Volume 41 Issue 3 March, 2016 Official Newsletter Of YANKEE TERRITORY COINSHOOTERS Website: www.yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com MEMBER FEDERATION OF METAL DETECTOR & ARCHEOLOGICAL CLUBS, INC. 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 MEETING PLACE: William J. Pitkin Community Center, 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, Ct. 06109 Meeting Time: 6:30 pm Room F3 NEXT MEETING: April 13, 2016 YTC Officer Elections in March 2016 Polar Bear Hunt March 13 Upcoming Hunt at Mattatuck, April 2-3 Topic: Cleaning your finds by Bruce Morris
Yankee Territory Coinshooters February 10, 2016 Present: Next meeting: April 13, 2016 Facebook Members: Announcements Meeting Minutes 37 Regular members and 3 guests 57 The meeting was started with a moment of silence. The Treasurer s report was accepted as presented. The January 13th balance was $2,208.93 + Receipts of $667.02 Expenses of $73.97 = the February 9th balance of $2,80 1.98, Silver coin inventory - $23.10 face value, 0 Silver rounds, 13 Silver dollars and 4 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 newsletter@yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com. The Probes will also be posted on our Facebook page. There was one new Guest Book entry on the YTC website. Bill Sorenson from East Hartford signed in, but didn t leave any message. 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. Thanks to Bruce Kramer for providing the Club Membership Cards. There was no new correspondence or FMDAC news Upcoming Hunts B.O.N.E. (Best of New England) 23. Scheduled to take place April 19-24, 2016. Put it on your calendars now. We have several club members who attended in the past and give it good reviews. The Polar Bear hunt is scheduled for March 13 th with March 20 th as a rain/snow date. The Club accepting donations for prizes to award at the hunt. Donating is items ahead of time is preferred (March meeting), but can be accepted the day of the hunt. As usual coffee and doughnuts will be provided by the Club. Participants are encouraged to bring food or snacks to share. The Club will have a natural finds hunt on April 2 nd and 3 rd at a place to be named later. As a reminder, you must be a paid member to participate. There will be a $5 donation (minimum) per member to hunt. The proceeds will be donated to the land owner. I can pass on that the location has been in use since the late 30 s and has seen a ton of use. It should lead to a great couple of days of detecting. - 2 -
Old Business Any club member may attend the executive board meetings. The meetings are usually 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: The t-shirts will have a silk screened logo on the chest and the hats will have the YTC logo embroidered directly onto the hat and are at the artist making the final adjustments. Order forms will be distributed electronically and at the next couple of meetings. We are looking to have all of the orders in soon after the April meeting. This year is the club s 40th Anniversary. If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions or ideas on how we can celebrate the occasion, please contact any member of the Executive Board. New Business The revision to the Club s By-Laws are complete and were presented to the members for approval. A vote was conducted and the By Laws were approved. Copies may be obtained by contacting the club secretary. A vote was conducted and approved to allow for an $800 advance to purchase prizes. The hunt will be conducted at Hammonasset beach. Further details will be distributed at the March meeting. Elections: Elections will be held at the next club meeting in April. We need someone to step up and take over the role of Club President. All other positions have been filled. Thanks to Chuck Scott for running the raffle and to Phil S and Bruce M. for filling in on Find of the Month while Bill was out. Challenge Hunt: Congratulations to Jeff Pelletier for completing Level 1. The topic of discussion for the evening was member displays of their finds from 2015. Thanks to the following who brought in displays and talked about their year detecting (sorry if I missed anyone): Matt Dakin, Roger Moyles, Mike Stanczyc, Jeff Calzarette, Matt Poling, Vince DiBattista and Chuck Anderson. Also thanks to John Cabral and Jeff Pelletier for talking about some of their finds. March Meeting Speaker: Bruce Morris will give a talk on cleaning of coins. Cleaning of coins is always a touchy subject. You want to be able to clean it enough to show the best details, without destroying its numismatic value. Please be prepared to contribute if you have any practices that you use that have been successful. Raffles: 50/50 John Delaurentis Silver Round John Delaurentis Silver half dollar Russ Drachenburg Attendance Draw Matt Dakin Paul Flickner donated a jewelry testing kit which was won by Bob Brock Meeting adjourned a t : 9:00 p.m. - 3 -
