1 May 2016 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done Hunting Time 45th Annual ITTHC National Hunt Inside this issue: Find of the Month 2 Community Service Project 3 May Birthdays & Anniversaries Broken Arrow Neighbors 4-5 National Hunt Notes 6 Whites MX-Sport Detector Raffle Bingo & Concessions 6 National Hunt Check List 7 Hunt Chairman 7 Attendance Drawing 7 ITTHC Message Forum 7 Amazon. Com 8 How Metal Detectors Work 8 ITTHC National Hunt Flyer 9-10 Upcoming Events 11 3 6 Calendar of Events Monthly Meeting Saturday - May 14th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar St - Owasso, OK -------------------------------------------- Board Meeting Sunday - May 29th Following the National Hunt -------------------------------------------- ITTHC 45th National Hunt May 28-29 Creek County Fairgrounds Sapulpa, OK Hunt Details and Entry Forms can be accessed on the club website at: www.itthc.com Deadline for early entry is May 10th May Program Cody Reese is going to give a presentation on how to use the Garrett AT Pro. (What the tones & numbers mean) National Hunt Preparation Cookie Volunteers Jerry Yoder Rachel Hayworth (Thanks in advance!) Chance to win: A WHITES MX-SPORT METAL DETECTOR (Details on p. 6)
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 April Meeting CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 John Freeman 1917 Type II Standing Liberty Quarter 2 Shane Curtsinger 1917-D Buffalo Nickle 3 Mike Green 1899 Barber Half Oldest Coin 1 Cody Reese 1867 Shield Nickle 2 Shane Curtsinger 1889 V Nickle 3 Greg Wicks 1894 Barber Quarter Oldest Cent 1 John Freeman 1881 Indian Head Cent 2 Rachel Hayworth 1886 Indian Head Cent 3 (tie) 3 (tie) Greg Wicks Shane Curtsinger 1889 Indian Head Cent 1889 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 Greg Wicks 1909 Wheat Cent 2 J.J. Freeman 1913-D Wheat Cent 3 John Freeman 1926-D Wheat Cent Relic 1 Greg Wicks Crescent Okla. good for token 2 Jim Nobles The Arcade good for token 3 (tie) 3 (tie) John Freeman Bob Cook Capt. Midnight Token Tool Checks, Dewey Cement Jewelry 1 John Freeman 10K Gold Ring w/red Stones 2 Mike Green 925 Silver Ring 3 Bob Cook 925 Silver Ring Military Relic 1 John Freeman.69 cal Gardner Bullet Display 2 Cody Reese.69 cal 2 Ring Muskatoon Bullet 3 J.J. Freeman Colt Dragoon Pistol Bullet 1 (tie) 1 (tie) John Freeman Bob Cook 2 Shane Curtsinger 3 Jim Nobles Display Drawing Winner: Cody Reese Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3 3 Community Service MAY BIRTHDAYS Happy Birthday May Needs List Peanut Butter Fruit Juice Spaghetti/Pasta Sauce Boxed Meals Can Meat (no tuna) Can Fruit Manwich Can Spinach Port & Beans Can Navy Beans & Pinto Beans Cream Soups Can Tomatoes & Sauce Box Cereal Feminine Products Deodorant * Thanks for your help! * 2016 Officers President: Cody Reese Vice President: Roger Eaton Secretary: Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman, St. Board: Greg Wicks John Hayworth John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins 01 Dorthula Taber 01 Hannah Watts 03 Kathi Avey 04 David Avey 06 Greg Wicks 06 Matthew Young 08 Vicki Owens 11 Nona Carpenter 11 John L. Freeman 14 Mike Mitchell 16 Jody Hamilton 23 Jean Dick 25 Mike Owens 26 Jack Cooper MAY ANNIVERSARIES 09 Mike & Alneta Mitchell 26 Gary & Cathy Young 28 Shawson & Nichole Hebert 28 Mike & Vicki Owens
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 Community Service Project Community Service Project 4 For over twelve years, ITTHC has chosen to assist the Broken Arrow Neighbors Association (BAN) as the focus of our club s community service project. BAN is a nonprofit organization and is celebrating its 32 nd year of serving the needs of less fortunate citizens in our local community. To read more about BAN, check out their website at: http://www.baneighbors.org/ Again this year, we will continue to support BAN with the following two main projects: Back-to-School and Christmas. In addition, throughout the year, we will continue to collect items from BAN s Needs List to help stock their pantries and supplies. There is always a high demand for items such as canned goods, boxed food items, and toiletries. We will be happy to deliver items club members bring to any of our meetings and/or outings. Check out the Current Needs List in this month s newsletter and try to contribute if you can. Thank you for helping this very worthy cause! Jean Dick and Marge Wierzchowski
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I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 6 NATIONAL HUNT NOTES The time is drawing near for the 45th Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt. Friday, May 27th, the stringing and gridding of the hunt fields will be done. The stringing crew will be getting started at 10:00am. We will set up tables and chairs on Saturday morning. Saturday, May 28th is the first B-Day. This will be the day we will bury ("bury" meaning "Just barely under the dirt!") the first wave of coins and tokens for Saturday's hunts. The burying of coins and other items will start 9:00 to 9:30AM. There will be reburying to do Sunday morning for the final day of hunts. Try to be there between 7:30AM and 8:00AM on Sunday morning. We need ALL club members to help with this burying, the more there are, the less work it is for everyone. Don t forget May 10th is the cutoff date for the early entry fee. Make sure your entry is postmarked by May 10th. The hunt flyer & entry blank only are on the "Upcoming Events" link at: www.itthc.com Email if you have any questions ask the Hunt Masters: Cody Reese at creesejr@hotmail.com or Roger Eaton at reaton61@aol.com Detector Raffle - Fund Raiser Tickets are now available for the Detector Fund Raiser. For a $1.00 donation one ticket is given to the donor and for a $5.00 donation the donor will receive 6 tickets. This year we will be running the contest for the top dollar funds raised by club members. There will be prizes for the top sellers. Tickets will be available for check out at the meeting or contact us if you need them mailed or delivered. Email: www.itthc.com B - I - N - G - O Saturday - May 28rd Remember to join us for some fun after supper, before the night hunt. There will be bingo for both cash and prizes and maybe even some surprises! Tickets will be on sale all day Saturday for you to reserve your bingo cards. * Club members are encouraged to bring prize donations to contribute to the fun.