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1 1 June 2013 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done ~~ Time to head to the lake! ~~ Inside this issue: Find of the Month 2 Birthdays & Anniversaries 3 Newsletter Article Contest 3 Attendance Drawing Winner 3 Broken Arrow Neighbors 4 Amazon.com 4 National Hunt Review 5-11 ITTHC Find of the Month Timeline ITTHC Find of the Month Contest Rules Calendar of Events Monthly Meeting Saturday - June 8th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar St - Owasso, OK Board Meeting Thursday - June 20th 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door June Club Outing Saturday June 22nd Shepards Point at Heyburn Lake (Details at Meeting/ ) June Program Omar Reed talking about Fort Gibson. If you have any displays concerning Fort Gibson please bring them. National Hunt Recap Cookie Volunteers Alneta Mitchell Jerry Yoder Tree Top Tommy Tabor National Hunt Donations Many thanks to the following for their donations to our hunt: Indian Nations Detectors Treasure Electronics Garrett Electronics American Detector Distributors I.T.T.H.C. Blue Bell Creameries Teknetics/First Texas Products

2 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: Find of the Month May Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Oldest Coin 1 James Marcum 1839-O Seated Half Dime 2 John Hamilton 18-O Seated Dime 3 John Freeman 1895 V Nickle Valuable Coin 1 John Hayworth 1913-D Buffalo Nickle $ John Freeman 1920-D Standing Liberty Quarter $ Wally Dick 1905-O Barber Dime $50.00 Oldest Cent 1 James Marcum 1881 Indian Head Cent 2 (tie) 2 (tie) Ken Fanning John Freeman 1888 Indian Head Cent 1888 Indian Head Cent 3 Juan Ortegon 1897 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1895 Indian Head Cent 2 John Hayworth 1900 Indian Head Cent 3 Ken Fanning 1917-D Wheat Cent Relic 1 Ken Fanning Red Goose Watch Fob 2 Juan Ortegon Charlie Chaplan Lead Toy 3 John Freeman Waiters Check Five Cent Token Jewelry 1 Mathew Fortney 14K Gold Filled Ring 2 John Hayworth Silver St. Christopher Pendant 3 Chuck Marcum 18K Indian Ring Military Relic 1 (tie) Chuck Marcum Large Pewter I Button 1 (tie) James Marcum Eagle R Button 2 (tie) 2 (tie) 3 John Freeman John Freeman Jr. John Hamilton Display 1 John Freeman #3 2 Juan Ortegon #4 3 Ken Fanning #2 Display Drawing Winner: Ken Fanning Pin Fire Bullet US Rosette CW Eagle Button Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!

3 3 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 June Birthdays 06 Brian Watts 08 Bob Reeder Happy Birthday 15 Juan Ortegon 17 Len Eames 25 Terry Archer 25 Shawson Hebert 26 Bob cook 26 Tim Starr 27 Rachel Hayworth 28 Roger Eaton 30 Les Taylor June Anniversaries 01 Jim & Jeanie Webb 03 Terry & Tammy Fortney 05 Jim & Ralphetta Dill 13 Terry & Ann Archer 27 Brian & Ann Watts NEWSLETTER ARTICLE CONTEST FOR 2013 During the year 2013 I am going to have a contest for those that send me the most articles that can be used in the monthly newsletter. The articles need to be on some aspect of metal detecting or treasure hunting such as tips on how to do something, tips on technique, new equipment you have tried, personal experience, finds that you think are pretty cool, comments about something relating to the subject. I will keep tabs on who sent what and at the end of the year a prize will be given to the top three donors that participated. The prizes will be: First Place a one ounce Silver Eagle. Second Place a silver half. Third Place a silver quarter. The deadline for July will be July 3rd. If you don t make the deadline go ahead and issue it and I will put it in next month. Attendance Drawing May 11, 2013 Meeting Winner Ken & Linda Fanning Names drawn before the winner Danny &Thercia Cox; Les & Judy Taylor; Tim & Stephanie Schlup; John & Anna Calvin; Shirley Stotts; Luster Jacobs; Doug Fry; You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins.

