"After buying a metal detector at a local dealer the attendant informed me of the MTHA and suggested
that I stop by a meeting as a guest and check it out, boy am I glad I did! I've only been to a couple of meetings so far, but I think I've found a home."
"I stumbled across you guys online and was amazed to learn others share my passion for metal detecting. On my first
visit to the club i was accepted as family and I also made a friend with the same detector as mine. We are now planning a trip to a local fairgrounds and he's going to give me some tips on how to be more productive while searching"
4/7/08 The MTHA annual open hunt will be taking place Sunday, April 27th at the Houghton Pond recreation area in Milton Ma.
Our very own Hunt Master John Govoni will be running the event so it's sure to be a blast. Make it a point to get your application in early as this gives us an opportunity to plan accordingly.
I regret to inform you that due to the rising price of silver we will not use as much as in past years. We feel it is also important to keep the price of the hunt reasonable and that would not be possible using a lot of silver.
The cost of the hunt will be $50 prepaid or $60 the day of the hunt, no exeptions. As always the hunt field will be littered with prize tokens for thoughtful gifts and an abundance of clad coins, and the occasional surprise or two. Hope to see you all there !
"The collection of 470 coins belongs to the period between 7th and 9th centuries when Viking traders sailed the seas, BBC reported.
The Vikings were seafaring traders, warriors and pirates who traveled widely in the Baltic region and Russia as far as North Africa and Constantinople (today's Istanbul)."
"There are few records of shipwrecks during the 17th Century, yet many of those records that do survive mention the same thing - treasure.
In October 1627 the Dutch East India Company sent a convoy to India and Indonesia loaded with Dutch silver daalders and Spanish 'pieces of eight'. Only two days out of port, the small fleet of seven ships was caught in a terrible gale, and was forced into The Solent. Two of them were forced to sail between the Needles, and in the process the 320-ton Vliegende Draecke, with a crew of 200, had a large hole torn in her bottom. The crew transferred its precious cargo to other ships, abandoning their ship in Alum Bay.
Campen sank just south of the Needles, and again the crew was saved, and much of the silver. In 1628 a team headed by a Dutch salvor, Jacob the Diver, and a local merchant, Robert Newland, began to explore the wreck, handing five cannon, 6,660kg of lead, and 2,635 coins."
4/7/08 The April meeting will be held one week early on 4/11. Please plan accordingly.
