April 2014 Grubstake - West Coast Prospectors and Treasure

The Grubstake
www.westcoaster.org
April 2014
Volume 29 Number 10
President’s Message:
Rendezvous 2014 is just around the corner and the coins are all bought,
registrations are arriving daily from all over the west coast, and final
arrangements are coming together nicely. This will be another great
event and provide the funds needed for the club to continue to operate
this year.
But we still need your help to make this event successful and share in the work load. I expect
all members to make an effort to drive out (its only an hour away) and pitch in even if only for a
couple of hours. We can use help with setup on Friday starting around noon. Help all day
Saturday with planting the hunt field and manning the booths, cooking food, handing out prizes,
overseeing the hunt field and much more. Sunday morning is more of the same and then we
have cleanup and tear down around noon.
Bruce Gentner
Happy
Easter
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Officers, Board Members and Committees
Officers
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Bruce Gentner
Dan Persgard
Lora Persgard
Jose Marquez
562-693-8064
714-893-5538
714-893-5538
951-371-0067
Board Members
Member at Large
Member at Large
Member at Large
Ways & Means
Public Relations Director
Ralph Kolbush
Bob Ketchum
Dan Perrone
Squeek Gentner
Ralph Crowther
714-892-4075
562-497-1006
626-260-8476
562-693-8064
949-588-2922
Committees/Appointees
Challenge 2013
Diamond Testing
Editor
Fifty-Fifty Drawing
Field Trip Coordinator
Find of the Month
Gold Testing
Historian
Hospitality
Membership
Parliamentarian
Photography
Programs
Refreshments
Rendezvous 2014
Ring Return
Sergeant at Arms
Membership Drawing
Treasure Chest Drawings
Webmaster
Quartermaster
Rick & Leslie Rolsheim
Squeek Gentner
Ralph Crowther
Paul Robles
Bruce Gentner
George Allison
Open
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Pauline Maxwell
Pat Perrone
Ralph Crowther
Lance Graff
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Bruce G, Ralph C; Jose M;
Lora P
Joe Calafato
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Donna Fenner
Lora Persgard
Dan Perrone
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Upcoming Events
April Meeting
The program for April will be about Rendezvous. This is the last time to get in
your registrations to take advantage of the discounted prices.
Rendezvous 2014
Rendezvous 2014 is set for the weekend of April 25 to 27th
Please turn in your registration fees early so it will help us plan the hunts better.
Rendezvous is the April Field trip!
Winner’s Circle
3Mas Kadonaga won
the membership
drawing!
Find of the Month
Winners!
Silver Halves to the Following:
Best Gemstone: Dick Waters found a 14kt ring
with 5 diamonds using a Whites’ PI
Best Gold/Platinum: Chuck Brand found 6.3
gram nugget with his Fisher Gold Bug 2
Best Silver: Lance Graff found a large JFK silver
coin with his GTI 2500
Best US Coin: Nancy Waters found a 1906
Indian Head penny with her Whites’ PI
Best Foreign Coin/Token: Ben Molstadt
Best Gemstone - Dick Waters
Best Gold/Platinum - Chuck Brand
found a 1984 Olympic Token with a White’s
detector
Best Faus Item/Most Unique: Lance Graff
found a 1930 sleigh bell with his GTI 2500
Display Rules:
● Display anything found in the past month that was not
a gift
● Label each of your best finds in the six available
categories
● Please use “for display only” flags on interesting items
not displayed for voting
● Eligibility to display: Current WCPATHA members
● Entrants must stand behind displays during prize
awards
● Family members must display separately
● Fill out entry forms completely (Name, flag #,
WCPATHA #, detector used, find descriptions - turn in
before break)
● Enter your name and display number on the sign-in
sheet (circle name if first time)
● Pick a flag (#1 to #30) to place on your display
Winners receive a silver half; displayers not winning receive
a silver dime; first time displayers receive two silver dimes;
voters are eligible for a drawing to win a silver half
Best Silver - Lance Graff
Best US Coin - Nancy Waters
Best Foreign coin/token -
Best Faux/Unique -
Ben Molstad
Lance Graff
Find of the Month
Find of the Month
Club Business
West Coast Prospectors and Treasure
Hunters Inc.
