LAKE TAHOE - Kirkwood Mountain Resort has announced that it will host this years first Treasure Hunters & Prospectors Expo. at its California alpine resort near Lake Tahoe on August 6th & 7th. A variety of activities are scheduled for the two-day event. Activities range from a Saturday morning fishing derby that kicks off at 9:00 am at Caples Lake followed by a fish fry at the historic 141-year-old Kirkwood Inn, located on Highway 88 just west of the Carson Pass.
The first annual Treasure Hunters & Prospectors Expo. will kick off at noon Saturday in the parking lot next to the rustic old Inn. Over the two-day event activities will include metal detector and gold panning demonstrations. White�s Electronics (www.whiteselectronics.com ) will be giving away a White's Prizm IV metal detector, along with many other prizes at the raffle Sunday afternoon. Clay Rogers will be demonstrating a "Vac-Pac" unit, which is a gas powered system used in dry gold recovery. Reggie Gould (Gould Engineering) will also be demonstrating the latest in hi-tech dredging equipment and advanced gold recovery systems. (www.gouldeng.com)
Professional treasure hunter Floyd Mann from Lost Treasures USA (www.losttreasuresUSA.com) will provide information regarding his online database of more then 19,000 articles dating back more then 40 years on lost treasures in the U.S. CD's will be available covering research and treasure sites in the Lake Tahoe region. Field editor Anthony M. Belli from Lost Treasure magazine (www.losttreasure.com) will be available for Q&A at the Lost Treasure booth and will be discussing sunken ships, buried treasure, lost mines and ghost towns in the Tahoe area. He will also discuss how to properly conduct historic research of lost treasures, including access to historical archives, museums, old maps, public records and more. Additional exhibits and demonstrations are still being scheduled.
For more information on the Expo contact event coordinator Anthony Belli at 530.644.1533, or email me at: The-Hangman@comcast.net. RV and camping facilities are available at near by Caples and Silver Lakes. Caples Lake is on a first come, first serve basis. For reservations at Silver Lake Campground please call: 1.877.444.6777, or make your reservations online at: www.reserveusa.com. Be certain that your reservations are for the Silver Lake East Eldorado campground. For more about Kirkwood Mountain Resort and to make lodging reservations call: 1.800.967.7500, or visit them online at: www.kirkwood.com. For event information click on
http://www.kirkwood.com/transfer/docs/prospector_flyer.pdf
"We're really excited about being able to hold our 1st event at Kirkwood. There's something magical about Kirkwood's alpine vistas at nearly 8,000 feet. Best of all you don't have to be a treasure hunter or prospector to come on up with the family and join us for the weekend. There are plenty of activities for the kids and Sunday afternoon we will end with a fat raffle and lots of prizes! As your humble host I can only ask that you stop by to say hello... I'll be manning the Lost Treasure booth that weekend. Who knows... spend a few minutes with us and perhaps we can turn you on to one of the most exciting and adventuresome hobbies around today," said Belli.
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