NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB

1 NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB VOLUME XXII ISSUE 12 FEBRUARY 2006 EDITOR: Chuck Marcum PHONE: (918) 906-9912 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 Friday 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: February 3, 2006 BOARD MEETING: The second Thursday of every month at Martin s Restaurant on Hwy. 16 in Okay Ok. at 7:00 P.M. CLUB PO BOX: P.O. Box 753 Wagoner, Ok. 74477-0753 2005 CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Gilbert Leake VICE PRESIDENT: Gary Young SECRETARY: Shawn Gilbert TREASURER: Cathy Young BOARD MEMBERS: Nancy Coffey Gene Coffey Jerry Harlin Vicki Lang Chuck Marcum Tom Neville Grover Tillman Francis Tracy Andrew Winters

2 Dues Are Due! Don forget to get your dues in. There is a membership application included in this newsletter. Big thanks to everybody that paid early. Shawn Gilbert won the Silver Round in the Early Dues Drawing. National Hunt News Our national Hunt is off to a really good start! Francis Tracy has volunteered to be the Hunt Chairperson again this year. I have contacted all of the Treasure Hunting Magazines and seven Web Sites with our hunt info. Cathy and Gary Young will run the concessions, they will need everybody s support. Jerry Callison will bring the tents. Nancy Coffey will do the badges and prize board again. Francis Tracy has also volunteered to do the Main Hunt and Half Dollar Hunt. Gilbert Leake will do the Deep Hunt. Gary Young has the Kid s Hunt. I will be doing the Night Hunt and Ladies Hunt. I will need lots of donations for the Night Hunt. I have got five $40.00 Treasure Hunting Logbook Software CDs donated to us. I ll probably put two in the Night Hunt, two in the Main Hunt and one in the Ladies Hunt. We still need a volunteer to do the Gold Coin Hunt. I believe the Huntley Cache Jar needs to be started up again. This is going to be a really fun Hunt! February 3 February 4 February 5 February 9 February 25 February 26 March 3 March 4 March 5 April 30 Upcoming Events 3 Forks Club Meeting Agency Cemetery Cleanup Agency Outing 3 Forks Board Meeting Harnage Cemetery Cleanup Harnage Homestead Outing 3 Forks Club Meeting Agency Cemetery Cleanup Agency Outing 3 Forks National Hunt Three Forks Annual Detector Raffle Our annual Detector Raffle Tickets are ready to be checked out. This is an important fund raiser for the club so sell lots of tickets. Big thanks again to Randy Smith of Treasure Electronics for donating a Whites MXT which is the 1st place prize. 1925 2 1/2 Indian is 2nd 1881s 5 Dollar Liberty is 3rd Last Agency Cemetery Cleanup Crew

3 The Three Forks Annual Auction. Will be held during our February 3rd Club Meeting. There will be lots of good stuff to buy!!! We will have Treasure Hunting Books and Accessories, Old Maps, Baked Goodies, Surprise Bags, Household Goods, and all kinds of Miscellaneous Items. This is a very important fund raiser for our club s General Fund so bring lots of donations to auction off.

4 JANUARY PRIZE DONATIONS DONATION SHARED BY SHARED TO Cross Billfold Books Antique Trader Magazines Basket w/accessories Cookies Jar Cookie Tin Candle Basket Kissing Bears Chicken Soup Tea and Jelly Tea 1909 Silver Dime Dog Candles Salt and Pepper Bottle Design Set of 3 Birds Coffee Mug and Warmer 3 Kinds of Coffee Peach Jam Calculator Red Sack Barber Half Dollar Candle Snail Silver Round The 50/50 Pot was shared to No Info. The Donation Drawing was shared to No Info. The Display Donation was shared to No Info. The Attendance Donation was shared to No Info. Ruth Littrell Sam Littrell Ruth and Sam Littrell Richard Carr Joann Godfrey Joann Godfrey Joann Godfrey Joann Godfrey Francis Tracy Paul Mattes Paul Mattes Vicki Lang Wayne Starr Wayne Starr Sandi Leake Gilbert Leake Sandi Leake Nancy Coffey Gene Coffey Nancy Coffey Mark Gilbert Shawn Gilbert Chuck Marcum Cathy Young Gary Young Three Forks Tom Neville Wayne Starr Wanda Huggins Tom Neville Jim Simmons Andrew Albarado Wayne Starr Andrew Albarado Gene Coffey Jerry Callison Angel Albarado Jerry Callison Francis Tracy Wanda Huggins Tom Neville Eddie Tamplin Tom Godfrey Tom Godfrey Sam Littrell Jerry Harlin Wayne Starr Sandi Leake Angel Albarado A Valentine Blessing Former Secretary Donnell Winters wrote this blessing during the February 3, 2004 Club Meeting. I told her I would save it and put it in our newsletter. To Three Forks! Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club will be twenty three years old this month. Come help us celebrate! We will have a Birthday Cake at the Club meeting. I said a prayer today for you all and I know God must have heard it. I felt an answer in my heart, although he spoke no words. I didn t ask Him for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn t mind. I asked Him to send treasures of a far more lasting kind. I also asked that He be near you at the start of each new day and to grant you health and blessings, and friends to share your way. I asked for happiness for you, all things great and small. But it was for His loving care I prayed for most of all. Happy Heart Day! Donnell Winters