* CONCESSIONS As the coordinator for the concession stand during the National Hunt, I really need all the help I can get to work the concessions. I will have a sign up sheet at the May meeting for you to sign up for 2-hour time slots. (You are welcome to work as long as you wish.) It would be great if you can help provide some of the following items to keep the club from having to purchase them, which will help keep the expense down and increase the profits for the club. Ketchup, mustard, mayo, pickles, relish, sliced cheese, shredded cheese, and of course DESSERTS!!! There will be a sign up sheet for these items at the club meeting. If you are not there, and want to bring something, call or email me so that we don't have too many of one item and not enough of something else. I also need to know by May 19th if you will be providing any of them. Remember, this is a fund-raiser for YOUR club, and to make it successful YOU need to help make it work!!! Thank you in advance for your help!!! Cathy Young Phone: (918) 360-5586 Email: clyoung123@yahoo.com
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 7 National Hunt Check-List So you arrive at the hunt and think.what did I forget?? Maybe this will help you prepare: Gear: Donations: Detector Main Hunt ($10+ prize) Digger Kids Hunt Pouch Buttons & Bows Hunt Batteries Cakes for Kitchen Gloves & Hat Bingo Prizes Sun screen Positive Attitude Bug spray Hunt Chairmen National Hunt: Cody Reese & Roger Eaton Stringing Fields:? - (your name here) Registration: Vickie Owens Main Prizes: Jim & Carol Nobles Buttons/Bows: Jim & Carol Nobles Kids: Gary Young Bingo: Possibly Gary Young Concessions: Cathy Young Deep Hunt: Roger Eaton & Greg Wicks Club Members: Remember to volunteer and do your part to make this the very best hunt possible! Attendance Drawing Attendance Drawing April 9th Meeting Winner Bob & Pam Cook Names drawn before the winner No other names were drawn. You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. ITTHC Message Forum Remember that the ITTHC Message Forum is up and running for posting finds, announcements, and research information. Here is the link: ITTHC Forum Either click on or highlight and copy the below link and paste to the address line of your browser: http://itthc.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl ITTHC Forum - Message Index Find information on National Parks and their history at: www.nps.gov
I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 8 8 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: The Prime membership is $99. How Metal Detectors Work Metal detectors work by transmitting an electromagnetic field from the search coil into the ground. Any metal objects (targets) within the electromagnetic field will become energised and retransmit an electromagnetic field of their own. The detector s search coil receives the retransmitted field and alerts the user by producing a target response. Minelab metal detectors are capable of discriminating between different target types and can be set to ignore unwanted targets. 1. Battery The battery provides power to the detector. 2. Control Box The control box contains the detector s electronics. This is where the transmit signal is generated and the receive signal is processed and converted into a target response. 3. Search Coil The detector s search coil transmits the electromagnetic field into the ground and receives the return electromagnetic field from a target. 4. Transmit Electromagnetic Field (visual representation only - blue) The transmit electromagnetic field energises targets to enable them to be detected. 5. Target A target is any metal object that can be detected by a metal detector. In this example, the detected target is treasure, which is a good (accepted) target. 6. Unwanted Target Unwanted targets are generally ferrous (attracted to a magnet), such as nails, but can also be non-ferrous, such as bottle tops. If the metal detector is set to reject unwanted targets then a target response will not be produced for those targets. 7. Receive Electromagnetic Field (visual representation only - yellow) The receive electromagnetic field is generated from energized targets and is received by the search coil. Target Response (visual representation only - green) When a good (accepted) target is detected the metal detector will produce an audible response, such as a beep or change in tone. Many Minelab detectors also provide a visual display of target information.
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ITTHC Treasure News Page 9 UPCOMING EVENTS 11 May 14: - ITTHC General Meeting - Cody Reese is going to give a presentation on how to use the Garrett AT Pro. (What the tones & numbers mean) & National Hunt Preparation May 29: - ITTHC Board Meeting Following the National Hunt May 15: - Topeka Treasure Hunters Open National Hunt, City Park, Hoyt, Kansas May 28-29: - ITTHC 45th Annual National Treasure Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds. "Early entry fees will still be accepted at the ITTHC May meeting from CLUB MEMBERS only." (Click on the this link ITTHC Web Page and then click on UPCOMING EVENTS Then click on the blue 45th Indian Territory Treasure Hunt Flyer and this will create a PDF file that you can print.
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