2016 Jack Hube Memorial Polar Bear Hunt! This is a Paid-up Members Only planted hunt, with over 2000 targets (tokens redeemable for many nice prizes, plus clad coins) planted in the sand. Vince DiBattista and Dave Gregorski are sharing the huntmaster duties again this year. The date is Sunday, March 13th, with registration and seeding beginning around 11AM. Come earlier and help seed the sand. Hunt fee is only $10. Hunt starts around 1PM. The hunt will be at Hammonasset State Park in Madison, most likely at the east end, Meig's Point - look for signs at the rotary, re. which beach. We may postpone the hunt (same time, location) in case of severe weather. If in doubt re. weather, call Dave Gregorski (860-742-5836), or Vince DiBattista (860-666-0270). Rain / snow date is March 20, 2016. Dress accordingly, long johns, boots, gloves and a hat may or may not be a must this year. Even though it s March, the nearby water temperature will be in the low 40 s. The club is providing coffee and donuts, before the hunt! Bring a snack and warming beverage for afterward, if you wish. Watch your speed coming off the highway and in the park, as State and Park police are often set up this time of year on the access roads. Good luck and hope to see you there for the Indian s chance to get out AGAIN! (To win the Treasure Chest contents you must pick the one Indian cent from among the remaining Wheat cents.) We are still accepting donations from club members for prizes. Contact Dave or Vince about your donation description. Please bring item(s) to the February/March meetings, as it will make cataloging much easier. - 4 -
FINDS of the MONTH BOLD, ITALICS indicates the category winner Submitted by Bill Wright COIN Gold/Silver Pre 1900 Richard Walauski 1893 Barber Half Post 1899 John Cabral 1902 Barber Quarter Other Pre 1900 Bruce Peltier 1840 Large Cent Post 1899 Roger Moyles 1915 Buffalo Nickel Mike Stanczyc 1918 S Wheat Penny Dave Gregorski 1905 Indian Head Penny Ken Gudernatch Brazil 5 Centaves Token/Medal Matt Dakin 1883 Springfield MA Bicycle Tornament Medal Will Freeman Buddha Token JEWELRY Gold John Cabral 14K Man's Wedding Band Silver Bob Tomlin Ring Bill Wright Sterling Ring Ken Gudernatch Gold Colored Sterling Bracelet Phil Skewes Sterling Ring Other Matt Dakin Gold Plated Ring Jeff Calzarette Heart Earring Consolation Prize Roger Moyles Minion Invasion Pendant 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) - 5 -
FINDS of the MONTH cont. RELIC Toy Jeff Pelletier Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring 66th Berkshire Regiment Military Matt Dakin Officers Button Mike Stanczyc 50 Caliber Shell Other Roger Moyles Brass Social Security Card President's Award Jeff Calzarette Wagon Step Bill Wright Pocket Knife Dave Gregorski Button 1785-1820 Bruce Peltier John Cabral 1893 Baby Spoon Sterling Spoon Ken Gudernatch Red & Green Wire Cap Paul Ranieri Button NON METAL Jeff Calzarette Plastic Dime Ken Gudernatch Plastic Diamond Solitaire Ring??????? Under Armour "I Will" Bracelet Paul Ranieri Horsehoe Crab Shell & Tail - 6 -
Checkerboard By Bill Wright Richard Walauski: 1893 Barber Half Found 3 inches down at a location that has produced lots of nice finds. It didn t sound like a Barber Half should. John Cabral: 1902 Barber Quarter It was deep, about 10 inches down. Found in the same field that produced the Barber Half. Bruce Peltier: 1840 Large Cent Bruce initially thought this was junk in a corn field. Roger Moyles: 1915 Buffalo Nickel Found in Glastonbury at a location that has produced many nice finds. Matt Dakin: 1883 Springfield MA Bicycle Tournament Medal After finding this, Matt was glad he snuck out of work early. John Cabral: 14K Man s Wedding Band Found in a field that hosts a mud volleyball tournament. Bob Tomlin: Ring Found at a school. Ken Gudernatch identified it as silver before the meeting Matt Dakin: Gold Plated Ring Nice find at a ballfield at a school. Jeff Pelletier: Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring Found at a location that produced lots of nice relics. Matt Dakin: 66 th Berkshire Regiment Button Another find on the Thursday that Matt left work early Roger Moyles: Brass Social Security Card Another nice find at a location in Glastonbury. Jeff Calzarette: Plastic Dime A tot lot find for Jeff. Roger Moyles: Minion Invasion Pendant A beach find for Roger. - 7 -
