On the weekend of 16-17 June 2018,

Karla Sanchez was visiting the Guada-

lupe River for some tubing with

friends in New Braunfels, Texas. They

were staying at Roy’s Campgrounds

and Rentals. Karla had a ring that was

made specially for her father who

passed away in 2014. Karla found

strength in wearing her fathers ring

on her finger everyday. This particu-

lar weekend, she went tubing with

friends and somewhere along the

route, the tube she was in with an-

other friend capsized, and she lost her

fathers ring. Karla was beside herself

from anxiety and depression until she

found our club website and asked for

assistance. The ring is a silver signet

ring with her fathers initials in old

English style “A S” and its a pretty

clunky ring. On 12 August 2018, our

President, Kevin Cupit, coordinated a

search for the ring based out of Roy’s

Rental and Campground. Another club

member volunteered to help, Michael

Oakes. Based on the depth and speed

of the river as well as the approximate

location of the incident, will determine

whether our club volunteers will be ale

to help Karla or not. Lots of grass and

sediment was found by Kevin and the

search did not reveal any rings. Karla

was appreciative of our efforts and

thanked the club for the help.

Special points of interest:

Guadalupe River Ring Re-

covery

Heubner-Onion Homestead

and Stagecoach Stop Relic

Search and Recovery

Christmas Party and Raffle

Dignowity Hill Hunt

Upcoming Events

For Sale Items

Huebner-Onion Homestead and Stage Coach Stop Relic Search and Recovery

Guadalupe River Ring Recovery

Guadalupe River Tubing

Inside this issue:

Christmas Party and Raffle 2

Dignowity Hill Hunt 3

Upcoming Events

For Sale Items

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Garza taking photographs, and Rick

Frankenberger, TJ Jefferson, and

Harry Hamilton conducting the metal

detector search. Wes Ingalls plotted

and mapped the finds for future use by

archeologists. The following items

were found and recovered for the

On 7 July 2018, five members of the

SAAMDC club assisted the Leon Valley

Historical Society in conducting a

searxh for relics in the dirt floor of

the interior of the homestead. This

relic recovery was led by the club Vice

President, Wes Ingalls with Frank

historical society; a button adjacent to

the porch outside, (11) square nails,

one token, one hinge for the square

nails, possibly (2) expended bullets,

one coin (unknown date), and two

pieces of metal of unknown use or

origin.

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Summer 2018

Huebner-Onion Home-

stead & Stagecoach Stop

Christmas Party and Raffle

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“Be respectful,

treat others like

you would want

them to treat you,

and always be

honest with

others”

SAAMDC CHRISTMAS PARTY AND RAFFLE

15 December 2018

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Golden Corral, 2301 Pat Booker Rd | Universal

City, Texas 78148

A celebration of historical finds and club unity for 2018. Please bring your best find of the

year for display and voting. The Christmas Raffle prizes are: 1st Place-Garrett AT Pro Hunt

Package; 2nd Place-Garrett ACE 250 Hunt Package; 3rd Place-Custom Made and Engraved

SAAMDC Pen and Pencil Set. Winners of prizes need not be present. If you wish to participate

in the Gift Exchange Game, please bring a gift and label it for male or female. Let’s limit the

price of the gift to $20 or less. Raffle tickets are $10 each or three tickets for $20. See Ernest

Castillo for tickets. Contact him via cell phone: 210-685-8779, or email at:

e.h.cclass72@gmail.com.

Sponsored by Garrett Metal Detectors and the

On 5 August 2018, the club was invited

to hunt a private property at 501 Hays

Street, San Antonio, Texas. The prop-

erty owner wanted to see if there

were any relics to be recovered on his

property which was about a quarter of

an acre on the corner of Hays and

Mesquite streets. Approximately 10

club members participated in the hunt

from 0900 to 1130 hours. The follow-

ing club members were involved in the

hunt; Dori Kurkowski, Kevin Cupit,

Frank Garza, Wes Ingalls, Larry and

Lucy Crumley, Johnny Guevara, Rick

Frankenberger, and TJ Jefferson,. Not

much was recovered,

and the homeowner

had first selection of

any items recovered. A

few coins were found

by Frankenberger,

Jefferson, and Cupit.

