January 2015

South Carolina Treasure and Artifact Association - January Minutes                   January 28, 2015

The SCTAA met on January 26, 2015 with 36 in attendance including  6 visitors, C. Bell, Alton Williams, Steve Horkovy(?), and Rich Revenson who signed in and two others.  We collected 6 more membership dues for 2015 bringing the total to 28 so far this year. 

The program was a discussion and revision of the club By-Laws. 

*A question was asked recently, “Should items found without using a detector (visually discovered while laying on top of the ground), be entered in the monthly contest?”  After discussion, the members overwhelmingly voted to allow such items to be included.

*The Treasure Hunter Contest Donations category was amended to a sliding scale:

Donations of coins or other items (usually for upcoming hunt)  -----    1 to 10 points

Silver Dollar = 10 pts.; Silver Fifty Cent Piece = 5 pts.; Silver Quarter = 3 pts.; Silver Dime = 2 pts.;

Silver war nickels/buffalo or earlier or wheat pennies or earlier = 1 pt. each.

Clarification is needed about setting a cap on the number of points which can be earned per month.

Haskell Staton announced that the Blue Ridge Club had ended.  A new club has organized called Western Carolina Treasure Hunters with Paul Gentry as president and Haskell as secretary.

Upcoming:  Western Carolina Treasure Hunters club Myrtle Beach trip - April 17-19

                    13th Treasure Hunt of the Carolinas - April 18-19

                    Randy Reece’s Myrtle Beach trip - June 13-20 (come for all or part of week)

November treasury ended with a balance of $ 1,161.59 less Awards plaques - $151.70; Awards Banquet prizes and raffles - $575; prize coins purchase for 6 months - $216 and FMDAC memberships - $105.  We collected:  raffle - $ 108; donation can - $ 15.20;  sale of decals - $ 0;  2015 memberships - $ 150; Scavenger hunt - $10.  We put $15 that was paid in Kennedy halves aside for birthday coins.  The amended closing balance in the checking acct. is  $382.09.  We also keep $30 cash in small bills set aside to make change.

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 - Alexis Mahaffee;  2nd - Darrell Mullinax;  3rd - Eben Fletcher

JEWELRY - 1 st - Bill Rylands;  2nd - Eben Fletcher;  3rd - TIE - Colin Fowler, Roy Evans

                                              

WHAT IS IT?- 1st - Allen Sheriff;  2nd - Everette Smith;  3rd - Eben Fletcher

MILITARY - 1st - Ryleigh Mahaffee; 2nd/3rd (TIE) - Roy Evans, Dave Mapstone

                      

OTHER -  1st - Dave Mapstone;  2nd - Everette Smith;  3rd - Colin Fowler                                                                                                                                                       

# OF COINS - 1st - Everette Smith (805); 2nd - Maggie Moffat (641);  3rd - Bill Rylands (211)

Rebecca Reece, Secretary