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May 2014 |
Metal Detecting Hobby Talk News Brief
Volume 5, Number 50 |
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Support The Hobby
I would like to point out to the News Brief readers that there are a number of organizations taking on the challenge
against various types of legislation dealing with metal detecting and gold prospecting. MDHTALK's recommendation is to visit their website and give strong consideration to joining the fight. In some cases your support may
be to send emails and / or write a letter to specific legislators or to provide funds to help with the fight. Here are the organizations and a link to their website.
Go to the Join The Fight MDHTALK Webpage to read more about each of these organizations
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U.S. & W.W. News
U.K. News
U.S. Archaeology
U.S. Legislation
W.W. Meteoritic
Other Media
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May
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What is a News Brief?
The news brief provides a brief look into any news event. The intent of the news brief is to provide you, the reader, with news clips on what was taking place in the hobby last month. To read the whole story select the Article Link or go to
MDHTALK.org.
There are more news stories placed on the MDHTALK website for April - the news stories listed in the MDHTALK News Brief are just a portion of all the hobby related news reported the past month.
The news Brief is now available in Adobe PDF format, there is a link at the top of this webpage.
Website The featured article on the MDHTALK.org website this month - Why Should I Join or Start a Metal Detecting Club?
You may be recently retired and looking for a new hobby or you may be a long time detectorist. In either case you may want to consider joining a metal detecting club. Metal detecting is a hobby
that can be enjoyed without being involved with other detectorist, however, much can be gained by being an active part of the detecting community. The new hobbyist may want to learn about the hobby while
the long time detectorist can bring his detecting skill and knowledge to a club.
What are the reasons for joining or starting a club?
1) Meet Other Detectorist. Getting involved with a club provides the opportunity to meet others in the hobby. A club represents a place where one can develop new relationships and enjoy
fellowship with people that have a common interest which is metal detecting.
Article Link
A Forum that Linked to MDTALK this Past Month is
ColcordMama's Survival Bunker
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General U.S. and World Wide Hobby News
- You can't tear up parks looking for loot it's against the law to dig big holes in search of buried treasures.
Article Link
- Lincoln, Neb. Metal detecting hobbyists hope to dig up treasures.
Article Link
- Oklahoma City. A girl has sold a 3.85-carat diamond she found
for $20,000 from the Arkansas Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Article Link
- The California Gold Rush never really ended for hundreds of local enthusiasts still looking for treasure in the southland.
Article Link
- Eleven lost and hidden treasures that could make you very rich.
Article Link
- Garrett Metal Detectors and its Founders Celebrate 50 year anniversary of their company.
Article Link
- A very small silver urn with ashes found by a woman using metal detector.
Article Link
- With visions of buried treasure I have only one request at Christmas time. I desperately wanted a metal detector.
Article Link
- Mining isn’t just history in Southern California. A handful of people are still trying their luck at mining for gold around Perris.
Article Link
- Claremore, Oklahoma metal detectorist finds mortar round buried at RSU.
Article Link
U.K. News
- Local metal detectorist has unearthed five 400-year-old coins dating from the time of Elizabeth I on the Garendon Estate.
Article Link
- A metal detectorist unearths a bounty of artifacts including Anzac Rising Sun badge.
Article Link
- A Heritage Watch Scheme is launched to protect Hertfordshire's historical sites, monuments and artifacts from heritage and cultural property crime.
Article Link
- Seven-year-old with a metal detector finds explosives on Holkham beach.
Article Link
- Rare Viking gold ingot, a silver document seal, gold ring and 119 silver coins from the middle ages discovered in the Isle of Man.
Article Link
- Members of Britain's group of amateur archeologists - Hoard Hunters are looking for treasure in Vinkovci region.
Article Link
- 'Nazi War Diggers' television show scrapped by National Geographic.
Article Link
- A metal detectorist is trying to trace the relatives of a Great War veteran after finding his medal in a school playing field.
Article Link
Other April News
- Western Mining Alliance is an organization of independent miners across the West.
April Newsletter
- Prospecting and Mining Journal (IMCJ) -
April News
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Legislation and Regulation Issues
- Massachusetts Metal Detecting Petition.
Stop The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation from banning the recreation of metal detecting on coastal beaches!
