Been Hunting an old Fairgrounds

cooper1841

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Dec 24, 2012
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Our Fairgrounds sits within a 340 acre County Park, and has several old home sites within the foot print!! and has been in use for 100 years!!!!! My favorite go to spot, 2 or 3 times a week
 

DiggerGal

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Oct 12, 2013
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California
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That is an amazing spot! I'm originally from Illinois. Where in Illinois are you?
 

Fletch88

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Mar 7, 2013
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Valdosta, GA
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Tesoro Silver microMax- 8 donut, 8x11 RSD, 3x18 Cleansweep
Minelab Excalibur ll- 10" Tornado
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Nice finds! WTG!
 

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duggr

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May 4, 2006
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Fort Madison Iowa
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Thanks everyone,
I'm from Dallas City.
 

Ogre1190

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Mar 31, 2015
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2,408
Northern Illinois
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MineLab E-Trac, MineLab Safari, MineLab Explorer XS,
White's 5000 D, White's 6DB, White's 5000 D GEB
Sunray X-1 for the ML's, Garrett PP for the White's and a Backhoe
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Dayum! GREAT finds, Duggr!

I just got exclusive permission to do a Fairgrounds that's been in existence since 1873, or so. The old speedway's been torn to hell, but some of the original buildings are still up...and I have several old aerial photos of the place, so I should be able to determine what used to be where.
 

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duggr

duggr

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May 4, 2006
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Fort Madison Iowa
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Minelab CTX 3030
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All Treasure Hunting
My newest Finds Photo of my silver at the Fairgrounds...add four more Barbers to the photo

 

Ogre1190

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Mar 31, 2015
2,063
2,408
Northern Illinois
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MineLab E-Trac, MineLab Safari, MineLab Explorer XS,
White's 5000 D, White's 6DB, White's 5000 D GEB
Sunray X-1 for the ML's, Garrett PP for the White's and a Backhoe
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Whoaaaa!!! Good job!!!
 

gjones713

Tenderfoot
Jul 17, 2015
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All Treasure Hunting
I'm going to be hitting Knox County fairgrounds today. Fair just ended last night so I'm hopping to get a few good hits.
 

Ogre1190

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Mar 31, 2015
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2,408
Northern Illinois
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MineLab E-Trac, MineLab Safari, MineLab Explorer XS,
White's 5000 D, White's 6DB, White's 5000 D GEB
Sunray X-1 for the ML's, Garrett PP for the White's and a Backhoe
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Place is going to end up being a "Career" for you, Duggr! :notworthy: Great work!
 

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duggr

duggr

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May 4, 2006
302
153
Fort Madison Iowa
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I ended up pulling 11 seated dimes out of that fairgrounds in 2015. All dimes though,
Oldest was an 1854 with arrows.
 

Ogre1190

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Mar 31, 2015
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MineLab E-Trac, MineLab Safari, MineLab Explorer XS,
White's 5000 D, White's 6DB, White's 5000 D GEB
Sunray X-1 for the ML's, Garrett PP for the White's and a Backhoe
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Very nice, indeed! My fairgrounds has turned out to be a bust so far, although it's given me my biggest spill to date...12 in a 5-inch hole.
 

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