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Welcome to the World Wide Association of Treasure Seekers!


Our Mission Statement:  Preserve, Promote and Protect the right to the use of the Land and Natural Resources for “We the People” now and in the future.

Welcome to World Wide Association of Treasurer Seekers Web site, Better known as WWATS. As the President I would like to Welcome You. WWATS is World Wide and we welcome everyone to join in.
 
The Focus of WWATS is to be an information center, providing special training as necessary to understand our relationships with, and to openly approach, our government agencies, seeking ways our hobby can co-exist within the rules and regulations used to govern public lands today. WWATS shall be a proactive organization, not a reactive one.We are working with many other organizations to keep our treasure seeking rights open to all.

We are in the process of building a new web site more user friendly and a Charter Member site that paid members will have total access to. This Charter Member site will have discounts, special events, treasure sites, WWATS Geocaching with a twist, and more to come for paid members.

So join WWATS today at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Three-Year-Membership-in-the-World-Wide-Association-of-Treasure-Seekers-WWATS-/251272159878   

Wayne Peterson
President World Wide Association of Treasure Seekers
State Director for PLP
GPAA & LDMA Member
Founder of the Rendezvous

VIEW IMAGES FROM WWATS RENDEZVOUS FEB 2013

2013 WWATS Rendezvous
One Day Open Hunt
May 25th – 26th 2013
(Memorial Day Weekend)
K River Campgrounds—Antlers, Oklahoma

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Folks, WWATS up to this point has been more of an Internet Organization to assist other groups with helpful ideas and suggestions to fight problems that arise in our hobbies. Now WWATS has decided to go another positive step further by becoming even more proactive in our fights to save the hobbies we so enjoy from disaster and termination. We still have some re-organizing to do yet, both on our websites and out in the field, but soon you will see WWATS most everywhere you go, even in other countries.

WWATS has decided we need two websites now in order to handle the great influx of information we will be releasing so to keep everyone informed and updated to any news as it happens.

Other groups are aligning with WWATS as we speak here, rock hounds, prospectors, hikers, detectorist and more. This kind of alignment is what is needed to create a force strong enough to be heard and to make a difference. WWATS opens it's doors to any organization, chapter or group that wishes to join, cost is just one dollar a month for a three year membership per person of $36.00. Many privileges go with that membership including discounts on equipment purchases with WWATS affiliated dealers and WWATS Outings, not to mention special areas of our websites for those paying members.

Then to even be more proactive, WWATS will be aligning themselves with other establish organizations that have a legal staff and experience to get our concerns understood and accomplished.
 
Please go to our other website
www.wwats.us and see our recent videos at WWATS Rendezvous in Congress, AZ. where we tried the prospective of a beginner and his take of being introduced to our hobbies for the first time, see the many activities that went on at this outing, and most of all the inspiring words of the vice president of PLP (Public Lands for the People) that has a very experience attorney to help us all save our rights to access public lands and keep that access to enjoy or hobbies in the future. PLP and WWATS are fighting for the same goals, think about becoming a member of both, have your words heard and keep our public lands open for our children!
 
Ask yourself this: "Is It Worth A Dollar A Month To Keep Enjoying Your Hobby!"
 
WWATS will be at the Texas Treasure Show ( LARGEST Treasure Show in America) April 13th and 14th, 2013 at Maude Cobb Convention Center, Longview, Texas. Come join WWATS at our booth and become a part of the future of you hobby! We will also have PLP applications available there.

Thank you much, Keith Wills  

IMPORTANT: HELP IS NEEDED NOW FROM EVERYONE!!!! http://detectingrights.com/louisville-ky-needs-your-support.php

Thanks to our members we now have over 1500 stories or links to stories online , over  750  treasure links , and hundreds of photos ! Of course we can't show all of this stuff on the home page so be sure to explore the site and look at everything. You can see all stories in our Story Archives  Check out our Treasure Links  Don't miss our Photo Albums and Contest Photos  And you can also Search the Entire Site

Important Newsletter Notice: Since we do not send out newsletters via postal mail because of costs involved, our newsletter is only available in e-mail format and on the web site as web pages. This means that if you want to receive our news then we must have your e-mail address entered on your membership form! We will not sell or give your e-mail address to anyone else and it will only be used to send out newsletters or important announcements about legal issues affecting your rights. JOIN WWATS TODAY!


