1 November 2013 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done Thanks - Giving Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Inside this issue: Find of the Month 2 November Birthdays & Anniversaries Broken Arrow Neighbors 3 Club Member of the Year Voting Election of Officers for 2014 4 Amazon. com 4 Officers & Board Members job description Bobby Crocker Winners & Winning Recipe Newsletter Article Contest 6 Fall Club Hunt 7-10 3 4 5 6 Calendar of Events Monthly Meeting Sat - Nov 9th - 7:30 pm Owasso Community Center 301 S. Cedar Street Owasso, OK ****************************** Board Meeting Thursday - Nov 21st - 6:30 pm Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door ***************************** Attendance Drawing Oct 12, 2013 Meeting Winner Lloyd Coke Names drawn before the winner Jim & Roberta Niessen Carol Thurman You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. November Program The November program will be announced at a later date. Cookie Volunteers Lloyd Coke Bill Watkins (Thanks! In advance) November Club Outing Saturday - Nov 23rd Location & details will be given at the meeting & via email. Don t miss out on the fun
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 October Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 Chuck Marcum 1846-O Seated Half Dollar 2 Tim Adams 1920-D Mercury Dime 3 Shawson Hebert 1924 Peace Dollar Oldest Coin 1 Ken Fanning 1890 V Nickle 2 Doug Fry 1897 Barber Dime 3 John Freeman 1898 Barber Dime Oldest Cent 1 John Hamilton 1884 Indian Head Cent 2 Shawson Hebert 1885 Indian Head Cent 3 (tie) 3 (tie) John Freeman Chuck Marcum 1888 Indian Head Cent 1888 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1913-D Wheat Cent 2 Tim Adams 1889 Indian Head Cent 3 Chuck Marcum 1907 Indian Head Cent Relic 1 John Freeman Produce State Bank Token 2 Chuck Marcum Rifle Receiver 3 Cody Reese Cracker Jack Token Jewelry 1 John Freeman 18K Gold Band 2 Wally Dick 10K Gold Ring 3 Shawson Hebert Sterling Silver Brooch Military Relic 1 Chuck Marcum Small Side Shield Button 2 (tie) John Freeman Remington Tear Drop Bullet 3 Cody Reese WWII Kansas NG Button Display 1 John Freeman 2 Tim Adams 3 Jim Nobles Display Drawing Winner: Mathew Fortney Remember to bring your finds each month to enter! (Except December - hold to enter in January)
3 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 November Birthdays HAPPY BIRTHDAY 05 Bob Avey 06 Lou Ann Starr 11 Jean Eames 13 Ann Archer 15 Brian Cleveland 16 Terry Fortney 17 Jody Groover 18 Denali Sansone 21 Denver McCoy 29 Anneliese Harper November Anniversaries 09 Greg & Christy Wicks 19 George & Kari Webb 22 Keith & Mary Sutton 26 Ken & Linda Fanning 2013 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 Community Service Project Most needed items for the holiday meal baskets are: Small and medium size box/packet of instant potatoes. Canned/packet broth/gravy. Corn muffin mix. Stuffing Pudding BA Neighbors Christmas Project It s time to get started on our club Christmas Project! In past years we have helped fill Christmas stockings which Broken Arrow Neighbors (BAN) distributed to children and senior in our local communities. Currently BAN operates out of a 70 year old building that was once a funeral home. Even with the outdated facility, BAN has managed to serve over 4,000 people a year with emergency assistance services such as food, financial assistance, medical care and clothing. BAN is a nonprofit organization and is celebrating its 30 th year of serving our community. Plans are in the works for a new 10,000 square-foot building to be completed by the end of 2014 just north of their current location. So, this year, due to storage constraints at BAN, we are asking club members to donate canned goods/and or monetary contributions at our December meeting. The club will be matching whatever monies we collect and will be given to BAN to help with the Christmas baskets. If you already have stockings saved back for our usual Christmas project, you are welcome to still donate them, however, please fill them with goodies & attach a label with age & gender of the recipient. We will make sure they get to BAN in time for Christmas. Thank you for helping! Jean Dick & Marge Wierzchowski Time to help BAN with your donations. Remember To bring your donations to our November And December Meetings.
4 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 4 Club Member of the Year The officers and board members have nominated the following people for their work as club members in 2013. Bill Watkins Roger Eaton Pam Cook John Hamilton Be sure to cast your ballots at the November club meeting. Terry Humphries The Club Member of the Year award will be presented at our Christmas Party on December 14th Election of Officers for 2014 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: Cody Reese ** Vice President: Roger Eaton ** Secretary: We need a volunteer Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: Chuck Marcum Board Members: Tim Adams John Hayworth ** Indicates they will John Hamilton relinquish the job Jim Nobles to a volunteer. Bill Watkins 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. 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. AMAZON.COM Below is what the Amazon Associate link looks like and where it is located on the ITTHC Homepage:
5 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 54 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. W e 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 t he club offices, positions, t heir descriptions, and the approximate commitment time. Nominations will be taken a t the November C lub Meeting and we will ha ve the election at the C hristmas Dinner. President Runs t he mont hly Club and Board 3 hours a mont h Meetings and helps run club activities. Vice President Takes over the President s dut ies i n his 3 hours a mont h or hers absence and attends the Board Meetings and also is the Program C hairma n. Secretary Keeps notes at C lub and B oard Meetings. 3 to 4 hours a month Sends notes to t he Newsletter Editor. Treasurer Manages all of the C lub s financial affairs 4 to 6 hours a month Including writing checks and taking in Money for hunts a nd dues. Board Members R epresents club members at the B oard 2 hours a mont h Meetings. Votes on Club business a nd helps plan club activities, meetings and events. Club R affle Buys t he coins, takes in the donated prizes, 2 hours a mont h 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 mont h judge, announce, and pass es out the prizes. Find of the Month Judges Helps judge the monthl y entries. (A tough job 2 hours a mont h someti mes). Newsl ett er Editor Collects info, assembles, gets the newsletter 8 hours a mont h print ed and mailed out. Ma nages the club s phot os and ema il list s.
