1 August 2017 EsErs Club Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Tulsa, Oklahoma - Founded: 1969 Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done ~~ WOW!! Can you believe this weather! ~~ How about this cooler than normal weather. Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Ronald McDonald House 3 Amazon.com 3 Birthdays & Anniversaries 4 Water Hunting Tips 4 Attendance Drawing 4 July Water Outing 5-8 Kelly B Todd 9 Pop Top Field Guide 10 Upcoming Events 11 Calendar of Events Monthly Meeting Friday - August 11th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar St - Owasso, OK --------------------------------------------- Board Meeting Thursday - August 24th 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door ----------------------- August Club Outing Saturday - Aug 19th Water Outing & Cook-out Flat Rock Creek on Fort Hudson Lake Don t miss out on the fun! August Program Silent Auction Club Members: Bring items - (metal detecting related or not) which will be available for club members to make silent bids on throughout the evening. Proceeds will help buy more coins for our hunts Cookie Volunteers Ken & Linda Fanning Jerry Yoder -- Thanks for bringing treats! - ITTHC Fall Hunt Club Member Only Hunt is scheduled for Sunday - October 29th Creek County Fairgrounds (Front Building)
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 July Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 John Freeman 1917-D Buffalo Nickle 2 Kim Hauger 1951-D Franklin Half 3 Micheal Hensen 1916 Mercury Dime Oldest Coin 1 Lloyd Coke 1899 Barber Dime 2 Micheal Hensen 1918-S Mercury Dime 3 John Freeman 1919 Mercury Dime Oldest Cent 1 John Freeman 1889 Indian Head Cent 2 J.J. Freeman 1900 Indian Head Cent 3 Greg Wicks 1908 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1911-D Wheat Cent 2 J.J. Freeman 1929-S Wheat Cent 3 Howie Rosser 1930-D Wheat Cent Relic 1 Micheal Hensen Watch Fob 2 J.J. Freeman Watch Fob 3 Jim Nobles Sterling Silver Spoon Jewelry 1 Jinjer Bigham Gold Pendent 2 Howie Rosser Silver Ring 3 Ken Fanning Tungsten Ring w/diamonds Military Relic 1 Cody Reese.69 cal 3 ring bullet 2 John Freeman Collar Unit Pin 3 Lloyd Coke Great Seal Button Display 1 John Freeman 2 Lloyd Coke 3 Ken Fanning Display Drawing Winner: Howie Rosser Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!
3 Page I.T.T.H.C. 3 Treasure News Page 3 Community Service RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AUGUST NEEDS LIST August Needs List Paper & Plastic Goods Paper Plates Paper Bowls Trash Bags (10,13,39 Gallon) * Thanks for your help! * AMAZON.COM I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News A Big Thank You again to all that have been purchasing items from Amazon through the Amazon Associate link on the ITTHC website. With no extra cost to you, you have been putting a good amount in the club's Amazon Associate Account. To find the link just go the ITTHC Home Page down and click on the Amazon Associate link. You can also link to Amazon through selections in the ITTHC "Online Book Store". Amazon has things from A to Z for sale. Amazon is not just for books anymore, but you can still get books, even in digital form. And if you are buying online anyway, always check at Amazon for their pricing through the ITTHC link. Amazon will usually have the best price on most items and many will have free shipping. And if you join Amazon Prime you get unlimited FREE Two Day Shipping and One Day Shipping for $3.99 per item on most orders. And there are more benefits to being an Amazon Prime member. Just remember to click to Amazon through the link on the ITTHC Home Page before searching for & purchasing your item and the club will get credit. Again a Big Thank You to all of you that have already purchased through the ITTHC Home Page link to Amazon. Tell all of your friends, relatives, and fellow treasure hunters. around the country. Below is what the Amazon Associate link looks like and where it is located on the ITTHC Home Page