4 4 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 Community Service June Needs List Manwich Saltine Crackers Jelly Chili Spaghetti Sauce Canned Chicken Broth Dry Pinto Beans Dish Soap Deodorant Children s Tooth Brushes Razors Feminine Needs -Thanks for Helping 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 AMAZON.COM 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 the ITTHC Homepage, scroll 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, including "M" metal detectors. 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 Homepage 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 Homepage 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 Homepage:

5 5 ITTHC Treasure News Page 5 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW 42 nd Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt May 25 & 26, 2013 at Sapulpa, Oklahoma Submitted by Terry Humphries Once again, big thanks to the club as a whole for their continuing support of this hunt. Thanks to Vickie Owens, with I m sure a little help from Mike, for doing another great job with the registration & camping fees collection. Mike was also right on top of keeping the trash emptied. Mike & Wally Dick did an outstanding job on the Detector Fund Raiser ticket sales at the hunt site. Jim & Carol Nobles did their Traditionally great job at dual service on the prize board and the Buttons & Bows Hunt. Keeping track of the donations for the prize donation raffle. And doing some great shopping for prizes. Thanks again Jim & Carol. And also a big thanks to all those donating some great prizes to the hunt. Thanks to Bob Cook for running the Deep Buried Competition, Bob & John Hamilton buried the Deep Buried Compitition. Thanks guys! And thanks to Huntmasters Cody Reese & Roger Eaton and the crew for the marking and stringing of the fields. Thanks go out to all of you club members and non-club members that were there stringing, burying, and re-burying. Thanks to Gary Young for doing a great job of planning on the fly for the Kid s Hunt, we had 6 Kid s late entries. Thanks to all the Bingo! crew; Gary Young for calling the Bingo! Found out Gary was a "professional" Bingo! caller having cut his teeth on calling Bingo! in the Air Force. Gary Young, Jean & Wally Dick for helping at the Bingo! table with ticket sales and taking in prize donations for Bingo! And calculating the split on the prize money and combining the cash & donated prizes for the 20 games of Bingo! The last Bingo! game was a Blackout for a Teknetics Eurotek metal detector donated by Chuck Marcum, of Indian Nations Detectors (918) It was won by Linda Groom of Benbrook, TX who had a pretty good weekend. There were 23 donated prizes to the Bingo! by 11 ITTHC families; the Dicks, Ehmens, Hayworths, Mitchells, Nobles, Ortegons, Owens, Reeses, Tabers, & Youngs. The Bingo! is another good fund raiser for the ITTHC. Jim Nobles actually won 2 Bingos! So

6 6 ITTHC Treasure News Page 6 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d guess the proverbial "Wait til next year" finally got here for Jim. Thanks to Bob Freeman on the Gold Coin Fund Raiser. This was Bob s 36 th Annual Gold Coin Raffle. And Bob s comment was; "Man, we re getting old". Big THANK YOU to Cathy Young for volunteering to head up the concession and doing an OUTSTANDING job! Thanks to Gary Young and the rest of the Young family that did a great job of getting the concession supplies to the site, you have never seen a mini-van so loaded. Thanks again Young family. And thanks to all those that volunteered time working in the concession and donating supplies for the concession. And most of these folks did many other jobs in preparing for and putting on this hunt. And again thanks to all the club members putting in time on the hunt. Hunt Statistics: This years 42 nd Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt was another good one. There were 104 entries total in all the hunts, 93 Adult entries and 11 Kids. Entrants came from 8 states: Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. This hunt has been held every year on Memorial Day weekend since Gold & Copper Hunt: This hunt was a seperate entry hunt and drew 34 entries. There were painted Wheat Cent tokens buried for 1/20 Gold Panda Coins (Gold value at purchase $80.00). There were also 1000 Wheat Cents buried in this hunt. Dollar & Cents Hunt: The Dollar & Cents Hunt for a seperate entry, 41 hunters were scrambling for painted Wheat Cent tokens for US Morgan Silver Dollars (value at purchase $28.00). In addition there were 1000 Wheat Cents to dig up. Silver ½ Dollar Hunt: For a seperate entry there were 51 entries hurrying to find a mix of Barber, Walking Liberty, Franklin, & Kennedy Silver ½ Dollars (Silver value at purchase $9.25) that were buried in the field.

