THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER BY WILLIAM PURKEY CLUB NEWSLETTER JUNE 2013 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 Greetings, ONSD Members, For those members who missed the May 25 th seeded hunt and picnic/covered dish lunch, you missed a most enjoyable meeting. The event was the largest and most delightful event in ONSD history. I counted 33 coils on the ground. Many thanks to the following members who made the happy gathering so enjoyable. With everyone's appreciation to the following members for both the club hunt on May 11th and the May 25th ONSD gathering. Jim Spivey, Special Projects Chair, for reserving the shelters, purchasing prizes, planting the tokens, bringing the tent, table, and banner, and many other activities too numerous to mention. Jim has also volunteered, along with Jeffery Blackburn, to present an ONSD Display at the Mendenhall Plantation Fair on July 20. Thanks, Jim. Becky Craddock, Vice-President, for supervising the picnic, buying the delicious fried chicken, arranging drinks, and bringing all the forks, spoons, napkins and dong other jobs that create a great picnic/lunch. Thanks, Becky Robert Underwood, Secretary, for reconnoitering several promising club hunt sites. Thanks, also, for responding to a call of help in finding a lost ring. Thanks, Robert. Carole Kaplan, ONSD Newsletter Editor, for producing a first-class ONSD Newsletter. Please send Carole interesting items at [email protected]. Carole has also volunteered to explore the opportunity to equip each club member with a personalized business card. Thanks, Carole Rodney Joslin, ONSD Communications Chair, for locating an excellent site and gaining permission for a club hunt, on May 11. It was a very successful club hunt. Rodney also came early on May 25 to help set everything up. Thanks, Rodney. Tim Key, ONSD Photographer. for giving up the seeded hunt in order to take a lot of photos. Tim also has his eye on several promising hunt sites. Thanks, Tim. Ron Washburn, ONSD Treasurer, for the efficient and highly professional management of all club funds. We continue to gain new members which involves detailed record-keeping. Thanks, Ron, and congratulations on finding the $100 Grand Prize! Jeremy Brown, ONSD Web Master, for working hard to update and polish our ONSD web page at www.onsdclub.com . Please visit and see his excellent work. Thanks Jeremy
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THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER
BY WILLIAM PURKEY
CLUB NEWSLETTER JUNE 2013
VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
Greetings, ONSD Members, For those members who missed the May 25th seeded hunt and picnic/covered dish lunch, you missed a most enjoyable meeting. The event was the largest and most delightful event in ONSD history. I counted 33 coils on the ground. Many thanks to the following members who made the happy gathering so enjoyable. With everyone's appreciation to the following members for both the club hunt on May 11th and the May 25th ONSD gathering. Jim Spivey, Special Projects Chair, for reserving the shelters, purchasing prizes, planting the tokens, bringing the tent, table, and banner, and many other activities too numerous to mention. Jim has also volunteered, along with Jeffery Blackburn, to present an ONSD Display at the Mendenhall Plantation Fair on July 20. Thanks, Jim. Becky Craddock, Vice-President, for supervising the picnic, buying the delicious fried chicken, arranging drinks, and bringing all the forks, spoons, napkins and dong other jobs that create a great picnic/lunch. Thanks, Becky Robert Underwood, Secretary, for reconnoitering several promising club hunt sites. Thanks, also, for responding to a call of help in finding a lost ring. Thanks, Robert. Carole Kaplan, ONSD Newsletter Editor, for producing a first-class ONSD Newsletter. Please send Carole interesting items at [email protected] . Carole has also volunteered to explore the opportunity to equip each club member with a personalized business card. Thanks, Carole Rodney Joslin, ONSD Communications Chair, for locating an excellent site and gaining permission for a club hunt, on May 11. It was a very successful club hunt. Rodney also came early on May 25 to help set everything up. Thanks, Rodney. Tim Key, ONSD Photographer. for giving up the seeded hunt in order to take a lot of photos. Tim also has his eye on several promising hunt sites. Thanks, Tim. Ron Washburn, ONSD Treasurer, for the efficient and highly professional management of all club funds. We continue to gain new members which involves detailed record-keeping. Thanks, Ron, and congratulations on finding the $100 Grand Prize! Jeremy Brown, ONSD Web Master, for working hard to update and polish our ONSD web page at www.onsdclub.com. Please visit and see his excellent work. Thanks Jeremy
…and many thanks to the wonderful spouses and cooks. The covered dishes at the Picnic were absolutely delicious. There were delicious salads, side dishes, and five fabulous homemade cakes. This was topped off with a churn of homemade ice cream. It doesn’t get much better than this. Many thanks to everyone! Looking forward to seeing everyone at our June 29th meeting at the East Coast Wings & Grill. Please bring one of your most interesting /unusual/historic “best” finds uncovered since June 1, 2013. A prize will be awarded.
