Treasures In The Sand 2015

Our 7th annual Treasures in the Sand was held on Sept 11 & 12, 2015, back at Sudbury Beach on Skaha Lake in beautiful Penticton, BC, and the weather couldn’t have been better.

We included a Friday night fun hunt again this year with quite a few registered hunters. A major prize of a Pin Pointer was handed out, with many other smaller prizes, all of which were won by those who found the most “interesting” of buried items that turned out to be tokens.

This year’s hunt also had a Vegas theme (Treasures in the Sand: Vegas North) and many people enjoyed trying their luck with the roll of the dice or the spinning of the wheel to win various types of silver coins. Others took part in the Silent Auction, as well as the Toonie Hunt and it was amazing the prizes that people walked away with.

The first and second hunts of the day on Saturday included clad coin, silver and prize tokens. After a wonderful catered lunch a third hunt was held that included clad coins, tokens for silver and lots of surprises.

The Major Prize winners from the Saturday hunt were:

Maretta Saulnier – Minelab Safari Detector
Ori Roth – Garrett Pro Pointer
Thomas Brown – Tesoro Silver U Max
Clay Soliday – Garrett Ace 250
Ken Emmons – Whites Prism
Paul Snider – Garrett Pro Pointer

We once again sold WestJet raffle tickets, with all proceeds donated to the Penticton hospital. The lucky winner of the WestJet Tickets was Tracy Redman, Nanaimo BC. She was reached by phone at the hunt and was overjoyed to find out she had won.

A presentation was also made on Saturday by one of the hunters from out of town. While staying in Penticton they found a ring while detecting and were able to return it to its rightful owners who joined us on the beach for the presentation.

All in all, a great bunch of hunters came out and made the 7th annual Treasures in the Sand one to remember! Hope to see you all again next year!!