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 sto-ries that you would like to contribute to your newsletter are always welcome. MEETINGS: First Tuesday 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: January 6, 2004 BOARD MEETING: The third 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 2004 CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Andrew Winters VICE PRESIDENT: Gary Young SECRETARY: Donnell Winters TREASURER: Nancy Coffey BOARD MEMBERS: Jack Cooper Mary Tracy Francis Tracy Chuck Marcum Gene Coffey Randall Vogt Tina Yerby Vicki Lang Gary Young

NEWSLETTER OF THE THREE FORKS TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB

VOLUME XX ISSUE 11 JANUARY 2004

EDITOR: Chuck Marcum PHONE: (918) 495-0867 EMAIL: graytcote@cox.net

The Secretary's Report Notes were taken by Eddie Tamplin. The general Meeting of the Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club began at 7:30 PM on November 4, 2003 with the pledge of allegiance and President Paul Mattes presiding. There were 24 mem-bers in attendance. Paul thanked every-one for bringing displays to the last meeting. We then discussed the Christ-mas Party. Chuck Marcum and Grover Tillman made and second a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as read and the Secretary Minutes as printed in the newsletter. Walmart at Tahlequah was not interested in the FMDAC pro-gram. Paul talked to James Byers who said that the FMDAC is moving its con-vention from Grand Lake to Louisiana. In new business Chuck made a sign up sheet for people to bring food to the Christmas Party. Paul asked for volun-teers to run for club offices. Francis Tracy nominated Eddie Tamplin for President and Chuck Marcum second it. There was no comment made. Nancy Coffey will cook a turkey and Paul Mattes will cook a ham. The club will be supplying both. It was announced that the National Hunt will be held the weekend of April 24th and 25th. Gene Coffey and Eddie Tamplin will both share the job of being the Hunt Chair-person. Or should I say Chairpeople? Randall Vogt, Gary Young, and Chuck Marcum volunteered to be on the Hunt Committee. Francis Tracy brought up the subject of the trophies for the Find of the Month and Year Contests. He’ll be making the wood cutouts for them. Paul volunteered to get the trophies engraved and Chuck will add up the total points. We still need a Vice Presi-dent, Secretary, and Treasurer. Gene Coffey then did the Prize Sharing and Jerry Callison handed out the dona-tions. We took a break at 8:10 until 8:30. We then had the Find of the Month. Then Gilbert Leake won both of the Silver Rounds in the drawing. Then we had a motion to close the meeting. All yeas and no nays. Eddie Tamplin

Upcoming Events December 2nd - Christmas Dinner It will start at 6:30 at our regular meeting spot. If you haven’t signed up to bring something you can bring a dessert, vegetable, salad, or side dish. We will be sharing table centerpieces and a huge prize sharing with the club putting in a lot of silver rounds. Awards will be handed out for the winners of the Find of the Month Contest. We will also be having our Find of the Year Contest at the Dinner. It will consist of your best find of the year in each of our regu-lar seven categories and one overall best find. Wall plaques will be awarded in each category. We will not be having our Regular Find of the Month contest in December. You can enter both months of finds in January.

April 24th & 25th - National Hunt Big Thanks to Gene Coffey and Eddie Tamplin who volun-teered to be our Hunt Chairpeople. Big thanks also to Gary Young, Randall Vogt, and Chuck Marcum for volunteering to be on the Hunt Committee. Gary Young will be doing the Kid’s Hunt again and I will be putting on the Deep Competi-tion and Night Hunts. We still need volunteers for the other Hunts. Jerry Callison will be supplying the tents and genera-tors. I will make the hunt fliers this month.

Club members Gary Young, Gilbert Leake, Tom Neville Gene Coffey, Eddie Tamplin, Francis Tracy, and I went to the Shilo Relic Hunt in Tennes-see for the first time. The hunt started when they shot off the civil war can-non. We were told that the prize targets were numbered items. I was going to dig with my hands or a hand digger and I wondered why some people had shovels. I found out that they buried the field by making slits with sharp-shooters and dropping the targets in the holes. That put the targets 3" to 6" deep. I also found out that I forgot how to use a hand digger. The second hunt I used my shovel and dug a whole lot more targets quicker. After the hunt we found out that the prize targets were iron items with numbers painted on them. The first place target was a number one painted on an iron. Some others were painted on axe heads and iron artillery shell fragments. It was a really fun hunt and all of us will be going back.

