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December 1991
WE HAD A GOOD NOVEMBER MEETING. WE WATCHED A VIDEO ON DETECTING OLD HOUSE YARDS. IT STARTED WITH HOW TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO DETECT, AND ENDED WITH A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TREASURES YOU MIGHT FIND. WE ALL ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO AND ARE NOW LOOKING FOR PROSPECTIVE YARDS TO DETECT.
ON THE BOARD WERE- SILVER RINGS, OLD COINS ,BRACELETS, BUCKSHOT FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND A BAYONET SCABBARD TIP FROM THE SAME WAR.
THE RAFFLE WAS WON BY NEW MEMBER JOE SULLENS. THE ENVELOPE WITH THE GOLD COIN IS STILL THERE TO BE WON SO COME BUY LOTS OF RAFFLE TICKETS, YOU MAY GET LUCKY AND WIN THE GOLD.
CHRISTMAS SUPPER
THE CLUBS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SUPPER AND AWARD BANQUET WILL BE HELD AT THE QUINCYS STEAK HOUSE ON HWY. 29 IN GREER AT 7:30 PM. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR OUR TREASURE HUNTER OF THE YEAR AND TREASURE FINDER OF THE YEAR CONTEST AS WELL ASDOOR PRIZES FOR WHICH EVERYONE WILL BE ELIGIBLE. EVERYONE PLEASE TRY TO BE WITH US. BRING YOUR FAMILY OR A FRIEND AND ESPECIALLY YOUR APPETITE AND LETS ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT OF GOOD FOOD AND FUN.
A 15% SURCHARGE WILL BE ADDED TO THE COST OF OUR MEAL TO COVER THE COST OF OUR ROOM AND TIPS. NO FURTHER TIPPING WILL BE NECESSARY. WE EACH PAY FOR OUR OWN MEAL. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!
1992 TREASURE FINDER OF THE YEAR
THIS
YEARS COMPETITION IS OVER AS FAR AS THE CONTEST GOES BUT ITS NOT TOO EARLY TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THE BOARD WILL NOT BE SET UP IN DECEMBER. SO ALL FINDS SINCE NOVEMBER'S MEETING UNTIL JANUARY'S WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GO ON THE BOARD AT THE JANUARY MEETING. GET AN EARLY START BE COMPETITIVE , AND TRY TO FIND SOMETHING EACH MONTH TO ENTER EVERY CATEGORY AND YOU WILL SURPRISE YOURSELF AT HOW MUCH BETTER A TREASURE HUNTER YOU WILL BECOME.
WHO KNOWS? YOU MAY EVEN BECOME THE 1992 TREASURE FINDER OF THE YEAR
TREASURE FOUND
A STORY CONCERNING THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
WE ALL LOVE TO HERE STORIES OF TREASURES SOUGHT FOR AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND. MAN HAS ALWAYS SEARCHED FOR THAT WHICH HE CONSIDERS TO BE OF SPECIAL VALUE AND THE WISE MEN IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW WERE NO DIFFERENT. MOST SCHOLARS OF THE BIBLE BELIEVE THE MEN TO HAVE BEEN EARLY ASTRONOMERS FROM ANCIENT PERSIA WHO SOMEHOW RELATED THE SIGNS IN THE POSITIONING OF THE PLANETS AND STARS WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHESIES OF THE COMING OF CHRIST. SOME BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY HAVE JOURNEYED AS MUCH AS TWO YEARS BEFORE FINALLY REACHING BETHLEHEM WHERE THEY FOUND THE YOUNG CHRIST CHILD, WORSHIPPED HIM , AND PRESENTED HIM WITH TREASURES OF GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH. ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE JOY THEY EXPERIENCED AT FINDING SUCH A SOUGHT FOR TREASURE THAT THEY BEHELD.
JOHN 3:16 SAYS, 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.
WHILE MANY OF THE TREASURES OF LIFE THAT WE SEEK FOR MAY BE QUITE ELUSIVE, THIS IS ONE THAT WE CAN ALL FIND. FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN, IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? MARK 8:36 THOSE WHO SEEK AND FIND HIM TODAY CAN BE EQUATED WITH THE MAGI OF OLD IN THAT THEY ARE TRULY WISE MEN!
RAY HUNT