| DUBIOUS AWARDS 2008 |
| STACEY deLUCIA a perennial recipient, was presented two in one award. She received a bell to fasten to her metal detector to scare off any bears in the area. The bell also had the statement: �I B L 8� for her always being 15 minutes late to club events. |
| JAN SMIRNOW was awarded a piggy bank for finding 889 pennies in one place. |
| JERRY LAUR � was awarded a large deck of cards for easier reading and shuffling to help him not lose money at poker games with visiting pirates. and - a two sided picture, one side where he is good and the flip side bad. This award was to impress upon him for the future �what goes on in Daytona, does not stay in Daytona�! |
| PHOTOS BY STEVE HOSKINS |
| ERNIE BOUYOUCAS had never found a piece of gold with his detector, so he was given a box of sand containing some foil, a pull-tab and a 14kt ring with instructions not to use a sifter first! |
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| BOB SMIRNOW � was awarded a plastic screen to be used to help save any future diamonds he may find (to prevent them from falling through his scoop). and - awarded a special edition bad boy T-shirt for a comment made during a meeting several months ago, the shirt said, �Charge for any kid off the N� |
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| WINNER OF THE BROKEN SCOOP AWARD
By popular vote, Jerry Laur received the honor of winning the first annual Broken Scoop Award for his dubious action of allowing his picture to be taken with a scantily clad female employee of a local gentlemen�s club while attending a metal detecting event in Daytona. Jerry will have to display this award in a prominent place at his home till the next Holiday party in 2009. Hopefully, he will be able to pass along this award at that time to another member. Thank you to Kevin Reilly of Reilly's Treasured Gold, Inc for the donation of the broken scoop. |