NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB VOLUME XIX ISSUE 8 OCTOBER 2002 EDITOR: Chuck Marcum PHONE: (918) 495-0867 EMAIL: graytcote@cox.net The Outpost is published monthly by the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club. The club is a member of the Federation of Metal Detector and Archeological Clubs Inc. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of metal detecting as a hobby. No brand or model of metal detector is endorsed by the club. Membership is open to the public with the only requirement being that all members follow the Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics. Club dues are $25.00 per family yearly. Any comments or stories that you would like to contribute to your newsletter are always welcome. MEETINGS: First Tuesday of each month. TIME : 7:15 P.M PLACE: Wagoner Community Building at the corner of Jefferson and Cherokee streets in Wagoner Oklahoma. NEXT MEETING: October 1, 2002 BOARD MEETING: The third Thursday of every month at Martin s Restaurant on Hwy. 16 in Okay Ok. at 7:00 P.M. 2002 CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Nancy Coffey VICE PRESIDENT: Kevin Kastler SECRETARY: Tony Morris TREASURER: Carol Cooper BOARD MEMBERS: Jack Cooper Francis Tracy Gene Coffey Paul Mattes Ray Yerby Tina Yerby Mary Tracy Chuck Marcum Red Cawvey Vicki Lang Eddie Tamplin
The Secretary s Report General Meeting - September 3rd, 2002 of the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club. The meeting started at 7:40pm with 30 people present. President Nancy Coffey began by letting us know there was still not a program on gold. But she filled us in on what a good trip they had to Alaska were they helped build platforms for a church camp and got to see some of Gods natural beauty we don't have around here - the ocean, animals like moose and glaciers forming beautiful clear streams. They also got to come back by Custer's battle site park and she the monument. Next we went to the shared prizes there was 15 prizes donated this month and the 50/50 going to Paul Mattes at $40.50. We then had the drawing for donation and it went to Jim Simmons. Get your Three Forks Newsletter by Email Now! Last month I emailed our newsletter to 32 people. This was a test run. I asked everyone to email me back and let me know if they were able to open it up alright and how long it took. I got about seven replies. I also gave everyone a choice to receive their newsletter by email every month, by paper, or both ways. Since everyone s dues pays for their newsletter I believe you ought to get a choice. The advantage of getting it by email is that you get to see everything in color, you can zoom in on stuff, and you can save our club money. I also spoke to some members at the meetings and asked their preferences. So far only two people has had trouble with it. Twelve want it by email which will save The club about $15.00 a month and two people want it both ways, which is fine. I will be sending it by email again to everyone I have an email address for. Plus a few people I missed last month. If I don t get a reply this time from the people I didn t hear back from last month, I ll just send it to you by paper until you let me know. If I don t have your email address get a hold of me. Next we had the amateur find of the month contest awards with 7 people entering. Then we had the pros find of the month with 6 people entered. The golden Eagle award went to Jim Simmons for his Good for Token from Savanna, I.T. After we took a short break we had the other drawings, display drawing went to Jim Simmons silver drawing went to Gene Coffey twice for both prizes. attendance drawing also went to Gene Coffey. So luck must have been with Jim Simmons and Gene Coffey this month. We then discussed other possible programs and one on military uniforms was mentioned for maybe either next month or the one after it. Know one had any ideas for outing hunts because of it being so dry and the grass to high. The meeting was then closed, Secretary Tony Morris The oldest house in Tulsa still in existence.
SEPTEMBER PRIZE DONATIONS Donation Shared By Shared To 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Semper Fi Note Cards Bird House Spiro, Ok. Token Antique Trader Magazines Spiro, Ok. Token Patriotic Popcorn Tin Artic Zone Cooler USA Flag USA Flag 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Joe Flynn Silver Round Lost Treasure Mag. & 3 Golden $ Silver Round Silver Dollar Jim Simmons Jim Simmons Mary & Francis Tracy Mary & Francis Tracy Richard Carr Richard Carr Richard Carr Ray Yerby Paul Mattes Gary Young Gary Young Glenn Briley Nancy Coffey Vicki Lang Lee Wierzchowski Three Forks Three Forks Jack Cooper Glenn Briley Glenn Briley Randall Vogt Jim Simmons Gary Young Randall Vogt Lee Wierzchowski Vicki Lang Vicki Lang Nancy Coffey Ray Yerby Randall Vogt Nancy Coffey Chuck Marcum Gene Coffey Gene Coffey The 50/50 Pot was shared to Paul Mattes. The Donation Donation was shared to Jim Simmons. The Display Donation was shared to Jim Simmons. The Attendance Donation was shared to Gene Coffey.
