1 December 2013 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done Christmas Party Happy Holidays! Calendar of Events Club Christmas Party Christmas Party Volunteers: Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Amazon.com 3 Newsletter Article Contest 3 2014 Slate of Club Officers 3 Attendance Drawing 3 Birthdays & Anniversaries 4 Broken Arrow Neighbors 4 Christmas Party Details 5 Centerpiece Drawing 5 Board Meeting for New & Old Officers. Members bringing food list 6 December Hunt 7 Stocking Stuffers 7 5 Saturday - Dec 14th - 6pm Owasso Community Center 301 S. Cedar Street Owasso, OK (see details - page 5 ) ****************************** Board Meeting Thu - Dec 19th - 6:30pm (see details - page 5) ****************************** DUES ARE DUE $25.00 PER YEAR The Best deal in town ****************************** Scavenger Hunt, Chili Supper, Bingo Party Feb 15th - (Back Bldg) Creek County Fairgrounds Turkey: Mike Mitchell (2) Ham Cathy Young (1) John & Rachel Hayworth (1) Mike Mitchell (1) All Members: (See page 5 for food list) Christmas Party Call Santa s Elf (Pam Cook) 918-336-5691 Email: cogsec3@aol.com By Thurs - Dec 12th with names, age, gender of children attending
2 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 2 Check out the find of the month pictures on our web site each month at: www.itthc.com Find of the Month November Meeting CATEGORY PLACE --NAME DESCRIPTION Oldest Coin 1 John Freeman 1894-S Barber Half 2 Juan Ortegon 1896 Barber Quarter 3 Cody Reese 1924 Standing Liberty Quarter Valuable Coin 1 Chuck Marcum 1851-O Three Cent Silver 2 Juan Ortegon 1924-D Buffalo Nickle 3 John Freeman 1902 Barber Half Oldest Cent 1 John Freeman 1885 Indian Head Cent 2 Juan Ortegon 1896 Indian Head Cent 3 Lloyd Coke 1901 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 Cody Reese 1922-D Wheat Cent 2 Chuck Marcum 1911-D Wheat Cent 3 John Freeman 1895 Indian Head Cent Relic 1 (tie) Ken Fanning LCS Watch Fob 1 (tie) John Hamilton Ginger Cigarette Token 2 3 Juan Ortegon John Freeman Oklahoma State Seal Button Winter Inspection Token Jewelry 1 Len Eames Silver Ring w/onyx Stone 2 Juan Ortegon Sterling Ring 3 Jim Nobles Sterling Ring Military Relic 1 Chuck Marcum Eagle C Cuff Button 2 John Freeman.54 Cal. Minie Bullet 3 John Hamilton WWII Cuff Button Display 1 John Freeman 2 Juan Ortegon 3 Ken Fanning Display Drawing Winner: Juan Ortegon Remember to bring your finds each month to enter! (Except December - hold to enter in January)
3 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." - Norman Vincent Peale AMAZON.COM Christmas is upon us and some of you will be ordering presents online to save standing in line and possibly to save money with free shipping and best of all have it delivered to your doorstep. If you want some of this money that you spent to go to the club you can do so by going to the main page of the ITTHC web site at www.itthc.com and click on the Amazon icon at the bottom of the page. This will take you to Amazon.com where you can order anything that you desire. By doing this Amazon will give the club 4% of your purchase if it comes from Amazon and 3% if it comes from elsewhere. NEWSLETTER ARTICLE CONTEST Due to the lack of interest there will be no newsletter article contest for 2014. However, feel free to send in something metal detecting related and I will publish it. Election of Officers for 2014 Election of Officers is scheduled for our December meeting. Below is a list of the club members who have volunteered to help fill officers and board member positions for our club. President: Cody Reese Vice President: Roger Eaton Secretary: We need a volunteer Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: Chuck Marcum Board Members: Tim Adams John Hayworth John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Members we need your help in supporting the club. New and older members please step up and give a helping hand. These offices are not that difficult and don t take that much time. PLEASE VOLUNTEER WE NEED YOUR HELP. Attendance Drawing Nov 9, 2013 Meeting Winner Frank Salle Names drawn before the winner Rick & Diana York Wally & Jean Dick Mark & Shawn Gilbert Shawson & Nichole Hebert You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins.
