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Yes Folks........You have a homework assignment to complete before July 10th meeting of the WWGPAA. There will be no Teacher's Pet's. We expect everyone to receive a grade of 100%.
For the July 2010 meeting, Chuck Story with the US Army has volunteered to teach us the proper use of the compass and our GPS units utilizing the UTM System versus Latitude and Longitude Coordinates. Chuck says that even I can learn this new system!
Please go to the following link http://maptools.com/UsingUTM/ .
From this link you will learn how to use the UTM/MGRS map coordinate system.
These pages are a step-by-step guide to using UTM / MGRS coordinates.
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Steve Jones, Winner of the Gold panning contest help at the May 8th meeting. Congratulation Steve!
Steve completed the task in an amazing 25 seconds.
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If you have tips, news or pictures for newsletter, call me at 360-268-1852 email -jrc98595@yahoo.com, or fill out the form on the Contact Us page on the Web site. You can always bring it to the meeting.
Email Addresses- If you aren't getting email from me then I don't have your address. Please email me your email address so I can update my list. Thank you to everyone who has updated their email addresses.
Reminder:
When it is time to renew your membership, tell headquarters that you belong to the Western Washington GPAA chapter. GPAA will give our club cash credit for raffle items for each renewal.
Next regular meeting on
June 12, 2010
1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Elim Lutheran Church
5911 East Hillcrest Drive
Port Orchard, WA 98366
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 27 May 2010
Special Note: Check the "What's New" Page to find links to all the updated pages.
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Want a chapter T-shirt? They are available from Dannie DeForrest at dannieinwa@hotmail.com or at the meeting.
The cost is $15.00 each with a portion of the proceeds going to the chapter.
There is NO charge for attending the Western Washington Chapter of GPAA meetings and visitors are always welcomed.
Reminder: Please keep the talking down during the meetings so everyone can hear what is being said. Background talking makes it really hard for our older members to hear what is being said by the speaker.
This is a letter from one of our newest members. She and her family went to their first outing at Waddell Creek
Good Morning Rob,
I just had to let you know how much we enjoyed our day with the club.
Even though we had to get up at 4:15 am to make the trip up to the park, We had a blast!!! The kids talked about the outing ALL week long. (Let me tell you it was a long week of waiting)
We enjoyed breakfast with the group. I kind of scratched my head over the whistles. Although a very good idea for safety. I found myself telling Jenna & A.j "You are not lost or hurt! Get it out of your mouth" It is great idea. I thank the gentleman for the whistles.(as soon as we got to the truck they went right in the tub with the mini highbanker, and that’s where they will stay!) Although when we lost the car that we were following to the claim & pulled over at a stop sign. Sydney asked if they could blow the whistles 3 times since we were lost. We found a new leader to the claim & it all worked out great.
I must say what a wonderful group you have. Everyone was there to have a good time & didn't hesitate to help each other out. I didn't find one bad apple in the group. However I did end up with sad faces. I heard a few "mom can we just rent a motel & stay?" The one I liked the most was "mom can't we just go home & get the tent and come back?" (the ride is only just over an hour one way) That generated a "your joking right? Do you not remember how long the ride was up here?"
Sunday morning Sydney & I went through our concentrates. We had the wheel out & then the mini highbanker. After going through all of our dirt & finding a few specks of gold.(and a LOT of garnets!) Not only was I reminded of the Blue Bucket outing.(and reminded again this morning at the bus stop, "mom isn't the Blue Bucket outing this weekend?) But I was told we could run up to Waddell creek because the group was probably there. We did learn a few new things at the creek. And well ,Mike is now working on a new classifying bucket. This new bucket will have smaller holes. I can't wait to use it!
In closing I'd like to say thank you again. Having a family the size of ours is hard to get all six of the kids smiling at once. However I have found with prospecting I can get six smiling faces at once. What more could a mom and dad ask for? And yes I have heard there is an outing at Blue Bucket. It's not this week but the following week. I really want to go to Scott Bar on the 12th of June. I know that I will get six smiling faces down there. However just in case you didn't know there's an outing at Blue Bucket and it's ok to miss just a few days of school.