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Like I always tell those who I help, someday someone will help me out and today was definitely one of those days. Please see pictures of a happy boy and a very special person who helped make him very happy. William please please don’t forget to send me information for a donation. Thank you, Daniel Forlano”.
OUR CLUB TO THE RESCUE
On June 8th we received a message from Daniel Forlano advising us that his son lost his football ring in a pond somewhere in a 5ft x 5ft area. He was very stressed. He told us that it was in the Cardinal area of Greensboro and asked for our help. Ron Washburn came out to help as he does scuba and has dredging equipment. Here is the letter from Daniel Forlano to our club…. “Thank you to all that helped. Ron came out and it was a great sign right from the beginning because we discovered Ron was Christopher’s (son) SRO in Middle School. Chris remembered him speaking to the kids about recoveries.
Ron patient and as promised found a great deal of other things in the water before finding Christopher’s ring. To see my son’s relief when Ron found it was priceless. William please let me know how I can donate money to your organization. Finding your organization as they say was priceless. While the ring is worth a large sum of money it is priceless to my son and any of his teammates that have the ring. It is a great service you provide to the community to help those who lost something priceless to them.
TREASURER’S REPORT AS OF JUNE 19, 2013
Starting Balance: $1625.04
Income:
5/25/13 Membership dues collected 150.00
5/25/13 Patches sold 4.00
5/31/13 Interest earned .07
Total Income 154.07
Balance $1779.11
Expenses:
5/25/13 Seeded Hunt 100.00
5/25/13 Food for Picnic 40.00
6/19/13 Ending Balance: $1639.11
UPCOMING JUNE MEETING
June should be a great month for hunting. The ground is moist and the temperature is moderate. To make this month of June interesting, a beautiful mint-proof Mexican silver dollar will be awarded at the June 29th meeting to the member who digs the most interesting/historic/humorous/unusual find (Judges Choice) during the month of June 2013. Please bring whatever you find to the meeting. You never know who will win the silver dollar. Our program will consist of stories members tell about their finds. It should be a fun meeting. ONSD Meeting Agenda 50/50 Raffle Tickets available prior to the meeting
1. 9:00 am Call to Order
2. Introduce Guests
3. Read Code of Ethics
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Standing Committee Reports
6. President’s Report
Schedule of Events
Gold & Silver Expo in Charlotte
Family History Fair in Raleigh
Search for lost ring story
Joe Rappa Site
Media Company in New York
MFDAC Membership
7. Presentation of the first Randy Woolbright
Community Service Award.
8. Program: Stories of finding treasures 2013
9. Judges Choice Award
10. 50/50 winner announcement
11. Adjournment
Happy Hunting, William Purkey, Presidenet
CLUB HAPPENINGS….
ANNUAL VILLAGE FAIR AT MENDENHALL PLANTATION
The Club has been invited to be an exhibitor at the Annual Village Fair at Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, Saturday, July 20 from 10:00 a,m/) until 4:00 p.m. This is wonderful opportunity for the club to staff a table and make good friends for ONSD.
Please let our President, William Purkey, [email protected] know if you are interested in providing leadership to display finds, demonstrate equipment, and make some very valuable connections with local folk.
Gold & Treasure Expo Charlotte, NC There is a Gold and Treasure Expo taking place in Charlotte, NC on September 13-14, 2013. Attendance is free (1 per email address) if you sign up at least 2 weeks in advance. Please see the following link for information. http://www.goldprospectors.org/Events/GoldandTreasureExpo/tabid/62/Default.aspx When you get to the site click on Events and go from there. They will have manufacturer's reps there with various brands of detectors for demonstration and hands-on trials. Members who are interested may want to consider riding together. It will be discussed at upcoming meetings.
