Anyone here been on a club treasure hunt??

[TxMike]

Im thinking of going to one here in a few months, its 100 dollars to enter and they are burying silver dimes all across the field with tokens. Tokens would be redeemed for a bigger prize when hunt is over. Just wondering if people have enjoyed these hunts, or should I stay at home and go to the local park. Thanks, mike

 

[SkiWhiz]

I have never been on one (don't ever see anyone else detecting up here) but would love to go on one. Sounds like it would be alot of fun. Not sure what prizes there is but $100.00 is a hunk of change to enter I think. But then again I have never been to one. If you go, goood luck. Steve.

 

[Bentfork]

Yep! Here's my club hunt

Here's the thread about my club hunt last year.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=38243

Gary

 

[sunder62]

Hi Mike,

Heck, I say go for it if you have the money. Being new to the sport(?) you will meet new friends and MDrs, probably find some cool stuff, and generally have a good time. A lot of times they give away Metal Detectors and other MD accessories so you might make back your money and have a back-up MD for your lil' one

 

[Silversmith45]

I have attended a number of Club hunts. Some are better than others. The ITTH (Tulsa) club puts on a great one every year. I had the most fun at a small hunt in St. Joe, Missouri years ago. I never met so many friendly people. I don't even know if the club still exists. I met many friends from different stated that way...before the Internet. Usually the larger hunts have dealers there and the top prizes are metal detectors. Good place to buy accessories. Lots of old and silver coins. At some I may not have even made my entry fee back, but I had fun.

 

[campnagle]

I went on a club hunt and it was great fun. They had colored clad to redeem for prizes at the end of the hunt, silver coins, small nuggets, outdoor gear. $100 entry sounds a little high but maybe better prizes?. The club had a meeting once a month but they only had a couple of club hunts at old town sites a year. It was more of a social thing than a serious hunt club. More concerned about who brings the potato salad next meeting than research and actual hunting.

 

[RaylandRat]

I went to a couple back in the 80's around Fort Worth. It was fun, but I wasn't much on socializing back then, more into serious hunting my own area. I think the entry fee was like $18 and everyone won some kind of a prize, plus found some nice silver coins. I'm going again when I retire.

 

[dan]

Best thing about these hunts is making new friends and seeing all the different brands and models of detectors.

Worst thing about hunts is seeing the bad habits you are forced to use to do any good - swinging your loop wildly and far from the ground (because targets are all shallow - no need for finesse), running as you detect, leaving big holes when you dig. The exact opposite of what you do when you're really treasure hunting.

And a hundred bucks seems terribly high, unless there are only a very few hunters with some really big prizes.

 

[jdlent]

The club I belong to had a small club hunt but the fee was only $5 to cover some of the cost of the buried coins and prizes.
If you are talking about the Texas Council hunt in Longview in March I'll be at that one. Last year a member of my club won an ace250 and sold it for more than the entry fee, the pictures on the Texas Council website shows that they gave away probably 15 or 20 detectors and lots of silver ingots and bars.

 

[RickO]

I have never been to one, but it may be a good place to experience other metal detectors and get some good tips on hunting techniques or MD programs if you use a high end machine. RickO

 

[TxMike]

Replying to you jdlent, yes it is the hunt in Longview tx in March. Thats nice to hear that they have alot of prizes to give away. I talked to a lady here who said she won a pinpointer and a whites detector at the last hunt. Sounds like there is alot of people who hunt at this one. Should be fun i would think.

 

[jdlent]

Hope to see you there.
Seems like several manufacturers had booths and a lot of clubs from all over did too, lots of club raffle prizes, my youngest won a gold coin.
Our club should have a booth (I think) we are the Rusk County Treasure Hunters Assc. Look us up when you get there.

 

[Silversmith45]

Most clubs have several hunts a year for their members. Usually one larger hunt at the end of the year. The hunts talked about with the higher entry fees are usually open hunts where anyone can attend. With the larger hunts, you see people from many different states, sometimes factory reps, and many more great prizes. A lot of the coins buried are silver.