5 Some Cemetery Cleanup News and Future Outing Dates On February 4th we will return to the Old Agency Cemetery to continue working west clearing brush. We need some people to bring chainsaws, weed eaters, loppers or just yourselves. If anyone has leaf blowers please bring them. We will try to blow the leaves out the cemetery through the north fence if it will work. It would be a lot easier than raking and bagging them. We also need a heavy duty wood chipper if you have one or know where to get one. Lorie has informed me that Bruce will be bringing out hot stew for lunch. If the ground conditions are better we will have an outing to hunt the pastures surrounding the cemetery on Sunday. We will check the ground Saturday and if it is too still too dry we will issue another rain check. We do have some areas with good potential to hunt for people that have accumulated rain checks, but we still have to wait until the ground is better to hunt them. To hunt on Sundays you have to support our project. You can support it by helping clean on Saturday, by donating money toward our food fund or equipment, and if you can t physically work just show up on Saturday. We will meet at 9:00 at the new Pilot Truck Stop and Convenience Store for each Agency Cleanup. The store is located on the east side of US 69 and Harris Rd. north of Muskogee and about one and a quarter mile south of the Arkansas River Bridge. It is one mile south of the now closed Barking Frog Convenience Store where we used to meet. We have rescheduled the Harnage Cemetery Cleanup for February 25th and 26th. We can probably get done in about half a day or less. When we finish it we will hunt the homestead the rest of the day then hunt it again the following day. We will meet at 9:00 on both days at the convenience Store at the Chandler Exit of the Muskogee Turn Pike (SH 167). It is located on the east side of the turnpike on the east side of Muskogee. I need to remind everybody that the EOCPO has organized these cleanups to preserve cemeteries and the history associated with them so that future generations can appreciate them. These are also an excellent community service project for all of our clubs, a good public image project for our hobby, an individual good feeling of accomplishment toward giving back to history after taking from it all of these years, and good exercise. It also gives us the added bonus of getting our clubs into some good historical hunting spots. As always there is no guarantee that everybody will find something fantastic at every outing. We are out there to have fun. To Our Newest Members: Walter, Angel, Andrew, and Alexis Albarado of Gore and formerly from Louisianna Don and Wanda Huggins from Muskogee Paul and Betty Raps of Fort Gibson Jack and Doris Whitten from Muskogee

6 JANUARY FIND OF THE MONTH WINNERS PROS Oldest Coin 1 1831 Large Cent Chuck Marcum 2 1882 Indian Head Cent Tom Neville 3 1901 Indian Head Cent Jerry Callison Jewelry 1 Sterling Silver Ring Sam Littrell 1 Sterling Silver Bracelet Jim Simmons 2 Sterling Silver Ring Gilbert Leake 3 Silver Creek Indian Tinkler Chuck Marcum 3 Sterling Silver Ring Tom Neville Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1 1873 (open 3) Seated Dime Chuck Marcum 2 1891o Seated Dime Tom Neville 3 1943s War Nickel Mark Gilbert Valuable Coin - Other 1 1885 V Nickel Tom Neville 2 1912d Wheat Cent Sam Littrell 3 1913D Wheat Cent Tony Morris Relic 1 Hercules Buggy Watch Fob Mark Gilbert 2 Hudson Car Emblem Tom Neville 3 1909 NCAA Badge Jim Simmons Military Relic 1 US Box Plate Tony Morris 2 Eagle Rifleman Button Mark Gilbert 3 Eagle Infantry Button Chuck Marcum Non - Metallic 1 Flint Knife Blade Sam Littrell 2 Miniature Coke Bottle Jerry Callison 3 Doll Leg Gilbert Leake AMATEURS Oldest Coin 1 1888 Indian Head Cent Tim Schlup 1 1907 Indian Head Cent Shawn Gilbert 3 1917 Wheat Cent Richard Carr Jewelry 1 Silver Pin Tim Schlup 2 Pin Tom Godfrey 3 Bracelet Gene Coffey Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Tim Schlup 2 1941 Mercury Dime Jerry Hoffman Valuable Coin - Other 1 1905 Indian Head Cent Tim Schlup 2 1942 Nickel Tom Godfrey 3 1919 Wheat Cent Richard Carr 3 1928 Wheat Cent Jerry Hoffman Relic 1 Chicago World Fair Flattened Penny Shawn Gilbert 2 Brass Shell Tom Godfrey 3 Brass Box Richard Carr Military Relic 1 GAR Medal Tom Godfrey 2 69 Caliber Bullet Shawn Gilbert 3 Infantry Badge Tim Schlup Non - Metallic 1 Tahlequah Pop Bottle Richard Carr 2 Tulsa IT Brick Tom Godfrey 3 Dr Pepper Bottle Vicki Lang Golden Eagle Award Tony Morris dug this nice US Box Plate Wild Card Award Mark Gilbert found this rare Rifleman button