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 4 December Birthdays Community Service Project HAPPY BIRTHDAY 01 Andrew Webb 10 Mathew Fortney 10 McKenzie Fortney 12 Janet Cawvey 14 Tyler Adams 20 Bill Watkins 25 Jim Nobles 26 Cathy Young 30 Ralphetta Dill 31 Chris Willaby December Anniversaries 01 Tim & Stephanie Schlup 04 Bill & Morine Barnes 07 John & Rachel Hayworth 19 Bob & Barbara Reeder 22 Danny & Theresa Cox 22 Rick & Diana York 26 Dan & Teresa Eiler 2013 Officers President: Cody Reese Vice President: Roger Eaton Secretary: Pam Cook Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: Chuck Marcum Board: Tim Adams Bob Cook John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Most needed items for the holiday meal baskets are: Small and medium size box/packet of instant potatoes. Canned/packet broth/gravy. Corn muffin mix. Stuffing Pudding BA Neighbors Christmas Project It s time to get started on our club Christmas Project! In past years we have helped fill Christmas stockings which Broken Arrow Neighbors (BAN) distributed to children and senior in our local communities. Currently BAN operates out of a 70 year old building that was once a funeral home. Even with the outdated facility, BAN has managed to serve over 4,000 people a year with emergency assistance services such as food, financial assistance, medical care and clothing. BAN is a nonprofit organization and is celebrating its 30 th year of serving our community. Plans are in the works for a new 10,000 square-foot building to be completed by the end of 2014 just north of their current location. So, this year, due to storage constraints at BAN, we are asking club members to donate canned goods/and or monetary contributions at our December meeting. The club will be matching whatever monies we collect and will be given to BAN to help with the Christmas baskets. If you already have stockings saved back for our usual Christmas project, you are welcome to still donate them, however, please fill them with goodies & attach a label with age & gender of the recipient. We will make sure they get to BAN in time for Christmas. Thank you for helping! Jean Dick & Marge Wierzchowski Santa Wish List: New places to detect Fresh batteries Good Weather Lots of Good Luck
5 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 Page 5 ITTHC Christmas Party Saturday - December 14th Owasso Community Center (Large Meeting Room - No Kitchen Facilities) Please arrive early to help set up. 6:00 pm - Setup and decorate 6:30 pm - Appetizers 7:00 pm - Dinner is served 7:30 pm - Santa arrives/raffles Families bringing main course: Turkey - Mike Mitchell (2) Ham - John & Rachel Hayworth, Cathy Young, Mike Mitchell Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Butter - Wally Dick Each family is asked to bring one each of the following food items. If your last name begins with: A thru L - Bring salad and dessert M thru Z - Bring appetizer and vegetable dish Pam Cook will be helping Santa this year. Children 11 and younger will be given a gift by Santa. Please contact Pam (918-336-5691 or email: cogsec3@aol.com) by Thu Dec 12th with names/ages/ gender of children you are bringing. If you do not notify her, please bring a wrapped gift with their name on it. (approx $5 in value). There will be a centerpiece drawing. Only those bringing centerpieces will be eligible to win in the drawing. You bring one you go home with a different one. There will be a RAFFLE & 50-50 pot at the party. This is typically the largest raffle of the year. Please try to bring donations for the raffle. There WILL NOT be a find of the month. Items found since the Nov meeting can be entered at the January meeting. We will still be collecting for the Broken Arrow Neighbors. (See page 4 for the needs list.) We will also be collecting $$$ to help with the completion of this year s stocking project. Christmas Party Checklist Party Checklist (See list for food you are to bring) Turkey/Ham Appetizer Salad Vegetable Dessert Beverage Serving Spoons/Spatulas Plates/Utensils/Napkins Centerpiece Raffle Donations Broken Arrow Neighbors Donation Spouse and/or kids/grandkids Centerpiece Drawing This a lot of fun and helps to decorate the tables for the Christmas party. Only those bringing centerpieces will be eligible to win one in the drawing. December Board Meeting Thursday - Dec 19th 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door This will be a combined meeting of the 2013 & 2014 officers and board. Bring your appetite and lots of good stories to share!
