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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008The Memphis Metal Detector Club’s own Sid Witherington is featured today in the Commercial Appeal. It’s an extensive article, detailing many of Sid’s Civil War finds. An excerpt: In sum: He has found more than 7,000 Civil War bullets, more than 100 Civil War plates, more than 600 buttons, 13 sword belt plates, assorted gold and [...]
Treasure exhibit at The Pink Palace
Monday, May 19th, 2008Check out the latest exhibit at Memphis’ own Pink Palace Museum: Treasure! “There is something in a treasure that fastens upon a man’s mind…He will never forget it…” – from Nostromo by Joseph Conrad Find Treasure! at the Pink Palace Museum in our new exhibit. Treasure! takes you on your own personal treasure hunt: underwater, [...]
Spring Hunt this weekend!
Friday, April 18th, 2008The time for the Spring Hunt is here again. This is a seeded hunt for members only, and takes place this Saturday, April 19th. Lots of prizes are up for grabs, including two metal detectors. Roughly 900 silver coins will be in the ground, so come ready to dig! The schedule is as follows: 8:00 [...]
Higher gold and silver prices create a new batch of treasure hunters
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008As we’re all acutely aware, the prices of gold and silver have been relatively high over the last few months. Apparently this situation has led to an influx of new recreational prospectors as well as an increased interest in metal detecting around beaches. It’s hard to say how many of these new hobbiest will hang [...]
January 2008 newsletter and upcoming buddy hunt
Monday, January 21st, 2008Sarah Kee, our new Secretary for 2008, just sent out the January newsletter. Here it is: January 17, 2008 was the first meeting of the New Year and we had 18 attendees. Ms. Leigh Ripka joined MMDC and we are excited to have a new member and hope she will be with us for long [...]
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