Wednesday May 6th, we held our monthly meeting, and 84 people were present this month. JerryK recapped the month’s metal detecting at North Pacific Beach on April 7th and the outing to our Freedom Claims near Red Mountain on the weekend of April 18-19. The Federal Court Orders closing 2,200 miles of OHV roads in the West Mojave was again updated and discussed, plus the new proposed modifications to the US Forest Service CFR36 part 228. These would end up affecting all Associations by limiting the number of people on a claim before special permits are needed and secondary activities such as potlucks or raffles on US Forest claims. Frank Trutta was our speaker this month on the best way to work and great hints for the beaches with a metal detector. He also brought some of his 30 years worth of spectacular finds of rings and large jewelry. The meeting ended with the monthly finds, raffle drawings, and table drawings.