Shilo Relic Hunt

Antique Trader Magazines Bottle Pocket Watch Christmas Decoration Pocket Knife Coffee Mugs Lunch Box Knife Set Silver Half Dollar Picture Frame & Note Pad Flag Memo Pads Photo Albums State Quarters Album Bag With Magnets $5.00 Bill Cap Silver Round Silver Round

Richard Carr Nancy Coffey Paul Mattes Gilbert Leake Glenn Briley Gary Young Gary Young Gary Young Grover Tillman Roxie Tillman Grover Tillman Roxie Tillman Grover Tillman Roxie Tillman Francis Tracy Andrew Winters Three Forks Three Forks

Paul Mattes Jerry Harlin Paul Turley Gary Young Richard Carr Tom Neville Paul Mattes Paul Turley Francis Tracy Jim Simmons Jerry Harlin Tom Neville Gary Young Gene Coffey Roxie Tillman Gilbert Leake Gilbert Leake Gilbert Leake

NOVEMBER PRIZE DONATIONS

The 50/50 Pot was shared to Gene Coffey for 35.50. The Donation Drawing was shared to Roxie Tillman. The Display Donation was shared to Jim Simmons. The Attendance Donation was shared to Richard Carr.

DONATION SHARED BY SHARED TO

We will be having our biggest Prize Sharing of the year at the Christmas Dinner. Bring lots of donations be-cause everybody likes winning. The Club will also be adding a lot of Sil-ver Rounds.

Three Forks Christmas Dinner

WILL BE HELD AT 6:30 PM ON DECEMBER 2nd AT OUR REGULAR MEETING PLACE NANCY WILL BE COOKING THE TURKEY AND PAUL WILL BE COOKING THE HAM TROPHIES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FIND OF THE MONTH CONTEST WINNERS AND THE FIND OF THE YEAR WINNERS WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING A TABLE CENTERPIECE SWAP AND A HUGE PRIZE SHARE

NOVEMBER FIND OF THE MONTH WINNERS

PROS AMATEURS

Oldest Coin 1. 1893 Indian Head Cent Jim Simmons 2. 1895 Indian Head Cent Tom Neville 3. 1907 Indian Head Cent Chuck Marcum Jewelry 1. Silver Indian Ring Chuck Marcum 2. Sterling Silver Ring Tom Neville 3. Brass Broach Jim Simmons Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1. 1925D Mercury Dime Jim Simmons 2. 1961D Quarter Tom Neville 3. 1943D Mercury Dime Chuck Marcum Valuable Coin - Other 1. 1924D Wheat Cent Jim Simmons 2. 1906 V Nickel Tom Neville 3. 1942 Nickel Paul Mattes Relic 1. 1906 UCV Convention Medal Paul Mattes 2. Cleveland Rotary Watch Fob Jim Simmons 3. Part of a Tom Mix Buckle Tom Neville Military Relic 1. 1 Piece Eagle Artillery Button Chuck Marcum 2. Navy Button Jim Simmons 3. 3 Ring Bullet Tom Neville Non - Metallic 1. Arrowhead Chuck Marcum 2. Big Marble Jim Simmons 3. Clay Marble Tom Neville

Oldest Coin 1. 1891 Indian Head Cent Grover Tillman 2. 1908 Indian Head Cent Andrew Winters 3. 1917 Wheat Cent Gary Young Jewelry 1. Silver Ring Gilbert Leake 2. Silver Ring Grover Tillman Val. Coin Silver & Gold 1. 1963 Roosevelt Dime Gilbert Leake Valuable Coin - Other 1. 1956 Wheat Cent Randall Vogt Relic 1. William Clark Token Gilbert Leake 2. Axe Head Gary Young Military Relic 1. Pewter Artillery Cuff Button Grover Tillman 2. Pewter 1 Piece Eagle Andrew Winters Non - Metallic 1. Muskogee Drug I.T. Bottle Richard Carr 2. Trade Bead Andrew Winters

Golden Eagle Award

Richard Carr dug this really nice Muskogee Drug Company I.T. Bottle

AT THE SHILO RELIC HUNT