Lake Delton

[bomber]

anybody going to check it out now? gotta be lots of loot there,if anybody finds a gold ring its mine,i lost it years ago it'll be round and gold.let me know when ya find it

 

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[diggemall]

Sounds like a couple locals have started checking it out already

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-severeweather-wis,0,6464188.story

About 1/2-way down the article.

Diggem'

 

[mick56]

I'm planning on going Friday, if it isn't raining.

 

[bomber]

keep us in the loop mick,curious about how it looks out there .................and good luck!

 

[jkevin]

went fri morn not alot but fun misc. coins and a key and a copper ring. to bad the lake looks like a waste land

 

[gold fish]

Not posting my finds yet.

 

[bomber]

i guess you found something,why the secrect?

 

[treasurefiend]

what did you find??

 

[Coinhunter89]

I made it to Lake Delton today. Not much to be had. There is just so much area to hunt. Plus from the holes it looks like alot has already been hauled out. Anyone on here find any really cool stuff. What about silver? It isnt like you have to disclose where in the 250 acre lake ya found it!

 

[bomber]

hey goldfish,still waiting

 

[Bum Luck]

I spent some time out there, and it's a lot of lake bed to cover, about 250 acres.

My total take was not worth mentioning, but others I saw made as much as a couple of bucks in clads. Ho hum.

I'm sure there are a few rings and such, but I was struck by how little I found in the hours I spent there.

I heard there were a few guns found, but that could probably be said of almost any lake in this hunting country. Lots of anchors, fish poles, can's, bottles, general junk.

The kids ended up clearing out pop cans from the swimming beach so that no one would get cut on them when the water returns.

 

[TerryC]

A history book I'm reading says some of Lake Delton was the town of Newport, WI founded by Bailey and Bowman in 1849. The railroad ultimately went across the WI river about 2 miles north, now WI Dells, so newport kinda died. Lake Delton was created in the 1920's. Dawn Manor, which still stands along the lake shore is the only known Newport building still standing. The filling of Lake Delton covered some of the town. Other portions of the town can be "eyed" by looking for non-native vegetation such as lilacs and locusts that still bloom today. They will lead you to slight hollows in the ground, the remnants of the cellars of the bygone homes. Now, knowing that, you dirt busters in the area have some new leads to old places! Good Luck! TTC (source:Ghost towns of WI, 1977 Stark)

 

[gold fish]

A lot of the old newport sites have been heavily hunted. Trust me, I know. Many of the locals know about it, that includes everyone I've met that owns an MD. It is neat history tho'.

 

[Bum Luck]

Lake Delton was created in 1927, and Newport fizzled by 1850 and was all folded up by around 1870. I don't think that anything is due to be found by assuming that the two are related.

Quite a time gap there.

I was struck by how little was found in the lake. I've done much better in small old parks. My understanding talking to old timers is that it used to be a sorghum field (wet meadow).

Here's Lake Delton last weekend, looking west.

 

[bomber]

hey goldfish is it time to show your finds yet?

 

[rottonr]

My first post on this forum. I didn't hunt there until 6 weeks after it drained and there were holes all over the place!! I hunted this lake about 7 times for about 4 hours each time. I found 3 class rings, two of them gold, one men's silver wedding band, silver washington and rosy and two silver religious medallions. I wish I would have hit it right after the draining, I will bet there where dozens and dozens of gold and silver rings taken from there.

 

[Bum Luck]

The dam construction is complete and they have started to fill the lake. About 7 feet over the winter, and the rest in the spring by May.

Better get a scuba rig............

 

[gold fish]

Ok, bomber, Time for confession. I'm getting ready to post my year-end finds, so just to let you know, Lake deloton was amazing. I got 10 or so hunks O'gold, 2-3 dozen silver jewelries, and a decent pile of silver coin, wheats(which come out shiny and coppery), and some cool tokens, not to mention several nice antique fishing lures. I kept hearing that the lake was "all hunted out" by people that were practically jogging down the beach with detectors, they wanted to cover lots of ground. I slowed down and crawled, but I didn't want people to know that. It was a heck of an experience, and I actually learned how to ID gold pretty well. Keep an eye on the 2008 year-end posts, I'll be putting pics up there.

 

[bomber]

AWESOME! lets see those pics bud,is it filling up yet or spring?

 

[gold fish]

They're starting to fill it now, It should be finished near the end of may or so.