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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 HUNT ANTLER OK MAY 2013 VIEW IMAGES FROM WWATS RENDEZVOUS FEB 2013
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
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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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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Golden Triangle Explorers Society Newsletter June 2013 The Golden Triangle Explorers Society newsletter, "Treasured Times" for this month will soon be posted on the website at http://www.goldentriangleexplorers.com/newsletter.htm
A copy is attached.
If you are unable to access it there, please let the Webmaster, Susan Phillips, or me know.
It will also soon be posted at http://www.texascouncil.net/
Should you not be able to access it, please let me know.
If you know someone who would like to be added to this distribution list, please forward this to them. Anyone who wishes to be added or deleted from this list, please notify me.
Regards,
Mike Shaw
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It is a bit early, but I am sending out the newsletter today-NOTE: THE MEETING IS THE 20TH, NOT THIS THURSDAY. The theme for the June meeting is "Arrowheads"- If you have any you would like to bring in and display and tell us about, please do so. The informal group hunt will be at Spanish Lake Park on Spanish Pond road off Bellefountaine Road on the 23rd. Roger Horrom
Have a great day! Link: May 2013 Newsletter
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I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL READERS THIS WILL BE YOUR JUNE NEWSLETTER
THE GREENVILLE CHAPTER OF THE GPAA MEETS ON THE 3RD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH UNLESS CHANGED FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. OUR MEETING PLACE IS THE WESTVIEW METHODIST CHURCH AT 6407 SAYLE STREET AT CORNER OF SAYLE AND TERRELL STREET.
COMING FROM DIRECTION OF DALLAS TAKE INTERSTATE 30 EAST TO EXIT 93, TURN LEFT AND GO TO TERRELL STREET AND TURN LEFT AGAIN AT THE WHAT-A-BURGER. GO TO STOP SIGN,CHURCH WILL BE ON LEFT. WE MEET AT 2PM. IF COMING FROM TEXARKANA DIRECTION COME INTERSTATE 30 WEST TO EXIT 93 AND TURN RIGHT TO TERRELL STREET AND TURN LEFT AT WHAT-A -BURGER GO TO STOP SIGN CHURCH ON LEFT.
LETTER FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT WELL WE HAD OUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OUTING AT K-RIVER CAMPGROUND AND I THINK EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME. EVEN THOUGH MOTHER NATURE DID IT TO US AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR YEARS. I ARRIVED THERE AT ABOUT 10:30 AM ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER IT STARTED RAINING AT ABOUT 10 AM. IT RAINED 4 AND 1/2 INCHES BEFORE 1PM SO RD AND LINDA AND I SET THERE UNDER THE AWNING AND STARTED WATCHING THE RIVER COME UP AND UP AND UP AND UP AND UP. ED MOVED HIS LITTLE TRAILER ABOUT 6PM TO HIGHER GROUND BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT MY RIG WOULD PROBABLY BE SAFE SINCE IT WAS STILL HOOKED UP TO MY PICKUP AND THE RAISING LEGS WERE DOWN AND OF COURSE I HAD THE UTILITY TRAILER HOOKED UP ALSO. BESIDES I HAD NEVER SEEN THE WATER GET HIGH ENOUGH TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE HIGH CAMP SITE I WAS ON.--------------WRONG------------- WEDNESDAY MORNING I LOOKED OUT THE DOOR AND MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT A MOVIE MADE YEARS AGO CALLED “NO MAN IS AN ISLAND “. THE WATER WAS TO THE TOP OF THE SMALL CONCRETE SLAB AT THE BOTTOM OF MY CAMPER’S STAIRS. BUT THANK GOODNESS IT WAS RECEDING QUITE FAST AND IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE WE WERE SITTING IN FRONT OF A FIRE BESIDE THE TRAILER.WHICH IN A NUTSHELL IS WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. THE RIVER NEVER GOT WHERE WE COULD DREDGE BECAUSE THE RIVER AUTHORITY STARTED RELEASING WATER UP RIVER AT NEARLY THE SAME RATE THAT THE RIVER WAS GOING DOWN. SO IT WAS JUST NOT SAFE TO GET IN THAT CURRENT. OH WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME IT WILL BE BETTER. OUR DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT WAS FANTASTIC AS USUAL AT LAST COUNT WE FED 39 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT, WHICH WAS NOT BAD THE MOST WE HAVE HAD WAS 58 PEOPLE SO THIS ONE STANDS OUT AS ONE OF OUR BEST .I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE SIDE DISHES THAT YOU BROUGHT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE PROSPECTORS AND THEIR WIVES ARE GREAT COOKS AND IF ANYONE LEFT THERE HUNGRY IT WAS THEIR OWN FAULT. WELL AFTER THE BAD START WITH THE WEATHER IT WAS REALLY A VERY NICE WEEK END AND NEVER RAINED AGAIN. AND ALTHOUGH WE DIDN’T GET TO PROSPECT SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS WERE IN THE WATTS TREASURE HUNTS AND DID QUITE WELL. I PERSONALLY ENJOYED THE WEEKEND VERY MUCH BECAUSE WE GOT TO KNOW EVERYONE A LITTLE BETTER WHILE WE SET AROUND THE FIRE TALKING . THAT MAKES THE TRIPS WELL WORTH WHILE. FINDING THE GOLD IS JUST A PLUS FOR THOSE KIND OF TRIPS SINCE WE ONLY SEE EACH OTHER A FEW HOURS EACH MONTH YOU DON’T REALLY GET TO KNOW SOMEONE IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME. THE STORIES AROUND THE CAMP FIRE AT NIGHT CAN REALLY GET DEEP AT TIMES THOUGH. FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT ABOUT 11:30PM WE GOT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE WEIRD ANIMALS WE HAD SEEN IN THE WOODS IN EAST TEXAS {DON’T ASK ME HOW WE GOT ON THAT SUBJECT} BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD MENTIONED DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND I SAID THAT I WAS DEER HUNTING IN THE WOODS ACROSS FROM THE RANCH WHERE I LIVE AND I HAD SEEN A WOLVERENE. WELL IT WAS QUITE FOR A MOMENT AND THEN KEITH WILLS POPPED UP WITH, I QUOTE “I SAW AN ARDVARK “ THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE FOR ANOTHER MOMENT AND I SAID DARN KEITH THE FIRST LIAR DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE AROUND HERE. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMILES AND LAUGHTER FROM EVERYONE OVER THAT ONE BUT KEITH SWEARS THAT IT WAS TRUE AND THAT THEY FIGURED SOMEONE HAD BOUGHT IT TO CONTROL THE FIRE ANTS AND IT GOT AWAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ALL WENT TO BED AFTER THAT ONE.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT 2PM ON JUNE 15TH SO I HOPE EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO DISCUSS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE LAST MONTH SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. ALSO I WANT TO APOLOGISE FOR THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO DOWN LOAD MY NEXT EMAIL MESSAGES I AM GOING TO BE SENDING SOME PICTURES OF SOME EQUIPMENT MIKE BUNZEL HAS FOR SALE. HE HAS A 2AN 1/2 INCH DREDGE AND A FIVE INCH DREDGE WITH TRIPLE SLUICE AND AN UNDERWATER METAL DETECTOR.
DON BRISENDINE
PRESIDENT OF EAST TEXAS GPAA
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