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Stone Mountain Treasure
Hunters 2010 Fall Beach Hunt
October 9th, 2010, we met at a beach on
Lake Lanier. The weather cooperated for a beautiful fall day of
metal detecting. There were 21 members that were able to attend the
hunt. Members paid $10 to hunt. About 9 AM, Hunt Master Doug Beaver,
gave us the rules of engagement for the hunt. We were not allowed
to hunt the whole beach. With the high lake level, we had ~ 1/3 of
the beach area that we have had available to hunt in previous years.
Two tokens were planted for a $5 discount on the clubs November
Seeded Coin hunt. The beach was in great condition but was even
better after our hunt! We cleaned up a plastic grocery bag full of
debris, mostly metallic trash like pull tabs, bottle caps, and soda
cans that could have caused injury to someones feet.
In 2008, a total of 2940 coins equal to $190.87 were recovered.
In 2009, a total of 1995 coins equal to $101.16.
The average of each coin found was $0.05. The average dollar amount
of coins found by each hunter was $7.23.
This year we did not calculate a dollar amount for the coins but
2207 coins were found.
The winner for the most coins dug was Robert Powell with 202 coins.
The discount tokens were found by Clinton Brian and Doug Sortino.
No gold was found this year but several silver rings and earrings
were found.
Proceeds from the Beach Hunt will be used to buy additional large
silver coins for the clubs November Seed Coin Hunt. We also
hope that some of the coins found will make their way to the Clubs
Dirty Money donation jar for future club activities.
We all had a great time and hope to have this hunt as an annual club
event for many years in the future!
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