Cq Detectorists INC Metal Detecting Club

First of all I would like to thank the committee, our members, sponsors and all the wonderful people who turned out for our first official Australia Day Token Hunt. Without a doubt I think we were pleasantly surprised with the amount of people wanting to have a go at metal detecting. The kids were having a fantastic time out in the field, I seen many a smile on their faces as they swung their detectors looking for the old coins, tokens and relics. However, there was one young fellow in particular who found a 1962 Australian Penny, the smile on his face was priceless, worth the price of gold alone and is one memory I will never forget.

The Relic, Coin, and Bottle Displays were very popular with the many people that visited. The history on some of those item’s is amazing with some dating back to the 1800’s. A big thank you to all those guys and girls who displayed their wonderful collections.

We did notice a vast array of different branded machines , everything from Bounty Hunter, Teknetics, Minelab, Garrett and the new kid on the block, the XP ORX, which is an amazing new machine and can be purchased locally from our major sponsor Justin Cleghorn at “Aussie Detectorist”. Justin also kindly donated 2 Teknetics Metal Detectors to be given away as prizes on the day, thanks Justin.

Last but not least, our good friend, Donnie Pascoe from Pascoelads Prospecting dropped in to say g’day. What a legend and a top bloke he is, a guy who likes to share his knowledge of how and where to find gold. Check out Donnie’s YouTube channel  guys.

Click Here  for photos guys.

Morning Bulletin put together a good story for our upcoming Australia Day Hunt this Saturday the 26th January. Well done to Mark, should be a fantastic day so come along and join us from 2pm-6pm at the Alton Down’s Polo Cross Fields and try your luck.

3330 Stanwell Waroula Road, 4702 Alton Downs

Well, our AGM and Xmas party was a great success. I am sure I speak for everyone when I say our first year was pretty damn good. We had a good turn out at the Bluebirds Sports Club, had a bit of a detect, a few beers, some good laughs, home made pizza and to top it of some lovely cakes. Thanks to Andrew and the ladies for bringing them along. Click here to have a look at some pictures from the day.

We did our annual vote and we have the following people as our Club Officials:

Mark Spencer – Club President

Andrew Mason – Vice President

Beth Fillod – Secretary

Justin Cleghorn – Treasurer

Anthony Egrets – Advisory

407 Richardson Rd, Norman Gardens QLD 4701

Cq Detectorists Xmas Party and Annual General Meeting to be held at the Bluebirds United Sports Club on the 15th December 2018 starting with the AGM at 5pm. Meals and drinks will be available to celebrate the first year of CQ Detectorists INC. Hope to see you all there.

This is not just a regular meeting it’s the AGM and this is the time to vote for Committee Members roles or to nominate for the positions available. We also want to discuss matters and work out what’s going to happen in 2019 as well as have a fun night and get together.

Cq Detectorists is having a token hunt with the Alton Downs Polo Cross Australia Day Celebrations starting at 2-pm. Everyone is welcome to come along, bring your detectors if you like or you can have a go with ours. There will be prizes to be won so come along and have a go. Food and drinks will also be available throughout the day, and as an added bonus free camping if you would like to stay the night.

The address is  3330 Stanwell Waroula Road 4702 Alton Downs, Queensland, Australia. 2pm till Late.

Mt Larcom was the best turn out this year, with over 20 people attending for the monthly meeting. The club seems to be thriving at the moment as shown by the numbers attending. We held the official meeting at the Royal Hotel along with a couple of drinks and some lunch. We then headed across to the showgrounds for some detecting. Donnie Pascoe showed us some rock samples and what to look for when detecting for gold, he also buried a few pieces of gold in the ground to show people what to listen for and handed out some detecting advise to some of the members. I have added some pictures to the gallery, hope you enjoy.

November Club Meeting is at the Royal Hotel Mt Larcom at 11.30 am. We will be having a cold drink and lunch followed by the meeting. Then after it cools down a bit we are going for a detect at one of the local historical area’s of Mt Larcom.

We ventured up to the Mount on a very hot day, but we came away rewarded with a few nice old relics. One of particular interest was a 1902 German Gaming Token found by Mark. Here are a few pics from the mornings hunt.

 

Good little meeting we had on Saturday, the ground was as hard as concrete but some of us still managed to find a few nice little item’s.

Next club meeting is on Saturday the 6th of October at Anderson Park, Henry Fontaine Grove, Wandal Road. Would be good to see you guys there 2-4 pm.