Suncoast Treasured Times
Suncoast Research & Recovery Club Newsletter
Website: www.srarc.com Volume: 26 Issue: 5 Date: May, 2016
Hayes and Susan Kennedy
It is with great sadness that we say
goodbye to a dear friend Hayes
Kennedy. Hayes has been a member of
SRARC longer than most of us. Always
supporting and participating in every
event that took place. He would never
miss an opportunity to encourage or
show his apprieciation for everything
that anyone did.
You can follow the link below to the
Sylvan Abby website for the obituary
and details on arrangements.
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dign
ity-
memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Lafayette-
Kennedy&lc=9854&pid=179999492&uu
id=75622b14-57e1-4f7e-8e95-
5a533096248b&locale=en_US
Meeting
Date: May 23, 2016 Place: Bill Jackson’s Outdoor Adventure 9501 US 19 N Pinellas Park, FL 33782
Time: 7:00 PM Program: Fossils The Fossil Guy
Club Mailing Address: SRARC
6476 Fairway View Blvd. St. Petersburg, FL 33707
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Elected Officers and Board
President: Tom Jones 415-7968 Vice Pres.: Joe Szemer 345-3937 Secretary: Suzi Jones 560-8550 Treasurer: Gerri Adams 374-8165 Board Member: Jim Adams 374-8165 Board Member: Stan Flack 421-9293 Board Member: Paul Hill 776-5455 Board Member: Mike Miller (941) 722-2198 Board Member: Mark Prue (813) 390-6944 Newsletter Editor: Tom Jones 415-7968 Email: [email protected] Webmaster: Mike Miller (941) 722-2198 Email: [email protected] Competition: Chris & Georgia Duerden Library: Tom Killian 343-2041 Refreshments: Joe Montione 727-785-8624 Hunts & Raffle: Joe Szemer 345-3937 Ambassador: Jay Ganz (941) 423-0351
Birthdays
Birthday Ambassador
Joe Szemer
Judy Parker Alex Hatzilias
James Pincus Edward Osmar
Emily Seymour Jerry Zadar
Stan Flack Barbara Kober
Mike Kennedy Bob Stalker
Coming Events:
May 23rd Regular May Meeting
June 27th Regular June Meeting
Meeting Minutes
April 25, 2016
The meeting was called to order at
7:00pm.
The program was about Old Fort
Brooke which is now downtown Tampa.
Paul Lien started with a 5 minute
powerpoint introduction then Ross
Lemieux did a full presentation about
the fort from its origin till present
day. Showing the overlay of original
maps and recent maps of downtown
Tampa.
Phil Myers displayed his collection of
items from the early days of the fort.
Break was taken at 8:00
The meeting was called back to order
at 8:15pm.
The treasurer's report was given by
Gerri Adams.The winners of the
competition table were announced and
the raffle washeld .Meeting was
adjourned at 8:45 pm.
The Club Coin Clues
Have been posted on srarc.com
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Hayes Kennedy in Memory
By: Tom Jones
Hayes and his wife Susan would always
seem to make it out to almost every
club function we ever had. Just like the
picture above, he was attending the Ft
De Soto Picnic & Fun Hunt. Pictured
above is Hayes wearing his green
sweater to commemorate the first
year that he had not gone to the
Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta,
GA. He told me that he had tickets for
Augusta but since the Picnic was on the
same weekend he stayed home to
attend.
Hayes never missed a chance to
compliment myself and the board
members for all the work we did
putting on any event. He showed his
heart-felt thanks every time.
I remember several stories that he
would share with me from time to time
and would like to share a couple of
those with you.
One time while out at Ft De Soto he
and I were standing looking out to the
Skyway. He told me of when he was a
small child in diapers his parents
packed up for a long trip. They started
out in Clearwater by car and went
south as far as they could go then
loaded the family and the car on a ship
for a long voyage at sea. The ship
landed in Manatee County and they
drove on down to Bradenton. After
spending some time there they started
the long voyage back home. You have to
remember that he was born at Morton
Plant Hospital in Clearwater in 1929. At
that time there were no bridges across
the bay but there was a ferry boat.
While the club was hunting the
property of the grade school Hayes
went to as a child he was showing us all
a picture of his 5th grade class of 9 or
10 kids and naming off the other kids
with names like McMullen, Keene,
Taylor, Anderson and so on. Names
that you find on highways and parks
throughout Pinellas County.
Hayes was a great friend and person.
He will be missed by all of us. Our
hearts go out to Susan, Mike, Debbie
and the rest of their family that Hayes
was so proud of.
“Hold that thought Hayes, we’ll
continue when I get there.”
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Lost & Found
Joe and his wife were on Pass-A-Grille
Beach the day before they had to leave
and go back home. While in about 3’ of
water Joe noticed that his tungsten
wedding band had fallen off. The next
day he contacted SRARC and
scheduled a hunt for the ring. Stan
Flack and Chris Duerden met him and
his wife at the beach at six o’clock and
started hunting for
the ring. Ten minutes
later the ring was
found and just in
time. Joe and his
wife had to leave for
the airport to fly home within the next
fifteen minutes.
