Thank You, KG & Ringy - 2024 CTTC Hunt Sponsors!

 I’d like to thank KG & Ringy with Anaconda Treasure for their continued sponsorship of our club and hunt. If you haven’t watched their series, you need to check them out. While you’re at it, buy some supplies from them.  www.anacondatreasure.com

Joshua Furry, Co-Huntmaster, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

You Don't Want to Miss our October 12th CTTC Open Hunt!

 

The next two October 12th CTTC Open Hunt token prize packages that I just opened contain 4 items in each. The first one has 4 GP Pointers (metal detecting pinpointers). The second one has 4 Ozarks Trail Headlamps. Each of the GP Pointers will be combined with one of the Headlamps to make a total of 4 token prizes. I've used both of these when detecting. A couple of years ago, my Minelab Pro-Find 35 pinpointer finally stopped working while I was in the middle of detecting a World War II site on Brownwood's old Camp Bowie land. Luckily, I had purchased a GP Pointer as a backup in case that ever happened. The GP Pointer didn't let me down! I used it successfully until I was able to win a Garrett Pro-Pointer AT pinpointer a couple of months later at our Club's Open Hunt.

A few years ago, while I was detecting on the Texas Gulf Coast with my nephew, we decided to detect Rockport Beach after dark one night so I bought one of these Ozark Trails Headlamps at Walmart. It worked perfectly for the job at hand.

LAST CALL TO GET YOUR EARLY BIRD 2024 CTTC OPEN HUNT ENTRIES IN THE MAIL FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $50 CASH EARLY BIRD PRIZE! 

 

The Big Silver Keeps Arriving!

 BIG SILVER Hunt token prizes still arriving in the mail for our October 12th Central Texas Treasure Club Open Hunt in Brownwood! These 3 prizes are amazing! All 3 are Proof 90% SILVER COMMEMORATIVE DOLLAR COINS FROM THE U.S. MINT. The first coin pictured commemorates the Eisenhower Centennial (1890-1990) which I think is quite appropriate considering the this year's CTTC Hunt will be held at a new location - Camp Bowie Memorial Park which is also home to the Central Texas Veterans Memorial that features dozens of monuments and plaques honoring many men who served under General Eisenhower during World War II. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Army soldiers were trained at Camp Bowie.

The second coin is another 90% SILVER PROOF COMMEMORATIVE DOLLAR COIN FROM THE U.S. MINT THAT COMMEMORATES Thomas Jefferson - Architect of Democracy.

The third coin is also a 90% SILVER PROOF COMMEMORATIVE DOLLAR COIN FROM THE U.S. MINT (2006-P) and commemorates Benjamin Franklin - Founding Father.

These prizes will be awarded to the Hunt Entrants who recover the corresponding tokens during our 1-hour Hunt where speed, rapid recovery of tokens, and the ability to cleanly refill your holes are essential to your success!

Central Texas Treasure Club - Preserving History & Having Fun Since 1981.

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Valuable Silver and Other Hunt Prizes Arriving Daily!

 

I opened two more of the October 12, 2024 Central Texas Treasure Club Open Hunt token prize packages from the pile of them I've received in the mail last Friday and Saturday! These two contained 3 token prizes - a beautiful Uncirculated 1952 Commemorative 90% silver Washington Carver Half Dollar and the other contained TWO PROOF 1987 Commemorative 90% silver 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution Silver Dollar coins!

LAST CALL for you to get your 2024 Central Texas Treasure Club Open Hunt Entries in the mail to be eligible to win the Early Bird Drawing for the $50 cash prize! To be assured that your entry arrives in time, you need to mail it in the next 10 days. Printable Entry Forms are in our Central Texas Treasure Club's Facebook group's Files section or you can request yours by emailing us at: centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com .

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

 

Newest Central Texas Treasure Club 2024 Hunt Sponsor!

 

A BIG "Thank You" to Dr. Steve Hogan, DC of Brownwood Chiropractic Clinic at 1901 Coggin Avenue in Brownwood for becoming our newest Central Texas Treasure Club Hunt Sponsor with his generous donation! Dr. Hogan's contribution covers the cost of the VEVOR Rock/Coin Tumbler that will be one of the great token prizes for our October 12th CTTC Open Hunt.

Dr. Hogan has kept this treasure hunter digging for the past 30 years! In that time, I've probably dropped to my knees and retrieved a million or so metal detected targets! 

Valuable 2024 Hunt Token Prizes are arriving daily so get your Early Bird Entries in the mail today! Find printable copies of both Hunt and Gold Coin Raffle flyers in our Facebook group's Files section or request them by email to: centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com .

