SAAMDC Quarterly Summer Newsletter

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1 Summer 2018 SAAMDC Quarterly Summer Newsletter Special points of interest: Guadalupe River Ring Recovery Guadalupe River Ring Recovery Heubner-Onion Homestead and Stagecoach Stop Relic Search and Recovery Christmas Party and Raffle Dignowity Hill Hunt Upcoming Events For Sale Items Inside this issue: Christmas Party and Raffle 2 Dignowity Hill Hunt 3 Upcoming Events 4 On the weekend of June 2018, Karla Sanchez was visiting the Guadalupe River for some tubing with friends in New Braunfels, Texas. They were staying at Roy s Campgrounds and Rentals. Karla had a ring that was made specially for her father who passed away in Karla found strength in wearing her fathers ring on her finger everyday. This particular weekend, she went tubing with friends and somewhere along the route, the tube she was in with another friend capsized, and she lost her fathers ring. Karla was beside herself from anxiety and depression until she found our club website and asked for assistance. The ring is a silver signet ring with her fathers initials in old English style A S and its a pretty clunky ring. On 12 August 2018, our President, Kevin Cupit, coordinated a search for the ring based out of Roy s Rental and Campground. Another club member volunteered to help, Michael Oakes. Based on the depth and speed of the river as well as the approximate location of the incident, will determine whether our club volunteers will be ale to help Karla or not. Lots of grass and sediment was found by Kevin and the search did not reveal any rings. Karla was appreciative of our efforts and thanked the club for the help. Guadalupe River Tubing Huebner-Onion Homestead & Stagecoach Stop For Sale Items Huebner-Onion Homestead and Stage Coach Stop Relic Search and Recovery On 7 July 2018, five members of the SAAMDC club assisted the Leon Valley Historical Society in conducting a searxh for relics in the dirt floor of the interior of the homestead. This relic recovery was led by the club Vice President, Wes Ingalls with Frank Garza taking photographs, and Rick Frankenberger, TJ Jefferson, and Harry Hamilton conducting the metal detector search. Wes Ingalls plotted and mapped the finds for future use by archeologists. The following items were found and recovered for the historical society; a button adjacent to the porch outside, (11) square nails, one token, one hinge for the square nails, possibly (2) expended bullets, one coin (unknown date), and two pieces of metal of unknown use or origin.

2 Page 2 Christmas Party and Raffle Be respectful, treat others like you would want them to treat you, and always be honest with others SAAMDC CHRISTMAS PARTY AND RAFFLE 15 December :00 am to 2:00 pm Golden Corral, 2301 Pat Booker Rd Universal City, Texas A celebration of historical finds and club unity for Please bring your best find of the year for display and voting. The Christmas Raffle prizes are: 1 st Place-Garrett AT Pro Hunt Package; 2 nd Place-Garrett ACE 250 Hunt Package; 3 rd Place-Custom Made and Engraved SAAMDC Pen and Pencil Set. Winners of prizes need not be present. If you wish to participate in the Gift Exchange Game, please bring a gift and label it for male or female. Let s limit the price of the gift to $20 or less. Raffle tickets are $10 each or three tickets for $20. See Ernest Castillo for tickets. Contact him via cell phone: , or at: e.h.cclass72@gmail.com. Sponsored by Garrett Metal Detectors and the

3 Page 3 Dignowity Hill Hunt On 5 August 2018, the club was invited to hunt a private property at 501 Hays Street, San Antonio, Texas. The property owner wanted to see if there were any relics to be recovered on his property which was about a quarter of an acre on the corner of Hays and Mesquite streets. Approximately 10 club members participated in the hunt from 0900 to 1130 hours. The following club members were involved in the hunt; Dori Kurkowski, Kevin Cupit, Frank Garza, Wes Ingalls, Larry and Lucy Crumley, Johnny Guevara, Rick Frankenberger, and TJ Jefferson,. Not Upcoming Events September 2018: Upcoming elections for club officer positions. All positions are open for nominations of candidates from the club active membership. The following positions are open for candidates: President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Hunt Director Quartermaster Webnaster Historian To submit your nomination of candidates, all active club members are asked to send an to the Vice President, Wes Ingalls at the following address: alphasniper50@gmail.com. The Vice President will consolidate all nominations much was recovered, and the homeowner had first selection of any items recovered. A few coins were found by Frankenberger, Jefferson, and Cupit. The property was built in All had a great time searching the grounds. from club members and present the nominees at the September club meeting on 13 September All members are asked to send in their nominations unless they attend the September club meeting where they can submit their nominations. Dignowity Hill Property October 2018: The following events are sponsored by the metal detecting club identified: 6 October 2018: 34th Annual Hunt and Picnic; The Betty Jordan and Roger Nickel Memorial Hunt located at the YMCA CAMP CARTER, 6200 Sand Springs Rd, Fort Worth, Texas This is a Quarterly TAMDC partnered Satellite Hunt as well. See attached flyers. 13 October 2018: Central Texas Treasure Club Annual Fall Open Hunt. ALCORN PARK Brownwood, 4th St and Indian Creek Dr. See attached flyer. 27 October 2018: Lone Star Treasure Hunter s Club 44th Annual Open Hunt. Location is: Mountain Creek Preserve at the corner of Nursery & Hunter Ferrell Rd., Irving, Texas. See attached flyers. 10 November 2018: Austin Metal Detecting Club Veterans Day Open Hunt. Location is: Old Settlers RV Park, 3300 E Palm Valley Blvd, Round Rock, Texas. This is a Quarterly TAMDC partnered Satellite Hunt as well. See attached flyers. 19 August 2018: SAAMDC Monthly Club Hunt will be held at Converse City Park North. 12 January 2019: SAAMDC, Cuero Metal Detecting Club, and TAMDC have partnered together for a GIVE BACK project with the Leon Valley Historical Society, at 6613 Bandera Road, San Antonio, Texas. This is the Huebner- Onion Homestead & Stage Coach Stop. More information to follow. Treasure Hunter s Code of Ethics: Always check Federal, State, County and local laws before searching. Respect private property and do not enter private property without the owner s permission. Take care to refill all holes and leave no damage. Remove and dispose of any and all trash and litter found. Appreciate and protect our inheritance of natural resources, wildlife and private property. Act as an ambassador for the hobby, use thoughtfulness, consideration and courtesy at all times. Never destroy historical or archaeological treasures. All treasure hunters may be judged by the example you set; always conduct yourself with courtesy and consideration of others.

4 SAAMDC Quarterly Summer Newsletter Primary Business Address Lions Field Adult and Senior Center 2809 Broadway San Antonio, Texas Phone: , President Kevin Cupit Recovering Treasure since We re on the Web! Facebook: SanAntonioMDC Web: sanantoniometaldetectingclub. com/ The San Antonio Area Metal Detecting Club has roots dating back to It started out as a few people, with an interest in a new phenomenon known as metal detecting. Fast forward to 2017, and we now have 68 members and are growing each month. While the detectors might have changed over the years, our love and passion for recovering relics of the past has not. As a club, we get the most fulfillment from helping out the community. We have assisted the San Antonio Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies with their criminal cases using our skilled detectorists to help find evidence, and we are always willing and able to help you try and find that wedding ring that fell somewhere below or whatever item you lost. FOR SALE

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