6 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 6 Bobby Crocker Winning Recipe INGREDIANTS: 2- cups sugar 1/2- teaspoon salt 2-cups all purpose flour 1-stick unsalted butter 1/2-cup vegetable oil 1/2-cup cocoa 1/4-cup water 2-eggs 1-teaspoon baking soda 1/2-cup buttermilk 2-teaspoons vanilla extract 1-bag miniature marshmallows Icing: 1-stick unsalted butter,softened 3-tablespoons cocoa 6-tablespoons milk 1-(1 pound) box confectioners sugar 1 to 2 cups of chopped pecans or walnuts 1-teaspoon vanilla extract John Freemans Mississippi Mud Cake recipe. Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13 X 9 inch baking pan. Combine the sugar, salt, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring the butter, oil, cocoa, and 1/4 cup water to boil in a saucepan. Add to the flour mixture. Beat together the eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add to the chocolate mixture, mix well and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes. When the cake is almost through baking, make the icing by melting the butter in the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in the confections sugar. Slowly mix in the nuts and the vanilla. Take cake from the oven, when it cools a bit cover with marshmallows. Pour the warm icing over the cake and marshmallows. Cool cake before serving. 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 December will be December 4th. If you don t make the deadline go ahead and issue it and I will put it in next month. The winners will be announced at the December Christmas Party. Contest results so far: Let s see your name on the list.. Chuck Marcum 3 Lee Wierzchowski 1 Shawson Hebert 1 Cody Reese 1 From Left to Right: First Place John Freeman; Second Place - Chris Willaby; Third Place - Wally Dick. MANY THANKS TO RACHEL HAYWORTH AND THE TASTING CREW FOR DOING THIS.
7 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 7 ITTHC Fall Hunt 2013 Fall Club Member Only Hunt Roundup The hunt was held Sunday, October 20th at the Creek County Fairgrounds. Had a great day with a bright blue sky on a sunny day with the high temperature around the 70 mark. Thanks to all those that were out there early helping with stringing the fields, burying the coins, setting up the building, cleaning up the building, and all the other jobs that had to be done for this event to be a success. And the most important segment of the Fall Hunt, the food! There were 45 ITTHC members lined up for this banquet. There was a great spread of food again. (Terry could not even sample all of it, but made himself miserable trying!) We probably should have had a second feed after the main hunt. Thanks to all the cooks that made it possible and that includes all you Bobby Crocker dessert contest participants. Thank you Rachel Hayworth for organizing the Bobby Crocker contest. It was all OUTSTANDING! The club allotted $300.00 to purchase prizes for the hunt. Jim Nobles did another good job on the selection of prizes purchased and working the prize board. There were also club member donated prizes. Thanks to all those that donated prizes to the hunt. The prize tokens were stamped and painted Silver Mercury Dimes & Silver No-Date Standing Liberty Quarters. This year the prize tokens were buried by Terry Humphries. This years hunt also had $233.00 from the October Silent Auction to purchase coins over the entry fees collected. In the Main Coin/Prize Hunt there were a 29 entries. The hunt field was 50 yards by 80 yards. There were 433 Silver Mercury Dimes in the hunt, purchase price $1.70 per dime. If we got everybody s count right there were 6 Silver Mercury Dimes more found than we buried. There wa s a total of 69 prizes, more than 2 per entry. All of the prize tokens were found. If you size the hunt field correctly with a crew like ours, most of the buried items will be found. Some of the higher totals: Lloyd Coke 29 dimes & 4 prize tokens. Bob Cook 28 dimes & 6 prize tokens. Len Eames 26 dimes & 3 prize tokens. Wally Dick 25 dimes & 1 prize token. John Freeman 24 dimes & 2 prize tokens. John Hamilton 20 dimes & 3 prize tokens. Jody Hamilton 19 dimes & 3 prize tokens. Daniel Parker 19 dimes & 1 prize token. These are some of the folks you want to watch to improve your techniques in this type of hunt. Thanks to Cody Reese for stepping in and running the Kids Hunt. It appeared that all of the kids were prize winners and had a great time. Both the raffles at the hunt, Prize Raffle & 50/50 raffle, had great club member support. The Prize Raffle had donations as prizes in it also, thanks to all those that donated. Lee Wierzchowski was the big winner in the 50/50 raffle of $39.00! Thank you Mike Mitchell and Rachel Hayworth for running the raffles. If you missed the 2013 Fall Club Member Only Hunt, you missed another good one. Hope everyone had a great time.
8 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 8 ITTHC Fall Hunt (cont d)
9 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 9 ITTHC Fall Hunt (cont d)
10 I.T.T.H.C Treasure News Page 10 CODY REESE KIDS HUNT CHAIRMAN We had 6 kids in the hunt and 36 prizes, plus candy tokens. We also put out over $20.00 in change and 5 1/2 dollars in coins. They had a good time!
11 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 We re on the web! www.itthc.com FIRST CLASS MAIL