THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE GOLD COAST TREASURE CLUB, INC. VOLUME 36 NUMBER 5 MAY 2011

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1 THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE GOLD COAST TREASURE CLUB, INC. VOLUME 36 NUMBER 5 MAY 2011 THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE 7:30 P.M. MAY 12 AT THE WEST PALM BEACH GARDEN CLUB IN DREHER PARK IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA OUR CODE OF ETHICS: HAVE PERMISSION AND DO NO HARM MAY MEETING With hurricane season rapidly approaching, now is the time to learn and plan for your hunts for Spanish treasure if the beaches erode. A video will be shown: Hurricane Treasure, 1715 Beach Sites, Locations Revealed. The video is based on a book written by Kevin Reilly (The late owner of Reilly's Treasured Gold in Pompano Beach), Gary T. Rowe & Kevin Maranville. Here is a video that tells you where to go, what to look for and what has been found on the beaches of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet. Also in the video is an interview of former club member Frank Meade who found an 8 Escudo gold coin after one of the winter storms. Maps will also be available at the meeting. Thanks in advance to our May volunteer refreshment host, Al Schwartz, and to Paul Hamlin for volunteering to stump us with an unusual Mystery Item. JOIN US EARLY AT P.A. BBQ! Several of us get together for dinner and a few laughs in the back room of P.A. BBQ at 5:30 p.m. before each meeting. Please join us for good friends & good food! Park Avenue BBQ & Grille 2401 N. Dixie Hwy (US 1) Lake Worth, Florida ******************************************* MAY CLUB HUNT The Club is looking for individual(s) to host a club hunt this month. You can just choose a neat place to hunt and have members spend a few hours metal detecting. No prizes. Just keep track of who attends and what is found. If you are ambitious and wish to do a planted hunt, Linda will provide items to bury and prizes. SPECIAL GUESTS Visitors from Australia will be attending our meeting. Jo and Carlos of RK Productions will be at the May meeting to set up details for filming our June meeting. The show is currently called "Hamish & Andy's American Gap Year" and is hosted by two Australian comedians (Hamish & Andy). In relation to their trip, they will be traveling to approx 9-10 states in 3 weeks of intense filming covering many stories including the boys participating in some astronaut training at NASA in Houston. As part of the show, the hosts will travel the length and breadth of the US doing their best to learn about unique customs, meet interesting people and discover what it is to live in the home of the brave and land of the free. The hosts don't make fun, take advantage or misrepresent the people they meet, they're always laughing with them, never at them. Tentative plans are for Hamish and Andy to metal detect with Steve and Amy Hamedl, and then they will bring their finds to the meeting to hopefully try out for a "best" prize. Hamish & Andy's Caravan of Courage - USA This was the last show we filmed in the States - it's a little different to the one we're working on now as it was more about the road trip or "the journey" from A to B but it will give you an idea of the boys & the types of stories / adventures they get up to. TREASURER S REPORT (as of ): $1900 VISIT OUR WEBSITE!

