Panther City Outdoors Video of our 2026 CTTC Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood!

Thank you to our friend Keith Ivey and his Panther City Outdoors YouTube Channel for producing this excellent video of last Saturday's CTTC Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood!

CTTC Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt 

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

  

CTTC Members & Families Annual Picnic & Hunt - Saturday, October 17th!

Our annual CTTC Open Hunt was a great success!  But that doesn't mean the fun is over for this month.  We will hold our Annual Central Texas Treasure Club Picnic & Hunt for dues-paid Club Members and their families this Saturday, October 17th, at Comanche Park in Comanche, Texas!  All Members and their families are encouraged to attend.  This event is always a lot of fun and a great way to get to know each other better.

We will start gathering at the park at 10:00 a.m.  Joshua will probably start cooking the hot dogs about 11:00 and when everyone has eaten their fill and has relaxed a bit, we'll enjoy our Picnic Hunt which will last 60 minutes.  I will bury one prize token before the Hunt.  The finder of it will win a beautiful 1982-S George Washington Commemorative Proof 90% Silver Half Dollar with box and Certificate of Authenticity from the U.S. Mint.  I'll also bury several tokens for some smaller prizes.

If you're not yet a CTTC dues-paid Member and would like to attend, you can contact me and I can sign you up.   Annual 1-Year (12 full months) dues are:  Individual - $20, Family - $25.

Let's Have a Good Time in Comanche, Texas!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

325-646-1000 (no text) or centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com  

                                                    2022 CTTC Picnic Hunt 

 

 

Final Update for our October 10th Open Hunt!

 

CTTC Final Update

Tomorrow (10/10) is the big Central Texas Treasure Clubs Friou Allen Memorial hunt in Brownwood Tx, so I felt I better update everyone on entry numbers, token prizes and last minute details.

2501 Memorial Park Drive, Brownwood Tx

$40 entry fee if you haven’t signed up yet

(Registration starts at 8:30) Cash or check

We have 95 pre registered

There are 103 token prizes so far

We’ll be giving away 6 detectors

Subterrix will also have a table

🪎 The treasure chest is back and better than ever. Find the key, win the treasure!!

Bring cash as we will be having $1 and $5 raffles. (See photos)

$1 Raffle

Garrett Shovel, Silver Round, Minelab ProFind 35 Pinpointer

Also included is and Xterra Elite with headphones, extra coil and a ProFind 40 Pinpointer. (Note: This was Friou Allen’s detector that he used for about 45 minutes at last years hunt. That was the only time it was ever used and is in excellent condition. His wife donated it to the club he helped start)

$5 Raffle

1910 $5 Gold Indian

1887 Morgan Silver Dollar

Nokta Legend 2 Metal Detector

The Blanket High School Cheerleaders will also be having a bake sale to give us something to munch on.

Bring a chair as seating is limited.

Construction is ongoing at the location so caution is recommended.

Make sure detectors are charged and ready to go as we will start at 10:00 sharp.

- Joshua Furry, Co-Huntmaster, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

 

MONTHLY CTTC MEETING TONIGHT! SPECIAL PROGRAM BY ROBERT LEE RIGDON!

 

Central Texas Treasure Club's Regular Monthly Meeting Tonight! Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30 p.m. at the old Early Chamber of Commerce Bldg. at 104 E. Industrial Blvd. in Early, Texas.

This will be our last meeting before our BIG Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt this Saturday, the 10th! We'll be setting a time and place for our annual CTTC Picnic which will be held on a Saturday later this month. Our Co-Huntmasters Joshua Furry and Caiden Tyler will be accepting CTTC Gold Coin Raffle tickets and proceeds so if you have any to turn in, please do so. If you're not able to attend our Hunt or you just want to get your tickets early, you can do that too. Our Secretary/Treasurer Jen Evetts will be taking Membership Renewals and Membership Applications for new Members. Anyone who want to become a 2026 CTTC Hunt Sponsor can also turn in their Sponsorship Donations. We still have a lot of valuable big silver and other prizes that need Sponsors so we can make them available as token prizes Saturday!

 

We'll have a SPECIAL PROGRAM immediately following tonight's meeting. We'll show and hour-long video and photos that our friend and longtime metal detectorist Robert Lee Rigdon prepared especially for our Club! It's excellent! Thank you, Robert!

As always, visitors are welcome and invited to attend our meetings and programs.

