Hello Buckeye Searchers- The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 13th, 2025, 7PM at Ellenwood Recreation Center, located at 124 Ellenwood Ave in Bedford (doors open at 6:30PM). Find of the Month entries must be posted by 7:30PM to allow plenty of time for voting. You get a free raffle ticket for each find submitted (limit 4). We will also have the monthly raffle, the 50-50 raffle and of course: SNACKS!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated and bid on items at our fundraising auction at the last meeting! The amount of money raised exceeded expectations. Special thanks to auctioneer Terry, runner Crystal, and Tammy for keeping track of all the sales. Special thanks to Drew for his presentation on Mexican & Spanish coins that circulated in the US. Drew also donated some nice coins for the auction as well as some we will use in the Christmas raffle. Also, thanks to Doug Crews who donated some nice coins for the Christmas raffle.

Wow! It is November already! So that means it is time to start thinking about the Christmas Party! Mark your calendars for December 11th. Besides lots of food, the party will include our exciting super raffle! More info and discussion at the November meeting and in future emails. The raffle grand prize will be the 2014 Kennedy Half Dollar 4-coin set issued by the US Mint (thanks to Kevin Sherman for the donation). See below for a picture and more information.

And Last but not least, do not forget to buy tickets for the Special Raffle which includes five uncirculated pre-1900 Morgan Silver Dollars and one Gold Mexican 2 Peso Coin. Once we sell enough tickets to make a profit for the club, we will have the raffle (see pic below).

Good luck on your hunts,
Bernie, Terry & Tammy

If you are interested in Minelab equipment, Richard Walsh recommends dealer Ron DeGhetto (The Gold Digger). He is a Minelab dealer who will give club members a 5% discount and free shipping for orders over $200. He can be reached at 908-595-9933 or email [email protected].

Coin Show News: The Cleveland Coin Expo’s next monthly show is Saturday October 11th at St. Michael’s Woodside in Broadview Hts. Click the below link for more info: http://www.clevelandcoinexpo.com

• If you are thinking of selling your silver coins, please remember to contact club VP Terry Stahurski. He will pay cash for circulated coins at a higher rate than you will get at the typical coin shop. He will consider paying more for higher quality coins at his discretion. The club is usually looking to buy silver coins for raffles, hunts and prizes.
• If you have a detector or accessory you would like to sell you may bring it to any of our meetings and display it for everybody at the meeting to see and buy. All transactions will be responsibility of the buyer and seller.
• Please be aware you can now purchase raffle tickets using 90% silver coins! The exchange rate is: Silver Dollar – 25 tickets, Silver Half Dollar – 10, Silver Quarter – 5, silver dime – 2. These will be used for prizes/hunts so please no damaged or extremely worn coins.
• We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Fisher, Teknetics, Bounty Hunter, Minelab, and Garrett for supporting our Anniversary Picnic and Club activities. Please say thank you to them whenever you get the chance. Remember these companies when you are shopping for detectors and accessories.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, October 9th, 2025, 7PM at Ellenwood Recreation Center, located at 124 Ellenwood Ave in Bedford.

Many thanks to Terry Stahurski for giving a presentation at the September meeting of his recent metal detecting adventures in Norwich England.

Agenda for the October meeting:

1. Donation auction to raise money for the club. Members should bring metal detecting and hobby related items. There will be at least one metal detector, coins, magazines, diggers, etc., so members should be prepared to bid, bid, bid.

2. Member Drew Browning will give a presentation on early Spanish and Mexican coins, especially those that circulated in the early days of the US. Please bring any early Spanish or Mexican coins (Cobbs, Reales, Pieces of Eight, etc.) you have recovered with your metal detected for Drew to id. There may also be some old Spanish coins added to the monthly raffle! This will be an interesting and informative presentation!

3. We will have the coins for the Special Raffle which includes five uncirculated pre-1900 Morgan Silver Dollars and one Gold Mexican 2 Peso Coin. Once we sell enough tickets to make a profit for the club, we will have the raffle (see pic below).

4. Discussion of our December Holiday Party – it’s coming up fast!

5. It was decided at the September meeting that the seeded hunts are poorly attended and resulted in a loss for the club. They will be discontinued. The annual picnic will be our only seeded hunt.

6. Silver and gold prices have been skyrocketing lately so it will be more expensive to obtain coins for the picnic hunts and raffles. We may have to resort to other types of prizes.

7. We hope you can attend the next meeting and bring a friend. Please enter the Finds of the Month competition, buy raffle tickets, and enjoy the excellent snacks and drinks. 

Good luck on your hunts,
Bernie, Terry & Tammy

If you are interested in Minelab equipment, Richard Walsh recommends dealer Ron DeGhetto (The Gold Digger). He is a Minelab dealer who will give club members a 5% discount and free shipping for orders over $200. He can be reached at 908-595-9933 or email [email protected].

Coin Show News: The Cleveland Coin Expo’s next monthly show is Saturday October 11th at St. Michael’s Woodside in Broadview Hts. Click the below link for more info: http://www.clevelandcoinexpo.com

• If you are thinking of selling your silver coins, please remember to contact club VP Terry Stahurski. He will pay cash for circulated coins at a higher rate than you will get at the typical coin shop. He will consider paying more for higher quality coins at his discretion. The club is usually looking to buy silver coins for raffles, hunts and prizes.
• If you have a detector or accessory you would like to sell you may bring it to any of our meetings and display it for everybody at the meeting to see and buy. All transactions will be responsibility of the buyer and seller.
• Please be aware you can now purchase raffle tickets using 90% silver coins! The exchange rate is: Silver Dollar – 25 tickets, Silver Half Dollar – 10, Silver Quarter – 5, silver dime – 2. These will be used for prizes/hunts so please no damaged or extremely worn coins.
• We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Fisher, Teknetics, Bounty Hunter, Minelab, and Garrett for supporting our Anniversary Picnic and Club activities. Please say thank you to them whenever you get the chance. Remember these companies when you are shopping for detectors and accessories.