South
Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association - January Minutes January 28, 2014
The
SCTAA met on January 27, 2014 with 39 in attendance including visitors: Joe Boch, John Tony, Zac Thatcher and his
friend Kenneth. We added one new member,
Bill Smith. We have 33 paid members.
During
the program time, Randy Gatchell presented information and a display about his
upcoming hunt in Blacksburg. He then
showed his find of a Revolutionary War 18 pound Cannonball in eastern NC with
details about finding it.
A friend of Kenny Brackett, Zac Thatcher,
displayed and talked about finding several items in his yard (without a
detector): tomahawk heads, arrowheads,
musket balls, etc. Zac lives in the
Chesnee area near the Cowpens battle site.
Robert
Weaver alerted the club of a problem at a Reidville ball field area where
someone is not covering their holes. A
landowner is threatening to get detectorists banned if it continues. We do not think anyone from the club is doing
this.
Important
Date: Treasure Hunt of the Carolinas
(Blacksburg, SC) - March 29-30, 2014
November
treasury ended with a balance of $1,047.63.
We paid out FMDAC memberships - $145; refund to Terry Barcelona who paid
twice - $25; awards plaques from The Awards Center - $151.70; banquet awards
and 3 months of prizes from Coin Depot - $549.10. We collected: 2014 Memberships - $125;
scavenger hunt entries - $35; Money
Donations for Points/Raffle - $119; donation can - $14. The amended closing
balance is $469.83.
BEST
FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - JANUARY
(We
usually have a number of ties. The first
name listed is the coin prize winner, but everyone gets the points who placed
in the ties.)
COIN-
1st - Eben Fletcher; 2nd - Paul
Brown; 3rd - TIE - Barry Fletcher, Russ
Lee
JEWELRY
- 1st - Maggie Moffat; 2nd- Barry
Fletcher; 3rd - Dena Lee
WHAT
IS IT?- 1st - Everette Smith; 2nd -
Barry Fletcher; 3rd - TIE - Kenny Brackett, Paul Brown, Chris Phillips
MILITARY
- 1st - Dena Lee; 2nd - Robert
Weaver; 3rd - TIE - Carter Mahaffee,
Colin Fowler
OTHER
- 1st - Darrell Mullinax; 2nd/3rd - TIE - Russ Lee, Barry Fletcher
#
OF COINS - 1st - Everette Smith (902); 2nd - Harold Bell (562); 3rd - Maggie Moffat (463)
Rebecca
Reece, Secretary
