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The Planchet THE PLANCHET A Publication of the Indianapolis Coin Club Issue # 453 Newsletter September 2004 Membership numbers: ANA C-131170, CSNS L-600, ISNA LM 243 The Meetings of the Indianapolis Coin Club are held the fourth Monday of each month at the Nora Library at 8625 Guilford Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Meetings consist of a business session, an intermission, educational program, and a numismatic auction. Doors open at 6:00pm, meeting will begin at 7:00pm. The next meeting will be Monday September 27, 2004 Last of 2004 Meetings: October 25th and November 29th. December 6th is our Banquet. Indianapolis Coin Club looking for Leaders It is that time of the year again when the Indianapolis Coin Club is looking for people to step up and become Officers and Members of the Board. There will be a few openings on the board this year and we need new people to fill those voids. The board meets a minimum of four times per year with the meetings usually lasting an hour, sometimes longer. Many positions are open and nominations are welcome by any member of the club. Please, if you have any questions feel free to ask a current board member what the tasks and responsibilities are. You must be prepared to put some work and effort into the position that you are running for to continue with the success of the club. The officers positions that are up for election follows: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Sargeant-at-Arms, and Editor. Along with that are three Board Members positions. These positions must be filled for our club to keep its Non- profit status in the state of Indiana and to run as an organization. The responsibilities of each position is listed in the bylaws available either on the website at: www.indianapoliscoinclub.org or by contacting Vinton Dove for a copy. These copies are also available at the Club meetings. So, if you would like to take part in the running of the Club, please notify one of the members on the Nominating Committee (names listed in the Secretary’s Report on Page 4). You must let one of the members know by November 1, 2004. $$$$ “ALWAYS BUYING” $$$$ VINTON G. DOVE PAYING TOP PRICES FOR ALL U.S. COINS Certified Public Accountant Collecting U.S. Coins Since 1952 DON’T SELL WITHOUT GETTING OUR OFFER!!! 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(317) 837-5682 Past President Jim Luckey Sgt-at-Arms Jim Warden Board Member 04-05 Lawrence Wistoff Board Member 04-05 Coz Raimondi Table of Contents Board Member 04-05 Charles Alber Board Member 03-04 Karl Kreck Looking for Leaders - Cover Board Member 03-04 Donald Black Advertisers - Page 2 Board Member 03-04 Allen Dove “Oak Island” article - Page 3 Secretary’s Report - Page 4 Treasurer’s Report - Page 4 The Monthly Planchet is the official publication of the Indianapolis Coin Club. It is published monthly in Indianapolis, Letter to the Editor - Page 5 Indiana. All inquiries should be sent to ICC, P.O. Box 2897, Upcoming Shows - Page 5 Indianapolis, Indiana, 46206. The Monthly Planchet, September 2004 Page 2 Oak Island Mystery Solved Dan Blankenship says he has evidence the isle has millions in gold and silver After 38 years of searching, an Oak Island treasure hunter believes he’s solved the mystery of the famous Nova Scotia island. Dan Blankenship says he has uncovered evidence that proves the 32 Hectare Island is the repository for millions in silver and gold left behind by marauding Spaniard's in the mid-16th century. “I’ve never spoken publicly before because I didn’t want to have to put in this much work and end up being wrong,” he said. “In the last six weeks I’ve been able to confirm all my suspicions and I can say definitively who did it, how they did it, and where they did it, but, until I get down there I can’t say exactly what is there.” Blankenship was 42 when he gave up a Miami-based contracting business MISSING LINKS - Dan Blankenship and brought his family to the province’s South Shore, confident he could displays some chains from Oak Island. solve the mystery that had eluded searchers for more than 165 years. For three decades, he has toiled in the mud, the snow, and the heat of summer drilling tunnels and trying to make connections between a series of unusually shaped rocks scattered about the rocky island. In 1971 he was almost killed when a steel-reinforced shaft in which he was working buckled, nearly trapping him more than 45 meters below the surface. He hasn’t recovered a dime’s worth of treasure, but the robust 80 year old said with the new information he has gathered, the riches could be brought to the surface within seven months. The early story of Oak Island is well known around the world. Three boys from the area were exploring the island in 1795 when they came across a depression in the ground near an oak tree. They dug in the dirt in hopes of finding treasure, but hit a wooden platform. They lifted it and continued to dig, only to find another platform a few meters deeper. Subsequent efforts by everyone from locals to John Wayne and Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned up tantalizing items such as bits of chain, parchment and coconut husks, but all were defeated by what seemed to be an intricate series of flood tunnels designed to protect whatever was at the bottom of the pit. When Blankenship began as director of field work for the treasure-hunting syndicate headed by Montreal businessman David Tobias, he started his search at the famed money pit site, but his interest in other parts of the island grew as the years passed. Blankenship now dismisses the money pit as “an elaborate decoy” and suggests the bulk of the treasure is located in a series of tunnels running deep beneath one end of the island. He has long suspected there were tunnels deep beneath the island, but had no proof until he came across evidence of three, meter-wide holes he claims once served as air shafts for the tunnels. He was prompted to look for the shafts after the previously unreported discovery of stone icons by a small Norwegian exploration team that worked on the island in June. He believes the European team was hoping to confirm the island was the repository for the Shakespearean works of Francis Bacon, but he believes his subsequent find points to Spanish treasure. He located the shafts based on measurements taken from the position of a series of oddly shaped multi-tone stones. First discovered by rival treasure hunter Fred Nolan of Bedford, NS., the rocks form the shape of a giant cross that Blankenship believed is a key to the mystery. The veteran treasure hunter’s problem is he doesn't have a Treasure Trove license giving him permission to pursue his effort. All exploration requires a license from the province and all licenses for searches in the area expired in July, said Rick Ratcliffe, the province’s registrar of mineral and petroleum titles. New requests have not been approved. Under the Treasure Trove Act, the province is entitled to one-10th of the find or the equivalent monetary value. Four people, including Blankenship have applied to the government for the five year permits. The Monthly Planchet, September 2004 Page 3 Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report for the meeting on August 23rd, 2004 August 2004 Income: President Dove opened the meeting Membership $24.00 at 7:05pm. Secretary and Treasurer’s 50/50 $21.00 reports were presented by Jim Newsletter Ad $35.00 Goaziou and Tom Ferverda respectively. Both were approved as read. $80.00 Visitors Dennis Bruhl, Jeff Sutton and Kevin Expenses: Sweeney were welcomed to the meeting. Amy Eberhardt has agreed to take over the Liability Insurance $250.00 responsibility and work of providing refreshments Newsletter Printing $ 22.74 while Charles Alber recovers from illness. Newsletter Postage $ 20.35 Allen Dove reported that the date for the Banquet $293.09 will be Monday, December 6th. The program for the evening was provided by Net Monthly Loss ($213.09) Vinton Dove, Dave Reid and Jim Goaziou who attended the ANA convention in Pittsburgh. Checking Account Balance $4,590.33 Dave Reid told the club about the 1866 No Arrows Dollar, 2 - 1913 Liberty Nickels, a King of Siam I.C.C - CD’s Proof Set, and a large group of 1795 Dollars on 235153 $5,076.50 display at the convention.
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