2 THE GOLD COAST TREASURE CLUB, INC. Founded in 1973 by Ted Rudd President Gary McNew Vice-President: TBD Secretary Jan Smirnow Treasurer Eddie D'Amato Hunt Master: Linda Bennett Cell Phone: Sales and Raffle Promoter: Elayne Lynch Photographer: Steve Hoskins Librarian: Cheryl Petenbrink Hospitality Hostess: Heather McNew Prize Coordinator: Jan Smirnow Membership: Jim Sharp Website Administrator: John Lobota Newsletter Editor: TBD Website: CLUB MAILING ADDRESS c/o Gail Hoskins 206 Russell Drive Lake Worth, FL Dues are $30 a year. New members pay an initiation fee of $5, plus: $30 if joining between Jan. 1st and the end of June, or $15 if joining between July 1 and Dec. 31 MEMBERS BUY AND SELL COLUMN This column is provided, free of charge, as a courtesy to our club members. The contents of all advertisements are the sole responsibility of the members placing the ads. The GCTC does not imply endorsement, approval, or warranty of any product or service. REILLY S TREASURED GOLD offers a complete line of new & used detectors, scoops, cleaners, tumblers, and books. The shop also does custom metal working and laser detailing. For details, call Low prices plus 10% discount to members! See their website: ED WESTON WANTED: Collectable and antique fishing tackle. Lures, rods, reels TOM LIEBERMAN Ready to serve your real estate needs. Call ; telieberman@aol.com. JAN SMIRNOW FOR SALE: White's Prizm V $300; Shadow V with 3 coils $500. Call TESSA DURAND BUY OR SELL AVON. Just imagine yourself as the CEO of your own Company! Check out my website, order online, direct shipping right to your door. or call ED D AMATO FOR SALE The Kingdom Slot Machine with tokens. Pays out! $450 new. Will sacrifice for $300. Call Ed at STACEY delucia BEADED JEWELRY. Handcrafted custom-made-to-order beaded jewelry featuring your favorite semi-precious gems. Call or sdeluc823@aol.com. NIKOLAY MALCHEV FOR SALE: Team OrcaSound Headphones designed for water hunters. $170 (GCTC & SFTHC members get 10 % off!) For info: See me at meetings, orcasound@live.com or go to JERRY LAUR DETECTORS FOR SALE: White's Beachcomber ID $525. Garrett Tesoro El Lobo $425. New listing: Minelab Explorer like new. Less than 20 hours use. With manual, box and extra book. $725. All machines used only by a little old lady and/or man on weekends! Have boxes & manuals. Call Jerry Illness forces sale. FRANK NASH FOR SALE: Minelab & Fisher metal detectors: palmbeachmetaldetectors.com. Call Club members may advertise items for sale or items wanted, free of charge. The club does not profit unless noted in the ad. Sometimes ads will need to be edited due to limited space. Items do not have to be related to metal detecting. Contact Linda (labennettuk@yahoo.com) to place your ad or to remove it once the item is sold.

3 THANKS A number of those that each year work with the many handicap children want to pass on to the GCTC how much we deeply appreciate your donation each year of foreign coins to hide for the wonderful kids to find with metal detectors during their visit to the camp. All of us find ourselves so very lucky to have such wonderful friends like those of you in the GCTC that care enough for the kids to want to make this activity continue each year. We want you to know that we also teach the foreign student counselors how to continue this activity after our visit with the camp each year. This also has after effects by these same students taking their knowledge back home in a distant country and passing this activity on to that country's similar camps. Again, we thank all members of the Gold Coast Treasure Club for their efforts and donations for this cause and want to mention to the club how much we and WWATS members enjoy your monthly newsletter (I forward each month to the WWATS site for all to read ) Sincerely, Keith Wills ***************************************** DATES SET FOR CHILDREN'S CAMP HUNT ON JUNE 15 AND 16 Once again we will be making a large number of kids at the Camp very happy showing them how to enjoy the hobby of metal detecting for treasure. As before we sincerely need your help with finding enough foreign coins to hide for those kids. Also toy cars, jewelry and such to spread over the field for them to find too. Please try to mention to your clubs to help with this, it is an ongoing activity throughout the summer for the many kids they see each year. I'm sure we will see some 175 to 200 kids during our two day visit, so anyone that wants to help us with the wonderful kids, you are invited, please come. Thanks so much, Keith Wills. Good Will Ambassadors Performing Random Acts of Kindness Each month, the GCTC recognizes members who provide selfless service to our community. The first time a member returns an item, that individual receives a metal detecting pin (handcrafted by Steve Hoskins) to wear on his or her hat, in addition to a certificate of appreciation. Future returns are recognized by additional certificates. Kudos to all club members who go out of their way to return items to their rightful owners. The actions of each of our Ambassadors of Good Will enhance the public s perception of our hobby and make our club shine! REPEAT AMBASSADORS Returns Recognized at April Meeting Gary Spiroch Cell Phone Jim Sharp Engagement Ring Jim Sharp will be recognized in the Treasure Depot Magazine for his returns. He will be mentioned in the March/April and the following edition. ******************************************* STACEY delucia RECOGNIZED FOR HER TEN YEARS OF CLUB SERVICE Linda will be collecting all foreign coins, toy cars and costume jewelry from both clubs at the May meeting and mailing these items. ***************************************** BURIED COIN CACHE - $25 REWARD! FIRST CLUE: COMING SOON The buried item is a small vitamin container 2 3/4" long and 1 1/2 " in diameter. It is placed in a Ziploc bag. Burial of cache and the clues are provided by Stacey delucia. If the cache is found by a club member, that person will receive a $25 prize AND earn the right to bury the next cache! Good luck everyone! Please remember - always fill your holes! Stacey delucia was awarded a plaque for her ten year service to the club by President Gary McNew. Due to work and personal commitment, Stacey has resigned as Vice President and Newsletter Editor. She will remain active in the club both as a member and being in charge of the collection of prescription eyeglasses.

