Uncompahgre Treasure Club

Sandy, Dennis and Don prepare the meeting room

Don lays out metal detecting equipment

Tina and Amy, library staff, discuss what's to happen with Don and Dennis

Before presentation starts, kids want to talk with Don about his metal detecting equipment

Tina explains library role and programs

Don presents Uncompahgre Treasure Club's code of ethics to the audience

Metal detecting procedures are explained

Don demonstrates "grid search" with a metal detector

How to use a pin pointer and why

Kids want to know about Don's display of treasures

Don describes a silver metal object that he found

Tina describes what's going to happen next... kids outside to practice metal detecting for coins

Sandy and Eileen plant coins in library lawn for kids to find

Slow and steady progress

Dennis and Gavin start a search

Don coaches kids' search technique

Eileen coaches Eben and Xander

Kids successfully find a hidden coin

Sandy coaches kids during searching

Don coaches Jayce's sweep of the detector

Dennis and Gavin working together

Gavin works on a recovery

Gavin found a quarter!

Jayce found a quarter!

Eben found two quarters!

Xander found two quarters and a penny!

Don wraps up the afternoon's events

... and that's that