Camp Mattatuck 'Natural Finds' Hunt YTC Outing Boy Scout Camp Mattatuck 221 Mt Tobe Rd, Plymouth, CT 06782 (directions below) You must be a paid member to hunt. Dates & Time: April 2, 3. (weekend) 9:00 A.M. 3 P.M. / Rain or Shine! Established in 1939, Camp Mattatuck sits on 500 acres of land outside Waterbury, CT. Each summer, Camp Mattatuck runs a Boy Scout Resident Camp, Cub Scout Resident Camp, Webelos Resident camp and a Cub Scout Day Camp. Camp Mattatuck also hosts a variety of seasonal events such as fishing derbies, klondike derbies, camporees and a Halloween Haunted Woods Minimum $5.00 per day hunt fee which will be donated to the Boy Scouts CT. Rivers Council Registration is mandatory: Late arrivals/early leaving MUST check in/out at ranger station (they WILL send out a search party) Hunt Rules: No detecting before registration. FILL ALL HOLES - TAKE ALL TRASH (you can leave silver coins in holes but nothing else) If we make a good impression we will be able to visit other Scout Camps so Please follow all the rules and do not ruin this Great opportunity. No alcoholic beverages, drugs, firearms, sheath knives. No overnight camping. Everyone must check in and out with either the group leaders (Jeff Calzarette and To Be Determined) or at the camp office. There are over 500 acres of woods, trails - it is rocky and slippery, bears have been seen in the camp. Be prepared! Bring water/beverage, snack/lunch, bug repellant, compass, layered clothing, spare batteries, a large finds pouch, sturdy digger. There will be buckets for trash, please use them. I will be taking pictures of what we find (trash) to show the scouts how much we cleaned their camp. (Good public relations) From I-84 East or West: Take Exit 20 (Route 8 North). Take Exit 39 off Route 8 (Route 6 East). At the bottom of the ramp, turn right. Follow till the 1st traffic light/top of the hill, turn right on Route 262, Camp Mattatuck is 3 miles on the left past the Waterbury Airport and just before Gentile's Campsites. From Route 8 South: Take Exit 39 off Route 8 (Route 6 East). At the bottom of the ramp, turn left. Follow directions above to Camp Mattatuck. From Route 8 North: Follow directions above off of I-84. From Route 6 East or West: Follow Route 6 to the center of Plymouth. Turn onto Route 262. Follow directions above to Camp Mattatuck - 8 -
2016 Meeting Dates William J. Pitkin Community Center, 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, Ct 06109 6:30 p.m. Room F3 Wednesday, January 13, 2016, Wednesday, February 10, 2016, Wednesday, March, 9,2016 Wednesday, April, 13, 2016, 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, 2016-9 -
YTC Officers President Chuck Anderson.860-944-9558 president@yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com March Vice President Bruce Morris..860-212-2276 IDigTher@yahoo.com Recording Secretary Mike Stanczyc...860-751-8514 MStanczyccavon@gmail.com Corresponding Sec y Dave Gregorski..860-742-5836 DGrookie@yahoo.com Treasurer Katie Calzarette 860-379-8876 calzarette@sbcglobal.net NewsLetter Editor Bruce Kramer.860-424-6052 newsletter@yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com Webmaster Matthew Dakin...860-742-0428 Webmaster@yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com Coins N Gold Exchange Bonus Offer for YTC members selling: 2% with this add. This space is available for advertisement Please contact president@yankeeterritorycoinshooters.com For more information FINE DIAMOND JEWELRY AND ANTIQUE JEWELRY EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS MICHAEL J. RUSSO 817 FARMINGTON AVE (860) 589-5056 U.S.A. BRISTOL, CT 06010 michaelrusso@snet.net J & E METAL DETECTORS dba J & E ENTERPRISES 54 Old Main St. at 1 Forest Rd. South Yarmouth, MA 02664 Entrance 1 Forest Road 1-508-760-2100 When in the area, please stop by and say HELLO. (Founding member of Yankee Territory Coinshooters) Yankee Territory Coinshooters Code of Ethics Respect the rights and property of others. Never destroy historical or archeological artifacts. Observe all laws, whether national, state, or local. Aid law enforcement officials whenever possible. Leave the land and vegetation as it was. FILL IN ALL HOLES. Remove all trash and litter, take it with you when you leave. Remember that all coinshooters may be judged by the example YOU set. Always conduct yourself with courtesy and consideration toward others. - 10 -