4 APRIL MEETING RECAP Coin Cache was found by Stacey delucia and she received her award of $ spots are left for the raffle of Magnetic Flashing Safety Flashlight and First Aid Kit. Thanks to Ed D Amato for the delicious refreshments. Radina Malchev provided the Mystery Prize Stumper for April Paul Hamlin had one A Dog Tag. 50/50 Drawing $41 in singles was won by Jim Sharp you gotta play to win! Our program for the evening was provided by the membership the topic How I got started in Metal Detecting. President McNew started off the stories with his own. Gary told of his Air Force days and how he purchased a White s 4100 for $10! Hunted in Europe never found any Roman Coins! John Presslein Back in the 40 s after a rain storm we would go across the street from our home to the park Mom always collected the coins dropped without a metal detector. I purchased a machine for $40 for the kids and we only found seventy-five cents so I decided to buy a White s coin shooter 6000 for $400. Paul Hamlin- Waiting for my son who was in band practice, I watched someone beeping along, he had found a handful of stuff. So my interest was peaked and I started looking in the newspaper in Cleveland, I found one to buy I still have my first gold ring. Ed D Amato 1994 found some pictures of the New Rochelle Playland Park in New York. The location of the Lemonade stand was three feet off the Boardwalk lots of coins! Frank Nash Pauline was given a Bounty Hunter detector by her grandmother when she was ten years old. She actually found a diamond ring with it! So I got into the hobby! Mindy Spiroch My uncle got me interested, I used to screen the sand at the 35 th Street Arcade bringing home about $130 and a Star Safire Ring, which my cousin still has to this day! Stacey delucia I got into metal detecting in 1983 with my husband at the time. We bought a Radio Shack machine for $140 and tried it out, it did not find anything so I gave it up. Then my brother in Virginia Beach got into it big time sending me pictures of diamond rings and unbelievable things he had found! Then I got really serious. Jason Petenbrink- Bought a White s detector at a flea market and gave it to Mom. Jerry Felton (former member) told us about the club and we joined". Ed Mitchell Metal detecting since 1959 when I met Jim Warnke. In 1970 he found 450 coins off a wreck in Boca Raton Jack Saint Two to three years ago I have always been fascinated by the hobby decided to buy a machine and just look in my own backyard, I knew there was money there! ELAYNE AND HEATHER'S CORNER DOOR PRIZES And the Winners Are Nick Mosca - Kellyco Hat Frank Nash - Umbrella Kathy Marro - Storage Container Elayne Lynch - USB storage case Gary McNew - All weather wallet; Folding cup Kathy Marro plastic 3x5 2 mill bags Elayne Lynch - Post It Notes Amy Hamedl Estee Lauder Mascara Paul & Marge Hamlin - Estee Lauder Rouge Pete Schneider Minelab Cup with Goodie Elayne Lynch Screwdriver set ***************************************** THANK YOU, GENEROUS DONORS! Thanks to Jim Sharp, Al Schwartz, Nick Mosca, Jan Smirnow, Frank Nash and Elayne Lynch for their donations of doorprizes. Donations Are Always Appreciated! ****************************************** April birthday celebrants Bob Konnagon and Phil Marro each received a dollar coin during the meeting. Happy Birthday, friends! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Sharon Bouyoucas (5/18) Trent Bowen (5/8) Barbara Dobski (5/13) Dixie Gamble (5/15) Mark Laur (5/22) John Lobota (5/14) Maryanne Lubinski (5/31) Elayne Lynch (5/8) Ed Morin (5/17) Allen Schwartz (5/21) Nancy Stephens (5/27) Karen Sweeney (5/3) Cindy Van Deventer (5/2) If your birthday is not listed, and it should be, or if it is listed incorrectly, please contact club secretary Jan Smirnow with corrections. ******************************************* GET WELL WISHES The following members are on the mend - Marilyn Batts, Trent Bowen, and Cheryl Petenbrink

