February 7, 2026 Informal Coffee Date A few requests from members had been made about maybe having a meeting or two outside of our standard spring and fall meeting. A call was made, a call was heard and the call was answered. The date was initially set for January 24th but Mother Nature had other plans for us. Minus 29C with a wind chill of minus 35C made that day a no go. So Plan “B” kicked in! It’s always good to have options so the date was moved to a warmer climate. The new date became Saturday, February 7, at 10:00 A.M. at the Tim Hortons at 1040 Beaverhill Blvd. It’s an easy location to get to just off of Fermor Ave., not far from Lagimodiere Blvd. Now I’m not advocating Tim Hortons over any other coffee place but this location, being tied in with a Wendy’s has a lot of seating available including space for the usual Saturday morning coffee crowd. Albeit, I had to make up my own “Reserved” signs. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised at the KDC membership turnout. We were 10 in total. In fact a few members arrived almost an hour early, so clearly there is a thrust for comradery and club activities. I wish to thank Don and Oris for their work and effort in putting together a package of information about possible club meeting locations whose rental would not break the bank. Don and Oris took a lot of time, effort and did lots of driving around to find a meeting location for our club. Thank you both! Members brought in a variety of interesting items to show around. Don showed us his newly acquired digital microscope with scale that combines technology with magnification. Someone brought a spent 50 caliber bullet or possible tracer round as it seems light, hollow and has a sizable hole in the bottom portion of the bullet. ??? One member wanted to know if anyone knew what the big brass pin was. I believe that it’s probably a survey pin. These were cast into a large concrete block and were found all around the prairies and used as point of references for sections etc. It is a piece of the Dominion Land Survey. The sprocket was part of Massey Harris farm equipment. Who knows what that went on? It does have a part number: A184. Good luck with that idea! Stories of past adventures were shared and new metal detecting projects were proposed. It’s what being part of a club is all about. This indeed was time well spent. Till the next time! Roger References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Land_Survey