1 October 2018 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done << Fall Club Hunt - Oct 21st >> Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Ronald McDonald House 3 A Dad Metal Detecting Joke 3 ITTHC Forum 4 ITTHC & Amazon 4 Fall Club Hunt & Bobby Crocker Cook Off October Birthdays & Anniversaries 2019 Election of Officers 5 Duties of Officers & Board Members Heyburn Lake Water Hunt 7-8 We need a newsletter editor Fall Hunt Flyer 10 Upcoming Events 11 4 5 6 9 Calendar of Events ITTHC Monthly Meeting Sat - Oct 13th - 7:30 pm Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar Street Owasso, OK ****************************** Fall Club Hunt and Bobby Crocker Cook-Off Sunday - Oct 21st Creek County Fairgrounds ************************** Board Meeting Thursday - October 25th 6:30 p.m. - Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door Reminder Entries for the Fall Club Hunt are due soon! Deadline: Sat - Oct 13th October Program There is no program for October Cookie Volunteers -- (October Meeting) -- Jerry Yoder Cody Reese --- (Thank you in advance!) --- Attendance Drawing Sept 8, 2018 Meeting Winner Bill & Suzanne Watkins Names drawn before the winner Richard & Jill Knox You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins.
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 September Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 Steve Sells Pre 1924 Standing Liberty Quarter 2 John Freeman 1917-D Mercury Dime 3 Shaun Kucera 1643.-S Mercury Dime Oldest Coin 1 Starve Sells 1917 Buffalo Nickle 2 Shaun Kucera 1920 Mercury Dime 3 John Freeman 1927 Buffalo Nickle Oldest Cent 1 John Freeman 1892 Indian Head Cent 2 Steve Sells 1917 Wheat Cent 3 Shaun Kucera 1952-D Wheat Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1913-D Wheat Cent 2 Steve Sells 1929-D Wheat Cent 3 No Entry Relic 1 John Freeman 1926 Tulsa Drivers License 2 Eric Slavic 1940 Iceland Kronur Coin 3 No Entry Jewelry 1 Wally Dick 1951 Class Ring 2 Lloyd Coke 14K Cross & Chain 3 (tie) 3 (tie) Steve Sells John Freeman Silver Locket Silver Onyx Ring Military Relic 1 Steve Sells Marine Corps Button 2 John Freeman Snap With Great Seal Button 3 No Entry Display 1 Lloyd Coke 2 Wally Dick 3 John Freeman Display Drawing Winner: Lee Wierzchowski Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 3 Community Service RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OCTOBER NEEDS LIST October Needs List White Washcloths * Thanks for your help! * 2018 President: Greg Wicks Vice President: John Hayworth Secretary: Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman Sr. A bad metal detecting joke Well, once this Detectorist was out hunting with his machine... he was wandering down a stretch of good looking land in a park when he sees this big rabbit... maybe about six feet tall or so ALSO out with a detector! Well the detectorist got real curious! As he followed the rabbit along, he noticed the rabbit was finding all sorts of stuff and even going over places the guy had, and getting stuff he'd missed. This got the detectoist all hot under the collar and he started to harass the bunny hoping he'd make hin leave. "Whatcha doin' Rabbit?" he demanded. The rabbit ignored him and kept on swinging. "Say, I bet you're really a GOOD digger, huh, Bunny?" The rabbit just ignored him and kept swinging along. "Betcha don't even need EARphones do ya? HAHAHAHA!" the man cried, getting closer to the rabbit and beginning to get real obnoxious. The rabbit just put his head down and kept swinging. Finally the detectorist got really mad at being ignored and stepped in front of the bunny to get a better look at the machine the bunny was using. "So, Bunny... what KIND of a detector is THAT? Is it... a CARROT Ace 150? HAHAHAHA!" The animal straightened up and with dignity replied "Please Sir! Anyone can see.. I'm a WHITE Rabbit!" Board: Cody Reese Roger Eaton John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 4 ITTHC 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 Just a reminder that the ITTHC is an Amazon Associate. This means that if you click the Amazon Associate link on the ITTHC Homepage and then buy online at Amazon, the club will get a percentage of the sale at NO extra cost to you. After clicking on the Amazon Associate link at the ITTHC Homepage you can then search for the item you are wanting to purchase. ITTHC will get an average 4% on each purchase from Amazon that originates from our Amazon Associates link. Bobby Crocker Cook-Off Bobby Crocker Cook-Off - Oct. 21st. (No Entry Fee Required ) Hey Guys...We know how much you like to compete, so here s your chance! Bring your best home-made desserts & have a chance to win some really nice prizes! We re looking forward to tasting all those delicious entries! The club has donated $75 towards prizes. Chairperson: Rachel Hayworth Fall Club Hunt Our Fall Club Hunt will be held Sunday October 21st at the Creek County Fairgrounds. We will be using the hunt fees plus the money raised from the club s silent auction to purchase silver for the Main Hunt. Also, the board has allocated $300 to be used for prizes for the main hunt. There will also be a free kid s hunt. Please arrive early enough to help bury coins for the main & the kid s hunts. We will be eating lunch before the hunts, so please bring meats, salads & vegetables. (the more the better according to Terry!) The men will be providing desserts as entrants in the Bobby Crocker Cook-off. Please see hunt flyer (p.10) for lunch & hunt times. Entries must be paid by the end of our general meeting on Oct 13th. Each hunter in the main hunt will be required to furnish a prize worth $10 in addition to their hunt entry fee. Looking forward to seeing you there! Hunt Chairmen: Cody Reese & Roger Eaton
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 5 October Birthdays 14 Aidrian Rosser 16 Pam Cook 27 Jim Webb HAPPY BIRTHDAY October Anniversaries 07 Cody & Gina Reese Election of Officers for 2019 Election of Officers is scheduled for our November meeting. Below is a list of the current club members who have volunteered to help fill officers and board member positions for our club. President: Greg Wicks Vice President: John Hayworth Secretary: Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman Sr. Board Members: Cody Reese Roger Eaton John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Newsletter Editor: Bill Watkins At the meeting Greg Wicks will ask for any volunteers for any of the above positions. We need a newsletter editor. If any of you members want to try any one of these positions please talk to the appropriate person about this. Members need to be more involved in the club activities. SEE PAGE 6 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS JOBS.