5 APRIL MONTHLY BEST FINDS CONTEST (Winners receive a silver dime and certificate) BEST GOLD WITH STONES Jim Sharp (Diamond Ring) BEST GOLD Gary Spiroch (14K Designer White Gold Man's Wedding Band) BEST SILVER Kathy Marro (Reale Coin Pendant) MOST UNUSUAL Steve Hamedl (Cross and Coin Embedded in Coral) COSTUME JEWELRY Gary McNew (Watch) BEST COIN Jim Sharp (1906 Indian Head Penny) MONTHLY BEST FIND WINNERS Gary McNew, Steve Hamedl, Jim Sharp, Kathy Marro, Gary Spiroch Second Place for Monthly Best Finds (Runner up receives old American coin and certificate) Gold with Stones Mindy Spiroch (14K Onyx and Diamond Ring) Gold Kathy Marro(Gold Ring) Silver Steve Hamedl (Silver Chain Necklace) Most Unusual Gary Spiroch(Cigarette Box) Costume Gary Spiroch (Copper Bracelet) Coin Steve Hamedl (50 Pench) MONTHLY BEST FIND REMINDERS One item per category per member Do not pick up item after voting starts Only plain gold that is without stone(s) allowed in Gold Category If a mixture of Gold and silver, the correct category is which metal is the greater %. With silver at a all time high, effective with the May meeting, silver coins will not be used for monthly best finds prizes. The alternate prizes are yet to be determined. ******************************************** SUMMER HEAT AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Now that Summer is just around the corner, we need to take a look at how to Keep Cool. Wear light clothes, Sun Block and a Hat will help. When out there, I try to get there before the sun rises and leave when it gets too crowded with people. When you are having a good hunt, it is hard to leave, so I always carry with me plenty of water. Sometimes we forget how hot it can get and we push ourselves to the point that we need to take better care of ourselves. I take breaks when I need them and pace myself so I can go longer hunting. I also carry a sweat cloth with me to wipe myself down from sweating. I fill a water hydration bag with water and put it in the freezer overnight, so when I go out, I wear it on my back and that helps keep me cool. Some members have a fan that sprays a mist at them that will help to keep them cool. Anything that you can think of to help you stay cool, then go ahead and do it. It is better to be safe and cool, than to have a heat stroke. Till next time Jim Sharp ******************************************** CHALLENGE LEVELS Do you enjoy a good challenge? If so, then you should join the quest to master the five challenge levels! This fun program offers a coin reward simply for finding a specific group of targets (much like a scavenger hunt) and showing those finds to the hunt master (Linda Bennett). You can find information about the challenge levels in your new member folder or at club meetings. For questions or explanations, come early to a meeting and speak with Linda. TALL TALES TABLES TOTALS FOR 2011 As of April: DOLLAR AMOUNT: $ PLATINUM: 0 GOLD: 38 SILVER: 84 If you are interested in becoming a more active member in the club - we are looking for a vicepresident and a newsletter editor. Please contact Gary McNew for any questions.