7 7 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d Buttons & Bows: This is a Women Only hunt for women 16 years old and older. There were 12 women entered scrambling for 39 prize tokens and Silver Mercury Dimes & Golden Dollar Coins. Deep Buried Competition Hunt: This is a separate entry Deep Buried Competition Hunt where the Quarter size targets (1 point) & the Dime size targets (3 points) are buried 6+ inches deep. The 12 hunters had much easier digging than last year. The top finishers are those with the most points after the 45 minute hunt. And the winners were: 1 st Place with 14 points - Lester M. Taylor Esquire, Brookfield, MO 2 nd Place with 13 points - John Ehmen, Topeka, KS 3 rd Place with 12 points - Tie D. J. Blackwood, Westmoreland, KS Ken Fanning, Pawhuska, OK Chuck Marcum, Broken Arrow, OK This hunt is not only a test of detector, but more importantly operator skill. Hand diggers only were allowed.

8 8 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d Main Coin/Prize Hunt: The Main Coin/Prize Hunt had 90 entries. Total value of the coins and prizes in the Main Hunt was $7, The value of the coins & prizes in the Main Hunt was over $ above the total of the entry fees collected for the Main Hunt. There were 110 prize tokens in the Main Hunt. Some of the big winners in the Main Coin/Prize Hunt were: Fisher F5 retail value $ made available at a special price by Fisher Metal Detectors (800) won by Bob Avey, Broken Arrow, OK Garrett ACE 350 retail value $ donated by American Det. Dist. (800) & Garrett Met. Det. (800) won by Cody Reese, Claremore, OK Teknetics Eurotek retail value $ donated by Indian Nations Detectors

9 9 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 9 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d (918) of Broken Arrow, OK won by Juan Ortegon, Tulsa, OK Teknetics Delta 4000 retail value $ donated by Teknetics/First Texas Products (800) won by John Freeman, Sand Springs, OK White s M6 retail value $ donated by Treasure Electronics (White s Distributor) (800) , Tulsa, OK won by John Hayworth, Sapulpa, OK White s Coinmaster PRO reail value $ made available at a special price by Treasure Electronics (White s Distributor) (800) , Tulsa, OK won by John Hamilton, Owasso, OK If you missed this hunt, you probably missed THE BEST HUNT in the country this year. To be added to the mailing list for the 43 rd Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt for 2014, write to: I. T. T. H. C. Inc. P. O. Box Tulsa, OK hunt@itthc.com See ya at next years hunt!!!

10 10 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 10 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d FUND RAISING DRAWINGS!! Bob s 36 th Annual Gold Coin Raffle Bob had a Great Gold Coin Fund Raiser this year!! Again, Bob s 36 th Annual Gold Coin Raffle. This year s Gold Coin was a 1913 U.S. $2.50 Indian Head Type Gold Coin (Gold value at purchase $300.00). And the winner was: U.S $2.50 Indian Head Gold Coin (Gold value at purchase $300.00) won by John Freeman, Sand Springs, OK Tickets for this fund raiser are sold only at the hunt site. The proceeds from this fund raiser, profit from the concession, and the split on the Bingo money are the only money that the club makes from the hunt activities. ALL hunt fees, plus the proceeds from the Detector Fund Raiser, are returned to the hunt in coins and prizes.