Tom Jones and Mike
Amy was in town visiting her sister’s
family at their beach house on
Clearwater Beach. On Wednesday
night she remembered taking her
engagement ring off when she went to
bed and did not remember putting it
back on Thursday morning even though
her mother had seen it on her finger
while visiting on Thursday. That night
Amy realized that the ring was missing.
The whole family searched everywhere
on the property and could not find the
ring. The even brought all the trash
back in and went through it.
Amy had to leave the following morning
but once she got home she found
SRARC and called Tom pleading for
help. It seemed to Tom like a wild
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goose chase but he agreed to come out
and search the yard if for no other
reason but to disprove the chance that
it could be in the yard around the pool.
Tom arrived and met Amy’s Brother in
Law Mike. He immediately went to work
with his detector and pin pointer
searching the gravel area around the
pool with no luck. He then went outside
the yard and started searching the
area around the parking spot.
Eventually reaching the trash canister
as his detector was swinging over the
gravel near the trash the setting sun
bounced off something in the grass
just 4 feet from the
trash. It was Amy’s
diamond ring. At
that same time Mike
came out to Tom and
said, “No luck yet
hey?” Tom said “look right there” as he
had not even picked the ring up yet.
Mike called Amy to tell her the good
news. She answered and could not
believe that the ring had been found
and broke out into tears of Joy.
Anna Maria and her husband got into a
small argument one evening about a
month ago. Her husband decided to
leave the apartment for a while to let
things cool down. He made a last
comment as he was walking away and it
turned out to be the last straw for
Anna Maria. She took off her three
rings and threw them in his direction.
It was dark so she waited until the
next morning to look for them but had
no luck. Over the next month she kept
looking but never could find them. On
the day of their 4 year anniversary she
was feeling really sad about her lost
rings and she decided to see if she
could get some help. She googled lost
rings and up popped SRARC. She called
Mike and he tried to see if he could
schedule a hunt for later in the week
as it was raining cats and dogs. She
really wanted to see if they could be
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found on her anniversary day and really
wanted someone to come right away.
Mike headed out thinking he was going
to get soaked but couldn't turn her
down. When he arrived the rain had
stopped but Anna Maria was gone so he
called her and got the location where
she thought the rings (3) would be. It
was in an area that was almost all
hedge. He worked over the tops and
underneath after shaking each bush.
He moved away from the initial area
and instantly eyeballed the
engagement ring setting in the dirt in
plain sight, probably uncovered by the
rain. Along side the dirt area were
more hedges and also a short strip of
grass. After working over the hedges,
he started on the grass.
In a few moments the
promise claddagh ring
showed up hidden under
the grass. Further searching sadly did
not uncover the lost wedding ring.
What fun it was to return two of her
rings and see the smiles on Anna Maria,
her husband, and her mothers faces.
Mike will be returning tomorrow to
spend a little more time to see if he can
find the remaining missing ring. SRARC
would like to wish Anna Maria and her
husband a very happy anniversary. Two
out of Three is not bad!!!!!!!!
Javan and his wife were spending some
time at Clearwater Beach after their
wedding that day. They had played in
the hotel pool for a while then got out
and walked to the sandy beach and sat
down on the lounge chairs to warm up.
Javan's new wife had her wedding ring
set in her hand and when they decided
to get up and go into the gulf she slide
them back onto her finger.
They walked a few steps into the water
and it felt so good they sat down,
leaned back and let the water wash
over them. Later they went deeper into
the gulf and just enjoyed each other
and the warm water. Later as they
emerged from the water they noticed
the wedding set was missing. They
looked everywhere but it was not to be
found.
The next day Javan found SRARC
through The Ring Finders site and we
organized a hunt for that evening. Stan
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Flack, Bill Gallant, Ed Osmar, Celeste
Roles, and Mike Miller showed up and
met Javan at 6:30 pm. Javan explained
what had happened and where they had
been and we went to work searching
the water and the sand. After a couple
hours we all were losing hope when Bill
Gallant walks
over to Javan
and asks Javan
to look into his
scoop and
there it was.
Javan jumped
for joy and we
all joined in.
We didn't get to see the look on
Javan's wife's face
when he put the ring
on her finger for the
second time in two
days but I bet she
was all smiles.
We wish these two the best for their
future and are happy we could help
them. Bill you did a great service for
this couple and we congratulate you on
your success in finding the ring.
Good work Ringfinders team.
Thank you for your time and
efforts.
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Suncoast Research & Recovery Club Official Newsletter
Dedicated to Research, Recovery And the Preservation of
Florida’s Historical Artifacts.
Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics I WILL respect private property and do no treasure hunting without the permission of the property owner.
I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife and private property.
I WILL fill all my excavations, remove and properly dispose of all trash that I find.
I WILL use thoughtfulness, consideration and courtesy at all times, leaving gates as I found them.
I WILL assist law enforcement and other government agencies or private citizens as needed.
I WILL NOT litter.
I WILL NOT destroy property, buildings, or what is left of ghost towns and deserted structures.
I WILL NOT tamper with signs, structural facilities or equipment.
SRARC 6476 Fairway View Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33707
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