6 Gold Coast Treasure Club, Inc. Member Directory Mar 2011 For INTERNAL USE ONLY Kathy Ayon/Mark Laur 9370 Hi Drive Lake Park, Fl Tel No Carmelo Basilico 6243 Barbara Street Jupiter, FL Tel No Les & Marilyn Batts th Lane Palm Beach Gardens, Fl Tel No Summer location: 910 Nancy Street Fort Morgan, Co **Linda & Karl Bennett 228 Warm Springs Terrace Wellington, Fl Tel No Norma Blake 1002 Exeter Avenue Boca Raton, FL Tel. No Ernie and Sharon Bouyoucas 112 Longfellow Dr. Palm Springs, FL Tel. No Trent & Linda Bowen 2001 Appleton Court Palm Beach Gardens, Fl Tel No **Ed D'Amato Greenbriar Circle Wellington, FL Tel No Stacey delucia 4369 Willow Brook Circle West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No Allan and Jeannie Dillon 5166 SE Lost Lake Way Hobe Sound, FL Tel No Bob Dobski 1015A South Drive Delay Beach, Fl Tel No Mobile: Summer location: 774 Green Drive Mio, Mi Tessa Durand 4695 Collier Rd Greenacres, FL Tel no Gloria Fitzgerald 1002 Exeter Ave Boca Raton, FL Tel. No Sam & Gerry Frost 3361 NW 18th Ave Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Tel No Glenn and Dixie Gamble SW 41 Street Miramar, Fl Tel No Bo Greenwood 2833 Crosley Dr. W. Apt. H Greenacres, FL Tel. No beaugr@gmail.com Steve & Amy Hamedl 1010 SW 16 th St. Boynton Beach, Fl Tel No ahamedl@bellsouth.net ***Paul & Marjorie Hamlin 6850 Kingston Dr. Lantana, Fl Tel No Mah508@yahoo.com *Kurt Herring 1003 Raintree Lane Palm Beach Gardens, FL Tel No kt.herring@comcast.net ***Gail & Steve Hoskins 206 Russell Dr Lake Worth, Fl Tel No shbchcomer@gmail.com Philip & Vera Hujar 308 Ridge Road Jupiter, Fl Tel No Summer Location: 632 Hooksett Road Auburn, N.H Verphi5@gmail.com Joe and Joanne Keeley 9603 Crescent View Drive North Boynton Beach, Florida Tel No keeleys@bellsouth.net Bob & Gay Konnagan 8831 Egret Isle Point Lake Worth, Fl Tel No GKRK2000@aol.com Karen Larson 3528 Tamarack Tr West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No kaml@bellsouth.net Jerry & Betty Laur 260 Riverside Dr Palm Beach Gardens, Fl Tel No Jerrylaur@mac.com bettylaur@bellsouth.net Tom Lieberman 1631 Palmland Drive Boynton Beach, Fl Tel No TELIEBERMAN@aol.com ***John, Tammy, Jonathan Lobota 3089 Lillian Road West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No papertiq@bellsouth.net Ken & Maryanne Lubinski NW Watson Road Alpha, Fl Tel. No Ken-maryanne@prodigy.net ***Elayne Lynch 6657 Columbia Ave Lake Worth FL Tel. No Relynch1@comcast.net Nikolay, Rumy & Radina Malchev 1630 Embassy Dr. #304 West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No The_Bulgarian@comcast.net Kathy and Phil Marro 1700 Rodman Street Hollywood, Fl Tel. No kathy1700@yahoo.com Bruce Marta Cell Phone: Bwm4510@sbcglobal.net ***Gary, Heather, Nathan McNew 350 Crestwood Circle #106 Royal Palm Beach, Fl Cell (Gary): Cell (Heather): gary.mcnew222@gmail.com Ed Mitchell 3299 Vagabond Road Lake Worth, FL Tel No Timothy, Stacy, Melissa, Danny Mooney 5440 Sandhurst Circle South Lake Worth, FL Tel. No mooneytj@aol.com

