Treasures In The Sand 2016

Our 8th annual Treasures in the Sand was held on Sept 9 & 10, 2016, at Sudbury Beach on Skaha Lake in beautiful Penticton, BC. And this year’s hunt theme was “The Buried Treasures of the Pirates of the Okanagan”.

We included a Friday night hunt again called “Blackbeard’s Fun Hunt” and entertained 35 hunters who managed to find all the buried treasures in the dark.

On Saturday, 67 hunters took part in 2 hunts in the morning (“Black Bart’s Lost Treasure” and “Long John Silver’s Booty”), which included clad coin, silver and prize tokens. We all then stopped to enjoy a wonderfully catered lunch and then were off to the 3rd and final hunt in the afternoon (“Calico Jack’s Cursed Coins”), which included clad coin, silver and lots of surprises.

Throughout the day, others took part in the Silent Auction, as well as the Toonie Hunt.

The Major Prize winners from the Saturday hunt were:

Samantha Tarbet – Garrett Ace 250 Detector
Ken Emmons – Tesoro Detector
Rudy Jamrichko – Whites Detector
Bret Cheney – Garrett Pinpointer
Bev Sharer – Garrett Pinpointer
Mike Potts – HNZ Topflight Helicopter Flight

We once again sold WestJet raffle tickets, with all proceeds donated to the Penticton hospital, bringing our donated grand total this year to $28,870.00. The lucky winner of the WestJet Tickets was Laura Jaster of Peachland, BC.

Thanks to all who helped out at this year’s hunt and here’s to making next year’s hunt even better.