CTTC Member Susan Driskill & 4D Driskill Farms - 2026 Bronze CTTC Hunt Sponsor!

 Join me in thanking Central Texas Treasure Club Member Susan Driskill & 4D Driskill Farms of Stephenville, Texas for answering the call and becoming a 2026 CTTC Hunt Sponsor with a Bronze Donation that covers the cost of a beautiful one-ounce .999 Fine Silver U.S.A. 250th Anniversary Round that will now be one of the token prizes Hunt Entrants will compete for at our October 10th Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood. 

 We still have several valuable prizes that are awaiting Sponsors so if you or your business wish to sponsor one of more of them, please contact me at 325-646-1000 (no text).

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

Central Texas Treasure Club 2026 Hunt Sponsors Needed!

 All proceeds from Hunt Sponsors' Donations go to purchase token prizes for our Hunt Entrants to compete for at this year's Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt. Currently we're somewhat behind on the number of token prizes we had last year but the good news is that the average value of token prizes is much greater than previous years. We still urgently need more Sponsors to cover the prices of token prizes that we already have in hand and that I'm still ordering. We've had a great response, as usual, from local and area businesses who support what our Club does for our communities and our hobby. So we need our Hunt Entrants and CTTC Members to really push hard over this next week recruit Hunt Sponsors so we can get them listed and assigned token prizes. We need your help to make this Hunt our best ever! At this point, we're allowing Sponsors or the Members who sign them up to decide what specific or what kinds of prizes they want assigned to them, according to the size of their donations. Here are a few examples to choose from that we currently have in stock and the amount of Sponsorship Donation it takes to sponsor each prize. Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond Sponsors can sponsor however many prizes their donations cover.

 

See the Sponsorship Flyer attached to sign up Sponsors and collect their donations.

One Brilliant Uncirculated 2026 U.S. Mint 1-ounce .999 Fine American Silver Eagle $1 Coin. For $80 Sponsor Donation.
One Troy Ounce Alexander the Great .999 Fine Silver Round. For $75 Sponsor Donation.
One 1982-S PROOF George Washington 90% Silver Half Dollar with COA and Box. For $35 Sponsor Donation.
One Pair of Serious Detecting Gloves with One 1991-1995 50th Anniversary World War II PROOF Commemorative Modern Silver/Clad Half Dollar. Both for a $30 Sponsor Donation.
 
Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club
Call me to Sponsor - 325-646-1000 (no text)
 




















 

Central Texas Treasure Club 2016 Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt

 

Our annual hunt is coming up quickly. We will go over the rules the day of the hunt, but they are pretty much common sense rules. This is a no frills, low entry fee hunt. The token prize ratio will be about 1:1 and each token is valued at minimum of about $25. So if you find one token, you’ll get your fee back in prizes. Some prizes are valued at several hundred dollars.

Date of Hunt: October 10th, 2026

Where: Camp Bowie Memorial Park

2501 Memorial Park Dr, Brownwood Texas

Registration: Begins at 8:30 AM

Hunt: 10:00-11:30 AM

Cost:

Early Bird entry $25 to hunt

Late Entry September 27th to day of $40

Raffle: We’ll sell tickets for our gold coin raffle so bring some extra cash. They are $5 each or 5 for $20.

Bring a chair as seating is limited.

Refreshments will be available (drinks & snacks)

Bathrooms are onsite.

Have fun!!

This hunt will go on rain or shine. Bring a raincoat and a jacket just in case. If severe weather happens, we’ll wait it out and then proceed with the hunt.

Tokens: The prize tokens are stamped and painted a certain color. We have used this park several times in the past so there is a possibility that stamped tokens from previous hunts are still out there. If you find a stamped coin that isn’t painted in the color I show on the 10th, it does not count towards a prize. No Exceptions.

Rules:

No digging shovels permitted. Handheld diggers, screwdrivers, trowels, etc are allowed. Coins will be just under the surface.

Cover all holes and pick up any trash. Failure to do so could result in a ban for future club hunts.

Headphones are recommended, but not required

Additional rules may be announced at the hunt

Hunt Area:

The hunt area will have a flagged perimeter. The coins will be buried the morning of the hunt by volunteers. We will section off the hunt area to divide the coins up evenly. If a volunteer is hunting, they cannot start hunting in the section they seeded and will have to wait until a set amount of time has passed before checking that area.

