Calendar of Events

The Alaska Treasure Seekers Society will be holding their 41st annual metal detecting hunt on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at the Alaska State Fairgrounds, France Equestrian Center, 2075 Glenn Highway, Palmer, Alaska.  We will be holding a 1-day hunt this year, having 4 hunts for adults.

Space is limited.  This open hunt will be held at Pickle Gulch Campground in beautiful, historic Black Hawk, Colorado.  Two days and five spectacular hunts (Casino Hunt, Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills Hunt, Silver Streak Hunt with thousands of silver coins, Wild West Hunt, and Hi-Ho Silver, Away! Hunt).  There will also be a free, ages 12 and under kids hunt.  Guest speakers Sat. and Sun.  Check out our website at EurekaTHC.org and click on the Rush to the Rockies tab for details and entry form.

To be held on the property of "New Life Church" 15711 152nd Ave SE, Renton, WA.  A full day with 3 hunts and a BBQ lunch included. 1600+ silver coins in the hunts and over $8000 in clad coins.  Hundreds of special tokens for coins and prizes.  A gold coin in each hunt. Raffles galore with top prizes being a Treasure box full of silver and gold, a vintage $5 gold coin, metals detectors in each hunt as well as in the raffles.  See our website for an event flyer to register.

21^stl Annual Open Hunt and State Championship at Deer Trails Park Campground.  This Hunt is 100% plus payback, this includes all entry fees paid and all donated items.

Held at Lazy Brook Park, Rt. 6, Tunkhannock.  Go to our website to download a flyer or send a S.A.S.E. to BDTHC, P.O. Box 1523, Kingston, PA  18704.  You can also call George Walko, 570-287-3602 or Ron Denman 570-288-7787.

The PSTHC annual hunt held at Orting Lion's Community Field, Orting, WA.

Held at Berne Town Park, 1883 Helderberg Trail (Rt. 443), Berne, NY, 12023.  This is our 47thAnnual Club Hunt, sponsored by the Empire State Metal Detector Association. It will be held at the Berne NY Town Park.  Please join us rain or shine. There will be 1,200 coins planted, cash and prize tokens including the grand prize, a Treasure Chest filled with a great set of coins.  In total, we have over $5,500.00 in prizes.  There is a fee for the club hunt but the picnic is free to all members and families.  Please don’t forget to bring a dish to share at the picnic.  For more information visit the club website.

Held at Nicholas Ball Park, 9715 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN.

Open hunt held at Sandy Point State Park.

Open hunt held at Sandy Point State Park.

Held at Beaver Meadows Family Campgrounds, 1455 Beaver Meadows Rd, Java Center, NY 14082.  DETECTORS, GOLD COINS, SILVER COINS and other prizes too numerous to mention, Events held both days to benefit Cancer / Hospice Care.  This years event will again promote the hobby of metal detecting and raise funds for Cancer / Hospice Care.

It is a seeded hunt with coins, relics and tokens for prizes. The hunt is open to all metal detector enthusiast.  Prizes will include silver rounds, silver dollars, various coins, silver coins in the field, as well as tokens to redeem for prizes. Lunch will be provided. Family and guest are welcome, but only paid participants may hunt.  Held at Alabama Prospecting Supply, 789 Brentwood Drive, Gadsden, AL 35091.

Held at Smith Lake Park, 416 County Road 385, Cullman, AL 35057. Hunts will include, Silver Bonanza, Dollar Bill Hunt, Relic Hunt, Main Hunt, and for between hunts, the Hula Hoop Hunt. There will be raffles between hunts, also. The Hunt flyer, including pricing, and a map can be obtained online at www.wbtha.com. For more information please call David Scales 205-529-8955 (email) Ds5584@aol.com; or Joe Box 205-451-7693 (email) ulozifind@windstream.net; or Lawrence McKelvey 205-283-0099 (email) lmckelvey1329@charter.net or Tom Wiggs (owner Alabama Prospecting Supply) 256-546-3642 (email) twiggs1@comcast.net.

Rain or Shine.  2 Separate Hunts, Hunt one or both.  Held at Houghton's Pond, 840 Hillside Rd, Off Route 128, exit 3.  Prizes include metal detectors, cash, silver and coins, gift certificates and more... Last years prize value was over $3,000.

The 76th annual will be held at the Lapidary and Show Building, 13337 Main St, Trona, CA, starting at 7:30 am.  Indoor show features 20+ gem and mineral dealers and 50+ displays.  Three different field trips to collect saline minerals.  Last year, over 3,700 people went on field trips!

Held at Mountain Creek Preserve at the corner of Nursery & Hunter Ferrell Rd.  Last year we awarded 18 metal detectors, 35 gold coins, 3,759 silver coins seeded. Rain or Shine, one busy day!

The Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs announces our 2017 Gathering that will take place again in historic Gettysburg, PA. Location of one of the most well known Civil War battles. Join us on Oct 28 and 29 in conjunction with the autumn Civil War Show. We will have a table set up at the show and the Saturday and Sunday hunts will take place on the grounds outside of the show hall at the AllStar events center.  Tour the Gettysburg Battlefield. See Little Round Top, Devils Den, and Picketts Charge. In the evening take one of the many ghosttours if you dare.Saturdays hunt is open but Sundays is for members only. For a flyer go to FMDAC.org or contact Treasurer John Howard at 585-663-7368  jwhoward@rochester.rr.com   or  VP Ed Burke at  570-310-1530 potogold47@gmail.com

The Austin Metal Detecting Club will host a Veterans Day Open Hunt at Old Settler’s RV Park (3300 E. Palm Valley Blvd) in Round Rock, Texas.  The event will include three hunts, including two silver hunts.  Tokens will be planted for silver dollars and other prizes.  In addition, the Texas Association of Metal Detecting Clubs (TAMDC) is sponsoring a hunt that same afternoon on site.  For hunt flyer and more information, see Austin Metal Detecting Club website.