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 6 Listed below are the names of people that signed up to bring food to the ITTHC Christmas Party. If you did not sign up to bring food see page 5 for ideas. Mike and Alneta Mitchell - 2 Turkeys and a Ham Gary and Cathy Young - Ham John and Rachel Hayworth - Ham Wally and Jean Dick - Mashed Potato's, Gravy & Butter Bob and Pam Cook - Sweet Potato's and Pie Lee and Marge Wierzchowski - Unsure Len and Jean Eames - Cake or Pie Ken and Linda Fanning - Veggies Cody Reese - Dinner Rolls and Butter Bill Watkins - Green Bean Casserole Jim and Ralphetta Dill - Unsure Chuck Marcum/Vicky Vandever - Candy Yams and Nuts Juan and Linda Ortegon - Mashed Potato's Tim Adams - Corn Roger Eaton - Unsure William Wetzel - Mustard and Pickles John and Jody Hamilton - Dessert
I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 7 7 December Club Hunt ITTHC RescheduledOuting Sunday, December 22 nd The ITTHC will be returning to the McAlester, Oklahoma area for an outing on Saturday, November 23 rd to a coal mining camp area. We will meet at the McDonalds in McAlester, Oklahoma that is at the junction of U.S. Highway 270 and U.S. Highway 69 (LAT/LONG: 34.925985-95.742312). We will be leaving the McDonalds at 8:30am to caravan to the site. From Tulsa take U.S. Highway 75 South and continue South on the Indian Nations Turpike. Exit at Exit 70 for U.S. 270 to McAlester. Turn left (East) and go through Downtown McAlester to the McDonalds at the junction of of U.S. Highway 270 and U.S. Highway 69 (LAT/LONG: 34.925985-95.742312). Below are a map and aerial of the route to McAlester from Tulsa. It will take approximately 1½ to 2 hours to drive from Tulsa. Again we will be leaving the McDonalds at 8:30am, don t be late. The coal mining activity in this area was from the late 1890 s to 1930 with the peak activity around 1920. The coal companies paid in paper script and tokens that were redeemable at the "company store". These coal mining camp outings are more artifact hunts. You will find relics relating to the coal mining activity; miner s checks, coal company tokens, miner s equipment, and camp housing related items. There are usually very few coins found These areas are being used as pastures and there will be friendly cows in them. So if you have a phobia about cows, you may want to skip this one. This landowner and his family has a very large cattle operation. The small relic type shovels are acceptable. Filling your digs properly and carrying out anything you dig is critical. Dig a good deep, round plug, refill the dirt in the hole, replace the plug with the grass side up, and tamp the plug level. When we have landowners that allow us to hunt a site, respect their property. This landowner has several more sites of interest. NOT using proper digging techniques will get you ejected from the outing site. You are being watched. Stocking Stuffers Puzzled about what to buy for that metal detectorist on your shopping list?? Well, here are some suggestions: Batteries Coin Books Coin Holders Compass Flashlights GPS Hand Cleaner Hunting Pouch Jewelry Cleaner Jewelry Polishing Cloth Journal for Notes Magnifiers Maps Multi-Tools Pocket Knife Scale Thermal Socks & Gloves Thermal Underwear Treasure Hunting Books Treasure Magazines Wire Brushes This will be a bring you own food, drinks, chairs, and anything else you think you will need. It is about 10 miles to the nearest convenience store with a restroom.
8 The ITTHC Treasure News is published by The Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club, Inc. P.O. Box 580961 Tulsa, OK 74158-0961 Editor: Bill Watkins editor@itthc.com Webmaster: Bob Freeman webmaster@itthc.com The general meeting of ITTHC is held the second Saturday of every month at the Owasso Community Center - 301 South Cedar Street, Owasso, OK 7:30 p.m. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! Membership dues are: $25.00/year Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club P.O. Box 580961 Tulsa, OK 74158-0961 FIRST CLASS MAIL We re on the web! www.itthc.com