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• <br /> GOPHER HOLE NEWS JUNE 2014 <br /> "RESEARCH, HUNT, FIND AND RECOVER, BUT LEAVE IT BETTER FOR ANOTHER" <br /> KiGopher State Treasure Hunters Club Minutes <br /> May 20th, 2014 <br /> President Hank Drews called to order the May 20th meeting of the Gopher State Treas- <br /> Aure Hunters club at 7:30 P.M. There were 41 members and 4 guests in attendance. <br /> One of our new members, Dana (sorry, last name N/A), presented the club with a great hunt- <br /> ing opportunity! She had secured permission for our club members to hunt a previ- <br /> ously undetected area. The site is the Coffee Mill Ski &Snowboard Resort in Wabasha. This <br /> is roughly 82 miles from the Twin Cities. Each person is to bring at least one trash bag for the <br /> purpose of picking up litter at the resort. This will take place Saturday, June 21st from approx- <br /> imately 10:00am to 3:00pm. The club will have access to the entire Coffee Mill Ski area. This <br /> sounds like a golden opportunity, thank you Dana for thinking of the club! <br /> Vice President Dwayne Hatzenbeller handed out this year's Ramsey County detecting <br /> permits. Dwayne, thank you once again for taking time to obtain these for our club <br /> members. <br /> m] <br /> As you may have heard already, longtime club member Jean Bickett passed away just re- <br /> cently. Chuck Clausen presented the club with an idea of which will help us preserve the <br /> memory of Jean. He suggested that we continue to collect pull tabs en masse, however, this <br /> would from here on in be referred to as `Pull tabs for Jean". He would like to see us refer to <br /> 0 pull tabs as `for Jeans". The tabs will then be donated in her name. The motion was passed <br /> unanimously. We will all miss you, Jean. Thank you Chuck for the great idea and remem- <br /> brance. <br /> Treasurer Kathy Casey presented the club's finances: Entering April's meeting we had <br /> R9 $946.18. Entering May's meeting we have $1165.18. The specifics: Income— 50/50 jackpot <br /> ($60.00), coin raffle ($49.00), nine membership dues: 6 family memberships @ $30.00 each <br /> & 3 individual memberships @ $25.00 each, which yielded ($240.00) Expenses— 50/50 jack- <br /> pot ($30.00), coin raffle (n/a) and silver dime category prizes—check for Dwayne ($100.00). <br /> Thank you, Kathy. <br /> (11,0 <br /> President Hank Drews awarded the '2013 Category Finds of the Year"certificates. Congratu- <br /> lations to all the category winners. They were as follows: <br /> Most Coins: David Herrmann, 866 coins ($52.95) <br /> irMost Unusual: Bruce Langbein, 1886 Winter Carnival Token (First Year) <br /> Best Jewelry: Scott Ferrian, Dragon Buddha Ring (Jade?) <br /> Best Silver: Burt Gaven, Large Fancy Silver Ring with Diamond and Pinkish-red Stones <br /> Best Gold: Mike James, 18k Gold Chain (Necklace) with two 18k Gold Pendants <br /> Best Coin: Sky Divya, 1841-0 Seated Liberty Dime <br /> [A <br /> Best Toy: Joel Nease, 1950's Green Cast Iron "Futuristic" Three Wheel Toy Car <br /> Best Outside 5-State Area: Sky Divya, Queen Elizabeth Silver Hammered Shilling (AD <br /> 1560-1561) <br /> Steve Ketcham of the Antique Bottle Depot (locations in Cannon Falls/Red Wing & Edi- <br /> na) gave an extremely interesting talk about antique bottle hunting and collecting. Although <br /> we metal detect, finding bottles is often a byproduct of our hunts and it pays to know what <br /> you've found. Steve explained as well as provided examples of handmade and machine <br /> made bottles and flasks. He correlated the manufacturing processes with the dates they <br /> Page 2 <br />