NEW 2025 CTTC Open Hunt Sponsors - Glasson Quality Rentals of Coleman, Texas!

 CTTC Member Kellye Sandlin:

Please join me in thanking first time CTTC Open Hunt 2025 Sponsor -

GLASSON QUALITY RENTALS

711 S CONCHO

COLEMAN, TEXAS

325-625-4331

They will be sponsoring this

Brilliant Uncirculated 1922 Peace Silver Dollar!

 

IMPORTANT PRE-HUNT MEETING - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH - PLEASE READ!

 

IMPORTANT PRE-HUNT MEETING!

I've scheduled our first 2025 CTTC Pre-Hunt Meeting for Wednesday, August 20th, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at the Brownwood Public Library's Carnegie Room. Let me explain why this meeting is so important. Due to a mix-up of funds spent, last week I learned that our Club's bank balance was short about $1400 due to an unrecorded check. I was counting on that money to pay for over half of this year's seeded silver! So, as of right now, we have purchased NONE of the silver from our main seller for this Hunt and after ordering prize packages from Garrett and Minelab, we only have about the mandatory minimum amount in our account to cover emergency operating expenses as required by our By-Laws.

Only Early Bird Entry Fees and Gold Coin Raffle money received early are earmarked for seeded silver and other old coins for the Hunt. Every dollar of Sponsors donations goes to buy prizes for each particular Hunt Sponsor and can't be used to purchase anything else including seeded coins.

Right now, we only have received 30 Early Bird Entries whereas in previous years, we've had between 40-50 in at this point.

We're therefore calling on EVERY dues-paid Member to do YOUR part this year. That means you're expected to get your Early Bird Entry fee to me, if you haven't already done so, no later than next week's Pre-Hunt Meeting. We need you to sell as many Gold Coin Raffle tickets as you can BEFORE the Pre-Hunt Meeting or turn the proceeds and ticket stubs in to me before next Wednesday if you can't make the meeting. AND we need EACH of our Members to recruit Hunt Sponsors and accept their donations and turn them in at the meeting. Several of us have already done these basic things and we will continue to do so right up until the Hunt but relying on other Members to pick up your slack isn't good enough this year! In order to be on track to purchase the same amount of seeded silver that we had the past few years, we need to take in AT LEAST $1,000 IN EARLY BIRD FEES & GOLD COIN RAFFLE TICKET SALES BY THE END OF THE PRE-HUNT MEETING!

You can look at it this way - for every Member or non-member entrant who doesn't turn in their Early Bird Entry fees before the Hunt, there will be $25 less in silver coins seeded in the Hunt Site. I also urge those non-members who plan to enter this Hunt to get their Early Bird Entries in the mail NOW or turn them in at this Pre-Hunt Meeting! If you don't have a printer available (printable copies are available in our Facebook group's Files), simply write your required information on an index card or a piece of paper and mail it with your check or money order. Please include payment for whatever number of Gold Coin Raffle tickets you want to buy with your Hunt Fee. For every Member that doesn't do their part in selling Raffle tickets, there will be that amount (of missed sales) in silver coins to be seeded this year. So far, we've maintained a nice number of Hunt Sponsors and a few of our Members have done their share or more than their share of recruiting Hunt Sponsors for this Hunt but we need to keep pushing. The success or failure of this year's Hunt depends on each of you!

Don't use the old trite excuses to get out of doing your part to help our Club. You DO know people to sell Raffle tickets to and you DO patronize businesses that you can recruit Hunt Sponsors from! We have more than 40 Dues-Paid Members (that number is actually about 75 or so including Family Memberships). Let's assume we could get each of those 40 Members to turn in their Early Bird Entries now - that's $1,000 right there. Next, assume that each Member sold or bought $100 in Gold Coin Raffle tickets by the Pre-Hunt Meeting - that's another $4,000 that would pay for more silver seeded coins than we've ever had before! Now assume each of those 40 Members recruited only ONE Basic Hunt Sponsor for the minimum donation of $25 - that's another $1,000 in prize tokens that could be buried. Contact me if you need Raffle tickets or Sponsorship Flyers.

There you have it! It's all up to you!