Prize Tokens: I will personally seed the prize tokens equally among the sections, as I will not be hunting. Myself along with several non hunting volunteers will randomly draw numbers to give each prize a number.

At the conclusion of the hunt, we’ll all meet at the pavilion to hand out prizes and draw the raffles.

This is by no means a perfect hunt, and we are human. So any issues that arise during the hunt will be dealt with through the club members. We appreciate your understanding.

Get familiar with your detector as this hunt is about speed. You don’t want to have unexpected issues with your detector the morning of the hunt.

And most of all, enjoy the hunt and mingle with the other hunters.

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up, plans to sign up, bought raffle tickets and sponsored our hunt. Without all of your support, we could not hold this hunt.

Joshua Furry - Co Hunt Master

 

1 SOURCE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. - ZEPHYR, TEXAS - 2026 SILVER CTTC HUNT SPONSOR!

 

1 SOURCE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. - ZEPHYR, TEXAS - 2026 SILVER CTTC HUNT SPONSOR!

Please join me in thanking 1 Source Technical Services of Zephyr, Texas, for once again supporting our Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt for 2026! Phone: 325-641-8811. Thanks to CTTC Member Mike Alldredge for signing up 1 Source again.

 

Below are the valuable token prizes that 1 Source funded this year.

One 1990-P PROOF 90% Silver Eisenhower Half Dollar with box and COA.
One 1 ounce 250th Anniversary of the Ride of Paul Revere .999 Fine Silver Round.
One 1 ounce "Dead Men Tell No Tales" .999 Fine Silver Round.
One 1732-1982 Brilliant Uncirculated 90% Silver George Washington Half Dollar with box and COA.
 
Get your Early Bird Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt Entries in the mail now!  Deadline for $25 Entries is postmarked or turned in before September 26th!  Entries are $40 after that and at the Hunt.
Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club
 














 

F. MICHAEL SCHULTZ, M.D. - 2026 CTTC BRONZE HUNT SPONSOR!

 

F. MICHAEL SCHULTZ, M.D. - 2026 CTTC BRONZE HUNT SPONSOR!

Please join me in thanking Dr. Michael Schultz of Central Texas Medical Clinic, 2900 Coggin Avenue in Brownwood, for his generous Sponsorship Donation.

Dr. Schultz's donation provides the following very nice token prize for our October 10th for our Central Texas Treasure Club Friou Allen Memorial Open Hunt in Brownwood.

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One 1925 Stone Mountain 90% Silver Commemorative Half Dollar in EF-AU Condition.
 
Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club











 

WILLIE'S T'S - BROWNWOOD - RETURNING BRONZE CTTC HUNT SPONSOR!

 

Join me in thanking Will and his Staff at Willie's T's at 909 Pecan Street in Brownwood, Phone: 325-643-2128 ext. 200, for their generous donation which provides three nice token prizes for our Entrants to find.

 Willie's T's - Brownwood 

2 PROOF 90% SILVER WASHINGTON QUARTERS - TWO SEPARATE TOKEN PRIZES.
ONE 1993-S PROOF MADISON BILL OR RIGHTS COMMEMORATIVE 90% SILVER HALF DOLLAR.
 
Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club  










 

BROWNWOOD CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC - 2026 BRONZE HUNT SPONSOR!

 

BROWNWOOD CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC - 2026 CTTC HUNT SPONSOR!

Please join me in thanking Dr. Steve Hogan and his Staff at Brownwood Chiropractic Clinic, 1901 Coggin Avenue in Brownwood, for becoming a repeat Bronze Hunt Sponsor for 2026. Their phone number: 325-646-6944.

Brownwood Chiropractic Clinic - Dr. Steve Hogan  

Their Sponsorship Donation paid for one very nice token prize:

"Bud Hardcastle: The Truth Tracker - Hot on the Trail of Jesse" book by Rosie Wilcoxson Priddy . This is the best book ever written about America's most famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James. It's based on my late friend Bud Hardcastle's over 40 years of research into Jesse's life and death and on Bud's related treasure hunting finds and experiences. 
 
Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club