Club History

The Association of Christian Treasure Searchers metal detecting club started on March 6, 2001. We started with six people from Adult III Sunday School Class of Grawood Baptist Church in Keithville, Louisiana, and two friends of class members. Charter members of our club are Alton Braddock, Jack Huffman, Jimmy McWilliams, Bob Overby, Henry Payne, Charles Permenter, Ronnie Pullen, and Mack Weaver. Our first monthly meetings were held in members' homes.
Our June 2001 meeting was held at Stonewall Community Park. Keith Wills was our guest speaker, and 18 people attended this meeting. Keith gave an interesting presentation that really helped in motivating our club.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Great meeting tonight!

I just wanted to thank everyone for coming out tonight for our March meeting. There was some wonderful food to be had and it was fun seeing the members again. I know Kenny and Diane are enjoying playing in the dirt in Virginia. We all hope that they are finding a lot of good relics and look forward to hearing their tales of recovering history from the Civil War. Also, we missed Mark as he celebrated his birthday with his family tonight. He'll be back for our April meeting when we'll have our "White Sale" Auction. Everyone remember to bring some good "auctionable" items for our auctioneer Kenny to call out.

Tonight we got to talk a little about the history of North Caddo Parish and the settlement of North Louisiana in general. There is so much interesting history in this part of the country and there is much more to discover.

We had a few guests/ new members join us tonight. Mrs Jean Boone, the lovely wife of Mr Ed Boone joined us again and informed us that she was indeed going to be detecting with us this year. She'll give Ed a run for his money I'm sure. Also, Mr. William McCann returned again and I'm looking forward to him joining us for some hunts this year.

Mr. Steve Dupuy joined us at the invitation of Mike Asher. He is an avid artifact hunter and researcher who shares a passion for research and recovery almost as rabid as Mike. We look forward to seeing more of him and maybe have him show us some interesting recoveries he has made.

Next month I will have buried the cache for the club members to search and locate using the clues that I'll give out at the meeting and here on the club site.

Until next time ... keep it low and slow and the coil to the soil.

Gary
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Last week in Bossier

Hello to all my TH friends,

Haven't been out much lately but I did get out once last week. I went to the area in Bossier where they are razing the old buildings on Traffic Street (from Barksdale Blvd to Texas Ave.) They had only cleared a few lots where the old mechanics shops were (yes it was trashy!!!) and it was still VERY muddy from the recent rains but that didn't stop me from giving it a go!.

I dug plenty of old trash because I'm just too curious to walk away from a half-decent signal. I have found many a good find by digging those IFFY signals (which have proven to be caused by trash adjacent to or actually in the same hole as the good item). So ... anyhoo ... I'm doomed to digging waaaay more targets than I might otherwise dig if I were only cherry picking.

As it turned out, I didn't find a lot of great things but I did manage several wheaties (oldest 1934) and a 1934 Buffalo Nickel. Actually the Buff was (and still is) stuck to a 1935 wheatie which I will bring to the meeting on Thursday.  All in all it wasn't a bad day but it was muddy and a little cool and I had fun searching so isn't that what it's all about?

Til next time ... keep the coil to the soil.

Gary
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Our Club Today

Our club has approximately 20 active members. At our meetings we have good food, fun, and fellowship. Our club has a friendly Find of the Month competition, and many of our meetings include outside guest speakers who make excellent presentations on a variety of topics related to historical research and metal detecting.

We have club hunts to various sites including beaches, parks, fairgrounds, and trade day sites. We either take picnic lunches or eat at local dining facilities.

The Association of Christian Treasure Searchers invites you to join us. We have truly found the greatest treasure imaginable. This treasure requires no digging. This treasure is a free gift. John 3:16 states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Eternal life is the greatest treasure anyone could possibly obtain. The only way to obtain it is to accept it as a free gift. A gift paid for with the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, who was crucified for you and me on an old rugged cross. You can have the gift of eternal life by asking Jesus, in a simple prayer, to forgive you of your sins and be your Lord and Saviour. If you haven't secured your eternity in heaven, we invite you to do so right now. If you have any questions, please click on the Grawood Baptist Church link for more information or to be contacted by a minister.