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| September 2021 | Metal Detecting Hobby Talk News Brief Volume 11 Number 138 |
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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. |
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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 August 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 Detecting Competition Hunt Etiquette and Integrity Download This Article Metal detecting competition events (hunts) are usually sponsored by a metal detecting club or hosted by hobby related manufacturers and retail businesses. These events can be comprised of one or two hunts or in some cases the event may last from three to seven days and have many different types of metal detecting hunts. Metal detecting competition hunts can be either an open or closed hunt event depending on how the sponsor or host defines the event. Open Hunts. You need not be a club member to participate in the hunt. An open hunt is for any one who is willing to pay the entrance fee and follow the hunt rules. Closed Hunts. You must be a club member to participate in the hunt and be able to show a current club membership card at registration. A closed hunt is for club members only and will usually require an admission fee. The requirement of any interested detectorist to participate in a competition hunt is to complete the pre-register form and submit an admission fee for each of the scheduled hunts. Thus, the participant can select just certain hunts that are of interest to them or all of the scheduled hunts. Metal detectorist in competition hunts can be very aggressive, therefore, rules and standards of etiquette are very important so that the hunt is held in a fair and balanced manner. Lets remember that all of the detecting participants have paid the same required admission fee for participation and expect an equal chance at the prizes. Metal Detecting Etiquette and Integrity for a competition hunt is controlled by the event's host or sponsor and is usually accomplished by creating an atmosphere of fairness with written rules and expectations. The Hunt Master provides the leadership for the event by enforcing the event rules and conducting an impartial event which should result in very high event integrity. The individual detectorist's responsibility is to follow the event rules and to conduct their actions in a respectful manner towards the other detectorists on the hunt field and toward the Hunt Master and Event Host. |
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — It was a slow day Aug. 1 when Nick Amelio was treasure
salvaging near Corrigan's shipwreck, just south of Turtle Trail Beach. The ocean visibility was crystal clear, Amelio remembered, so the 17-year-old Vero Beach High School senior decided to jump in without his metal detector and just have a look around. Amelio casually sifted through sand potholes in 10 feet of water about 1,500 feet offshore. Then, he saw the gold shimmer. Amelio recovered a rare 1715 Fleet gold coin, which he estimated might be worth about $10,000. "I thought my crew was pranking me because it was so crazy," he said. "But it turned out to be legit." 1715 Fleet of Spanish shipwrecks The 1715 Fleet consists of 11 Spanish ships that sunk in a hurricane, later inspiring the Treasure Coast's name. The treasure-laden ships are now strewn about the ocean floor from Sebastian to the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. Amelio's find is the first gold coin of the June-to-August treasure-hunting season, said Capt. John Brandon of 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels LLC, a Sebastian-based shipwreck salvage operation. The Florida Department of State's historical resources and archaeology bureaus receive written records of every artifact salvaged, Brandon said. By law, the state has first dibs on up to 20% of each recovery. Amelio cannot keep the gold coin, but may have the opportunity to purchase it once it's certified. |
Amelio was only 9 when he started treasure hunting as a hobby, but picked it up
quickly, studying old maps and visiting coin shows to become a master metal
detectorist. The gold coin isn't his only significant find. Seminole War artifacts Amelio has amassed upward of 3,000 Seminole War artifacts found throughout Indian River and northern St. Lucie counties, he said — including coins, bullets, uniform buttons, musket balls, belt plates and more. He estimated his collection could be worth about $20,000. "It’s just awesome to see this stuff come out of the ground in a modern neighborhood where no one would know it was there had it not been found," he said. His collection is rare in both size and subject, said Sal Guttuso, a St. Lucie County historian who has been recording Amelio's findings. Making such discoveries is few and far between, Guttuso said, because the four Seminole Wars from 1816 to 1858 were not large military endeavors and Florida since has developed over previous forts and battlegrounds. "This is the only period of artifacts you can find going this far back in our area, probably within a three-hours drive," Amelio said. "Anything metal-wise on land before the 1880s is a very rare find." Amelio plans to hold onto his collection for now, but in the future, he hopes to donate it to a local or state museum that can showcase it. |
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Metal Detecting & Gold Prospecting Events.
Now is the time to start planning and getting your club's 2021/22 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 Check out your event before going it may have been postponed or canceled. |
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