Gold Fever !!!
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – December, 2014
Welcome
Welcome to the 2014 GOLD FEVER Newsletter.
Another year, another gold prospecting opportunity.
If you have not tried to find gold, you need to give it a try.
Let us know if you need help to get started, there are many people with
experience that the help you.
The Tomah, Wisconsin GPAA Chapter newsletter is your newsletter, please let me
know what you would like to see in it, we hope to bring you more information in
the coming year. I hope you enjoy
the information and articles included in this newsletter.
You can receive this Newsletter by
mail, by either attended a meeting, or sent a book of stamps for postage.
We are also always looking for speakers, we need to help out our great president
(Mike Fait). He has been putting
the programs together with very little help.
If you have taken a trip or just have a story about somewhere, we would
like to hear about it. You do NOT
need to be an expert speaker; everyone likes to hear about what other members
are doing.
Do not forget the Newsletter and pictures can always be found at:
www.huntforgems.com/gpaatomahwi/
President’s Message
I'm still deer hunting Wednesday, 4 days of hunting and have yet to see a deer.
Great meeting last month I am always interested in what people find metal
detecting. What do they find is a treasure and what is junk. It changes with the
detectors. I like coins and rings. Thank you Steve Miller for showing us
your finds and telling us about your trip to Virginia.
Remember to bring a dish to pass for each meeting the club will supply drinks
and meat.
The club is going to do a joint outing to S. Dakota next summer the date is
still to be determined.
Dec (I think on the 17th) the Weather Channel will start this
seasons prospecting shows more gems from the mountains. Now all I have to do is
catch up on two episodes of Gold Rush.
See you at the meetings Mike
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes November, 2014
Old Business:
The November meeting was held at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731
Flint Ave. on Route #21 west of Tomah Wisconsin on November 15th,,
43 members and guests attended the November
meeting.
Mike Flint has resigned the position of State Director.
The speaker was Steve Miller, who spoke on metal detecting and had many examples
of what he has found. He talked
extensively about Relic Hunting in West Virginia.
The best bet is to ask to hunt on private property because most on the
public land hunting is prohibited. If
you would be interested in going on a relic hunt, look it up on the computer at
“mytreasurespont.com”. (Be sure to
enter the web site correctly, because “treaurespot.com” is a porn site.)
Marathon county prospecting ban was talked about.
See the full law later in this newsletter.
New Business:
December’s meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of December on the 20th
at 1:00 pm at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint Ave. on Route
#21 west of Tomah Wisconsin.
Please bring a dish to pass for lunch.
This will be our Christmas Meeting.
If you would like a gift, please bring a gift.
A joint prospecting trip to South Dakota is being planned for 2015 with the
Wausau chapter. No dates have been set yet.
December’s Meeting - Bring a gift, get a gift -
If you would like to participate in a gift exchange, bring a un-sex gift
(wrapped), valued at around $10.00.
If you bring a gift, you will receive a ticket, the tickets will be randomly
picked, and you can choose your gift from the gift table.
Raffles:
Donations to the raffle were from:
Dave Bender, Bev Bender, Larry Bender, Emily Morrison, Mike Fait, John Schwingle,
Diane & Bill North, Robert Wysocky, Jack Card, and Val Thompson - hope I didn't
miss anyone.
Raffles:
50/50
raffle winner – Rodney Kenyon
Gold raffle winners: Gold nugget Wanda Buckland-riel, Pay Dirt – Larry Ehrenberg
Special raffle: Richard Niemyiski
Gold
Price on 11/27/14 was $1,190.80 Silver
Price on 11/27/14 was $16.35
Respectfully submitted by Diane North –
Newsletter Editor
Hello
Prospecting Friends,
What a wonderful turnout we had!
Lots of chatter and hugs to go around!
Good food, good friends, and a warm place to gather in.
And having all the young prospectors there was fun.
They soon will be in our shoes sharing what we have taught them.
A Big thanks to Steve Miller for coming to talk to us.
I hope everyone took time to see the “finds” he brought in.
What I found interesting is the fact that his ‘finds” were a part of
someone’s life.
And a Big “Richard always wins” and "Lucky Dave” wisn again.