0NSD MEETING MINUTES 5-25-13 ATTENDANCE: WILLIAM PURKEY, BECKY AND SKYLAR CRADDOCK, TIM PIERCE, RON WASHBURN, ROBERT UNDERWOOD, JIM SPIVEY, TIM KEY, RODNEY JOSLIN, JEREMY BROWN, DAN KAUPPILA, CAROLE AND MAL KAPLAN, SUSAN NEUBAUER, NORM BIRDSALL, T.E. METZ, AMY GERMUTH, ROBERT COOK, JEFFREY BLACKBURN, JOHN YOUNG, DAVID PAYNE, PAT AND JEANNIE ROMANO, TERRY SHARPE, WAYNE CLODFELTER, BOB GRAZIOSO, KENNETH KIRK, JACKIE DOLLAR, BILL BOOKOUT, JODY SANDERS, RALPH NELSON GUESTS: REBA BIRDSALL, SHIRLEY BURROW, DONNA MARCUM AND ERIC MARCUM- BOTH JOINED, NOLAN WEILER- JOINED, JAMES PRETTYMAN-JOINED, ROGER LEIPF-JOINED. CODE OF ETHICS: ROBERT UNDERWOOD-SECRETARY TREASURER’S REPORT: RON WASHBURN- FINAL TREASURY BALANCE IS $1625.04. OLD BUSINESS (COMMITTEE REPORTS): *SECRETARY: ROBERT UNDERWOOD- RECON OF JOE RAPPA WAGONROAD SITE OFF HIGHWAY 220 NORTH AND FARRAR STORE ROAD NEAR STOKESDALE, NC (LATER CONDUCTED WITH LANDOWNERS WITH A MORE COMPLETE SURVEY NEEDED USING DETECTORS AS A POSSIBLE FUTURE CLUB HUNT). *NEWSLETTER EDITOR: CAROLE KAPLAN- FIRST NEW ONSD CLUB NEWSLETTER CAME OUT 5-22-13 WITH EVENTS OF PAST TWO MONTHS. *CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER: TIM KEY- NOW IN CHARGE OF CLUB EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY (INCLUDING 5-25-13 OAK HOLLOW LAKE PICNIC AND TREASURE HUNT) FOR NEWSLETTER. *COMMUNICATIONS: RODNEY JOSLIN- CONDUCTED AS HUNTMASTER AN ONSD CLUB HUNT AT AN 1800S? HOMESITE IN HIGH POINT, NC (2317 GORDON RD.-CASTLEGATE HOMES) ON 5-11-13. BILL BOOKOUT WON A MEXICAN SILVER DOLLAR FOR BEST FIND, A STERLING SILVER BROOCH WITH EMERALD SETTING. A GREENSBORO RECORD NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE EVENT CAME OUT LATER. *LUNCH/REFRESHMENTS: BECKY CRADDOCK IN CHARGE OF OAK HOLLOW LAKE PICNIC EVENT. KFC CHICKEN WAS SUPPLIED BY THE CLUB. *ACTIVITIES: JIM SPIVEY IN CHARGE OF OAK HOLLOW LAKE TREASURE HUNT EVENT. RON WASHBURN LATER DUG THE GRAND PRIZE TOKEN FOR $100.00. PRESIDENT’S REPORT (NEW BUSINESS): WILLIAM PURKEY * THE MENDENHALL FAIR FESTIVAL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO SET UP EXHIBIT FOR CLUB FOR 7-20-13 (JEFFREY BLACKBURN AND JIM SPIVEY HAVE AGREED TO DO THIS EVENT). IT RUNS FROM 10-4 PM. * HERITAGE DAY EVENT RUNS IN OCTOBER IN RALEIGH,NC. * OUR CREDENTIALS SENT TO OLD MILL SITE IN DANBURY, NC. * MEMBERS NEED TO SCOUT OUT ONSD CLUB HUNT SITES. * MEMBERS NEED TO RESPOND TO LOST RING REQUESTS IF POSSIBLE. END OF MEETING
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ONSD CLUB OFFICERS William Purkey – President Becky Craddock, Vice President Ron Washburn – Treasurer Robert Underwood – Secretary Rodney Joslin – Sergeant-at Arms Standing Committees Rodney Joslin – Communications Jeremy Brown – Webmaster Mac McAtee – Liason Jim Spivey – Special Events Newsletter – Carole Kaplan Publication Notice This newsletter is published monthly by the Old North State Detectorists and is distributed free of charge. Inquiries, omissions and corrections should be directed to: Carole Kaplan [email protected]
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Monthly Meeting Time & Location The Old North State Detectorists usually meet at 9:00 am on the last Saturday of each month at East Coast Wings & Grill, 1579 A-B, New Garden Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410 Occasionally, a club meeting may be held at a hunt site prior to a dig. Be sure to check the ONSD website at www.onsdclub.com Calendar of Events page for the latest information. The club membership fee is $20.00 per year for individuals and $30.00 for families which includes an embroidered hat and iron-on patch. Guests are welcome to observe our hunts, however, you must be a club member to participate in the activities.
NEXT MEETING SAT JUNE 29TH AT 9:00AM AT EAST COAST WINGS &
