TCAS Monthly Meeting Notes
January 2012
Minutes
of the
Treasure
Coast Archeological Society Meeting
January
4, 2012
The next meeting is on Wednesday,
February 1, 2012.
The
meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. by Richard Hart, Sr., President
of TCAS.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by
Richard Hart, II.
The minutes can be read on the club
website, www.tcas.us. They are also emailed to
members
with email addresses on file on the
last Wednesday of the month.
General Notes:
28 Members present and 3 guest present.
Richard Hart, TCAS President talked
about club dues. Club dues are now due and if club membership is renewed before
the March meeting your name could be pulled for a refund (free dues for 2012!).
Board members are not eligible.
TCAS Board Member meeting has been
changed to January 25th, 7:00 PM at Marty's house because Mitch King, TCAS
Vice-President is out of the country. Annual Hunt and the years business is to
be discussed.
Richard Hart needs suggestions for the
Molasses Raffle and/or Token Hunt. He would like something a little different
than the last few years.
A Bingo Board was talked about but more
information is needed about the workings of this.
Guest speakers are always welcome. If
you have a suggestion or know someone that could talk to the club, tell a board
member and give us as much contact information as possible.
The Master Hunter for 2011 for
announced at our Christmas Party on December 11...... and the winner is Mark
Holshoe. Congratulations Mark. As the Master Hunter for 2011 Mark is not allowed
to put items on the Find of the Month table.
Mark Holshoe was interviewed for an
article in the Florida Sportsman magazine's January 2012 issue. His story is on
page 62. "The colder the better to a point," said Mark Holshoe. Mark
also stated in the article "When the water readings get down to around 60,
or better yet into the high 50's, I know there's a good chance big trout will be
in those spots at night." Mark is talking about fishing "...for big
seatrout that take sanctuary in deep creeks, canals, harbors and dredge
holes."
Skip Watson told members about the Vero
Beach Press Journal (newspaper) having a picture of a person metal detecting. It
turns out that the lady pictured is from Lakeland, FL. After a little research
and a couple of phone calls, I found the picture/article online at: http://www.tcpalm.com/photos/2012/jan/03/353513/
Only two members brought in their Find
of the Month so we could vote on the TCAS Find of the Year, so voting has been
rescheduled until the February meeting. All Find of the Month winners, please
bring in your finds to be voted on for Find of the Year.
On a more somber note, Will Rose
suffered a heart attack. He is at home now recovering. Our best wishes go out to
you Will and please get well soon.
Terry Shannon told us a story about
detecting in the surf zone. Since I was busy when he told the story he sent it
to me. This is a revised edition...
"The seas were smooth today and looked downright friendly. I put on my dive boots to protect myself from jelly fish and sting rays. I took a short piece of rope and fastened my detector to my belt, emptied my pockets and headed for the water at Indialantic. There seemed to be a steep bank going into the water and I was hoping there would be a trough right at the base of the beach that had trapped untold riches laying there waiting for me to arrive. As I stepped off the bank into the trough I went right up to my shoulders (I had waited for high tide because once again I had not thought things all the way through). My first thought was Christ this is deep when a huge wave picked me up and put me back on the beach. "I figured that my first plan was not working that well so I walked farther up the beach looking for shallower water. In I go again and again I was right up to my shoulders and again another of those damn waves hit me. This time it didn't pick me up like the first one, it rolled me well up unto the beach."
The "finds" table was talked
about, but only because there were the fewest finds on it. Could this be because
we are doing such a good job detecting on the beaches?
Find Winners:
Ring: Jim Larson
Group Coins: Jim Larson
Jewelry: Mike Kurczy
Artifacts:
Single Coins: Mike Kurczy
Fossils:
Miscellaneous:
Find
of the Month: Mike Kurczy
Drawing
Winners:
50/50:
$47.00/$23.50 Mark Holshoe
Badge: Mark Holshoe
T-Shirt: Mark Holshoe
Hat: Jan King
Extra Dime Winners: Bob Hayden &
Mike Martin.
Dimes to be given to winners at the February meeting.
Doughnuts/coffee/cooler:
Coffee will be brought by: Kira
Thesenvitz
Doughnuts will be brought by: Marty
Hufnagel
Cooler with drinks will be brought by
the 50/50 winner: Mark Holshoe
The meeting adjourned at: 8:57 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dale T. Thesenvitz
TCAS Secretary