New here...Anyone ever hunt around Eaton Rapids?

[Treorp55]

Newbie here to metal detecting. Borrowing a Whites classic III that has only been used a couple times and looking to get into things and then buy my own. Anyone ever hunt around Eaton Rapids? I have been doing some research of old maps and looking into things.

[fistfulladirt]

I hunted ER a couple times this summer. Trashy ballfield site but I did manage a couple silver halves including a Barber. One spot I hammered out 7 old silvers in an hour or two. This is a really irony, trashy park area, one most would avoid. I really like those kind of spots.
Your best bet is to continue the research and knock on a few doors in your area.

good luck, ffd

[Treorp55]

Are you from around the area? What ball park did you detect at, the old athletic field?

[fistfulladirt]

Are you from around the area? What ball park did you detect at, the old athletic field?

That's the one. Lots of fill dirt, but it's still a large area overall. I'm not from that area.

[jadeblackhawk]

http://tinyurl.com/5ujoh63

Here's an 1895 county atlas for you.

[Treorp55]

Alright thanks, looking at old maps it looks like the area farthest from the main road was a race track in the late 1800s, so that is where i plan on starting when the snows gone

[fistfulladirt]

Alright thanks, looking at old maps it looks like the area farthest from the main road was a race track in the late 1800s, so that is where i plan on starting when the snows gone

You're right, it was a horse track/fairgrounds. I ran into an oldtimer out there, we met one day in late November, it was bitter cold and windy. He hunts a private area in ER where they have been killing the old coins and relics.