1 February 2018 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done Honoring Our Show & Tell - Scavenger Hunt Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Birthdays & Anniversaries 3 Amazon.com 3 Dues Reminder 3 Finds of the Year 2017 4 Ronald McDonald House 5 Show & Tell Program 5 Volunteers for Raffle, 50/50 & Storage Building. Scavenger Hunt, Chili Supper & Bingo Party Attendance Drawing 6 Scavenger Hunt Location Instructions Upcoming Events 8 5 6 7 Monthly Meeting Saturday - February 10th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar Street Owasso, OK -------------------------------------------- Board Meeting Thursday - February 22nd 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door ------------------------------------------- Feb 17th - Scavenger Hunt Chili Supper Bingo Party (Details on page 6) -------------------------------------------- February Program Johnny Manley Civil War Medicine ********************** Show & Tell (Details on page 5) ************************* *Club Hunt Feb 28th info at later date. * ************************ Cookie Volunteers John & Rachel Hayworth Greg Wicks (Thanks in advance!) Other Club Hunts April 28-29 31st National Open Treasure Hunt 3 Forks Treasure Hunters Club Creek County Fairgrounds ITTHC Message Forum 8
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 2 2 Check out the find of the month pictures on our web site each month at: www.itthc.com Find of the Month January Meeting CATEGORY PLACE --NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 Mike Henson 1923 Standing Liberty Quarter 2 John Freeman 1899 Barber Quarter 3 Howie Rosser 1920-D Walking Liberty Half Oldest Coin 1 John Freeman 1892 Barber Quarter 2 Shaun Kucera 1902 Baber Dime 3 (tie) 3 (tie) Mike Henson John Hamilton 1903 Barber Dime 1903 V Nickle Oldest Cent 1 Kim Hauger 1890 Indian Head Cent 2 John Freeman 1897 Indian Head Cent 3 Rachel Hayworth 1902 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1922-D Wheat Cent 2 Steve Sells 1909 Indian Head Cent 3 JJ Freeman 1933-D Wheat Cent Relic 1 Steve Sells Good For Token 2 Mike Henson Lucky Lindberg Coin 3 Cody Reese Brass Plate Jewelry 1 Mike Henson Silver Bracelet w/turquoise 2 (tie) 2 (tie) Lloyd Coke John Freeman Gold Chain Silver Ring 3 Bob Avey Sterling Silver Disc w/ OSU Military Relic 1 Kim Hauger Confederate Script "C" Button 2 John Freeman Prescott Revolver Bullet 3 John Hamilton Great Coat Button Display 1 Lloyd Coke #6 2 John Freeman #3 Display Drawing 3 Howie Rosser #8 Winner: Howie Rosser Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 34 3 February Birthdays Happy Birthday 03 John Hayworth 23 Rachel Eaton 28 Richard Knox February Anniversaries AMAZON.COM Well Christmas is over and the New Year is hear and I hope that you had a good holiday. However, there are birthdays and anniversaries coming up and you can still order presents from Amazon.com. What is cool is that sometimes shipping is free and best of all you can 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. 14 Eddie & Dawn Boysel 14 Dale & Nona Carpenter 14 Jack & Shirley Cooper 14 Juan & Linda Ortegon 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. 2018 Officers President: Greg Wicks Vice President: John Hayworth Secretary: Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman Sr. Board: Cody Reese Roger Eaton John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Remember to pay your dues for this year. $25/year Dues will need to be paid in order for you to participate in this month s scavenger hunt, chili supper, bingo party.
4 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 Finds of the Year - 2017 1st Place - John Freeman 1886-S $5.00 Gold Coin 2nd Place - Ken Fanning 14K keepsake Ring with 42 Diamonds 3rd Place - Howie Rosser 9 Rholodite Garnets/925 Sterling Silver Ring. Estimated 6 kt by reputable jeweler in Tulsa.
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 5 Community Service RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FEBRUARY NEEDS LIST February Needs List Roger Eaton is retiring from doing the raffle and would like for someone to volunteer to take over. It would require a couple of hours per month to do this. Jim Nobles is retiring from doing the 50/50 and would like for someone to volunteer to take over. It would require a couple of hours per month to do this. February Meeting February Program S how & Tell Bring displays of anything you have ever found in your entire lifetime. Those bringing displays will be eligible for winning a silver eagle to 1st place and a silver dollar to 2nd & 3rd place. ***************************************************** The storage building where we keep the grill and other items needs to be moved or find a new place to store the items. If you have room on your property to store this building or have a place where we could store the items contact Terry Humphries at hunt@itthc.com. It is 8' X 10' with a pressure treated wood floor frame & decking. The Stott's property it has been on for over 10 years is now in the process of being sold. So we need to find a new home for it fairly quick. T
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 6 Scavenger Hunt - Feb 17th Scavenger Hunt Start your day by hunting where ever you want, collect everything you find & arrive at the Creek County Fairgrounds (back bldg) no later than 4:00 pm to check-in your entries. We will sort our finds and then draw from a list of various categories. Silver dimes will be awarded as prizes. Bring newspapers, box lids, etc to help sort your finds and be ready for a really fun day! Remember, this is a time when the pull-tabs you ve dug for the day could win over a gold ring! Here s a sample of categories: Bottle caps, bullets, car parts, dog tags, foreign coins, iron, jewelry, keys, marbles, mills, silver coins, tokens, tools, toys, wire. The club has allocated $100.00 in Silver Dimes for this hunt. Chairmen: Roger Eaton & John Hayworth DIRECTIONS TO SCAVENGER HUNT SEE PAGE 7. Attendance Drawing Attendance Drawing January 13, 2018 Meeting Winner We did not have a drawing Names drawn before the winner You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. Chili Supper - 6 pm Time to Eat Following the day s scavenger hunt, it will feel good to warm up with some chili! What a fun time this is! There s always a great variety of chili ranging from mild to hot and hotter. There will be a sign-up sheet at the February meeting for volunteers to bring their own style of chili. All members should bring side dishes, fixing s, and/or desserts to compliment the dinner. (don t miss this) THERE WILL ALSO BE THE 50/50 RAFFLE Bingo Party - 7 pm Following the chili supper, we will have B-I-N-G-O. The club has allocated $200 for prizes. Be sure and bring your own daubers to mark the paper bingo cards. Also, bring prize donations to help make the evening s activities even more fun!
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 SCAVENGER HUNT FEBRUARY 17TH The Scavenger Hunt check in, Chili Supper, & Bingo will be held at the Rhema building at 1004 West Kenosha (Tulsa 71 st Street) it is the old Monterey House. Aerial & Street view below. 7
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 UPCOMING EVENTS February 10: -ITTHC General Meeting - Show & Tell - Johnny Manley will give a program on Civil War Medicine. February 17: -Scavenger Hunt & Chili Supper - Bingo Party - Creek County Fairgrounds. February 22: -ITTHC Board Meeting - Corporate Place Building - 6:30 PM April 28-29: -Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club 31st National Open Treasure Hunt. http://www.threeforkstreasurehunters.org/ and then click on NATIONAL HUNT. May 26-27: - ITTHC 47th Annual National Treasure Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds. 8 ITTHC MESSAGE FORUM And don't forget that the ITTHC "Message Forum" is up and running again for posting finds, questions, & research information. It can be accessed on the ITTHC website at the below link: ITTHC Message Forum http://www.itthc.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl
9 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 at 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