Select Here to View the MDHTALK's April News Brief in Adobe .PDF         April 2020         Metal Detecting Hobby Talk News Brief                                             Volume 11 Number 121 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 MDHTALK News Pages U.S. & W.W. News U.K. News U.S. Archaeology U.S. Legislation W.W. Meteoritic Other Media MDHTALK Article Links Return Stories MDHTALK Find a Club Read Newsletters FaceBook Clubs MDHTALK Event Calendar April 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 March 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. The news brief is no longer emailed; it is only available on the MDHTALK website and can be downloaded. The Website's featured article for this month is: Metal Detector Member Certification Program Download the Complete Article Here Printable Version of: MD-101, MD-102, MD-103 Colored Background Version of: MD-101, MD102, MD103 This article involves responsible metal detecting and the community. While practicing the hobby of metal detecting there have been a number of issues and questions that continues to come to one’s attention. These issues have been evident while metal detecting at large, at club hunts, in metal detecting conversations and during some recent club visits as VP of the Western Chapter. So what are the issues and questions?   Generally, it is the lack of knowledge by both new people to the hobby and some old timers. This lack of knowledge covers issues like where one can / cannot go metal detecting, proper methods of pin-pointing and minimizing ground cover damage during target recovery. I am sure that most everyone who metal detects has been exposed to similar situations and has seem first hand the results of very poor target recovery, or has talked to someone who has been asked to leave a specific detecting place due to lack of permission. As more people start to practice the hobby proper training and guidance will become essential for responsible detecting. Without proper education / training the result will be damaged property, public entities banding metal detecting, and arrests; all negatively impacting the reputation of the hobby.   These are the issues that have prompted me to suggest creating a club Member Certification Program for metal detecting clubs and individuals. I would willing to work with a club or clubs to establish such a certification program for its members.   Let’s explore what a possible club metal detecting Certification Program would cover. A certification program is meant to certify metal detecting club members in a classroom environment on responsible metal detecting. The class would be approximately 6-8 hours in length, would cover an introduction to detecting, ethics for detecting and where to hunt, how to use a metal detector and target recovery. Hobby Related News General U.S. and World Wide Hobby News Metal-detecting offers a personalized getaway. Article Link Gallery: Metal detecting enthusiasts hunt for coins during the Texas Treasure Show. Article Link Looking for a fun family outing? Try metal detecting. Article Link Miguel Ardito’s Passion for Detecting with Garrett Metal Detectors. Article Link ‘The perfect place’ 2020 VISION: Detecting provides a getaway in itself. Article Link 'Magnet fishing' hobbyist finds firearm in water at Reaume Park in east Windsor. Article Link 1776 Continental dollar bought at flea market for 56 cents worth nearly $100G. Article Link Man finds buried .38 revolver at Ferry Park while metal detecting. Article Link How this P.E.I. man's collection is keeping the history of his community alive. Article Link The 10 Best White’s Metal Detectors 2020. Article Link DIGSTOCK, metal detecting the Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks of Chazy, NY. Article Link U.K. News 'Very strange' sword discovered by St Annes detectorist on Blackpool beach. Article Link Metal detecting faces restrictions on Rasen’s ‘green and pleasant land’. Article Link Public urged to report illegal metal detecting. Article Link Sunderland man who 'enjoys finding lost things' discovers ancient Roman coin while metal detecting. Article Link MEDIEVAL TREASURE RETURNS TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Article Link V&A snaps up medieval brooch found on Brigstock farmland. Article Link British Museum acquires 3,000-year-old Shropshire sun pendant. Article Link Alarm raised over heritage 'robbers'. Article Link Metal detector enthusiast's medieval gold ring find in Chester officially named as treasure. Article Link Nighthawkers are Robbing England of its Past. Article Link English Heritage urges end to illegal metal detecting at historic sites. Article Link Blackfield schoolgirl Ava Bray finds Bronze Age axe on Southbourne beach. Article Link ‘Incredibly rare’ Roman horse brooch found in Lincolnshire – The ‘Leasingham Horse’. Article Link Loads of incredible treasure has been found around Plymouth. Article Link Bronze Age artefacts dug up in Shropshire are declared treasure. Article Link Historic gold posy ring found by Lichfield man to be sold at auction. Article Link North America Archaeology News Submarine Wreckage Detected Off Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Article