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club 

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Welcome Our New Members - Friou & Alvis!

 

We've had 2 new dues-paid Central Texas Treasure Club Members join our Club since the last regular monthly meeting! Please join me in welcoming them. One of them is my lifelong friend and this Club's Co-Founder Friou Allen of Brownwood. Friou has a lifetime of metal detecting experience, both in the field and repairing vintage detectors. His knowledge will be a great asset to our Club as we move forward! The second new Member is Alvis Boyce of Clyde, Texas. Alvis is getting some valuable detecting lessons from Members Kendall and Druann Shaw Thomas in preparation for our October 12th CTTC Open Hunt. Welcome, Friou & Alvis!

CTTC Annual Dues - $20 for Individuals or $25 for Families. 

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

October 12th CTTC Open Hunt Prizes Rolling In!

Prizes are continuously rolling in the door! This digital microscope was donated by BROWNWOOD'S BETTER DAYS. Your go-to Facebook group for Brownwood’s history. This microscope will help you find those hard to read mint marks, faint makers marks, and fine details you can’t see. It’s ready to go home with the lucky hunter who finds the corresponding prize token Oct. 12th. GET THOSE TICKETS IN NOW!

Caiden Tyler, Co-Huntmaster, Central Texas Treasure Club

CTTC 2024 Open Hunt Token Prizes Arriving!

 

We are getting some really nice token prizes in. I haven’t started sorting everything out yet, but you definitely don’t want to miss our open hunt on October 12th in Brownwood.  These prizes along with many others will be handed out to the lucky detectorist that finds the corresponding token.

If you haven’t already signed up, please get your form in as the entry fees go towards more prizes.  Plus with your early bird entry, you are put in for a $50 cash drawing.

Joshua Furry, Co-Huntmaster, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

CTTC Pre-Hunt Meeting - Tuesday, September 17th at Camp Bowie Memorial Park!

Central Texas Treasure Club 2024 Open Hunt - October 12th!

At our last regular monthly meeting, Members decided to hold our next Central Texas Treasure Club Pre-Hunt Meeting on Tuesday, September 17th at 6:00 p.m. at our new Hunt site - Camp Bowie Memorial Park, across from the Hospital, in Brownwood. Members who qualified for the opportunity to win a valuable 1923 Brilliant Uncirculated Peace silver dollar, at the meeting, can win it simply by turning in the most money from Gold Coin Raffle ticket sales and Hunt Sponsors' donations at this Pre-Hunt Meeting! Whether you made the qualified list or not, you're still urged to turn in your ticket and Sponsor proceeds at the Pre-Hunt Meeting so we have time to order Hunt token prizes with the money and pay for the enormous amount of silver coins that will be seeded in the field.

As always, non-members are also encouraged to attend. You may turn in your Early Bird Entries, Sponsor our Hunt with a donation, or join our Club at this special meeting. You can find printable copies of our Hunt flyer/registration form and our CTTC 2024 Gold Coin Raffle flyer in our Club's Facebook group's Files section or you can request yours by emailing us at: centraltexastreasureclub@gmail.com. Time is running out for us to order Hunt prizes and get them back so it's critically important that you mail in your Entries and Raffle ticket donations as soon as possible.

Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club

 

Weather's Perfect! Get out there and find some treasure!

 

We're finally getting much-needed rain and moderate temperatures in the Central Texas area so the weather is perfect for metal detecting and treasure hunting! Although, this time of year, our Club pages focus a lot on our upcoming Open Hunt, we must never forget that our main purpose is educating people on this amazing hobby and getting outdoors and enjoying it ourselves! For me, this is the best time of the year for detecting and I intend to enjoy it fully! I hope each of you will too.

Some photos from the past.

1. My metal detecting partner and CTTC Co-Huntmaster Caiden Tyler with a beautiful Gulf sign he found a couple of years ago while we were detecting an old permission site.
2. Our Members metal detecting during our 2023 CTTC Fall Picnic at an area city park where we have permission for our Members to detect.
3. Finds I made in Brownwood in a 2-hour detecting outing in November 2019. Pictured is a beautiful 10k gold necklace with over 100 stones that I found that day. The necklace alone paid for my Tesoro Mojave detector TWICE over!
4. One of our Central Texas Treasure Club Members teaching a Boy Scout how to metal detect during an Introduction to Metal Detecting Program our Club hosted for Boy Scout Troop 14 in Brownwood in May, 2019.
   Jay Longley, President, Central Texas Treasure Club