Earth Metal Detecting Club

Annual Awards and Holiday Party

The 2018 Earth Club annual Christmas Party was again a smashing suc-
cess. For the fourth year in a row, it was held at Club Monarch in Yorkville.
The atmosphere, staff and buffet were all excellent. We had 40 me
mbers and guests attend. The Club treasury was able to subsidize the cost
of the dinner so each member only had to pay $10 (non-members-$18).
Members were also encouraged to bring a desert dish of their choosing
which resulted is a wide array of delicious sweets after the meal.
As usual, there was an astounding quality and variety of finds in the an-
nual “Best of” competition categories. The 2018 winners were as
follows:
Best Gold Ring- Alicia Copperwheat,
1800’s 14k Gold Wedding Band
Best Silver Ring- Larry Ehlinger, Sapphire Ring
Best Iron Object- Dave Lofgren, War of 1812 Cannonball
Best Toy- Pete Sorrell, 1887 Bulldog Cap Gun
Best Buckle- Tom Ferjet, Hickok Silver Plated Buckle
Best Button- Dave Lofgren, War of 1812 Artillery Button
Best Jewelry (no rings)- Margaret Ferjet, Silver Dog Pin
Most Unusual Find- Margaret Ferjet, Gun Powder Flask
Best Token- Dave Lofgren, 1863 Army/Navy Civil War Token
Best Foreign Coin- Pete Sorrell, 1831 King William 4th Penny
Best Large Cent- Peter Sorrell, 1817 Counter-stamped Large Cent
Best Flatware- Dave Lofgren, Small Silver Spoon
Oldest Silver Coin- Margaret Ferjet, 1784 Half Real
Best Overall Coin- Dave Lofgren, 1834 Capped Bust Quarter
Best US Small Cent- Alicia Copperwheat, 1858 Flying Eagle Cent
Best Dime- Lori Fealey, 1891 Seated Liberty Dime
Best Quarter- Margaret Ferjet, 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter
Best Military Item- Larry Ehlinger, Prop & Wings Medal

Best Metal Detecting Display 2017 Awards:

1st Place- Stu Copperwheat, “Coin Santa”

2nd Place- Larry Ehlinger, Jewelry Display
3rd Place- Dave Lofgren, 2018 Finds Display

Nut Guess Results: Actual number 333

Gary Bohm 984 Furthest Away-off by 651

Ruth Bohm 305 3rd place- off by 28

Dave Brown 350 2nd place- off by 17
Ed Netzband 323 1st place- off by 10

Larry Ehlinger Dave Lofgren

2nd Place Jewelry Display 3rd Place “2018 Finds” Display
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2018 Treasure Hunter of the Year Award:
This year marked the 16th time we have given out this
prestigious award. Ex-Club member Tom Baustert
began this friendly competition back in 2003 and it’s
been going on ever since. Thirty members took part
in this year’s competition which is 5 more than 2017,
and 12 different club members got at least 1 win
throughout the year.

Point totals for the top 10 members are:

1st Tom Ferjet 110

2nd Dave Lofgren 104
3rd Margaret Ferjet 96
4th Larry Ehlinger 95
5th Peter Sorrell 61
6th Lori Fealey 52
7th Mike Eychner 49
8th Stu Copperwheat 42
9th Ed Netzband 38
10th Alicia Copperwheat 28 Tom’s 1900-S
Barber Half
Scavenger Hunt Results:
This was our 5th year of the Scavenger Hunt contest. Each spring, Larry Ehlinger comes
up with 40 items for members to try and find throughout the season. After Peter Sorrell nearly
ran the table a couple years ago, Larry decided to change it up some by adding items like you’d
find at parks, playgrounds and beaches…. Places Peter doesn’t hunt. Larry also began to
incorporate junk items like a pencil eraser end, a pen, a toy action figure, Pepsi screw cap and
performing a metal detecting community service.
Each year when Larry compiles the list he tries not to have too many repeated items. The
list is generally broken down into 1/3 easy, 1/3 moderate and 1/3 difficult items to find. The
first year we had 14 entries; in 2015 we had 15 entries, in 2016 we had 12 entries and last year
we only had 9 participants. This year we had 9 participants as well. The results are as follows:

Margaret Ferjet 30- Silver Round

Larry Ehlinger 27- Obsolete Coin Set
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Mike Eychner 27- Barber Half
Lori Fealey 26
Tom Ferjet 24
Stu Copperwheat 22
Robert Thomas 22
Dave Lofgren 17
Alicia Copperwheat 12

The raffle prizes, as always are fun finish

to the evening’s activities. There were many
great prizes brought by members (wrapped and
unwrapped) including wine, home -made crafts,
books and all kinds of stuff! The 50/50 of $70
was won by Maureen Netzband. The grand
prize metal detector, a Minelab Xterra 705 was
won by Mike Eychner.

Raffle Prize Table

Larry & Patty Ehlinger

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2018 Category Winners:
1. Margaret Ferjet
2. Larry Ehlinger
3. Stu Copperwheat
4. Alicia Copperwheat
5. Pete Sorrell
6. Lori Fealey
7. David Lofgren

Ralph & Hope Blencowe Laura & Mark Novak

Mike “Club Hunt” Parker

Pete & Amanda Sorrell with Pete’s

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 1887 “Bulldog” Cap Gun

Nut Guess Winners:

1. Ruth Bohm
2. Ed Netzband
3. Dave Brown

Mary Lou & Dan DesRosiers Dave Zohne’s

Snake Buckle

Chris Beattie’s Toy Soldier Chuck & Jill Ray

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 Kathie Lenhart and Bob Thomas Darcy & John Puleo

Mary Lou and Hope

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