Officers for 2017 President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Finds Boards: Hunt Master: Web Master: Newsletter: The Cow Chip ~ Official CTTHC Newsletter ~ September 21, 2017 www.cowtowntreasurehuntersclub.org Garren King Robert Stone Courtnie McCloskey Tommy Behrens Erik Whetstone, Rickey Crow Erik Whetstone Mark Lawhon Next Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 Time: Location: 7:00 PM YMCA Camp Carter 6200 Sand Springs Rd. Ft. Worth, TX 76114 We Dig History Welcome Club Members & Distinguished Friends If any one has a story about a Detecting adventure that you think people would enjoy please send it to me and we ll put it in the news letter. If you have something about Fort Worth history that you find interesting send it in. Any input would be appreciated. Even if you ve known this story for a long time, some people may have never heard about it. Send it to: marklawhon@att.net thanks
Last Meetings Minutes September 21, 2017 Garren called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. After the pledge of allegiance and treasury report was read and accepted. At 7:05 the August minutes were read and accepted. There were 43 members present and 2 visitors. Old Business: There was no old business discussed. New Business: It was brought to the attention of the club that Stan Halfferty had passed away. Presentation: Jack Ellet gave a presentation on finding gold rings Without pull tabs when having his device installed in a detector. Break and Voting @ 7:40 p.m.: Find of the Month went to Kenny Jewell for his 1917 FW Chamber of Commerce Badge. Meeting adjourned @ 8:30pm
Memorial(s) Unfortunately we lost a member recently. It was Announced at the meeting that Stan Halfferty had Pasted away. Our prayers go out to his family. We have also learned that Phil Funderburg a member Has lost his wife Linda in September. Our prayers go out to Phil and his family also. Your Near Term Calendar ~ 2017 Event Schedule ~ 7 October Sat. 7 th Cowtown Fall Hunt 14-15 28 Sat-Sun Sat. 2017 WWATS Rendezvous Lone Star Fall Hunt Check for flyers on websites November 11 Sat. Austin Medal Detecting Club Veterans Open Hunt Check for flyers on websites December Check for flyers on websites
33 rd Annual Fall Hunt, Cowtown Treasure Hunters Club, 7 October The main hunt will include silver coins and tokens for prizes. Along with the main hunt will be a dollar hunt, a ring hunt and a free hunt for the kids. Lunch will be provided and after the hunts a cake auction will be held. Each cake in the auction will have a prize under it. For more info. go to: http://www.cowtowntreasurehuntersclub.org/fall-hunt 2017 WWATS Rendezvous, 14-15 October You are invited to a wonderful outing along the bank of the Kiamichi River. Hope to see you there, bring the family and have a great time with prizes and all the coins you find you get to keep. ALSO, best get your reservations in to www.kriver.com the campground if you are planning to stay there before they fill up also. For more info.: http://www.wwats.org/ Lone Star Fall Hunt, 28 October Mountain Creek Preserve - corner of Nursery & Hunter Ferrell Rd. Irving TX. Fundraiser Hunt by Bad Andy, Dollar Hunt, Cake Auction, Gold Hunt, Main Hunt, Silver Quarter hunt, Prizes Awarded 11:30-12:30 Lunch For more info. Go to: http://www.lonestartreasure.org/ Austin Metal Detecting Club Veterans Day Open Hunt Old Settlers RV Park 3300 E Palm Valley Blvd, Round Rock TX 78665 3 GREAT HUNTS WITH LOTS OF SILVER & PRIZES A GREAT FUNDRAISER Bring your money - You ll want some of this! For more info go to: http://www.amdconline.com/amdc/home.html
~ From the Find Boards for Last Month (Sept.) ~ Category What s It -?? Open Toy Relic Military Fort Worth Coin Token Silver / Other Jewelry Gold Jewelry Winners Chuck Williams Nelda Forston Carey Canada Chuck Williams Dave Totzke Tim Meyers Nelda Forston Garren King Marty Hathaway Robert Saldivar N/A N/A Garren King Marty Hathaway Bob Forston George Retos Marty Hathaway Garren King Marty Hathaway Bob Olsen Bob Forston Robert Saldivar Anyone? Item Description 1908 Elks Badge Tungsten Ring Republican Elephant Cap Grenade Bennington Marble Ships Wheel 1904 Dr Pepper Fob 1878 Yale Lock Spike Civil War Womens Corps 1880 1929 Camp Dallas Medallion Marine Pin 1917 FW Cham of CommBadge N/A N/A 1900 Barber Dime 1897 Indian Head Penny 1957-P Half Dollar (AU) Reeves Pharmacy 1914 Dallas Good for 10 Free Games Holmes Clothes/W Penny 1918 Silver Religious Pendant Silver (925) Ring Silver Ring 1940 s 10K Class Ring 18K Egyptian Gold 14K Chain and Hearts 4 Diamonds
Cumulative look at the Find of the Month winners thus far Month (2017) JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV Christmas Party FOM Winner Dave Totzke Barbara Behrens Floyd Tucker Nelda Forston Floyd Tucker Floyd Tucker Name Name Find of the Year Winner The Find of the Month 1898 Dog Tax Tag 1968 Wesleyan Class Ring Wilton Bros. (Strawn TX) Token Civil War Stirrup Panther City Badge Fruit Palace Badge Knights Of Pythian Sword Plate Brown Bros. Saloon Token 1917 FW Chamber of Commerce Badge Actual Find Actual Find Find of the Year As time goes on and stories come out I hope to fill in missing years of ring returns by our members. As Herman mentioned, I too feel that there are many club members that belong on the list. 1995 Garren King 2009 Herman Denzler (The Hermanator) 2016 Bob Forston, Mark Lawhon, George Retos, Grant Cox (twice) 2017 Barbara Behrens 2018 2019 2020 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
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