At each month's general meeting, members present vote on the best finds in each of the following categories: Best Natural-Form Gold, Best Jewelry, Best Relic, Best Unique Find, Best Designated Find, Best American Coin, Best Foreign Coin, and Finds-of-the-Month (for best overall display).  The final, non-voting, category is Oldest American Coin.  The Designated Find is selected at random from 23 possible items immediately before each general meeting.

All winners are reminded to save their winning items for presentation at the annual Find-of-the-Year competition scheduled for February 4, 2011.  Any winning items of value may be returned to their proper owner, but please remember to take a clear photograph of the item before returning it so that you can display it in place of your item at the competition.

Presented below, in reverse chronological order, are the winners to date for 2010. 

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 FEBRUARY 2010
from the March 5, 2010 General Meeting

February's designated find (token) was selected by a mystery member.

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1. Best Natural-Form Gold	NONE no entries this month	2. Best Jewelry	Wayne Burke 14K gold man's ring
3. Best Relic	Jerry Myers Victorian (?) brass pocket magnifying glass for counting linen threads	4. Best Designated Find	Marcus Paulson brass angel token
5. Best Unique Find	Jim Fuller Los Angeles County Fire Department jacket buttons (found in Riverside)	6. Best Foreign Coin	Marcus Paulson Phillipines 19xx 2 Piso coin
7. Best American Coin	Jim Fuller 1958 Franklin Half Dollar	8. Oldest American Coin	Wayne Burke 1838 Seated Liberty Dime
9a. Finds-of-the-Month 1st Place	Wayne Burke best overall display	9b. Finds-of-the-Month 2nd Place	Richard Alaniz second-best overall display
9c. Finds-of-the-Month 3rd Place	Rick Aveni third-best overall display	MONTHLY FINDS AWARDS

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 JANUARY 2010
from the February 5, 2010 General Meeting

January's designated find (key) was selected by new member Matt Kerbow.