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 6 It is time again to elect Club Officers and to fill club positions. Anyone is welcome to run for any club office or fill any position. It doesn t matter if you ve been in the club for twenty years or twenty days. You don t need any experience and there will be plenty of people to help you out. We cannot have a club if we can t fill most of these offices. It s as simple as that. Most of these positions only require about 3 hours of your time a month and that time is spent at the club and board meetings. I will attempt to list the club offices, positions, their descriptions, and the approximate commitment time. Nominations will be taken at the November Club Meeting and we will have the election at the Christmas Dinner. President Runs the monthly Club and Board 3 hours a month Meetings and helps run club activities. Vice President Takes over the President s duties in his 3 hours a month or hers absence and attends the Board Meetings and also is the Program Chairman. Secretary Keeps notes at Club and Board Meetings. 3 to 4 hours a month Sends notes to the Newsletter Editor. Treasurer Manages all of the Club s financial affairs 4 to 6 hours a month Including writing checks and taking in Money for hunts and dues. Board Members Represents club members at the Board 2 hours a month Meetings. Votes on Club business and helps plan club activities, meetings and events. Club Raffle Buys the coins, takes in the donated prizes, 2 hours a month sells tickets, calls the ticket numbers, and takes notes on the winners and donations. Finds of the month Takes and records the monthly entries, helps 2 hours a month judge, announce, and passes out the prizes. Find of the Month Judges Helps judge the monthly entries. (A tough job 2 hours a month sometimes). Newsletter Editor Collects info, assembles, gets the newsletter 8 hours a month printed and mailed out. Manages the club s photos and email lists.
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 7 Club outing to Heyburn Park on Lake Heyburn on Saturday, September 15 th Bright sunshine, high temperature 90, and cooling water, the club outing to Heyburn Park on Lake Heyburn on Saturday, September 15 th was a another good one. ITTHC had rented the pavillion & with all the trees had plenty of shade for the day. Ended up with about as perfect a day as you could get for the middle of September in Oklahoma! The club supplied hamburgers, hot links, hot dogs, buns, condiments, & chips. Cody Reese handled the job of cooking. Thank you Cody! Thanks to Greg Wicks for bringing the club s grill & tables and storing them for this year s water season. There were 34 members standing in line to chow down on burgers, hot links, hot dogs, and food brought by club members. Thanks to all those bringing the outstanding side dishes and desserts. If you went away hungry at this outing, again it was your own fault. After the big feed there were scattered as evenly as possible 263 tokens in a 40 yards X 70 yards designated area. There were 12 tokens for member donated prizes, and 200 tokens for Mercury Dimes, 31 tokens for Silver Quarters, & 20 tokens for Silver Halves. The tokens were painted 4 color Wheat Cents, painted pulltabs, several painted type coins, painted numbered brass slugs, & painted/ numbered/lettered Gallagher Carbine Civil War Bullets molded using Civil War lead from fired bullets and molded in a Gallagher bullet mold that was found at Battle of Jenkins Ferry Arkansas. Shaun Kucera contributed a few extra items to recover in the form of Eisenhower Dollars, Bicentennial Kennedy Half Dollars, & assorted other targets that were scattered over the hunt area. When the start signal was given there were 21 water hunters frothing the water. After 1 hour+ of hunting there was 2 Silver Half token, 1 Silver Quarter token, & 4 Mercury Dime tokens not found. Lee Wierzchowski went back to hunting & Lee found 2 more of the Mercury Dime tokens. Member donated prizes: $5.00 donated by Charly Bohuslavicky won by Cody Reese. $5.00 donated by Doris Bohuslavicky won by Howie Rosser. Walking Liberty Half Dollar donated by Jean & Wally Dick won by Howie Rosser. $5.00 donated by Ken Fanning won by Greg Wicks. $5.00 donated by John (JJ) Freeman won by Wally Dick. $5.00 donated by John Hayworth won by Ken Fanning. Gerber Knife donated Andy & Andrew Istnick won by Ken Fanning. Home Canned Bread & Butter Pickles donated by Howie Rosser won by Wally Dick. $5.00 Walmart Card donated by Bill Rouse won by Wally Dick. $5.00 donated by Greg Wicks won by Wally Dick. $5.00 donated by Greg Wicks won by Lee Wierzchowski. Franklin Half Dollar donated by Lee Wierzchowski won by Jean Dick.
