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| October 2026 | The Newsletter of the Shore Seekers Artifact & Recovery Club | Vol. 36, No. 10 |
It has been a stormy month since our last meeting and the weather has brought some treasures to light. Those braving the elements have been pleased with the results. The weather is better as I write this, but who can say what will come next. I see corn being cut and fields being tilled, so it's soon time to get away from the beach and on to land. I am looking forward to the cooler weather. There is very little news to report. XP has a new machine out, but that's about it. Members have been travelling around getting some interesting items as well.
I am still puzzling what to do about our big hunt. If we hold it as scheduled, we lose a third of participants. If we move it, then it upsets those who took off especially for that date. Or, we could just cancel the hunt 'til next year and make nobody happy, but use the money to buy some more prizes for another mini-hunt. It's a tough decision either way, so when you are trying to make up your minds, consider your fellow club members who are struggling over the situation as well.
Of course, December will be our club potluck dinner with beef (possibly) and chicken supplied by the club. John hopefully locked in the date for us with the church and that will wrap up the year. Not much else to talk about. Come prepared to have a civil discussion about the hunt and I hopefully will see you there.
Your President,
Andy Nunez
The last meeting of the SHORE SEEKERS Artifact and Recovery Club was held on Thursday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. at Christ Church.
Former member Cindy Mancuso was in attendance as a guest.
OLD BUSINESS
Extra copies of The Seeker are available.
Minutes were approved as distributed.
There was talk about the upcoming members' only hunt (October 10, rain date October 17). We need volunteers to help put stuff out. Tony told members that there will be two hunts - Cowboys and Indians with a twist and a revamp of the silver hunt - with lots of neat twists and surprises. We hope to have about 20 or so hunters and there will be plenty of stuff/tokens to search for.
John Peregoy mentioned that there is a slight snag concerning the members' only hunt. Members of the ESTC have a standing engagement to help with a children's hunt for the Chapel school district so people from the ESTC who volunteer for that would not be able to participate in the Shore Seekers hunt. Several suggested moving the Shore Seekers hunt to the rain date of October 17 and having the event rain or shine with a vote showing some in favor, some opposed. Others suggested keeping the date of the 10th and scaling down prizes and coins accordingly but we could lose about a third of the likely participants. Ed said that we could let a final decision ride until the next meeting to find out who would be able to come. Tony mentioned that we could postpone until the spring to see if more people would be able to attend. He also mentioned the possibility of having something on other holidays (Columbus Day, etc.) Acting upon Ed's suggestion, Andy agreed that we will wait until October 1 to see what comes out of the ESTC meeting (how many will volunteer for the Chapel district hunt, etc.) and then just have a reduced hunt. We will wait until our October 8th meeting to make a final decision.
There was a brief discussion about the Christmas party. Please sign up to bring in something. We're still not sure about the main dish yet but there are thoughts of fried chicken, ham, brisket, roast beef and other offerings.
NEW BUSINESS
Andy talked about various pinpointers and other members shared their experiences using Nokta, Minelab and Garrett brand tools.
Penny to a Dollar winners were Darlene Stevens, Julie Pryor, Cindy Mancuso, John Peregoy, John Fassel and Tony Goodyear. We still need someone to help run this game. Please consider stepping up to help with this popular game - thanks in advance!
Thanks to Parris Mancuso for the snacks.
Our raffle winners were Dave Watkins (50/50), Andy Nunez (silver 3-cent piece) and Paul Stevens (attendance).
Julie Pryor,
Secretary