Coins to be Found
Please email pthc.news@gmail.com if you find one of these and claim your prize at the next monthly meeting.
Coins Found
December 2019
None found.
Quarters from previous years
(These are in the America’s National Park quarters series (2010-2021) American Samoa P / Virgin Island P / Mount Hood P / Grand Canyon P / Acadia P / Hawaii Volcanoes P / International Peace Memorial P /
White Mountain P / Great Smokey Mountains Nat. Park P /
New York Fort Sumter National Monument Site P /
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore P / Voyageurs National Park P / Cumberland Island National Seashore P
New 2019 Quarters
Be the first club member to find, with your metal detector, one of the newly minted quarters with the mint mark “W” (for West Point mint), and claim a special prize of a silver half dollar. Keep an eye on your finds pouch!
Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts PDW /
American Memorial Park in Northern Mariana Islands PW /
War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam PW /
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas PDW /
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho PDW
Sacagawea Dollars
2011 P / 2012 P / 2013 P & D / 2014 P & D / 2015 P & D / 2016 P & D / 2017 P & D / 2018 P & D / 2019 PD
Presidential Dollars
​No new issues of Presidential Dollars until a former president of the U.S. dies.
Grant P / Hayes P / Garfield P / Arthur PD / Cleveland PD / Wilson PD / Taft PD / Theodore Roosevelt PD / McKinley PD / Harding PD /
Coolidge PD / Hoover P / Franklin D. Roosevelt PD / Truman PD / Eisenhower D / Kennedy PD / Lyndon B. Johnson PD / Nixon PD /
Ford PD / Reagan PD
PILCHUCK TREASURE HUNTING CLUB
The Copper Cache
This competition is currently inactive.
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The Copper Cache is a members-only hunt. A member hides the copper token and provides clues as to its location. Club members then use the clues to search for the token and any other items the hider may have included (this option is at the hider's discretion).
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Clues are revealed every couple of weeks or so and distributed via email only to club members.
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The club member that finds the cache reports the discovery to the club's Secretary. The news is then disseminated to membership. The club's Board may also award a prize for finding the Copper Cache.
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Competition Rules
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History
In earlier times, the Copper Cache was known and Steve's Stash and the Cookie Cutter Caper.
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Most Recent Copper Cache
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August 2020
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This is the last instance of the Copper Cache competition our club had before we decided to put it on hold.
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Summary
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TOKEN: Copper Cache
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HIDER: Mike C.
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HIDDEN: August 24, 2020
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FINDER: Unknown
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FOUND DATE: November 22, 2020
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LOCATION: Jetty Island Ferry Launch, Everett, WA
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How did it end?
Received a report from Mike that the Copper Cache has gone missing. Again! Mike went on a reconnaissance mission the other day to check on it, only to discover that it and the 8 quarters he had placed around it are gone. He's revealed it's hiding place should anyone want to go check it out.
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Location
Everett's Jetty Island Ferry Launch. Along the south side near the grassy area between the picnic tables and the boat cut in half. The Cache was hidden within 30 feet of the boat.
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Clues
1. 8/24/2020 > It’s not where it was on Friday [8/21/2020].
​2. 8/24/2020 > I can almost touch the salt water where I lay.
​3. 8/28/2020 > If you stand close to me and face South you will see North.
​4. 9/4/2020 > There are Masts to my Southeast.
5. 9/4/2020 > The Boat is split.
​6. 9/12/2020 > You can catch fish or crabs not far from me.
​7. 9/24/2020 > There is an island 300 yards west of me.
8. 10/4/2020 > There is a public boat launch to the North of me.
Copper Cache Slideshow
Highlights from previous competitions.​
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August 2020
Summary
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TOKEN: The Copper Cache 2
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HIDER: Vaughan D.
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HIDDEN: Sunday, August 02, 2020
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FOUND DATE: Tuesday, August 24, 2020
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FINDER: Mike C.
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LOCATION: Ferguson Park, Snohomish, WA​​
Competition Rules
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This competition is for PTHC club members only. Well, anyone may find it - that’s a built-in risk - prizes will be awarded only to members.
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Finding
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Copper Cache must be found using a metal detector
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When you find it, email pthc.news@gmail.com to claim the find and your prize
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Hiding
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The hider periodically provides clues to the cache’s location until it is found. These clues will be distributed to members by email, and at the monthly club meetings.
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Hide it somewhere north of the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle and south of Stanwood, WA
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Hiders may offer additional booty to the finder if the mood strikes
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Booty can be hidden with the cache (or nearby)
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Booty can be awarded as an extra prize without being hidden
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Prizes
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Silver dollar for finding the Copper Cache
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Silver dime awarded to finder for each clue needed to find it
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PTHC Board may change the prize offering at any time
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