold Plated Watch Case Consolation Prize Bruce Morris Religious Statue Ken Gudernatch Broken Piece of Knee Buckle Frame Matthew Poling Buckle
NON METAL Vince DiBattista I Love You Jesus Wooden Cross Paul Ranieri Water Pistol
Ken Gudernatch Plastic Dolphins Medallions String Neck- Dave Gregorski Eye From Stuffed Animal
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CHECKERBOARD Posted by Bill Wright
Bruce Morris: 1776 Half Reale – Found the day before the meeting in a farm field. Roger Moyles: 1901 Barber Quater – Another find from Glastonbury. This one looks like it had been in a fire.
Dave Gregorski: 1787 Fugio Cent – Found in a Park in Hartford. Dave did not realize what he had until after he got home and started cleaning. Matt Poling: 1902 Indian Head Penny – It pays to be the only entrant in a category. Bruce Peltier: 1841 Hard Times Token – Found at the same location that produced an 8 Reale. John Cabral: 14K Ring – Found at a Park near John’s house that has produced 10 rings, 2 of them gold. Mike Stanczyc: Central or South American Bracelet – Found at an elementary school. Mike figures it was too big to be lost. Was likely buried. Jim Mauro: Egyptian Revival Broach – Nice find at a location with several cellar holes. Jeff Pelletier: Toy Derringer – Found at a site while up in New Hampshire for BONE. Roger Albert: Civil War Button – Roger didn’t know what he had found until a friend in Arkansas told him it was an Infantry button from Civil War era or earlier. Roger Moyles: Lock Plate – Found at a depth of 8 inches in Glastonbury. Vince DiBattista: I Love You Jesus Wooden Cross – Found at a spot that produced 3 silver coins.
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2016 Meeting Dates
William J. Pitkin Community Center, 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, Ct 06109 6:30 p.m. Room F3 Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Wednesday, August 3, 2016, Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, THURSDAY, December 15, 2016
FOR SALE
Garrett Infinium LS Metal Detector. Purchase price over $1,100.00 new. This detector has never been used.. It comes with 2 sets of head-phones, 1 water and 1 land. Asking $800 but reasonable offers are welcome. If you are interested in this item contact Jeff Calzarette
Used Whites DFX Detector with extra coils and other items. Contact Steve Gudernatch
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2015 – YTC Challenge Results
Twenty-one members attempted to add silver coins to their yearly treasure. Every year I tweak the list a bit to reflect what’s actually being found lately, trying to keep items in their appropriate Level. Congratulations, and thanks to those who participated. Dave G. Level 1 (silver dime): Bob Brock, John Cabral, Jeff Calzarette, Allyson Cohen, Matt Dakin, Bob Daniels, Brandon Dan-iels, Vince DiBattista, Dave Gregorski, Steve Gudernatch, Mike Horan, Roger Moyles, Jeff Pelletier, Bruce Peltier, Matt Poling, Mike Stanczyc, Rich Walauski, Tom Wiczkowicz Level 2 (silver quarter): Bob Brock, John Cabral, Jeff Calzarette, Allyson Cohen, Matt Dakin, Bob Daniels, Vince DiBat-tista, Dave Gregorski, Mike Horan, Roger Moyles, Jeff Pelletier, Matt Poling, Mike Stanczyc, Rich Walauski, Tom Wiczkowicz Level 3 (2 silver quarters): John Cabral, Jeff Calzarette, Allyson Cohen, Matt Dakin, Vince DiBattista, Mike Horan, Roger Moyles, Jeff Pelletier, Bruce Peltier, Rich Walauski, Tom Wiczkowicz
A Short Story By Dave Gregorski
Over the years, I’ve shared a number of detecting stories where a new site had immense promise, on-ly to have my hopes dashed (and maybe the reader disappointed) when the ‘finding’ was poor. Well, on June 4, 2016, the ‘detecting faeries’ decided to even the score a bit. We ventured onto a flat 2 acres, probably part of Keney Park, abutting an older neighborhood. The
grass was quite high, with areas not so much, which is where I concentrated. At about the hour mark, I
experienced a first in my detecting career. I pulled out a Merc, the shiny edges showing from the dirt
clump. Nice. 2 feet away, another high-end signal, and another Merc came up! Another foot away, an-
other good signal…and the ‘greedy little David’ part of me whispered...’maybe another Merc’? And it
was! So within a full stride, 3 Mercs. Can’t wait until next March when the grass is packed down from
the snow, to return.
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Aid law enforcement officials whenever possible.
Leave the land and vegetation as it was.
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Remove all trash and litter, take it with you when
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Remember that all coinshooters may be judged by
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