September s Meeting
SEPTEMBER S FIND OF THE MONTH WINNERS PROS Oldest Coin 1. 1842o Seated Dime Chuck Marcum 2. 1881 Indian Cent Jim Simmons 3. 1891 Indian Head Cent Tom Neville Jewelry 1. 14k Gold Ring Jim Simmons 2. Sterling Silver Ring Tom Neville 3. Piece of Indian Jewelry Chuck Marcum Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1. 1936D Quarter Brent Edmonds 2. 1943 Half Dollar Tom Neville 3. 1923 Mercury Dime Tex Dixon Valuable Coin - Other 1. 1888 V Nickel Chuck Marcum 2. 1922D Cent Jim Simmons 3. 1940 Nickel Tex Dixon Relic 1. Savanna IT Token Jim Simmons 2. Muskogee Masonic Token Tex Dixon 2. 1803 Spanish Reale Chuck Marcum 3. Modern Bread Token Tom Neville Military Relic 1. Great Coat Button Chuck Marcum 2. Corps of Engineers Button Tom Neville 3. Dragoon Coat Button Terry Burnett Non - Metallic 1. Marble Jim Simmons 2. Marble Tom Neville 3. Arrowhead Tex Dixon AMATEURS Oldest Coin 1. 1905 V Nickel Ray Yerby 2. 1916s Wheat Cent Paul Mattes 3. 1936 Wheat Cent Glenn Briley Jewelry 1. 10k Gold Ring Lee Wierzchowski 2. Silver 2 Stones Ring Paul Mattes 3. Watch Tony Morris Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1. 1919 Mercury Dime Ray Yerby Valuable Coin - Other 1. 1910 Wheat Cent Ray Yerby Relic 1. Keen Kutter Lock Paul Mattes 2. Charles Lunch Tony Morris 3. Amusement Token Ray Yerby Honorable Mention Relic Watch Lee Wierzchowski Military Relic 1. 45/70 Bullet Gary Young 2. WWI Button Ray Yerby 3. Bullet Paul Mattes Non - Metallic 1. Bottle Stopper Paul Mattes 2. Bottle Tony Morris 3. Marble Ray Yerby Golden Eagle Award Jim Simmons found this real nice Savanna I.T. Trade Token. Do you recognize the Officer on the right posing with his prisoner?
THIRD QUARTER TOTALS OF THE FIND OF THE MONTH CONTEST PRO DIVISION 1. Jim Simmons 239 2. Chuck Marcum 208 3. Tex Dixon 131 4. Terry Burnett 106 4. Gary Martin 106 5. Brent Edmonds 105 6. Julie Kastler 74 7. Tom Neville 65 8. Anthony Martin 40 9. Terry Archer 28 10. Francis Tracy 16 11. Joe Poplin 13 12. Richard Carr 12 13. Wally Dick 8 14. Lee Linke 4 PRO DIVISION Old Coin Jewelry Val. Silver Val. Other Relic Mil. Relic N-Metal Total Ytd. Total July 2002 Tom Neville 3 5 3 1 5 1 1 19 39 Anthony Martin 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 6 40 Jim Simmons 7 7 1 3 1 1 1 21 175 Gary Martin 5 1 7 7 7 3 5 35 106 Terry Burnett 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 94 Chuck Marcum 1 0 5 5 1 5 7 24 148 Tex Dixon 3 3 1 1 1 7 1 17 100 August 2002 Tex Dixon 1 0 5 1 1 0 5 13 113 Terry Burnett 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 9 103 Julie Kastler 1 5 7 1 5 1 1 21 74 Jim Simmons 5 7 1 7 3 1 7 31 206 Chuck Marcum 7 5 1 3 3 5 1 30 178 Brent Edmonds 3 5 3 5 7 3 3 29 95 September 2002 Tom Neville 3 5 5 0 3 5 5 26 65 Terry Burnett 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 106 Brent Edmonds 0 1 7 0 1 0 1 10 105 Tex Dixon 1 1 3 3 5 1 3 18 131 Jim Simmons 5 7 1 5 7 1 7 33 239 Chuck Marcum 7 3 0 7 5 7 1 30 208 1st = 7 points 2nd = 5 points 3rd = 3 points Entry = 1 point No Entry = 0 points There s still two months left of this years Find of the Month Contest. Good Luck!
THIRD QUARTER TOTALS OF THE FIND OF THE MONTH CONTEST AMATEURS DIVISION 1. Lee Wierzchowski 179 2. Tony Morris 143 3. Paul Mattes 104 4. Ray Yerby 77 5. Gene Coffey 65 6. Gary Young 38 7. Vicki Lang 37 8. Randall Vogt 27 9. John Edwards 22 9. Gary Harper 22 10. Jerry Callison 14 11. Ken Dotson 12 12. Jack Cooper 10 13. Marge Wierzchowski 5 AMATEUR'S DIV. Old Coin Jewelry Val. Silver Val. Other Relic Mil. Relic N-Metal Total Ytd Total July 2002 Randall Vogt 7 0 0 0 0 7 7 21 27 Lee Wierzchowski 0 7 0 7 0 0 1 15 161 Jack Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 Ken Dotson 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 12 12 Paul Mattes 0 3 0 0 3 3 3 12 55 Ray Yerby 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 9 45 Vicki Lang 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 36 August 2002 Lee Wierzchowski 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 10 171 Tony Morris 7 3 7 7 7 5 3 44 130 Paul Mattes 0 5 0 0 5 7 5 22 77 Gary Young 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 31 September 2002 Ray Yerby 7 0 7 7 3 5 3 32 77 Paul Mattes 5 5 0 0 7 3 7 27 104 Lee Wierzchowski 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 179 Tony Morris 0 3 0 0 5 0 5 13 143 Vicki Lang 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 37 Gary Young 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 38 1st = 7 points 2nd = 5 points 3rd = 3 points Entry = 1 point No Entry = 0 points There s still two months left in this years Find of the Month Contest. Good Luck!
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