General Meeting – March 12, 2014
The meeting was called to order at
7:30 by President Bruce Gentner.
Our country’s Pledge of Allegiance
was recited by our members.
The Treasurers report was approved as written.
The monthly program was presented by Keith Krzywiec about
fossils of the San Gabriel Valley. Keith brought many fossils
that he has collected over the years and talked about how and
where they were collected.
Membership drawing ($100) was won by Mas Kadonaga.
Congratulations Mas!
Assistant Secretary, Dan Persgard
The board has decided not
to publish the treasurer’s
report in the online version
of the Grubstake. Jose
Marquez will review the
treasury status at the
general meeting and have
copies available.
Meeting Pictures
Program Pictures
Keith Krzywiec spoke about
fossils of the San Gabriel
Valley. You can see a sample
of what he has found.
More Program Pictures
Field Trip Pictures
Field Trip Pictures
10 Years Ago this
month April 1994
What a fun weekend at Rendezvous 2004.
Friday we set up all the fields and booths and
had the early bird hunt. It was a bright and
sunny day, warm at night. Saturday was damp,
dark, rainy and muddy. But the hunts went on
and we all had a good time. Sunday the sun
was out again, the mud was gone and the last
hunts’ went well. There was nothing but good
things said about our Rendezvous.
Competition results (current members): Junior
Hunt: 2nd Tom Crowther, 3rd Kayla Robles;
Women’s Competition Hunt: 1st Lora Persgard,
3rd Squeek Gentner, 4th Kim Crowther; Men’s
Competition Hunt: 1st Ralph Crowther, 6th Mas
Kadonaga. Go for the gold winners: 2nd Chuck
& Chris Carfrae, 4th Squeek & Bruce Gentner.
White’s IDX Pro winner: Jim Swatzel.
From the Find of the Month results: First time
displayer – Rose Robles; Best Gemstone went
to Candy Libby who found a white gold
wedding band with diamonds totaling ½ caret;
Best Gold went to Jim Swatzel using a White’s
PI to uncover a gold chain with cross pendant;
Best Faux item went to Ralph Kolbush’s civil
war era powder flask.
Jim Swatzel was the lucky winner of the 50/50
drawing. Richard Caples won the $25
consolation prize in the membership drawing.
20 Years Ago this
month April 2004
Westcoasters’ 94, held at Lake Perris fairgrounds,
was later in the month 20 years ago so more on
that next month.
Jerry Hobbs from Public Lands for the People
(PLP) along with Garret Wetherby provided an
excellent program for the April meeting. They
spoke about regulations affecting our hobby and
PLP’s efforts to help enable us to use our land
freely. A motion was made and passed to join the
PLP as a club.
From the Find of the Month results: John Forrey,
using his trusty Whites Eagle 90.5, took 1st place
with a 1920 Italian 20 cent coin, 2nd place for Best
Silver with a 61.5 gram bracelet and 3rd place for
Most Unique for a 1906 Indian Head Cent ring.
Royce Libby won 1st place for Most Unique for
finding $157 in bills along the freeway. Tex
Broughton won 3rd place for Best Coin with a
1933 Walking Liberty Half. Dean Chapman won
1st place for Best Gold with a 12.5 gram gold ring
with diamond using his White’s Spectrum with
Bigfoot coil. Candy Libby won 3rd place for Best
Gold for a ring found with her White’s PI. Other
current members displaying but not winning a top
prize included: Kim Crowther, Ralph Crowther,
and Pete Pederson.
Reported by:
Ralph Crowther
West Coast Prospectors and Treasure Hunters Association
% Ralph Crowther
26722 Valpariso Dr.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
April Birthdays
Dean Gabel
Bob Hirsch
Mirek Jaroslawski Candy Libby
Twila Ives
Jim Murdock