11 11 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 11 NATIONAL HUNT REVIEW cont d Detector Fund Raiser Drawing The Detector Fund Raiser Drawing had a Garrett AT PRO Target ID Metal Detector with 8.5" X 11" Proformance DD search coil & Premium volume-control headphones, retail price $ as first prize. Again, all proceeds from this fund raiser go back into the next years hunt as coins and prizes, which helps keep it one of the best in the country. The winners were: 1st Garrett AT Pro Target ID Metal Detector retail value $ donated by American Detector Distributors (800) & Garrett Met. Det. (800) won by James Townley, Wichita, KS 2nd - U.S. 1/10 oz. Gold Eagle (at purchase $180.00) John Ehmen, Topeka, KS 3 rd Mexican 2 Peso Gold Coin (at purchase $80.00) won by Len Eames, Tulsa, OK Again, thanks to everyone for supporting the ITTHC fund raising activities. ITTHC members work hard to make the hunt one of the best and your support makes it easier.

12 12 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page Below is a timeline for the ITTHC Find of the Month contest. It is taken from the ITTHC history that was compiled by Robert Bean from all of the past ITTHC newsletters which is posted on the ITTHC website and other later newsletters. I have added in what the cost of prizes were based on the price of silver at the time the prizes were started ITTHC Find of the Month Timeline January ITTHC founded. The first ITTHC general meeting was held January 18 th, Tom Vance presided and 22 members attended the meeting. The members attending that first meeting were not listed by name in the club's newsletter. General meetings were held the second Saturday of every month in the Nathan Hale Branch Library located at 6038 E. 23 rd Street, Tulsa, OK at 7:30 pm. (Across from Shoppers Fair) The meeting room at the library barely held more than 30 people. ITTHC continued to use this library for its general meetings through September April - Members voted on the new constitution and by-laws. The first Find of the Month contest was held at this meeting. There were only two categories planned for the contest, Relic and Coin. Jim Eulitt won the Relic category with his Little Orphan Annie decoder ring. Bob Freeman's diamond ring clearly deserved a prize as well, but there was only one category left - the Coin category. Bob was named the winner of the Coin category and a new Jewelry category was added to the contest in May. At the May 13 meeting, the new Jewelry category was added to the Find of the Month contest. The winners of the contest were Relic - Jack Cooper (Civil War bayonet), Coin - Fred Delcamp (1899-S Barber half-dollar), Jewelry - Milo Slater (wedding band) February - The board revised the Find of the Month rules. Awards in same 3 categories (Coin, Relic and Jewelry) will be presented each month. 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place in each category receives points toward Treasure Hunter of the Year. 1 st place awarded 5 points, 2 nd place - 4 points, 3 rd place - 3 points, all other entries - 1 point. Only one item may be entered in each category and must conform to the following rules: (A) That item must

13 13 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page have been found with a metal detector. (B) That item must have been found in the month directly preceding the meeting at which it is to be entered. Prizes for the monthly contest will consist of a Eisenhower metal dollar and will be awarded to each 1 st place entry (This was the first time prizes were awarded in the monthly FOM contest). Treasure Hunter of the Year award will be given to the person who receives the most points in the Find of the Month contests over the one-year period of the contest. The winner will receive a free family membership to the club and two free entries in the club's National Hunt. September - Find of the Month rules were revised. Starting with the September meeting Find of the Month entries had to be submitted by 7:15 pm. Starting with the January 1975 meeting the coin category was to be divided into two separate categories, Oldest Coin (must be pre-1931) and Most Valuable Coin. Members could enter one coin in each category, but one coin couldn't be entered in both categories This was the first month for the new Oldest Coin category in the Find of the Month contest. The winners of the contest were Most Valuable Coin - Denver McCoy (1926-S Mercury dime), Oldest Coin - Bob Freeman ( piece), Jewelry - Bob Grufik (18k gold wedding band), Relic - Bob Freeman (ca American Bulldog 38 caliber pistol). Also in January, Bob Freeman was named Treasure Hunter of the Year for (3 rd year in a row) 1976 January - Members requested that another category be added to the Find of the Month contest. Jim Simmons was named Treasure Hunter of the Year for February - The board discussed Find of the Month rule changes. They voted not to add another category to the Find of the Month contest. They decided there was not enough time to judge the entries. Members were asked to start labeling their Find of the Month entries with descriptions and values. The board decided to allow members to bring displays each month, but they would not be judged. It was decided that foreign coins could now be entered in the relic category January - Changes were made to the Find of the Month rules. Coins found at any organized hunt were not eligible for the contest. There would now be 6 categories; Oldest Cent (pre-1939), Most Valuable Cent, Oldest Coin, Most Valuable Coin, Jewelry, and Relic. A wild card category was also added, which could be

