SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS
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- May 22, 2005
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..........Cold day in my part of Illinois today, 30’s when
I got out to the site. No frost on the grass but when
I knelt down I got ice on my knee.
Plan was to hit an area that had been a toboggan slide area
that closed about 3 years ago.
Area was built up by the Civilian Conservation Corps as
a ski jump. In the 1930's the U.S. ski team practiced here
for the Olympics.
In the 40’s it was turned into a toboggan slide.
Height is 90 ft; 121 steps to get to the top; would shoot
the sleds an average length of 800-900 ft; speed up to
around 50 mph.
This area has been hit hard, but my plan was to go in coin
mode on my Garrett and see what came up. After about
15 min, cold wind blowing at me, I started to think about
getting out of the wind. I’m just not a coin shooter and
the woods were all around me. So……….
Decided on doing some searching in the woods.
Started to follow a ravine with many feeder creeks coming
into it. Steep hills on both sides.
Followed one of the creeks checking here and there with the detector.
Everything was good…………….Until.
Lot of leaves, at spots they covered the small creek and you could not
tell where the water was. I was digging in a bank and sure enough,
one foot went into about 9 inches of water. Soggy walking for
about 5 min, but got better as I continued. :P
Glass shard in the creek bank.
As I’m moving along I start hearing interlopers in my woods.
Find out a crew from the forest district is out working, setting
up a burn. Setting up fires to burn the leaves and small branches
on the forest floor. MY FOREST IS BURNING.
Smoke, cough, cough.
Did get a coin hit, near a creek, rocks, sand, dirt, wet.
I got out to the site. No frost on the grass but when
I knelt down I got ice on my knee.
Plan was to hit an area that had been a toboggan slide area
that closed about 3 years ago.
Area was built up by the Civilian Conservation Corps as
a ski jump. In the 1930's the U.S. ski team practiced here
for the Olympics.
In the 40’s it was turned into a toboggan slide.
Height is 90 ft; 121 steps to get to the top; would shoot
the sleds an average length of 800-900 ft; speed up to
around 50 mph.
This area has been hit hard, but my plan was to go in coin
mode on my Garrett and see what came up. After about
15 min, cold wind blowing at me, I started to think about
getting out of the wind. I’m just not a coin shooter and
the woods were all around me. So……….
Decided on doing some searching in the woods.
Started to follow a ravine with many feeder creeks coming
into it. Steep hills on both sides.
Followed one of the creeks checking here and there with the detector.
Everything was good…………….Until.
Lot of leaves, at spots they covered the small creek and you could not
tell where the water was. I was digging in a bank and sure enough,
one foot went into about 9 inches of water. Soggy walking for
about 5 min, but got better as I continued. :P
Glass shard in the creek bank.
As I’m moving along I start hearing interlopers in my woods.
Find out a crew from the forest district is out working, setting
up a burn. Setting up fires to burn the leaves and small branches
on the forest floor. MY FOREST IS BURNING.
Smoke, cough, cough.
Did get a coin hit, near a creek, rocks, sand, dirt, wet.
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