7 Ed M. Morin 1001 NE 14th Avenue Meadowbrook Bldg. 5, Apt. 206 Hallandale Beach, FL Phone: Summer address: 756 Pleasant St. Worcester, Mass Tel No Nick & Cindy Mosca 3717 S. Longfellow Circle Hollywood, Fl Tel No Frank & Pauline Nash 9729 Whippoorwill Trail Jupiter, Fl Tel No ***Cheryl, Jack & Jason Petenbrink 769 Patrick Way West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No Cheryl cell: Jason cell: John & Carol Presslein 6500 N. Military Trail #450 West Palm Beach, Fl Carol: John: Willie and Judi Ray 815 N Golf D Hollywoood, FL Tel. No jwr1028@bellsouth.net Reilly s Treasured Gold Store Laraine Reilly DiMaria, Laura Reilly & Joe Kononchik 2003 W. McNab Road #10 Pompano Beach, Fl Tel No website: rtgsales@rtgstore.com Jack Saint 1040 Lake Shore Drive #101 Lake Park, Fl Tel No, aquatikrelm@yahoo.com John Scherer 6400 S. Elm Lane Lantana, Fl Tel. No Jscherer110@aol.com Peter & Karen Schneider 203 Eagleton Lakes Blvd. Palm Beach Gardens, Fl Tel No Peterp2323@aol.com Allen Schwartz & Connie MacNamee PO Box 2677 Palm Beach, FL Tel No drcrystal@aol.com Rick & Diane Scott 137 Saratoga Blvd. West Royal Palm Beach, Fl Tel No rickjr@bellsouth.net ***James & Barbara Sharp 1442 Fairway Circle West Palm Beach, Fl Tel No Diaryman0829@aol.com **Bob & Jan Smirnow 5566 Ainsley Ct Boynton Beach, Fl Tel No jbsmirnow@att.net Ben Smith P. O. Box 2921 Palm Beach, Fl Tel No BBSDOB525@aol.co Irving & Marilyn Smith st Place N. Riveria Beach, Fl Tel No Summer Location: 152 N. Shore Dr Owls Head, Me North Tel: marilynksmith@juno.com Jim & Nina Smith 121 Deer Run Trail Axton, Virginia Tel. No jiminy1420@centurylink.com **Mindy, Gary & Jarrett Spiroch 7493 Sally Lyn Lane Lake Worth, Fl Tel No mspiroch@yahoo.com Wayne & Nancy Stephens Royal Trails Rd. Eustis, Fl Tel No wcexaminer@gmail.com Don Sweeney 5551 E Marina Dr Ft. Lauderdale, FL Tel. No. (509) Summer Location: 9417 S. Freeman Drive Medical Lake, Washington donaldcsweeney@hotmail.com Drew and Cindy Van Deventer th Court South Boynton Beach, Florida Tel No jdvandeventer@hotmail.com clvandeventer@hotmail.com *Bev Warnke 617 Lakeside Harbor Boynton Beach, Fl Tel No *Margaret Weller Ave N. Lake Worth, Fl Tel No BobFrogfoot@Comcast.net Ed Weston th Lane Palm Beach Gardens, Fl Tel No Cell Phone enotssew@holtmail.com *Lifetime Member **Board of Directors Officer ***Committee Member Meeting Location: West Palm Garden Club, Dreher Park Drive, WPB Time: 7:30 p.m. Monthly 2 nd Thursday Correspondance address: 206 Russell Drive Lake Worth, Florida Website: gctreasureclub@yahoo.com Officers/Phone Numbers: President, Gary McNew Treasurer, Ed D Amato Secretary Jan Smirnow Hunt Mstr, Linda Bennett

8 MThe Tinfoil GCTC, Times INC. C/O GAIL HOSKINS 206 RUSSELL DRIVE LAKE WORTH, FL The Tinfoil Times UPCOMING EVENTS May 12 - Club Meeting- Hurricane Treasures May Club Hunt TBA Thanks to the Following Newsletter Contributors: Written Content: Linda Bennett, Jim Sharp, Jan Smirnow Photo Contributors: Linda Bennett Proofreading: Cheryl Petenbrink VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND SEE OUR NEWSLETTERS IN FULL COLOR: