| T H E S E E K E R |
| March 2025 | The Newsletter of the Shore Seekers Artifact & Recovery Club | Vol. 35, No. 1 |
We had a great meeting last month and new people showed up to see just how much fun we have. Congrats to all the winners and I am grateful to those who voted for my GW button for Find of the Year. Thanks also for Tony Goodyear for getting us a club hunt spot that turned up a lot of interesting items. Tony is doing a great job, but anybody that has a spot available for the club needs to get in touch with him as the weather is slowly warming and the fields will soon be planted. I am saddened to hear of the passing of longtime member Dean Adkins. Dean and I went to college together and his quiet wit and his many talents will be missed. He has not been in the club for some years, but old-timers like myself will remember him and whether or not he was the mystery artist for the Masked Seeker strip that ran in the newsletter back in the 1990s.
In other news, some of us have been experimenting with 6 x 9 or 5 x 8 coils in heavy iron or trash with great results. We went to some beat to death spots as a challenge and came up with a few coins at each location. By the time of the meeting, we will have gone out again to try to breathe new life into old spots. These narrow coils have less processing work to do in areas where there are multiple targets underneath their footprint, so the small coil means less target overload so that the processors can spot that non-ferrous item in the layers of nails and iron bottlecaps.
I have decided to skip the Pittsville Strawberry Festival this year and instead will be going to the ESMD club hunt and setting up my tent there if anybody wants some books. Pittsville raised their vendor pricing and I would rather take part of the day hunting for prizes than sitting around most of the day.
I guess that's about it for now. I'll be running a bit late to the meeting since I have to give my annual talk to the kids at Salisbury Middle School around 6 or so, but will be there as soon as I can, but I am confident that Ed can manage things until I arrive. OK, if I don't see you at the meeting, maybe I'll see you in the field.
Your President,
Andy Nunez
The last meeting of the SHORE SEEKERS Artifact and Recovery Club was held on Thursday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Christ Church.
Guests were Jeff and Elaine Anderson, Kristin ?, Mary ?, Bart ?, Brooke Bishop, Phil Wenker, Jessica Potts, Margaret White and Dave Watkins. Dave became the newest Seeker.
OLD BUSINESS
Extra copies of THE SEEKER were available.
Minutes were approved as distributed.
The Treasurer gave his report.
NEW BUSINESS
Thanks to Tony Goodyear for donating a pair of tickets for a piano event at Ocean Downs Casino.
Scott MacLane noted that several Seekers won in the recent ESTC cash raffle and thanked the Shore Seekers for their continuing support.
Everyone remarked that they were glad to be able to meet after bad weather postponed the January meeting.
We held our annual Election of Officers. All positions are up for grabs. Ron made a motion to have the same slate of officers as last year. This was seconded and approved.
We entertained nominations for Seeker of the Year. Andy reminded members that this person is not necessarily who has found the most or best stuff but the person who best exemplifies the sport and the club, etc. Nominees for this honor are John Rebman, Marty Pratt and Tony Goodyear. Marty became the winner and received an 1893 Columbia Exposition half dollar. Congratulations to our deserving winner and nominees.
Members voted for the 2024 Find of the Year. This is included elsewhere in the newsletter.
Kenny Mowbray received a call to help find a lost ring. He did so within 10 or 15 minutes of starting the search. Congratulations and way to go Kenny!
Marty suggested that we might need to think about ways to rearrange the tables and chairs to provide more room.
CLUB HUNT
Thanks to Tony Goodyear for providing a site for a recent hunt. Tony will also try to arrange another hunt in the coming weeks.
Penny to a Dollar winners: Andy Nunez, Jeff Anderson, Elaine Anderson, Tab Brannock, Phil Wenker, Dan Foltz, Conner Whetzel, Scott MacLane, Margaret White and Doug Wilkerson .
Thanks to Marty Pratt and John Rebman for the snacks. March’s snacks will be courtesy of Kenny Mowbray.
Our raffle winners were Phil Wenker (50/50), Phil Wenker (silver half dollar) and Dan Spielman (attendance).
Julie Pryor,
Secretary