Petition Link
W.W. Meteorite News
- Brenham. 130 years later Moon rocks found on Kiowa County farmland.
Article Link
- See a Video of a huge 'meteorite' that explodes in a ball of fire over a Russian city.
Article Link
- A multicolored flash across the sky was seen Saturday night from Phoenix to El Paso.
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- A photo shows a piece of the 1,003 kilogram meteorite discovered in 2000 near Fukang, in China has gone viral on the internet.
Article Link
Jewelry Returns
- The Ring Finders get a job out of this world — locating a lost meteorite ring.
Article Link
- Wedding ring lost at the beach returned two years later to the owner.
Article Link
- A precious engagement ring lost in the surf on a Northland beach was found by an honest Metal detectorist six years later.
Article Link
- When your wedding ring goes missing, you need to call a metal detectorist.
Article Link
- Bracelet, lost nearly 70 years ago in Okinawa, has found its way back to its owner.
Article Link
North America Archaeology News
- Greenville. Clues found about Civil War ship commandeered by slave on S.C. coast.
Article Link
- Donation of equipment to a community group is the legacy of local amateur archaeologist.
Article Link
- Albuquerque, N.M. Archaeologists use drones to unearth details about New Mexico's Chaco culture.
Article Link
- Archaeologists wish they'd had more time to study coast Miwok remains and artifacts in Larkspur before the 4,470-year-old relics are relocated to make way for new multimillion-dollar homes.
Article Link
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Metal Detecting & Gold Prospecting Events.
Now is the time to start planning and getting your club's 2014 hunt information on the web. The sooner it is out and available to the metal detecting community the greater the chance for people to see it and give your event some consideration.
Add Your Event Information Here
- May 03, 2014 (One Day)
Onset, Massachusetts
22th Annual Open Treasure Hunt
Gateway Treasure Hunters Club
- May 03, 2014 (Two Day)
Kalispell, Montana
Northwest Montana Gold Prospectors Annual Gold Show
Northwest Montana Gold Prospectors Club
- May 09, 2014 (Three Days)
Benton County Horn Rapids Campground, Washington
26th Treasure Hunt
Southeast WA Association of Treasure Hunters (SWATH)
- May 10, 2014 (Two Days)
Puyallup, Washington
2014 Gold & Treasure Show
GPAA
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the Complete Event Details
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- May 17, 2014 (One Day)
Dunes State Park, Indiana
3rd Annual National Metal Detecting Day!
Minelab
- May 17, 2014 (One Day)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
3rd Annual National Metal Detecting Day!
Minelab, Gold Digger Metal Detector Sales, DeMarco Detector Sales,
and the South Jersey Metal Detecting Club
- May 17, 2014 (Two Days)
New Stanton, Pennsylvania
2nd Annual Open Treasure Hunt
Silver Seekers
- May 17, 2014 (Two Days)
Ocean City, New Jersey
Fifth Annual Beach Hunt- Cinco en Mayo
ECRDA - East Coast Research & Discovery Association
- May 17, 2014 (One Day)
Radersburg, Montana
Annual Rick Radke Memorial Coin Hunt
Headwaters Chapter of the GPAA
- May 18, 2014 (One Day)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Annual Hunt for Detectorists
- May 18, 2014 (One Day)
Hoyt, Kansas
2014 National Treasure Hunt
Topeka Treasure Hunters Metal Detecting Club
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- May 23, 2014 (Three Days)
Stanwood, Washington
2014 May Fest (33rd Annual Hunt)
Pilchuck Treasure Hunting Clubs
- May 24, 2014 (Two Days)
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
43rd Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt
Indian Territory Treasure Club
- May 24, 2014 (Three Days)
Antler, Oklahoma
2014 WWATS Rendezvous One Day Hunt
WWATS - World Wide Association of Treasurer Seekers
- May 24, 2014 (Two Days)
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Annual Southern Ontario Metal Detecting Beach Hunt
Rainbow's End Metal Detecting Assn, Thames Valley Metal Detecting
Assn plus many more Clubs
- May 24, 2014 (Two Days)
Prescott Valley, Arizona
Gold Prospecting and Outdoor Adventure Expo
- May 31, 2014 (Two Days)
Grand Rapids, North Dakota
15th Annual Hunt
Minnkota Artifact Recovery Group
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