The property was built

in 1903. All had a great

time searching the

grounds.

from club members and present the

nominees at the September club

meeting on 13 September 2018. All

members are asked to send in their

nominations unless they attend the

September club meeting where they

can submit their nominations.

October 2018: The following events

are sponsored by the metal detecting

club identified:

6 October 2018: 34th Annual Hunt

and Picnic; The Betty Jordan and

Roger Nickel Memorial Hunt located at

the YMCA CAMP CARTER, 6200 Sand

Springs Rd, Fort Worth, Texas 76114.

This is a Quarterly TAMDC partnered

Satellite Hunt as well. See attached

flyers.

13 October 2018: Central Texas

Treasure Club Annual Fall Open Hunt.

ALCORN PARK—Brownwood, 4th St and

Indian Creek Dr. See attached flyer.

27 October 2018: Lone Star Treasure

Hunter’s Club 44th Annual Open Hunt.

Location is: Mountain Creek Preserve

at the corner of Nursery & Hunter

Ferrell Rd., Irving, Texas. See at-

tached flyers.

10 November 2018: Austin Metal

Detecting Club Veterans Day Open

Hunt. Location is: Old Settlers RV

Park, 3300 E Palm Valley Blvd, Round

Rock, Texas. This is a Quarterly

TAMDC partnered Satellite Hunt as

well. See attached flyers.

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19 August 2018: SAAMDC Monthly

Club Hunt will be held at Converse City

Park North.

12 January 2019: SAAMDC, Cuero

Metal Detecting Club, and TAMDC have

partnered together for a “GIVE BACK”

project with the Leon Valley Historical

Society, at 6613 Bandera Road, San

Antonio, Texas. This is the Huebner-

Onion Homestead & Stage Coach Stop.

More information to follow.

Upcoming Events

September 2018: Upcoming elec-

tions for club officer positions. All

positions are open for nominations of

candidates from the club active mem-

bership. The following positions are

open for candidates:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Hunt Director

Quartermaster

Webnaster

Historian

To submit your nomination of candi-

dates, all active club members are

asked to send an email to the Vice

President, Wes Ingalls at the following

email address: alphas-

niper50@gmail.com. The Vice Presi-

dent will consolidate all nominations

Dignowity Hill Hunt

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Dignowity Hill Property

Treasure

Hunter’s Code

of Ethics:

• Always check Federal, State,

County and local laws before

searching.

• Respect private property and

do not enter private property

without the owner’s permission.

• Take care to refill all holes and

leave no damage.

• Remove and dispose of any and

all trash and litter found.

• Appreciate and protect our

inheritance of natural resources,

wildlife and private property.

• Act as an ambassador for the

hobby, use thoughtfulness, con-

sideration and courtesy at all

times.

• Never destroy historical or

archaeological treasures.

• All treasure hunters may be

judged by the example you set;

always conduct yourself with

courtesy and consideration of

others.

FOR SALE

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SanAntonioMDC

Web: http://

sanantoniometaldetectingclub.

com/

Primary Business Address

Lions Field Adult and Senior Center

2809 Broadway

San Antonio, Texas 78209

Phone: 210-240-7152, President Kevin Cupit

E-mail: Sanantonioareamdc@gmail.com

Recovering Treasure since 1971.

The San Antonio Area Metal Detecting Club has roots dating back to 1971.

It started out as a few people, with an interest in a new phenomenon

known as metal detecting. Fast forward to 2017, and we now have 68 mem-

bers and are growing each month. While the detectors might have changed

over the years, our love and passion for recovering relics of the past has

not.

As a club, we get the most fulfillment from helping out the community. We

have assisted the San Antonio Police Department and other local law en-

forcement agencies with their criminal cases using our skilled detectorists

to help find evidence, and we are always willing and able to help you try

and find that wedding ring that fell somewhere below or whatever item

you lost.

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