Welcome!
The Sacramento
Valley Detecting Buffs of Sacramento, (SVDB) is
a metal detecting club based in the Central Valley of
California. The members come from the surrounding
Sacramento area and cities. Our members represent a wide
range of metal detecting interests from relic hunting,
coin shooting, jewelry hunting to detecting / prospecting
for gold.
Lost & Found
 |
If you lost a valuable ring or piece of jewelry
our SVDB club members may be able to help you find it with
our metal detectors. In 2011 we found and returned
13 valuable rings plus other valuable items that were lost by people that requested
help. Click on the Lost & Found Picture or this
email link with information about your lost jewelry.
Email
Link for Lost Jewelry |
Our Meetings
The SVDB membership meetings are
held the first Thursday of every month at 7:30
P.M. Meetings may include general business
items, membership Show and Tell, coin
raffle, occasional guest speaker and other exhibits.
We also meet and have 4 club sponsored Saturday and Sunday Day-in-the-Park
hunts each month, an Annual Club Hunt, Quarterly Planted
"Mini-hunts, "Hands on" training for members new to their
detector,
and occasional Beach trips.
A great time was had by all who attended the May 14,
2011 Annual Club Hunt
The Club News page features recent events about our club. It has links to our current Newsletter as well as past newsletters, and Treasure News Links - news stories on metal detecting. This page includes Classified ads.
The Calendar page summarizes our regular Day-in-the-Park hunts and unique events.
The About
page describes club history and has links to
our Bylaws, Library
photos, Organization Chart, and the Recovery
Team, which finds lost jewelry and other items.
There is also a link to the Application for
Membership.
The Reference page has links to our Sponsors and Park Regulations regarding metal detecting. There are also some helpful articles on techniques and information about metal detecting.
The Photo page has, well, lots of photos, including member Finds of the Month.
The Links page lists connections to national metal detecting organizations, as well as links to metal detecting web pages, magazines, manufacturers and distributors, and the most popular on-line discussion forums.
The Contact
page lists our main Email address and repeats the map
and directions directions to our meetings.
Visitors are always welcome
and are encouraged to join and participate in our
club meetings.
Directions to our meetings (first Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm)
We meet at the North County Corporate Yard (Formerly SMUD Building) 5026 Don Julio Blvd. North Highlands, CA at the corner of Elkhorn Blvd and Don Julio Blvd.North Highlands is North-East of downtown Sacramento along Highway 80.
Take Highway 80 to Elkhorn Boulevard, and turn northwest onto Elkhorn.
Traveling northeast from Sacramento, you'll exit right, then turn left onto Elkhorn;
Traveling southwest from Auburn, you exit right, then turn right onto Elkhorn.
After four traffic lights, you'll be going over a railroad overpass. The next intersection is Don Julio.
Turn right onto Don Julio, then enter the first driveway on the right.
Please report any web page problems to Don.
May 2012 Newsletter
Treasure News Links
The Recovery team assists law enforcement and helps find
lost jewelry.
Here Kurt Anders (left) is with SVDB member Vince
Migliore who found Kurt's lost tungsten wedding
ring.