4 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 August Birthdays 03 Jinger Bigham Happy Birthday 04 Norma Jean Mullen 07 Steve Goss 07 Judy Taylor 10 Linda Fanning 15 John Hamilton 16 Mary Tracy 23 Gary Carnes 23 Roberta Niessen 25 Mary Witt 29 Kim Hauger 30 Sara Eaton 31 Teresa Crandell 31 Suzanne Watkins August Anniversaries 05 Lester M. & Judy Taylor ESQ 25 Bob & Kathi Avey 27 Brad & Mary Witt Attendance Drawing July 8, 2017 Meeting Winner Roger Eaton Names drawn before the winner There were no other names drawn You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. Water Hunting Tips Before even getting started take a good look at the beach. You will usually, especially on ocean beaches, see areas that are washed out. If it has rained recently you may also notice channels where water has run off the upper beach. These would both be good areas to search. If the beach looks flat with no obvious areas try an S pattern. Walk down the beach at a steady pace from knee deep up to the high water mark. Eventually, you should start to find a pocket of targets. Take note of each target and its relative location to the high water mark. Many times, Mother Nature deposits objects of similar weight in the same area or at the same distance from the high water mark. Once you find several targets and they are all located on the same track you can reduce the size of your pattern and just focus on the more productive path. If at any time you hit a pocket of coins, keep digging. Remember, a pocket of coins mean that Mother Nature has deposited these items together and many times you have to dig all of the coins before hitting the deeper, heavier gold targets which may have been masked by the coin signals. It s not uncommon to dig a hundred pennies before recovering a gold ring. I actually used to keep track of the number of coins recovered. On the beaches I was working I knew that for every 75-100 coins I would end up with a piece of gold. The only problem is when you find two gold rings immediately. Now you know your going to get a sore arm digging holes before your next piece of jewelry. 2017 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
5 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 The club outing to Sheppard Point Recreation Area at Heyburn Lake on Sunday, July 16 th The club outing to Sheppard Point Recreation Area at Heyburn Lake on Sunday, July 16 th was another good one. Weather was good with the high temperature was around the 91 mark with a nice breeze out of the East most of the time. But the water temperature was not quite as refreshing as last time. All in all still a good day for an outing to the lake. The club supplied hamburgers, hot links, hot dogs, buns, condiments, & chips. Once again Roger Eaton manning the grill. Good job Roger and thanks again. And Thanks to John Hamilton for picking up from the ITTHC storage building the club s grill and tables. There were 33 members standing in line to chow down on burgers, hot dogs, & hot links supplied by the club and the outstanding food assortment brought by club members. There were 54 hamburgers, 24 hot dogs, & 24 hot links consumed, Thanks to all those bringing the great side dishes and desserts. If you went away hungry at this outing, again it was your own fault.
6 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 After the big feed there were scattered as evenly as possible 207 tokens in a 40 yards X 70 yards designated area. There were 23 tokens for member donated prizes, and 160 tokens for Silver Mercury dimes, 16 tokens for Silver quarters, and 8 tokens for Silver half dollars. When the start signal was given there were 25 water hunters standing at the ready to begin frothing the water. After 1 hour+ of hunting ALL of the tokens were found. We do have some good water hunters in the club. Tokens were painted Wheat Cents, painted aluminum pulltabs, painted & numbered.54 Gallagher Minie bullets, painted dug up Indian Cents, and painted Shield Nickels, V-Nickel & one Half Cent.
7 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 Member donated prizes: $5.00 donated by Charles Bohuslavicky won by Gary Carnes. $5.00 donated by Gary Carnes won by Greg Wicks. $5.00 donated by Gary Carnes won by Bill Rouse. 2 Walking Liberty Half Dollars donated by Lloyd Coke won by John Hayworth. $5.00 assortment donated by Wally Dick won by JJ Freeman. 5 Mercury dimes donated by Roger Eaton won by David Morris. 4-in -1 Neck massager donated by Ken Fanning won by Greg Wicks. Multi Tool & Holster donated by JJ Freeman won by John Hayworth. $5.00 donated by John & Rachel Hayworth won by Ken Fanning. Garrett pouch donated by Chuck Marcum won by Lloyd Coke. Book donated by Chuck Marcum won by JJ Freeman. Walking Liberty Half donated by James Marcum won by John Hamilton. $5.00 donated by Joe McKinney won by James Marcum. $5.00 donated by Joe McKinney won by Bill Watkins. $5.00 donated by David Morris won by James Marcum. $5.00 donated by David Morris won by Bill Rouse. $5.00 donated by Cody Reese won by Gary Carnes. 1980 Proof Set Package donated by Howie Rosser won by Greg Wicks. Head Mount Lamp & Flashlight Set donated by Bill Rouse won by Greg Wicks. Walking Liberty Half Dollar donated by Bill Watkins won by Kim Hauger. 24 pack Energizer AA batteries donated by Greg Wicks won by David Morris. $5.00 donated by Greg Wicks won by Ken Fanning. Silver Quarter & Dime and Cell Phone Holder Package donated by Lee Wierzchowski won by Howie Rosser. Some of the higher totals found were: JJ Freeman 14 Mercury Silver dimes, 2 Silver quarters, 1 Silver half dollar, & 2 prize tokens. Ken Fanning 11 Silver Mercury dimes, 2 Silver quarter, 1 Silver half dollar, & 2 prize tokens. Bill Rouse 10 Mercury Silver dimes, 1 Silver quarter, 1 Silver half dollar, & 2 prize tokens. Lloyd Coke 10 Mercury Silver dimes, 1 Silver quarter, 1 Silver half dollar, & 1 prize