Here's to the gold in the bottom of your pan but most of all the new friends we found at the creek.
Carol
2010 Outings Contact List
Use this contact list if you have questions about a particular outing
June 18-20 Iron Springs (beach) Bela and Barb Kovacs Outing Information
July 16-18 Easy Money Cal and Colleen Blackburn's 360-830-4613
Aug. 20-22 Mother's Nightmare
Sept. 22-26 Blue Buckets LDMA group outing
Oct. 15-17 Snowball's Chance John Dykstra 360-337-9700
Guest speaker Bill O'Rourke, author of the "Found In Rolls" column as seen in Coin World magazine. Bill shared tips on using a metal detector to hunt for coins. Some of his tips are:
Dig everything you find.
Triple check area after you find something.
Keep going, don't give up.
Don't go metal detecting alone, or at least keep mindful of your surroundings.
Make sure coil is parallel to the ground and don't go to fast, leaving a large V of area not searched. Cover an area no wider than 3 ft. and move in a nice Sloooow pattern.
You can also ask any coin related questions by using the SUBMIT QUESTON button found at: Ask about coins at www.askaboutcoins.com
Miller Table building contest- June 12, 2010 Meeting
Have you looked at the plans on the WWGPAA
Web Site ( http://www.wwgpaa.org/Graphics/miller-table-1.pdf ) on how to build a "Miller Table" for the processing of fine concentrated Gold we find in Western Washington?
Haven't started building it yet? You better.....
You have only until June 12th to get it done!
Why?
We are asking everyone to build there own version of the Miller Table and bring it to the next meeting for a panel of"Distinguished and Honorable Panel of Judges" to select one winner.
There is only one qualification: It must be a working model demonstrated in front of the Very Distinguished Panel of Qualified Judges at the June 12, 2010 meeting.
The Prize? $25.00 Gift Certificate and a Gold Nugget.
Who are the Judges? To Be Determined................
Greetings to all Prospectors!
We am writing to you concerning the future direction of the Western Washington Chapter of the GPAA.
Don't worry! We are not going to disband the club. Just the opposite, we are moving in a direction to firmly secure its future for generations to come. How are we doing that you may ask? Simple answer yet a complicated process.
We have started the process with the Internal Revenue Service to make the Chapter a 501 (c) (3) Corporation under the IRS Tax Code. Once we have incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, we will then complete the paperwork for the IRS. The hopeful end result is the Chapter being designated a Not-For-Profit Charitable Organization where donations, gifts, etc. can we written off ones federal income taxes.
This process will probably take several months so don't hold your breath. If you have questions, please drop us a line.
Rob Matthews
My name is Charles Elliott. I was born in Hayward, California and spent most of my life in Tulare, California doing construction and driving harvesters. My hobbies include riding motorcycles, fishing, hiking, camping. I have lived in Washington State for a few years. Currently, I am actively employed in the fields of powder-coating and the building and remodeling of houses.
Vince Grasso Bio
I was born in Gilroy, California, lived and worked on a ranch and work with my family at their restaurant. Went to school in Morgan Hill, and then later moved to San Jose, California and attended Jr. High and High School and graduated in 1964 and
These are the GPAA members forming the new Everett Chapter
joined the Marines, and then the Army. Served in Vietnam for a couple of years and then was Discharged Honorably.
After the service, I worked as a Medical technician on an ambulance for 10 years and then moved to Washington in January 1980, and then went to work with NOAA as a Ships Physician. Later it was discovered that injuries and other medical issues resulting from services in Vietnam resulted in me becoming disabled for service connected disabilities.
I love fishing, sports car racing, Nascar Racing, Hiking, to old for hunting, GOLD PROSPECTING with friends, and just having a good time at life.
My interests combine those of a freedom of life and the ability to do what our constitution grants us without government intervention and telling us what we can and cannot do. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the truth.
I also like to explore unknown areas of the country, travel, and just life its self.
Group photo from the Waddell Creek outing
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