NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB

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1 1 NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB VOLUME XXIV ISSUE 10 DECEMBER 2007 EDITOR: Chuck Marcum PHONE: (918) The Outpost is published monthly by the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club. We are 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: December 7, 2007 BOARD MEETING: 6:30 December 13th at the Coffey s Blueberry Farm in Okay. Everyone is invited to attend! CLUB PO BOX: P.O. Box 753 Wagoner, Ok CLUB WEB SITE: CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Gary Young VICE PRESIDENT: Tom Godfrey SECRETARY: Shawn Gilbert TREASURER: Cathy Young BOARD MEMBERS: Nancy Coffey Gene Coffey Jerry Harlin Vicki Lang Gilbert Leake Sandy Leake Chuck Marcum Francis Tracy

2 Three Forks Club Officers As of this newsletter s print deadline I haven t heard of who will be our new officers. Hopefully I will find out at the Christmas dinner and will be able to put it in next month s newsletter. I ve had the following in our last two issues and will run it one more time again. We will be taking nominations at the October Club Meeting for our elections which will be held at the Club Meeting in November. The following are descriptions of our officer s duties and club positions. The President runs the monthly Club and Board Meeting. The Vice President takes over when the President is absent and attends the Board Meetings. The Secretary keeps the notes at both of the meetings and sends them to the Newsletter Editor. The Treasurer manages all of the club s financial affairs. The Board members represent Club Members at the Board Meetings. They vote on club business, help plan activities, meetings, and events. Club Raffle Volunteers takes in donations, sells tickets, call numbers, and records the winners. Find of the Month Judges takes and record the entries. They announce and pass out the prizes. They also judge all of the entries (a tough job sometimes). The National Hunt Chairperson heads up the organization of the Hunt. Think about what position you want to hold in our club and let somebody know so that you will get nominated! December 7 December 13 December 15 January 4 January 5 January 10 April 26, 27 Upcoming Events Three Forks Christmas Dinner 3 Forks Board Meeting Cemetery Cleanup & Outing Three Forks Club Meeting Cemetery Cleanup & Outing 3 Forks Board Meeting Three Forks National Hunt December 4 December 22 December 26 Tasha Carr Glenette Briley Cathy Young Three Forks Christmas Dinner This is a reminder of what you need to bring to the Three Forks Christmas Dinner. If your last name begins with A through N bring salads and/or Veggies. If your last name begins with M through Z bring Deserts and/or Side Dishes. Also bring: Prizes for our biggest raffle of the year and money to purchase tickets for the raffle. Christmas centerpieces for the tables and the centerpiece exchange. Your raffle tickets and money to turn in for the Detector Raffle and money to buy your tickets. Your best finds in each category for our Find of the Year Contest. You may go home with a trophy! Most importantly bring your appetite, there will be lots of good food there! December 1 December 9 December 19 December 29 Tim & Stephanie Schlup Jerry & Gladys Callison Charles & Barbara Williams Wayne & Rose Starr

3 3 NOVEMBER PRIZE DONATIONS DONATION SHARED BY SHARED TO Blackberry Jelly Blackberry Jelly Cool Fan Knife Set Tool Tote Sport Knife Dave s Insanity Hot Sauce 2005 Coke Bottle Flower Arrangement American Digger Magazine American Digger Magazine American Digger Magazine $5.00 Bill $5.00 Bill Confederate Sporting Knife $2.00 & Silver Dime Antique Trader Magazine Silver Half Dollar Gene Coffey Nancy Coffey Gary Young Gary Young Marshall White Indian Nations Detectors Indian Nations Detectors Wayne Thatcher Wayne Thatcher Tony Morris Lee Wierzchowski Wayne Thatcher Three Forks Jerry McCoy Wayne Thatcher Lee Wierzchowski Tony Morris Gary Young Lawrence Neville Marshall White Marshall White Cathy Young Jerry McCoy Tony Morris I didn t receive the name The 50/50 Pot - I didn t receive the name The Donation Drawing - I didn t receive the name The Display Drawing - I didn t receive the name The Attendance Drawing - I didn t receive the name

4 4 The Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club will be having a drawing for a Minelab X-Terra 70 Metal Detector to raise money for our upcoming National Hunt. The rising cost of Silver and Gold has made it necessary for us to spend more money in order to put on the same quality or better Hunt that we have always hosted. Tickets are one for a dollar or six for five dollars. The Drawing for the $ list price X-Terra 70 will be held at our Christmas Dinner on December 7th. You need not be present to win. Tickets will be available at the meeting for check out to sell, or to buy.

5 5 NOVEMBER FIND OF THE MONTH WINNERS PROS Oldest Coin Indian Head Cent Chuck Marcum Indian Head Cent Indian Head Cent Tim Schlup Jewelry 1 14k Gold W/Diamonds Ring 2 10k Gold Ring Tim Schlup 3 Sterling Silver Ring Jim Simmons Val. Coin Silver & Gold Mercury Dime Jim Simmons Barber Half Dollar Barber Dime Tim Schlup Valuable Coin - Other s Wheat Cent s Wheat Cent Jim Simmons Indian Head Cent Tim Schlup Relic 1 Grocery Token Tony Morris 2 UCT Watch Fob Tim Schlup 3 John Deere Lapel Pin 3 Track Meet Medal Jim Simmons Military Relic 1 Silver Wings Pin 2 Marine Hat Pin Tony Morris 3 69 Cal Three Ring Bullet Chuck Marcum Non - Metallic 1 Agate Basin Point Tony Morris 2 Corkscrew Marble Jim Simmons 3 Turpentine Bottle AMATEURS Oldest Coin Indian Head Cent Lawrence Neville Wheat Cent Marshall White Wheat Cent Richard Carr Jewelry 1 Silver Ring Marshall White 1 Gold? Ring Lawrence Neville Val. Coin Silver & Gold s Barber Dime Lawrence Neville Roosevelt Dime Marshall White 3 No Entry Valuable Coin - Other D Wheat Cent Lawrence Neville P War Nickel Marshall White Relic 1 Educ. Assn Teacher s Pin Richard Carr 2 Watch Fob Lawrence Neville 3 44/40 Cartridge Marshall White Military Relic 1 Minnie Ball Lawrence Neville 2 Pistol Bullet Richard Carr 2 Minnie Ball Marshall White Non - Metallic 1 Flint Arrowhead Marshall White 2 Marble Lawrence Neville 3 Marble Hailey Neville Golden Eagle Award Tony Morris found this really nice Agate basin Projectile Point.

6 6 Do your part to help preserve our history! Please join us in working to clean up and restore this historic old cemetery that has been vandalized and neglected for many years. We will meet at the Pilot Station on U.S. 69 and Harris Road in Muskogee at 8:45 on December 15th. This will be our 4th season out at the Old Agency Cemetery. Please bring any equipment that you may have: loppers, metal blade weed eaters, chain saws, leaf blowers. Don t forget your gloves. Work time: 9-12:30. At lunch we will have a meeting to discuss upcoming cleanups. Afterwards we will hunt the pastures adjacent to the cemetery. We are currently seeking donations to purchase the west half of the Old Agency Cemetery. We also need fences, signs, equipment, and food money donations for future projects. For more information visit our website at: 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.

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