8 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 token. James Marcum 9 Silver Mercury dimes, 1 Silver quarter, 1 Silver half dollar & 2 prize tokens. Wally Dick 10 Silver Mercury dimes & 2 Silver quarters. John Hamilton 9 Silver Mercury dimes, 1 Silver quarter, & 1 prize token. John Hayworth 9 Silver Mercury dimes & 1 prize token. Lee Wierzchowski 10 Silver Mercury dimes & 1 Silver half dollar. Kim Hauger 8 Silver Mercury dimes, 1 Silver quarter, & 1 prize token. And once again, one of the main reasons for this type of outing, besides the food of course, is also, the fun and fellowship of being with people that enjoy the same hobby. And to give non-water hunting members a chance to try their hand at it. There are always extra water detectors & scoops available for use, so if you have not tried water hunting come on out & try it, you might find you like it. If you missed this outing, you missed a good one. Don t miss the next one!
9 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 9 - Community Service - Kelly B Todd Cerebral -Palsy Kids Walk/Hunt The Kelly B Todd Cerebral Palsy and Neuro- Muscular Center is a non-profit organization with a center located in Muskogee. The Center has delivered physical therapy to children and young adults with physical challenges in the Muskogee area at no cost to the families for 42 years. The biggest fund raiser of the year is the Kelly B Todd Walk and is to be held at Civitan Park on the east side of Muskogee across the street from the Oklahoma School for the Blind on Gibson Street on Saturday Sept 9th. It is open to the public at no cost. This is a day full of fun activities including games, food, door prizes, horse back riding, music and lots of exciting things to do. For the last Eleven years, volunteers from both the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club, Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club and Tulsey Town Treasure Hunters Club have helped organize a hunt for the kids. We have been told by several of the organizers that this is by far the biggest hit of the day and they have once again asked us to help with this year s event. What we need is a lot of volunteers. We need people to help the kids hunt, people to run the prize booth and just people to help promote our hobby. We also need metal detectors for the kids to use during the hunt & junk jewelry for them to find. If you need more information or have any questions please contact Chuck Marcum or Gary Young. We will be setting the hunt field and canopy up at 9:00 a.m. Gary will have more info at the club meetings. We hope to see everyone there. Expect lots of fun & a great and rewarding day! A few club volunteers at previous Kelly B Todd Hunts Volunteers Needed for the Kelly B Todd Kids Hunt Sat. Sept 9th Muskogee, OK (See article this page) Join the fun & be a hero!
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11 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 11 August 11: FRIDAY UPCOMING EVENTS -ITTHC Meeting - Owasso Comm. Center - 7:30 pm Silent Auction Club Members: Bring items - (metal detecting related or not) which will be available for club members to make silent bids on throughout the evening. Proceeds will help buy more coins for our hunts August 19: -ITTHC Water Outing - Details at next meeting. August 24: - ITTHC Board Meeting Thursday - August 24th 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door September 9 - Kelly B Todd Muskogee, Ok See page 9 September 17: -MO-Kan Search & Recovery Lathrop, Mo, Sept 17th 2017 Mo-Kan Search and Recovery,40th Annual Treasure Hunt. Held at the Lathrop, Mo Antique Show Grounds. for more info : email Terry Theiss at outboundace@hotmail.com or call Chuck Clevenger at 816-436-0697 October 14: -Tri-State Coin & Relic Hunter s 12th Annual Leon Johnson Memorial Open Relic Hunt, Booneville, MS Info at: Charles Emmons email: encorescreenprint@earthlink.net (662) 423-3484 October : 29 -ITTHC Annual Fall Club Member Only Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds. This will be in the front building since they are renovating the back building.
12 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, (except December) 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