Old Fairgrounds gives up a few more Oldies

[mpostma]

In looking at the old Sanborn maps of the Fairgrounds in 1901 and 1926 I found the Dining Hall & Outhouses.
Dirt has been moved, it had been the school football field, and now it is our Community Park with soccer fields, little league fields, a playground, and some open space.
Over the last couple of years I have pulled many oldies out of the parts of the park that are off beaten track. But the last few hunts have been less than stellar. So, I decided to rethink my approach again.

In going back to the old sanborn maps I had not only found the dining hall and restroom area, but on the other end of the park I found the Loeb Farm Building. Some of you may remember Loeb and Leopold as the young men that committed a murder to see if they could get away with it. This was the building donated by the family farm and creamery of one of them.
I plan to work that area (now an open field) pretty hard for anything that still has the family name on it.

In hitting the area near the old dining hall I found that there is a ton of trash and old nails in the ground. In a couple of evenings I have come up with 2 indians -1906 & 1887, 2 Buffs - 1920 & undated, 1 1948 Jefferson nickel, and a 1936 Merc.
(also a bunch of clad)

The 1906 Indian was less than 2 inches down! I almost left it as a modern penny, but .....

Thanks for looking!

Good Luck,
Mark

 

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[crazyjarhead]

Nice coinage finds, Mark. Work them old maps. I still have all of mine but have been a little lazy lately on studying them and looking for new land.

 

[Old River]

Wow, Very nice indians. A really nice Merc. also. Congrats...

 

[maceman66]

Nice digs!!!!!

 

[mpostma]

Nice coinage finds, Mark. Work them old maps. I still have all of mine but have been a little lazy lately on studying them and looking for new land.

Thanks CJH! In a meeting the other day I found a ghost town that isn't listed anywhere. It is less than 5 miles from home too.
It had a town hall, post office and a couple of small stores. I'm working on permission for fall there. It is virtually untouched, couple of foundations are still visible in the brush along the hay field that now runs behind it.

Wow, Very nice indians. A really nice Merc. also. Congrats...

Thanks Old River! Hope you are finding goodies too!

Nice digs!!!!!

Thank you Maceman!

Good Luck,
Mark

 

[Hunter]

Nice finds!

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

Nice coins. Glad to see your still making some good finds.

Wolverine.

 

[sscindercoop]

Congrats

 

[wingmaster]

Great finds there congrats.

 

[allen]

wtg on all of those sweet old coins !!

 

[spartacus53]

Well it seems you are doing your homeworks and have some great finds to show for it. I think you will have the most fun at the ghosttown you've discovered. That should make for some really interesting finds. Good luck and HH

 

[mpostma]

Nice finds!

Thank You, Hunter.

Nice coins. Glad to see your still making some good finds.

Wolverine.

Thanks Wolverine! So, you wanna come up and hunt? You would be welcome!

Congrats

Thank you!

Great finds there congrats.

Thanks Wingmaster! Feels good to start finding something again! A weeklong dry spell.....

wtg on all of those sweet old coins !!

Thanks allen! Finding oldies, and silver is very addictive!

Well it seems you are doing your homeworks and have some great finds to show for it. I think you will have the most fun at the ghosttown you've discovered. That should make for some really interesting finds. Good luck and HH

Thanks Spartacus! The challenge will be getting through the deep weeds and grass! I reall don't want to wait until it's all dead!
Wonder if they'd let me hit it with my big weed wacker first? Looks like too many bits of masonry and logs for a tractor and mower........

Thanks all,
Mark

 

[briankb70]

nice coins