Saturday, May 9th - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 11 AM (Daylight Saving).  General membership meeting will be held  at the 29 Palms Historical Museum, 6760 National Park Drive.  FCM provides hamburgers and hotdogs.  Bring a potluck dish. Nominations for new Vice President and Secretary.  Please consider joining the histoical society when attending. 

May 23, 2026 - (Sat) 8 a.m. TOUR OF RATTLESNAKE CANYON CLAIM - Join us for the annual tour of our Rattlesnake Canyon claims and RRR claim.  Familiarize yourself with Burns Canyon and surrounding areas.  Meet at Pappy & Harriett's Pioneertown Palace (restaurant) in Pioneertown to caravan together.  This will be an all-day event.  4X4 highly recommended.  Bring lunch, water, and good spare tire.  There will be some time for prospecting, too.

June 5-7, 2026 (Fri-Sun) CAMPOUT AT RRR CAMPGROUND/RATTLESNAKE CANYON- Beautiul area in the mountains at 5600 ft elevation.  Cool nights (50's) and nice days (80's) It is a great place to camp with the other FCM members and metal detect or dry wash on our three claims.  Exceedingly popular campout.  Dry camp, no ground fires.  Cook stoves etc require a fire permit.  We will be camping on the RRR claim.  Be sure to bring something for Saturday night's potluck.