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~~~ Good-Bye Winter ! ~~~

Monthly Meeting

Saturday - March 8th

7:30 p.m.

Owasso Community Center

301 S Cedar Street

Owasso, OK

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Board Meeting

Thursday - March 20th

6:30 p.m.

Corporate Place Bldg.

5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa,

OK

North Door

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“ITTHC 43rd Annual

National Treasure Hunt”

May 24-25

Creek County Fairgrounds

Sapulpa, OK

March

Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done

Indian Territory

Treasure Hunters Club

Inside this issue:

National Hunt

preparations are

underway.

Volunteers are

needed for:

Stringing hunt

fields, bingo,

concessions, building

maintenance and burying

coins.

All members are encouraged

to contact their local vendors

& local businesses for prize

hunt donations. It’s time to

step-up & support our club!

2014

“A Pot of Gold”

March Program &

Outing An outing will be set up for Mar 15th

details at a later date.

March program details at a later

date.

Cookie Volunteers

John & Jody Hamilton

Bob & Pam Cook

Lee Wierzchowski

Finds of the Month 2

Birthdays & Anniversaries 3

Amazon.com 3

DUES ARE DUE 3

Broken Arrow Neighbors 4

Finds of the Year 2013 4

ITTHC Message Forum 4

Broken Arrow Neighbors

Thank you letter

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Scavenger Hunt, Chili,

Bingo

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Treasure Hunters

Workshop

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50/50 Raffle Volunteer 8

Attendance Drawing 8

Camp Walker Outing 8 - 11

Three Forks National Hunt 12

Wishing You A

Calendar of Events

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Check out the

“find of the

month”

pictures on our

web site each

month

at:

www.itthc.com

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Find of the Month – February Meeting

Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!

CATEGORY PLACE NAME DESCRIPTION

Valuable Coin 1 Ken Fanning 1918-S Walking Half

2 Cody Reese 1906-D Barber Quarter

3 Chuck Marcum 1926-D Mercury Dime

Oldest Coin 1 Ken Fanning 1893 Barber Quarter

2 Chuck Marcum 1900 V Nickle

3 John Hamilton 1901 V Nickle

Oldest Cent 1 Chuck Marcum 1831 Large Cent

2 John Hamilton 1883 Indian Head Cent

3 Mathew Fortney 1888 Indian Head Cent

Valuable Cent 1 John Hamilton 1912-D Wheat Cent

2 Mathew Fortney 1900 Indian Head

3 Ken Fanning 1917-S Wheat Cent

Relic 1 Chuck Marcum 1831 Mexican Reale

2 Bruce Martin Grady & Freeney I.T. Token

3 John Hamilton Old Compact

Jewelry 1 John Hayworth 14K Gold Ring

2 Daniel Parker Silver Ring

3 Mathew Fortney Silver Locket Piece

Military Relic 1 John Freeman .46 cal Slanting Breech Sharps

2 Chuck Marcum Side Shield Button

3 Cody Reese WW II Coat Button

Display 1 Mat Fortney

2 Ken Fanning

3 Bob Cook

Display Drawing Ken Fanning`

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Happy

Birthday

01 Jeanie Webb

01 Marge Wierzchowski

06 Jessica Groover

06 Anthony Martin

07 David Morris

10 Doug Fry

10 Tom Taber

11 Shirley Stotts

27 Dale Carpenter

27 Willy Wetzel

29 Jim Dill

30 Frank Salle

30 Carol Thurman

March Birthdays AMAZON.COM

Also, once again THANKS to all that have made & continuing to make purchases at

Amazon by clicking to Amazon through

our Amazon Associates link (see below) at the bottom of the ITTHC Homepage. At

no extra cost to you, you are supporting the

ITTHC website and ITTHC activities. You will find the lowest prices

for most of the items you are looking for to

purchase. And Amazon has much, much more than books. If you are shopping

online anyway, always check with

Amazon. Most of the time they will have the lowest price on the items you are

looking for and usually there is FREE

Super Saver Shipping. Thank you.

Click on the below link on the ITTHC

website to take you to amazon.com:

March Anniversaries

03 Jim & Bert Niessen

06 Lloyd & Hope Coke

10 John & Jody Hamilton

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Remember to pay

your dues for this

Year. Only $25/

year. This is the last month

to pay dues and still receive

the newsletter.

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“Finds of the Year” - 2013 Community Service

March Needs List

Peanut Butter - Jelly

Hamburger Helper - Chili

Saltine Crackers - Cold Drink

Mix - Corn Muffin Mix - Razors

Boxed Jell-O - Ramen Noodles

Canned Broth - Deodorant

Child Toothbrushes - Feminine

Pads - Boys & Girls Jeans

Children Shoes

* Thanks for your help! *

SEE PAGE 5 FOR A

THANK YOU LETTER

FROM THE BROKEN

ARROW NEIGHBORS

Remember that the ITTHC Message

Forum is back 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

2014 Officers President: Cody Reese

Vice President: Roger Eaton

Secretary: Rachel Hayworth

Treasurer: Terry Humphries

Parliamentarian: Chuck Marcum

Board: Tim Adams

John Hayworth

John Hamilton

Jim Nobles

Bill Watkins

1st Place - Wally Dick

14K Ring w/7 Diamonds

2nd Place - John Freeman

1862 One Dollar Gold Coin

3rd Place - Chuck Marcum

1838-O Seated Half Dime

I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4

NEWSLETTER ARTICLE CONTEST FOR

2014

Due to the lack of interest there will be no

newsletter article contest for 2014.

