PHOTO GALLERY
The following photographs show some club metal detecting outings and club meeting programs. Note: The small photos are "thumbnail" photos, when clicked they will expand to their original size in a separate window.
2006 Program
A new member, David B. spent over 20 years metal detecting in ENGLAND. David has found numerous bronze, silver and gold coins and other artifacts from many of the tribal, Roman and the United Kingdom eras of his island home. David is now a resident of the Tucson area. His talk, show & tell was greatly appreciated.
2004 Program
April 2004 Meeting Program - Steve & Chris Gholson - father & son. Chris is an accomplished writer of many articles in various gold and treasure magazines and has written several books. He is the principal of Arizona Outback, a supplier of metal detectors and detecting supplies. His web page is www.arizonaoutback.com.
Sample 2006 Outings
Palo Verde Park Hunt July 2, 2006
A lively group of almost a dozen members showed up at 7:00 am for this hunt. Everyone found coins, with the most found being about 30 coins. No silver coins were found. The attendees voted on finds submitted for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
The Bob's won! Bob C. won 1st place with a ring, Bob M. won 2nd place with a 1952-d Lincoln Cent and Bob B. won 3rd place with a monopoly piece "cannon."
Sample 2005 Outings
Udall Park Hunt March 25, 2005
Carl brought his grandson Soren!
Around swings is usually productive
Not a bad haul!
The winning finds!
Marana Park Hunt April 29, 2005
Busy, busy, busy......
Some members enjoy a good cigar while they detect!
Not all finds were metal - kind of slim pickin's!
Club Hunt 30 Oct. 2005 - Sonoita Fair Grounds.
The group met in Sonoita at the Fair Grounds at 9.00 AM. 13 Members were present. The hunt was 2 hours long with no limitations on where to hunt. Most members found between 20-30 coins however no silver was found. Del won first prize with a Texas flag pin, Chet won second with a fish hook and Bill was third with an American flag pin.
Outings in November 2002 and December 2003 were to a secret nugget patch near Greaterville, AZ. There were a fine collection of assorted finds, including old nails, bullets, shell casings, horseshoes, leaf springs, wire and boots...and even a couple of nuggets and a very old coin!
In 2002, two nice gold nuggets were found, one 4 dwt and one 1 dwt were found. In 2003, one member found an 1835 1/16th Reale coin, another found a forged fork and another found a silver watch chain.
The 2002 Outing
2002 - The two gold nuggets, a horseshoe & old nail
2002 finds - spread on a tailgate - note the nuggets in the center
A 2003 Outing
In 2003 we met at the Longhorn Restaurant in Aravica Junction, right off I-19
2003 - closer to the secret site & getting last minute details
2003 - the 1835 1/16th Reale, nails, wire, bullets, casings, leaf springs, etc.