Link Digging up war-time history in a field in County Derry. Article Link U.S. Museum's Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Turn Out to Be Elaborate Fakes . Article Link  Summer Archaeology Sites in Bear Brook, Pillsbury Parks Article Link Protecting And Preserving Ancient Sites At Risk From Sea-Level Rise In Florida. Article Link U-2 Spy Plane Photos Are Windows Onto Ancient Civilizations Article Link Brown University archaeologists map out God’s Little Acre. Article Link 44 African American graves found under Florida parking lot. Article Link Big data could yield big discoveries in archaeology. Article Link Other News Sources Archaeology and Metal Detecting Magazine present the BIG metal detecting podcast. A weekly show bringing all areas of history together with our guests, news and much more. Pod Cast Link American Digger Relic Roundup. For diggers and collectors of history. An hour long program every Monday Night at 9:00 PM eastern standard time. Join your hosts Butch Holcombe, Jeff Lubbert and Heath Jones as they explore the past. Learn more about Metal Detecting, Treasure hunting in all it's forms, and the preservation of history. Pod Cast Link American Mining Rights Assn is not a gold club but rather an advocacy group for miners and public land users to preserve and maintain their rights as they pertain to access to their public lands. March News Coin World - Numismatic and Coin Collecting Coin News Garrett Searcher March Issue Release Gold Prospectors Assn of America (GPAA) - News on legal issues for the gold prospecting community March News,  March Newsletter Minelab Newsletter March Issue PLP Public Lands for the People - A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization. March Press Release Prospecting and Mining Journal (IMCJ) March News The Archaeology and Metal Detecting Magazine The Archaeology and Metal detecting magazine are one of the lead online sites in their genre. Offering multiple platforms for Archaeological, Historical and metal detecting news, articles, research areas and much more. Web Link 1715 Fleet Society May Newsletter Jewelry Returns Pasco County woman helps couple find missing wedding ring in Anclote River. Article Link Metal-detecting enthusiast finds former Iowa high school student's class ring five inches underground — in Kansas Article Link Metal detecting fan finds his dad's ring... five years after he lost it. Article Link Australian woman reunited with lost ring 46 years later. Article Link Owen Sounds Untimes.com</a> Woman reunited with engagement ring at local landfill. Article Link Good samaritan turns in someone's lost wedding ring. Article Link Sentimental gold friendship ring lost and then found almost 50 years later. Article Link W.W. Meteorite News What scientists learned after firing a small cannonball into a near-Earth asteroid. Article Link Huge 2-mile asteroid will be visible from Earth next month – and is deemed ‘potentially hazardous’. Article Link The Earth and moon have company: 2020 CD3 Article Link Scientists are racing to find ‘alien substances’ at site of ‘world’s biggest explosion’ 100 years ago in Siberia. Article Link Oregon and SW Washington see at least 2 fireballs in night sky. Article Link Event News Metal Detecting & Gold Prospecting Events. Now is the time to start planning and getting your club's 2020/21 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. Select here to View the Complete Event Details for April        Add Your Event Information Here April 03, 2020 Event: (Three Day) Lucky Stone Farm, Saunderstown, Rhode Island Pound The Ground Rhode Island Relics April 04, 2020 Event: (Two Days) Cashmere (Canceled), Washington 21st Annual Gold & Treasure Show North Central Washington Prospectors April 04, 2020 Event: (Two Day) Butte , Montana Montana Gold & Treasure Show (Canceled) GPAA Gold and Treasure Shows & Lost Dutchman's Mining Assn April 14, 2020 Event: (Five Days) Stanton, Arizona 2020 Stanton Outing (Postpone) LDMA-Lost Dutchman Mining Assn April 18, 2020 Event: (Two Days) Rapid City , South Dakota Black Hills Gold & Treasure Show (Canceled) GPAA Gold and Treasure Shows & Lost Dutchman's Mining Assn April 18, 2020 Event: (One Day) Orlando (Postpone), Florida 8th Annual Sunshine Shootout & Relic Hunt Central Florida Metal Detecting Club April 18, 2020 Event: (One Days) Lancaster (Canceled), Pennsylvania 2020 LRRC Spring Club Hunt Lancaster Research & Recovery Club April 21, 2020 Event: (Six Day) Marlborough, New Hampshire BONE #27 Streeter's Treasure Hunting April 25, 2020 Event: (One Day) Rancho Jurupa Campground in Riverside, California (Cancelled till l2021) 33rd Annual Hunt Rendezvous West Coast Prospectors and Treasure Hunters April 25, 2020 Event: (Two Days) Concord (Canceled), North Carolina Carolinas Gold & Treasure Show GPAA-Gold Prospectors Assn of America April 26, 2020 Event: (One Day) Shamong, New Jersey SJMDC Open Hunt (Postpone), South Jersey Metal Detecting Club April 28, 2020 Event: (Five Days) Scott River, California 2020 Digger's Dirt Party (Postpone), LDMA-Lost Dutchman Mining Assn   Metal Detecting Hobby Talk    MDHTALK HOME PAGE  http://www.mdhtalk.org