14 14 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 14 awarded at the judges' discretion for the most unusual find. (1 st place only) 1st place in each category received 7 points toward Treasure Hunter of the Year and a prize, 2 nd place 5 points and 3 rd place 3 points July - There was much discussion about discontinuing the Treasure Hunter of the Year contest. November - Members voted for the first time for Club Member of the Year. The results were to be announced at the Christmas party. December 100 members attended the December 8 meeting and Christmas party. Rick York was named 1984 Treasure Hunter of the Year, the last. The point system of Treasure Hunter of the Year ended in May - A new category, Best Display, was added to the Find of the Month contest August Starting with the August meeting the prize distribution for the Find of the Month contest was changed to 1 st place silver half dollar ($2.00), 2 nd place silver quarter ($1.00) and 3 rd place silver dime ($.40). The amount in parens is what the cost was with the price of Silver in May 1999 when started May Starting with the May meeting the prize distribution for the Find of the Month contest was changed to 1 st place 3 Silver Dimes ($1.65), 2 nd place 2 Silver Dimes ($1.10), and 3 rd place 1 Silver Dime ($.55). The amount in parens is what the cost was with the price of Silver in May 2006 when started May Starting with the May meeting the prize distribution for the Find of the Month contest was changed to 1 st place 3 Golden Dollars ($3.00), 2 nd place 2 Golden Dollars ($2.00), and 3 rd place 1 Golden Dollar ($1.00)

15 15 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 15 ITTHC FIND OF THE MONTH CONTEST RULES To encourage the membership to bring their finds to show at club meetings, the club sponsors a Find of the Month contest. All members are urged to enter their finds, one each month in each category. In the interest of fair play, honesty and good fellowship. please abide by the following rules: (1) All items entered in the monthly contest MUST have been found with a metal detector. (2) All items MUST have been found since the previous meeting. No hold overs please. (3) Coins found at the semi-annual or any entry type fee or planted hunt are NOT eligible for the contest. (4) Each member may enter ONLY one item in each category. (5) Entries MUST be made before 7:15 p.m. on the night of the monthly meetings. Entries are turned in at the room in the back of the auditorium. (6) Foreign coins can only be entered in the Relic Division. (7) All coins entered in any of the coin categories must be listed in the current Red Book published by Whitman. (8) Judges decisions are final. Please note that judges are club members. We try to have different ones each month, and they are selected by the Find of the Month Chairman. (9) There are eight (8) categories: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Oldest cent. Must be at least 50 years old. Most valuable cent. Oldest coin. Must be at least 50 years old. Most valuable coin. Jewelry. Voted on by members. Relics. No jewelry accepted in this category. Military relic. Best Display of the Month. Voted on by members. Each entry will receive a ticket to be drawn for a prize. A "Wild Card", or "Most Unusual Find" prize can be awarded at the discretion of the judges from entries in any of the eight category (10) Three places will be chosen in each category with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers receiving a prize. The Wild Card category, if awarded, will receive a prize.

16 16 The ITTHC Treasure News is published by The Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club, Inc. P.O. Box Tulsa, OK Editor: Bill Watkins Webmaster: Bob Freeman 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 Tulsa, OK FIRST CLASS MAIL We re on the web!