However, feel free to send in something

metal detecting related and I will publish

it.

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News I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5

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BIG SCAVENGER HUNT

On Saturday, February 15th, ITTHC held our famous “Scavenger Hunt, Chili Supper and Bingo” event. The first part of

the annual event was the all-day “Scavenger Hunt”. Twelve brave hunters ventured out in the weather to see what they

could find anywhere and everywhere. At 4:30 p.m. they congregated to display their finds in hopes of winning silver

coins from the categories drawn. There were lots of coins, trash, some treasure and lots of imagination to boot!

Tim Adams & Roger Eaton drew from a large list of categories and John Hayworth handed out the silver dimes. Some

highlights of the finds were 51 pull tabs, $15.00+ in face U.S. coins, 42 aluminum cans, 23 nails, oldest foreign coin

(1883), 2 silver rings, 49 bottle caps, and a “Most Unusual Find” of a gold cap tooth.

What a great way to spend a Saturday in February, digging in the dirt and winning silver dimes for trash as well as

treasure and then being able to feast on at least 15 different types of chili and a variety of desserts and then sharing a night of bingo with fellow members and friends. It was another great event again this year. Thanks to all who helped

make it possible. Also, thank you very much for those that brought chili it was all very good.

B-I-N-G-O

Following the annual scavenger hunt and chili supper, 55+ club members and family members settled in for a fun night

of playing “Bingo”. With over 39 member-donated prizes and $300 in prize money provided by the Club, all eyes were

focused on their paper cards in hopes of being the next to shout out “Bingo” and win.

Gary Young did the calling and the spinning of the bingo cage & Roger Eaton announced the different games that were

to be played. Jean Dick helped with organizing the prizes and keeping the committee from losing track of where they

were on each of twenty games played.

There were some lucky multiple winners: Gary Young family, Bob Cook family. Jim Niessen won the metal detector,

donated by Chuck Marcum, on the blackout game. Chris Willaby won the $112.00 from the 50/50 raffle.

Thanks to Terry Humphries for bringing the paper cards and Gary Carnes for providing the raffle cage and equipment

for our fun-filled event. For certain, it was a lively night full of laughter, camaraderie and friendship.

I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6

Feb 15th - Scavenger Hunt - Chili - Bingo

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Treasure Hunters Workshop at the Three Rivers Museum in Muskogee

On Saturday morning Feb 22nd Thirteen members from Three Forks

Treasure Hunters Club - Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club - Tulsey

Town Treasure Hunters Club arrived at the Three Rivers Museum to

show off their displays and answer questions about metal detecting to the

curious public. There were quite a few people that wondered thru and

looked over the displays and asked several questions about metal

detecting. Larry Koch must have had fifteen people outside for probably

forty five minutes showing them how to operate a metal detector. Wally

Dick and Lloyd Coke helped this lady that brought in a very old Whites

Coinmaster 6000 DI machine. She was very appreciative for the

information. All in all it was quite a success.

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Maysville Ark. Camp Walker Outing

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Well the weather was not as good as last years outing

to Camp Walker. High temperature was only in the

upper 40’s and a wind of about 25 mpg all day. The

digging was a little more difficult in the pasture areas

due to the dry conditions. But the cultivated fields

were easy digging. Again members got to see how

moderate to high conductive (mineralized) soil

conditions affect their detectors. And a good time was

had by all.

Camp Walker was a Civil War camp established in

June 1861 by General Nicholas Price, a Benton

County man, to train recruits from Western Arkansas

and the Indian Nations. This general area, much more

area than the 500 acres we had access, was used by

both Confederate and Federal forces throughout the

war.

We had 27 ITTHC members in attendance for the

outing. Again did not get checked out with all that

attended. From what I did get to see and what was

emailed there were probably another 50 to 100 bullets

found this year. Ranging from pistol balls,

Remington .36 cal. pistol bullets (Teardrop), .69 cal.

"round ball thingies", Minie´ bullets of various

calibers including Sharps Carbine tie rings, Merrell

Carbines, Enfields, and others.

There were more coins found this time due to starting

in closer proximity to the 3 or 4 old house sites that

are on the property. Some of the coins found were an

1839 Half Dime, 1897 Barber Quarter, a 1908 Barber

Dime, Nickels, and Wheat Cents.

We had a member lose an iPhone at the outing and

had to have AT&T shut it down to keep the cows

from running up the bill by calling their sacred

brethren in India.

Hope everyone had a good time. And if you missed

this outing, don't miss the next one.

PICS FROM THE HUNT ARE ON

THE NEXT THREE PAGES.

Jean Dick has ask that someone volunteer to replace her in the running

of the 50/50 raffle. She has been doing

this for a few years and would like to retire and sit back and enjoy the

meetings. This job isn’t really all that

difficult and Jean will train you to do this. Also, the only time that is

involved is at the meetings plus you get

to meet some of the other members and

possibly learn their names.

SO HOW ABOUT IT STEP

RIGHT UP AND VOLUNTEER

YOU COULD EVEN SHARE

THIS JOB WITH SOMEONE

ELSE

Attendance Drawing

February 1, 2014 Meeting

Winner

Jim & Ralphetta Dill

Names drawn before the winner

Brian & Kathy Watts

You should have been there - you

would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins.

We need a volunteer for the 50/50 raffle.

Attendance Drawing

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***** Note: This is not an entry form for ITTHC Hunt *****

Entries should be sent to 3-Forks not ITTHC

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Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club

P.O. Box 580961

Tulsa, OK 74158-0961

We’re on the web!

www.itthc.com

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 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

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