2nd Annual Metal Detecting Competition At The DGMS Rockhound Roundup

     It would be nice to say the second annual DGMS Metal Detecting competition was a resounding success, but there was a very light turn out due to viral hysteria propagated by the NM state government and reinforced with International TV media.  Some truths about ENMOD, 911, and the fraud perpetrated on us during the last 5 or 6 decades are coming out and world government is retaliating.  The royalty always create hysteria to distract from their stealing.  I myself was hit with a biotech calmative the last time I went to the Tucson Gem and Mineral show, weaponized encephalitis, non-lethal, just very painful for a number of weeks.  Thousands got it, patterns were evident over many years, it was so well known it was named: The Tucson Crud.  But the so-called police in our government do not care and are totally clueless, as if they are complicit and willfully ignoring it.  Homeland security is a secret police of dual citizens or even citizens of all three Russia-America-Israel, disrupting Americans lives in a long term attack.  All the utilities people are a secret police, as are many other government employees.  Patriot act my foot.  Stasi act. Just another secrecy and police state ploy so elite deviants can't be held accountable, thats what it looks like from here.

    The metal detecting contestants who did show up at Deming Gem and Mineral Societys second annual metal detector competition found lots of good stuff though, and many came from out of town.  Keith Rickwartz attended for his second year, with his wife and hunting partner Rhonda, from San Antonio TX.  Both found good things, and also visited the rock show during their three day stay in Deming.  Thanks for the great trade Keith and all the help. 

      Dan and Charlotte Bandy also attended for their second year.  They were getting used to a new Minelab, as was Rick Fuller from Washington State.   Joe Miller from Alburquerque NM won the most prizes (And was done hunting first!) and he seemed pretty happy, though his hunting partner was heard to remark that "Miller hardly left any for the rest of us..." 

     That was not really the case, and nearly half the prizes went unclaimed this year, including the gold coin.  Its been decided that all the unclaimed prizes will be rolled over for next year, and any old tokens will be void.  New tokens will be acquired for next years hunt and they have been tested and are almost always found, ie. they are easier targets to hear. 

     My tokens this year, all 80 of them, were nickel sized aluminum punched from cat food cans, and planted just below the surface, and though a better type than last years steel washers, they are still obviously lacking.  Also, 40 mercury dimes were buried as well, along with 50 wheat cents scattered about, and some other odd ball coinage from the world at large.  Ernie Leschner of Quamado NM won a Barber Half Dollar from the New Orleans mint as a prize for the most junk, and Keith Rickwartz won a roll of wheat cents for second most junk.  The junk this year was measured in hand fulls versus wheelbarrow loads, because I moved the site of the hunt.   Though very close to last years site, the junk was minimal compared to the first year, and the ground was very clear of debris.  The hunt site is on an older part of Deming Airport active during the second world war, or there abouts.  Several older wheat cents were found deep and were not planted by me, one a 1924 in very good shape.

     A small bit of advice for what it is worth: many people today are buying gold detectors and most of those have very little or no discrimination, but they can detect very deep.  This is excellent in the wilds where people have not littered trash all over the surface, but for most treasure hunting situations a good discriminating detector is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, and worth its weight in gold, especially in the water at swimming sites.  Once again, if you can obtain a copy, read Wallace Chandlers book Advanced Shallow Water Treasure Hunting. 

      Best Wishes, see you in the field.

B