Treasures In The Sand 2017

Our 9th annual Treasures in the Sand was held on Sept 8 & 9, 2017, at Sudbury Beach on Skaha Lake in beautiful Penticton, BC.

This year’s hunt started in the dark with a night hunt on Friday – lots of fun. Saturday was a little windy, but warm & the sun did finally break through. After morning coffee and treats, there were two 30 minute hunts with lots of clad coin & tokens for Metal Detectors, Silver & other prizes, followed by a scrumptious catered lunch. The afternoon hunt was the “Sharon Vodarek Memorial Treasure Hunt”.

This year, entrants were also given the opportunity by the Vernon Placer Miners Club, to try their hand at gold panning.  The new Sand Dollar Hunt ran all day and the sand dollars collected could be used to purchase prizes and other goodies. Others took part in the Silent Auction or enjoyed getting their photos taken at the photo booth.

Once again the Silent Auction had some fantastic treasures and there was the ever popular “Treasures in the Sand Chest” & special prizes.  Everyone also really seemed to enjoy the Raffle for Silver Coins & Silver Bars.  And the final highlight was the draw for 2 fully paid, round trip air flights, to wherever WESTJET travels, with 100% of the net proceeds ($4,000) donated to the Penticton Regional Hospital. The lucky winner of the WestJet Tickets was Deb Jones of West Kelowna, BC.

The Major Prize winners from the Saturday hunt were:

Ken Kilborn – White’s Treasure Pro Detector
Brett Johnson – Garrett Ace 250 Detector
Brett Cheney – Fisher F44 Detector
Keli Graves- Tesoro Cibola Detector
Ron Aldridge- Garrett Pinpointer
Syd Birch – Garrett Pinpointer
Dennis Webb – Sharon Vodarek Memorial Prize Coin Set

Thanks to all who came from near and far to make this hunt so much fun. Looking forward to next year’s hunt, when we celebrate our 10th year!