Have a Wonderful family filled Thanksgiving…
Jeanne Marie Morrison – Secretary
Marathon County – Ordinance #0-17-14
AMENDING SEC. 16.08(7) AND SEC. 19.04(1) OF THE GENERAL CODE OF ORDINANCES: TO
PROHIBIT RECREATIONAL PROSPECCTING AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE
DAMAGE TO MARITHON COUNTY FORESTS AND PARKS.
WHEREAS, sec. 28.11(3)(b), Wis. Stats, authorizes the county to “[e]stablish
regulations for the use of county forests by the public and to provide penalties
for their enforcement”; and
WHEREAS, sec.27.05(1),
Wis. Stats., authorizes the county to “improve maintain and govern all county
parks”; and
WHEREAS, Marathon County
has previously enacted sec. 16.08(7) and sec. 19.04(1) of the General Code of
Ordinances prohibiting destruction county forest and park property; and
WHEREAS, the State of
Wisconsin has prohibited the collection of rocks, mineral, and fossil material
in state natural areas, state parks and state wild rivers, pursuant to sec. NR
45.04 Wisconsin Administrative Code; and
WHEREAS, the
Marathon County Park Commission, the Marathon County Forestry and Recreation
Committee, and the Marathon County Environmental Resources Committee (ERC) have
studied the practice of recreational prospecting; and WHEREAS, the ERC has been
advised by County Corporation Counsel that the current ordinances protecting
county forest and park land provide inadequate notice to person participating in
recreational prospecting that their activity would be considered a violation of
the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, at
its meeting on October 8, 2014, the ERC reviewed and approved the attached
amendments to the ordinance referenced above to prohibit recreational
prospecting and other similar similar activities, such as fossil collecting or
collection of archeological artifacts, which can cause damage to Marathon County
Forests and Parks.
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors o the County of Marathon that
hereby amends sec. 16.08(7) and sec. 19.04(1) of the General Code of Ordinances
pursuant to the attached.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
AND RESOLVED that said ordinances shall be effective upon passage and
publication as prescribed by law.
Dated the 21st day of
October, 2014.
MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!
Officers
– all officers were re-elected for 2015.
President –
Michael Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Vice-President – Gary Morrison 715-316-2160
Secretary –
Jeanne Morrison 715-316-2160
Newsletter
Editor - Diane North (dbnorth@centurytel.net)
608-635-7031
Treasure –
Gayle Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Outing
Chairman – Richard Niemyjski (richnski@frontiernet.net)
608-637-3295
Claims
Director – Richard Niemyjski (richnski@frontiernet.net)
608-637-3295
State
Director – Mike Flint (mwink12@excite.com)
608-372-0694
Upcoming
Events
Dec 6, 2014
- Wausau Prospector Meeting – Cedar Creek Mall – Meeting & Christmas Party -
11:00 am
Dec 20, 2014
- Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – Meeting & Christmas Party -
at 1:00 pm
Jan 3, 2015
– Wausau Prospector Meeting – Program: Finding diamonds in the Midwest.
Jan 17, 2015
- Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1:00 pm
Feb 7, 2015
– Wausau Prospector Meeting – Program:
Gold Prospecting in Alaska.
April/May –
Tomah Club Spring Outing – Metal Detecting – Goose Island, Fishing Camp.
Wisconsin
Area Clubs
Greenbush
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – holds their meetings on the 2nd Saturday of
each month at 3:00 pm in the Greenbush Town Hall, N644 Sugarbush Rd, Greenbush
Wi. – Contact: Ron Smith 920-207-4092
Midstate
Metal Detecting Club – meets every 3rd Wednesday at 7:00 pm at
Shooters Bar and Restaurant at the intersection of Hwy 39 and 54, next to the
Shell Station. Contact: Steve
Miller 715-572-1845
Wausau
Prospectors – meets the 1st Saturday of the month at 11:00 am in the
community room at Cedar Creek Mall next to I-39 just north of Gander Mountain.
Take I-39 exit 185. Contact:
Kurt Bublitz 715-340-2831 or e-mail
lizzy101@charter.net
Wisconsin
Northwoods Adventures GPAA Chapter – holds their meetings on the 2nd
Saturday of every month at 11:00 am, at Rice Lake
Regional Airport located west of Cameron and west of hwy53 on 19th St.,
Rice Lake, Wi. Contact: Mike
Wiersma 715-833-7603