2014 AWARDS BANQUET

SOUTH CAROLINA TREASURE AND ARTIFACT ASSOCIATION

2014 AWARDS BANQUET

January 12, 2015

WELCOME - Members and their families and guests!                   

The winners of the treasure hunter of the year award are members who have supported the club in a variety of ways.  Members earn points for attendance, making donations to the club hunt, returning a lost object you have found to the owner, conducting a program, bringing in a new member or purchasing raffle tickets.  In the raffles, you earn one point for each dollar up to $20 per month, plus you enable the club to put on a good hunt each fall at Lake Lure.  This year's winners are:

         

                              5th Place Treasure Hunter   -    Eben Fletcher

                              4th Place Treasure Hunter    -   Barry Fletcher

                              3rd Place Treasure Hunter   -    Darrell Mullinax

                              2nd Place Treasure Hunter   -   Carter Mahaffee

                              1st Place Treasure Hunter    -    Robert Weaver

The Treasure Finder Awards go to those members who have amassed the most points for their finds in our monthly contests.  These folks are regular and consistent hunters who put time and effort into their search and have had it pay off with some excellent treasures found month after month.  This year's winners are:

                             

                              5th Place Treasure Finder   -   Bill Rylands

                              4th Place Treasure Finder   -   Robert Weaver

                              3rd Place Treasure Finder   -   Darrell Mullinax

                               2nd Place Treasure Finder   -   Barry Fletcher

                              1st Place Treasure Finder   -    Eben Fletcher

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!  Next meeting will be on January 26, 2015.

November 2014

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association - November Minutes           November 26, 2014

The SCTAA met on November 24, 2014 with 29 in attendance including visitors, Jason Doss, Ken Bourle (from PA) and Dale Anderson.  We collected 18 membership dues for 2015 including two new members:  Joe Boch and George Bullman. 

The program was election of officers and discussion of a few questions.  All present officers were re-elected.  Vince DiCarlo volunteered to assist the secretary as a backup person which is a good thing.  The report on Harold Bell’s wife, Alva:  she is improving in the North Greenville (Memorial) Hospital and will need much rehab.

Upcoming:  Annual Awards Banquet - January 12 at 7 p.m. at Ryan’s Buffet Restaurant, Greer               (everyone pays for their own meal; visitors and guests will be welcomed)

November treasury ended with a balance of $ 619.69.  We collected:  raffle - $ 73; donation can - $ 16.40;  sale of decals - $ 2.50;  2015 memberships - $ 450.  The amended closing balance is  $1,161.59.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - NOVEMBER

(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 - Maggie Moffat;  2nd - Dave Mapstone;  3rd - Colin Fowler

JEWELRY - 1st  - Darrell Mullinax;  2nd - Kenny Brackett;  3rd - Joel Smith (Cale’s son)

                                              

WHAT IS IT?- 1st - Colin Fowler;  2nd/3rd (TIE) - Tim Blackwell, Bill Rylands

MILITARY - 1st - Eben Fletcher; 2nd/3rd (TIE) - Dave Mapstone, Kenny Brackett

                      

OTHER -  1st - Robert Weaver;  2nd - Tim Blackwell;  3rd (TIE) - Barry Fletcher, Dave Mapstone                                                                                                                                                     

# OF COINS - 1st - Bill Rylands (311); 2nd - Maggie Moffat (307);  3rd - Darrell Mullinax (155)

                                                             

Rebecca Reece, Secretary

October 2014

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association - October Minutes                 October 31, 2014

The SCTAA met on October 27, 2014 with 32 in attendance including visitors, George Bullman and Les Ashland (who has moved here from Minneapolis and been detecting since age 12).

We had an interesting program as Kenny shared his good experience at Digging in Virginia where he found bullets, tent spikes, horse buckles, a horse shoe, etc.  This was followed by a swap meet.  The report on Harold Bell’s wife, Alva:  she is still in very poor condition in the Memorial Hospital and will need much rehab when she gets stabilized.

Officer elections take place at the November meeting on the 24th.

September treasury ended with a balance of $ 1,900.19.  We paid out $1,507 for Lake Lure Hunt prizes and refunded Harold Bell’s hunt fee of $30 (because his wife was in ICU at Memorial Hospital with a brain aneurism). We collected: money donations for points/raffle - $ 90; donation can - $ 35.50;  sale of decals - $ 1; fall hunt fees - $ 30; 2014 memberships - $ 25;                 2015 memberships - $ 75.  The amended closing balance is  $619.69.

BEST FINDS CONTEST WINNERS - OCTOBER

(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 - Chris Phillips;  3rd - Paul Brown

JEWELRY - 1st  - Jimmy Cochran;  2nd/3rd (TIE) - Barry Fletcher, Eben Fletcher

                                              

WHAT IS IT?- 1st - Colin Fowler;  2nd - Eben Fletcher;  3rd - Robert Weaver

MILITARY - 1st - Kenny Brackett; 2nd/3rd (TIE) - Dave Mapstone, Eben Fletcher, Chris Phillips

                      

OTHER -  1st - Chris Phillips;  2nd - Eben Fletcher;  3rd  - Dave Mapstone

                             

# OF COINS - 1st - Eben Fletcher (Cache of 1,500+); 2nd - Bill Rylands (623); 

                                                                                                3rd -  Maggie Moffat (495) 

Rebecca Reece, Secretary