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

2026 Central Texas Treasure Club Open Hunt Sponsors Needed!

 We already have lots of valuable metal detecting & treasure hunting prizes that will be given away to token-finders next Saturday at next Saturday's Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt, BUT we have A LOT MORE BIG SILVER and OTHER PRIZES IN STOCK AWAITING HUNT SPONSORS! We only have a few days left for you or your business to help out. The way our Club is able to offer great Open Hunts, when many other hunt hosts have stopped having them, is by having plenty of helpful individual and business Hunt Sponsors. That's the reason we're able to give away so many valuable prizes with such an affordable Entry Fee - $40 now thru Hunt Day. Un-sponsored prizes that we've purchased that don't get Sponsors to cover their price will not have tokens buried for them. They'll be retained by the Club and will be used for other Central Texas Treasure Club Members-Only Events after this year's Hunt. 

 Here are a few of the many valuable prizes that still need Hunt Sponsors' Donations to make them available for our Entrants to compete for on Saturday, October 10th. If you or your business wants to Sponsor one or more of these or the other prizes in stock, call me at: 325-646-1000 (no text) or email us at: centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com 

 

One Ounce "Don't Tread on Me" .999 Fine Silver Round. $75 Sponsorship Donation.

One Ounce Buffalo-Indian Liberty .999 Fine Silver Bar. $75 Sponsorship Donation.

One Ounce Unity & Liberty .999 Fine Silver Bar. $75 Sponsorship Donation.

 

Thank You!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

 

Thank You to Karen Allen for her Generous Sponsorship Donation!

 Please join me in showing our appreciation to our late Club Co-Founder's wife Karen Allen for her generous Hunt Sponsorship Donation!  Karen played a very important role in getting our Central Texas Treasure Club off to a great start when Friou and I founded it in August, 1981.  She pitched in and did all the secretarial work we needed to get our Club started.  On a side note, she was also instrumental in me passing Mrs. Tabor's Brownwood High School Typing class!  

Karen's sponsorship donation will fund 3 additional big silver token prizes that will be up for grabs at our October 10th CTTC Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood. 

They are:

- TWO PROOF 1890-1990 U.S. Eisenhower Centennial Commemoration 90% Silver Dollars.  Most of the soldiers that were trained at Brownwood's World War II Camp Bowie served under General Eisenhower in Europe during the War.  Our Open Hunt will be on part of that historic old Army Camp.

- One Brilliant Uncirculated 1941-P 90% Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollar

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

IMPORTANT CTTC FRIOU ALLEN MEMORIAL OPEN HUNT ANNOUNCEMENT!

 

The deadline for Early Bird Entries for our October 10th CTTC Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood ended last Saturday, September 26th so all Entries turned in now and at the Hunt will cost $40. Don't worry if you haven't yet entered because our Central Texas Treasure Club Hunt this year is still the least expensive to enter of any Open Hunts in the State of Texas and possibly even in the nation. Thanks to our Entrants, we will have seeded coins worth more than any of our Open Hunts in the past and thanks to our business and individual 2026 CTTC Hunt Sponsors, the average value of our many token prizes will be at least double that of previous Hunts!

We have many valuable un-sponsored token prizes on hand that will only be given away once we have Sponsors to cover their cost. Time is running out so if you or a business you know of wants to help us provide even more prizes for our Entrants to compete for, let me know and I'll make arrangements to receive their donations. Every Sponsor will receive public credit on our Club's Facebook page and on our website, where we regularly have thousands of viewers. I'll list a few of the un-sponsored prizes that are available and the amount of donation required to sponsor each prize below. Sponsors will receive full value of every donation in sponsored token prizes so they can give as much as they want and we'll match the amount of their donations to an equal value of prizes to be given away. 

 

Thank you for supporting our Club and our Hunt!

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

325-646-1000 (no text) or centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com to become a CTTC 2026 Hunt Sponsor.

Two Minelab Pro-Find 35 Pinpointers. These are some of the best pinpointers on the market. I've used one myself for over 3 years. You can Sponsor one for a $75 Donation or both for a $150 Donation.
One 16th Edition Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide. This is always one of our most popular token prizes. A Sponsorship Donation of $65 will allow us to give it away to the lucky finder.
Two 1890-1990 PROOF 90% Silver Commemorative U.S. Eisenhower 1-0unce Dollar. Donation of $60 will sponsor one of these beautiful coins or a $120 Donation will sponsor both.
One Pamp 1-ounce .999 Fine Silver Buffalo Round. A $70 Sponsorship Donation will sponsor this.
One 1941-P Brilliant Uncirculated 90% Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollar for a $50 Sponsorship Donation.