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Betty and Jim Weeks
Betty and Jim Weeks Appeared in the April 2004 issue of the OTTS newsletter. Jim and I started detecting in 1968, using a heavy White's 66 TR. Despite the fact we barely knew how to use the detector, and depth only about 3 inches at most, we found coffee cans full of coins, jewelry, and junk, plus some real relics. Good pickings in the Los Angles Valley area as few detectors were around then. In 1971 we moved to Jim's home town, Spokane, WA. Jim had worked as a computer specialist for Jet Propulsion Lab, but we were tired of the long commute and traffic Jim then went to work for Old National Bank, now U.S. Bank and transferred to Portland Soon after our move to Spokane we answered a small item in the newspaper stating anyone interested in metal detecting were invited to attend a meeting and perhaps form a club. Thus, the Northwest Treasure Hunters Club came into being. Elected as first secretary, I drew up the by-laws, and after hours of study at the library, managed to put together the necessary forms to be chartered by the State of Washington. I put on the first Night Stalker hunt ever held, a "roaring and fun success", and the first Candy Check on Halloween night at fire stations all over Spokane. We did find pins, needles and other bad stuff in the early years. This was soon picked up by other clubs all across the country. In 1985 I became involved with the FMDAC, and served as an officer in one post or another for over 16 years. My best finds were several very expensive gold and diamond rings, ( one valued at $8,500) and all returned to grateful owners. My other good finds have been 4 gold coins; 2 $5.00, one $10.00 and one $20.00. However, my true treasures are the many friends I have made through the years, thanks to our hobby. Jim is now retired, we have a granddaughter and family living in Henderson, Nevada where she is a policewomen and EMT. Scares me, but she loves it. Hubby is an electrician, and they are much closer now than the years they lived in Boston. |
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