May 2019 Monthly Meeting

 

Our May monthly meeting, what can I say…“Brilliant”. I am sure I speak for everyone in saying a big thank you to everyone involved to make this day possible. We were given permission to detect a special location, a big thanks to Anthony and Greg for allowing us into their “Honey Hole”. It was originally an old World War 2 training camp. There was some great finds on the day including Eagle Buttons, Threepence, Sixpence, Ammunition, Buckles, Jewellery, Rising Sun, Pocket Knife an awesome dog tag belonging to an American Soldier and a WW2 USA Flint.

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March 2019 Monthly Meeting Wrap Up

Nothing better than a snag on the BBQ and that’s what we got at the beach at our monthly meeting on Saturday. Tony and Sandy were cooking up a storm. I have to say thanks to Andrew and Beth for putting on the snags, they were a welcome guest at our meeting and didn’t last too long. Also like to say thanks to Mark for donating a 1919 penny that was fitted to the trophy for the Token Master Event.

Getting onto the meeting it was business as usual, followed by a new yearly event. Andrew came up with the idea of “Beach Token Master”. This is how it works, it was required that members make their own sand scoops, there was 60 tokens pre-buried on the beach in a small rectangular area surrounded by Aussie Flags. Members had 20 minutes to find as many tokens as possible and dig them with their home made creations.

What a blast it was, detectors beeping everywhere, all hunting for the gold tokens to try and get as many as they could. In the end it came down to a draw between Leeann and Dan with 11 tokens each. So back to the beach we went for the tie breaker, the first one to find the last token would be the winner. Dan was lucky enough to find the token and was crowned the winner. Thanks to everyone for the day out, happy hunting everyone!

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February 2019 Meeting and Detecting Day

 

Bit of a change of scenery this month, we held our Monthly Meeting at the Cawarral Cricket Grounds where we discussed general business and welcomed 3 new members to our ever growing club. Some of the members were surprised to find out we were not detecting at the cricket grounds, as first thought…but we were actually going to a private location near by (thanks Matt).

Got to say, what a sight with the convoy of cars heading out to the secret location. When we arrived we went up the hill to an old abandoned Gold Mine, which dates back to the late 1800’s. The owner gave us a run down of the property and a bit of it’s history before we grabbed our machines and headed off to see what we could find.

We didn’t have a lot of luck on the day but we know for sure we are keen to head back for another go. However,  there was a couple of interesting finds, Trevor the ORX Guru again showed us how it done with a nice 1901 token, button and buckle. There was also an early 1900’s fob watch centre found plus a few other little bits and pieces by our members.

Here are a few pictures from the day hope you enjoy!

 

February 2019 Club Meeting Day, Cawarral Cricket Grounds.

Hi guys, next club meeting is on Saturday the 23rd of February at the Cawarral Cricket Grounds. The meeting is scheduled to start at 12, after we take care of general business we will be having a detect close by at another location. So grab your detector’s, charge up your batteries and we will see you all there. Don’t forget to wear closed in shoes, sunscreen and slap on a hat. Almost forgot, bring plenty of water as it will be hot. The address is 45 Annie Dr, Cawarral, click on the image to view the location on Google Maps.