7 THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB TWENTIETH NATIONAL OPEN TREASURE HUNT!!! SUNDAY APRIL 30, 2006 - SOUTH OF MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA HUNT SITE IS ON A PRIVATE FARM - N 35 34.851 W 95 22.328 FOLLOW THE SIGNS BEGINNING AT US 64 & ELM GROVE RD PRIMITIVE CAMPING - NO HOOKUPS SCHEDULE 7:00-9:45 Breakfast 7:30-8:30 Registration 9:00-9:45 Deep Competition Hunt Targets will be buried deep for a real test of you and your detector. All entry fees will be awarded to the top 3 winners!! 10:00-10:30 Ladies Hunt Buried Silver Coins and Prizes. 11:00-11:30 Silver Half Dollar Hunt Only Silver Halves will be buried. 11:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:30 Kid s Hunt Lots of Coins and prizes for kids 12 and under. Adults are requested to stay out of the kid s field all day. 1:00-1:30 Toddler s Hay Hunt Free hunt for kids 5 and under. No detectors or parents allowed in the hay. 2:00-2:30 Gold Coin/ Wheat Cent Hunt Targets will be buried for Gold Coins. Good luck and find a lot! 3:00-4:00 Main Coin and Prize Hunt All Silver Coins and prize Targets!! No new, foreign, or penny coins will be in this hunt!! Finders keepers!! 4:00 -???? Prizes and Trophies Awarded Last year we awarded over 70 prizes in our Main Hunt! These included Silver Rounds, Silver Dollars, Gold Coins, Treasure Hunting Accessories, thousands of buried Silver Coins, and 4 Metal Detectors!! This year will have one Detector Prize per each 25 Main Hunt Entries!!! Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club is a non-profit organization furthering the hobby of Metal Detecting. All entry fees will be used to purchase coins and prizes for the hunts. No refunds. The Hunt will be held rain or shine. You must meet at the headquarters for special instructions prior to each hunt. Sorry, no checks will be taken at the Hunt Site. Saturday Night - Free Night Hunt for early arrivals & working club members. Breakfast and Lunch will be available on Hunt Day!!! Clip, fill in, and mail with fees to: Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club - P.O. Box 753 - Wagoner, Ok. 74477-0753 Please circle the hunts you are entering. Deep Competition Ladies Hunt Silver Half Hunt Gold Coin/Wheat Cent Hunt Main Hunt Kid s Hunt Before Late April 20 Fee $10.00 $20.00 $45.00 $60.00 $ 5.00 $ 7.00 Please circle the hunts you are entering. Deep Competition Ladies Hunt Silver Half Hunt Gold Coin/Wheat Cent Hunt Main Hunt Kid s Hunt Before Late April 20 Fee $10.00 $20.00 $45.00 $60.00 $ 5.00 $ 7.00 Name Name Address Address City State Zip Email Address City State Zip Email Address

8 FOLLOW SIGNS TO HUNT SITE There will be a $25.00 returned check fee for bank expenses. No shovels or scratchers allowed and headphones should be worn. None of the sponsoring club, club members, land owners, or club officers connected with this hunt will be held responsible for theft, injuries, or damages. Telephone - 918-695 - 5777 Email - graytcote@cox.net Three Forks Treasure Hunting Club P.O. Box 753 Wagoner, Ok. 74477-0753

9 You can pay your dues at the Club Meeting or send them to the Club PO Box Address listed below. Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club P.O. Box 753 Wagoner, Ok. 74477-0753

10 Chuck Marcum 7716 Riverside Dr. #305C Tulsa, OK 74136