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Legislation Alerts Public Lands and Waters
Author: Webmaster
Public Lands and Waters My sons and I have helped introduce a new bill in the Alabama Senate, SB-81, that will make the current law easier to understand. The public currently has the right to find isolated underwater finds, but some professional archaeologists and their cronies at the Alabama Historical Commission have misled some law enforcement officers into believing that it is illegal to find and keep isolated finds such as an arrowhead, a coke bottle, or a coin. This is not true, but people have been harassed, detained, and their property confiscated on the Tennessee and Alabama Rivers, and in Mobile Bay. Our bill does three things: Deletes (whether or not) from the definition of Cultural Resources   Adds a definition for an artifact where no definition currently exists    Adds the already existing state and federal law numbers to the bill, so that it protects Indian burial grounds and any other cemeteries that are underwater   All historic shipwrecks are currently controlled by the AHC, and we are not trying to change that at all. SB-81 does not increase or decrease any current or future cultural resources that are to be permitted by the Alabama Historical Commission. We just don’t want our law enforcement officers to be used by professional archaeologists to stop divers from legal diving.    Please read SB-81An article was in ...[read more]

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Western Mining Alliance May 2013 Newsletter
Posted by: Webmaster on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 04:53 PM
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Western Mining Alliance May 2013 Newsletter

Attached is the May Newsletter.  We did the best we could on reducing the size, we apologize if you have a slow connection.

The issue you need to pay attention to this month is the 2 million acres of land scheduled for withdrawal for critical habitat for the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog and the Yosemite Toad.  Some of this land is in the heart of gold country.  We provide the full story and what you can do in the newsletter.

Respectfully,

The Western Mining Alliance
Molon Labe

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Pictures from the California Minelab 2nd Annual National Metal Detecting Day
Posted by: Webmaster on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 06:52 AM
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Pictures from the Minelab day May 18th 2nd Annual National Metal detecting day in sunny California. Young and old, new and experienced, who came from near and far to join together to celebrate this fantastic hobby!

Special hunts, giveaways, prizes,  a fun-filled day for the entire family!

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FYI/ACTION ALERT FOR HARD ROCK MINERS
Posted by: Webmaster on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 03:56 PM
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FYI/ACTION ALERT FOR HARD ROCK MINERS.

An experienced miner announced his contact with Attorney Siderius last night at Bedrock Prospector's meeting.  I called Mr. Siderius this morning and he wrote a letter of explanation.  For your action if desired.  I do not know of the reputation of Mr. Siderius but it seems on the up and up at this point.  He said that he could get on a plane in the morning and come and meet with you folks in Oregon.

Hope this will be useful for some of you.

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Minelab's Metal Detecting Day 1st Hunt in AC as seen from above
Posted by: Webmaster on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:30 PM
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Here is a video from the mine lab event in New Jersey  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGrj-P_9WA&feature=youtu.be

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Las Vegas GPAA Events
Posted by: Webmaster on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 06:15 AM
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News flash the meeting was May 20th 2013 per the last 3 emails.

The next meeting is June 24th 2013 at 6pm at the Eagle's see www.lvgpaa.com so map and directions.
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The next event is the metal detecting hunt on June 1st at the Meadview RV Park. Entry will be $45 per person participating. Free to spectate. See www.lvgpaa.com for the flyer.
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The next outing is the SUPERx5 Trip Up North this week long event starts in June on the 15th and goes for a week! As always register with DeAnna (702) 452-1049 or dcosten@lvgpaa.com

You MUST register for this event.

Buckets will be $8ish a pop, you must be present and fill your own buckets. 93+ buckets must be pre-sold prior to ordering the material.

Price subject to go up or down depending on the cost of the material per yard.

To answer the bucket questions that always gets asked:

You must attend in person on the day of the dirt arrival to purchase buckets.
You must supply your own EMPTY bucket or sand bag.
You must FILL your own empty buckets.
You must haul your own material home.
If enough buckets are not pre-paid or paid for, the material will not be ordered and all pre-purchased buckets will be refunded.
You DO NOT need to be a GPAA member to attend as this is not held at a GPAA claim or near one.
A full 5 gallon bucket weighs in at around 75lbs or so, depending on water in the mix. If you have back issues bring a dolly, hand truck etc.
As with all Super-Secret Trips you Must register with DeAnna for the location, dates and directions. This also helps for the food count on Saturday.
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The Eagle’s will be serving brunch buffet on Sunday for $5 per head starting at 9am.

They also have a dinner under the stars deal planned on the 31stthat will also include the fireworks by Cashman Field.

HAVE FUN,

Kenner, Webmaster LVGPAA



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