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Wausau Prospectors Volume 6, Issue 4 January 2013
NEXT MEETING –February 2nd - at Cedar Creek Mall in Wausau – 11AM
The mall is located next to I-39 just north of Gander Mountain. Take I-39 exit 185 – Business 51 North to county road XX/ Imperial
Avenue. Turn right and then go straight ahead. The community Room is located at the main entrance of the mall. BBQ will be
provided. Please bring a dish-to-pass.
Presidents Letter I couldn’t make the December meeting due to work, so it was very enjoyable that I could make the January meeting. As always, the air was filled with the talk of prospecting. A big Thank You goes out to Dave Towel on his talk about prospecting in our own back yard and the equipment that he brought along to show. I love his work on prospecting for diamonds in Wisconsin and his explaining what we need to have for equipment to find diamonds. Usually it is just modifying the equipment we are already using to find gold and applying a film of grease on this equipment to catch the diamonds. The grease is then scrapped off and heated in a pot to let the diamonds fall to the bottom of the pot. The grease is then reused. The club is constantly picking up new members as folks continue to see gold prospecting on TV. You have the Outdoor Channel with Gold Fever and the Alaskan, the Discovery Channel with Gold Rush, Jungle Gold, and Bering Sea gold, and the History Channel with Bamazon. It is no wonder that there are so many folks who are interested or just plain curious about gold prospecting. Our February 2nd meeting will be on Gold Fever Prospecting near Chicken Alaska by Dean Race. Prospecting for Dean is a large part of his life and it is always a pleasure to have Dean for one of our programs during the year. Then in March there will be no meeting as the club officers will be at Klondike Days in Eagle River demonstrating gold panning and working the club booth. We will have a meeting for April 6th. I hope all you folks have a Happy New Year and I look forward to hearing your stories as you get out this year with your gold pan and/or metal detector in search of gold and/or treasure. Enjoy the Great Outdoors…. Kurt
CLUB OFFICERS
President: Kurt Bublitz (715) 340-2831 [email protected] Vice Pres.: Dennis Laubenstein (715) 752-3404 [email protected] Secretary: Carl Mauritz (715) 253-2228 [email protected] Treasurer: Barb Bublitz (715) 340-9720 [email protected] Robert Hoffman Outings (715) 551-0426 Coordinator: [email protected]
Community Outreach Officer: Ken House
Club Peggy Gremler
Historian: [email protected]
Club Janice Laubenstein
Librarian: [email protected]
Web Rick Gremler Master: [email protected] http://wausauprospectors.com
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ITEMS FOR SALE Anyone wanting to list items for sale in the monthly news-letter should contact Carl at (715)253-2228 or at [email protected]
Prospecting Picks $30.00 Contact Dennis Lulloff
E-mail: [email protected] Phone # 715-797-4904 Wet Suit XL up to 6’ tall, zipper down front, pole over shirt with half zipper & size 11 boots, medium weigh N/N $120.00. Call Rich Hamann at 1-715-223-4139
2012 WAUSAU PROSPECTORS MEETINGS February 2nd: Meeting at Cedar Creek Mall. Dean Race will be giving a talk about Chicken Alaska March: No Meeting. April 6th: Meeting at Cedar Creek Mall.
Canned Goods
Remember to bring non-
perishable food items to the meeting. For
each item you donate you
receive a ticket in the drawing for a
piece of gold.
GPAA Renewal Reminder HEY WAUSAU PROSPECTORS!!
You don’t have to be a member of the Gold Prospectors Association of America to be a member of the Wausau Prospectors, a GPAA Chapter. But, if you’re not a member of the GPAA, you are missing out on a lot of really good stories and information by not getting the “Gold Prospectors” magazine and the “Pick & Shovel Gazette” paper, plus the Mining Guide. Check out the GPAA website at: http//www.goldprospectors.org For the Wausau Prospectors members who join or renew the GPAA, please let them know that you are a member of the Wausau Prospectors GPAA Chapter. We earn Chapter credits from the GPAA that can be used like cash when ordering catalog items from the GPAA that we use for our club such as raffles. Joining the GPAA includes many benefits. Find out at http://www.goldprospectors.org/membership/gpaa or call the GPAA toll free: 800-551-9707
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SECTRETARY’S REPORT We had 53 members show up for this great meeting. Kurt gave the Pers. Report, Dennis gave the VP report, Carl Gave the Sec. Report, Barb gave the Treas. Report, Janic gave the Librarian report, Rick gave the web site report, Peggy gave the historian report, Ken gave the food report & Bob gave the outing report. Dave Towle gave a talk on Prospecting. He showed the Gold wheel, spiral wheel & and a home made Green bowl. He al so talked about how to get the fine gold out too. Next Month Dean Race will be giving a talk on his claim up in Chicken Alaska. He will have bags of gold for sale amd it is all ways cool to listen to him talk about the past years adventures they have had on the claim. Donations for the Raffle table was from Barb Bublitz – shop clock, Deerfield Detectors – Minelab mini Maglite & Rick Gremler – tape measure Please thank these folks for donating to the club. Carl
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RAFFLE WINNERS
50/50 – Beverly Zastrow - $56.00 Special – Terry Knope Gold Nuggets – Larry Bender, Gary Schauer, Harold Beringer Food – Tom Pawlak & Mike Fait
Canned Goods & Pet Food Donations
Remember that we are collecting canned goods for the local
food pantries at our meetings. For every can of food you
bring you get a raffle ticket for a piece of gold to be given
away at every meeting. Maybe you can win yourself a little
gold while helping others.
The pets need our help too. Donations go to neighboring
Humane Society’s or to some Food Pantries that except
pet food.
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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Wausau Prospectors
Carl Mauritz, Secretary
PO Box 233
Tigerton, WI 54486-0233
Please send me your stories or prospecting tips for consideration in future newsletters, I want to make this informative and interesting for all readers and I need your help. Thank you [email protected] or Carl Mauritz, PO Box 233, Tigerton, WI 54486
HELPFUL WEBSITES
Wausau Prospectors http://wausauprospectors.com
Carl Mauritz www.huntforgems.com
Carl Mauritz Forum www.huntforgems.com/goldminers
Deerfield Detectors www.deerfielddetectors.com
Chippewa Falls Metal Detector www.threeseasonstreasurehunters.com
GPAA www.goldprospectors.org
Green Bush Chapter www.greenbushgpaa.com
Rick Gremler’s Wausau Site http://www.ricksbucketlist.com
Heart of WI Gem & Mineral http://fromtherockroom.com/club
Other Club News
Greenbush Wisconsin Chapter of the GPAA – holds meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 3pm in the Greenbush Town Hall, N6644 Sugarbush Rd, Greenbush, WI. For more information contact Ron Smith at (920)207-4092 or visit www.wisgpaa.org. Mid-State Metal Detecting Club Mid-State Metal Detecting Club meets every 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7pm in the Stevens Point area. Contact Steve Miller for more information (75)572-1845. Tomah Wisconsin Chapter of the GPAA – holds meetings on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the La Grange Town Hall, 22731 Flint Ave. 1.8 miles west of Tomah on Hwy-21. For more information contact Mike Fait at (715)384-9265 or e-mail at [email protected] .Wisconsin Northwoods Adventures Chapter of the GPAA – holds meetings on the 2nd Saturday of every month. For more information contact Tom Frank at (715)579-7111 or visit http;//www.wisconsingpaa.com.
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