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 Some of the higher totals found were: Bill Rouse 24 Mercury Dimes, 3 Silver Quarter, & 2 Silver Half Dollars. Ken Fanning 16 Mercury Dimes, 5 Silver Quarters, 3 Silver Half Dollars, & 2 prize tokens. Wally Dick 19 Mercury Dimes, 2 Silver Quarters, & 4 prize tokens. John (JJ) Freeman 18 Mercury Dimes, 4 Silver Quarter, & 3 Silver Half Dollars. Bob Avey 15 Mercury Dimes & 3 Silver Quarters. Greg Wicks 12 Mercury Dimes, 1 Silver Quarter, 4 Walking Liberty Half, & 1 prize token. Lee Wierzchowski 12 Mercury Dimes, 2 Silver Quarters, & 2 Walking Liberty Halves. Cody Reese 11 Mercury Dimes, 1 Silver Quarter, & 1 prize token. Eric Slavik 9 Mercury Dimes, 3 Silver Quarters, & 1 Silver Half Dollar. John Hayworth 10 Mercury Dimes & 2 Silver Quarters. Howie Rosser 9 Mercury Dimes, 1 Silver Half Dollar, & 1 prize token. Jean Dick 7 Mercury Dimes, 1 Silver Quarter, 1 Silver Half Dollar, & 1 prize token. And new ITTHC member & first time water hunting Andrew Istnick, 11 years old, found 5 Mercury Dimes & 2 Silver Quarters. Good start Andrew! And Andrew says he is ready for the next hunt. The winner of $25.00 in the 50-50 Raffle was Howie Rosser. Again, one of the main reasons for this type of outing, besides the food of course, is to give non-water hunting members a chance to try their hand at it. Also, the fun and fellowship of being with people that enjoy the same hobby. Again, if you missed this outing, you missed a good one. Don t miss the next one! 8
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 9 9 WE NEED A NEWSLETTER EDITOR I have been doing the newsletter for the past 6 1/2 years and have decided it is time to retire from this. I have enjoyed doing it and it is fun but it appears that it has become a burden on me. It is time for one of you to step up and take over. I will come to your home and show you how to do it. Total time per month, after you catch on, is around three hours. If you are interested please email me at bill.watkins@sbcglobal.net
10 ITTHC FALL HUNT (CLUB MEMBERS ONLY) SUNDAY - OCT 21, 2018 CREEK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Main Bldg. SAPULPA, OK KID S HUNT Ages 10 and under - no fee DEEP COMPETITION HUNT $5.00 if you want to compete for the money. (You may hunt free for practice but you must enter and fill out the form either way.) MAIN HUNT Adults = $20.00 Children & Juniors (15 & under) = $10.00 Note: every entry must bring a prize valued at $10 or more. 10:00 a.m. - Bury Targets 10:30 a.m. - Bobby Crocker Entry Deadline 11:30 a.m. - Lunch 1:00 p.m. - Deep Competition & Kid s Hunt 2:15 p.m. - Main Coin & Prize Hunt Entry Deadline is: October 8th, 2016 Enter at the meeting or mail to: ITTHC, P.O. Box 580961, Tulsa, OK 74158-0961 NAME: NAME: Deep Competition: ( no fee practice only) Deep Competition: ( no fee practice only) Deep Competition: $5.00 Deep Competition: $5.00 Main Hunt:(Adult $20.00) (Under 15 yr $10.00) Main Hunt:(Adult $20.00) (Under 15 yr $10.00) Total Fees: Total Fees: (Remember: $10 Prize Donation Due at Hunt) (Remember: $10 Prize Donation Due at Hunt)
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 11 UPCOMING EVENTS October 13: -ITTHC Meeting - Owasso Comm. Center - 7:30 pm Jerry Hoffman will give a program on Muskogee Post Cards October 25: - ITTHC Board Meeting Thursday - October 26th October 20: -Tri-State Coin & Relic Hunter s 13th Annual Leon Johnson Memorial Open Relic Hunt, Booneville, MS Info at: Tri-State Coin & Relic Hunters Club Call: Charles Emmons 662-423-3484 11 October 21: -ITTHC Annual Fall Club Member Only Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds FRONT BUILDING The back building is being renovated.
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