I expect to see you at the Pre-Hunt Meeting with your pockets bulging with cash!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

325-646-1000 (no text)

 

Red Wagon Restaurant in Brownwood - 2025 CTTC Bronze Premium Hunt Sponsor!

 

Red Wagon Restaurant in Brownwood - NEW 2025 CTTC Bronze Premium Hunt Sponsor!

A HUGE Thank you to Red Wagon Restaurant at 401 N. Main in Brownwood for becoming a Premium CTTC 2025 Hunt Sponsor! When you 2025 CTTC Metal Detectorists come to Brownwood for our October 11th Open Hunt, I encourage you to eat breakfast at Red Wagon. They serve the best breakfasts in central Texas at a very affordable price! Be sure to visit their Facebook page below and give them a LIKE!

Their very generous Sponsorship Donation paid for these 4 amazing token prizes that will be given away immediately following our Hunt during our Prize Awards Ceremony.

Thanks to Member Benny Ezzell for signing up this great Sponsor!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057587404391

Beautiful Southern Star Walnut 12"x18"x2" Display Case.
TWO 16th Edition "Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification & Price Guides" (2 Separate Token Prizes)
One PROOF 90% Silver Dollar 1995 Liberty Commemorating U.S. Civil War History.
 














 

Kingdom Sake Beef of Gouldbusk, Texas - New 2025 CTTC Hunt Sponsor!

Woohoo! We got another sponsorship for the October Hunt from Kingdom Sake Beef! 

Jay said the prize they are sponsoring is:

***Proof 1995 Civil War History US Commemorative 90% Silver Dollar.***

If you're in the market for some great, high-quality beef, raised with no steroids or hormones, straight from the ranch to your table - give Seth or Shelby Moore a call or check out their Facebook page or website.

•https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2h6YtMJV/

• www.kingdomsakebeef.com

 

This 2025 Hunt Sponsor was signed up my CTTC Member Kellye Sandlin!

 

 

Coming Soon! The Real Story of Jesse W. James - "Bud Hardcastle - The Truth Tracker"

 Coming Soon! This is the TRUE story of Jesse Woodson James, not the lies you learned in school, from Hollywood, and the Billionaire book publishers! My friend Rosie Priddy spent years interviewing our mutual friend the late Bud Hardcastle before he died. Rosie and I talked on the phone and by email for hours discussing what I've learned about Jesse James, the Knights of the Golden Circle, and the early history of Brownwood and Brown County Texas in my 20 years of intense research and field work. A chapter is devoted to some true history about Brownwood and Brown County Texas. This book is going to expose truths that powerful forces have kept secret from us for 160 years!  As soon as this book is available for purchase, I'll post purchasing information.

 

LOTS of Hunt Prizes Need Sponsors!

 

For those dues-paid CTTC Members who are helping with recruiting Central Texas Treasure Club 2025 Open Hunt Sponsors this month, here are a few of many prizes that we've already ordered and received that we need to find Sponsors for to cover the cost. These items will all be token prizes with the finders of the corresponding numbered tokens winning them. Every dollar of every Sponsorship Donation will go to buy token prizes for the Hunt!

Remember that every Sponsor who donates at least $50 will not only receive free advertising on our Club's Facebook page and website but they'll also receive 5 free CTTC Gold Coin Raffle tickets ($20 value)! Premium Level Sponsors ($250 and up) will be allowed free booth space at the Hunt Site during our October 11th Open Hunt! https://centraltexastreasureclub.blogspot.com

One Mint State BU 1924 90% Peace Silver Dollar - $50 Sponsorship Donation.
Beautiful Southern Star 12"x18"x2" Walnut Wood Display Case for your treasure finds! - $75 Sponsorship Donation.
Three Treasure Wise Stainless Steel Digging Tools (Knives) - 3 separate token prizes - $90 Sponsorship Donation.











 

Central Texas Treasure Club's Monthly Meeting Tonight, August 5th!

 Please show your support of our Club by attending tonight's meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the old Early Chamber of Commerce Bldg. at 104 E. Industrial Blvd. in Early.  Our Club holds regular monthly meetings on the 1st Tuesday of every month.  Visitors are always encouraged to attend!

Hope to see you there!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club​