piqua ohio

acevillav · Mar 11, 2007

Greetings from london Ohio ! I got out yesterday and found a whopping $1.34. But it was good to get out and not bad for 45 min of huntting. Anybody else get out lately ?

Acevillav 8)

Kas · Mar 11, 2007

Hunted a very small portion of the farm land next to Johnston farm, today. Found a boat load of square nails. I haven't gotten out into the field as yet. I did stand up on a hill that overlooks the old canal and looked down at where the fort was suppose to be. It is of course off limits to hunt. State historical area.

I couldn't help but think how many Indians and French and British came through right were I was standing. They had to have more in their pockets than nails.

I'll stumble upon a honey hole before summer is out.

HH
Ken

warwagon72 · Mar 12, 2007

Greetings and Happy thaw. Got out yesterday, it was great to be out in sunshine. And to be swing'n again. Found Nemo and about 2 bucks of clad. School playgrounds never ending source of pull tabs and foil.

pickaway · Mar 18, 2007

Yeah its just buried out there somewhere Kas, good luck on the hunt.

acevillav · Mar 19, 2007

Warwagon72, I feel your pain with playgrounds . I dug a bazillion bobbie pins yesterday BUT I was rewarded with a 1943 P war nickle and 65 cents in clad. Keep the faith amigo can't find treasure if you don't look

Acevillav

poonpanman · Mar 30, 2007

I Live about a mile or so from this site ,and are good friends with the site mananger
I am not even allowed to hunt this great site

Troy307 · Mar 30, 2007

Hi Mike. I live in the big city of Fletcher. About 5 miles from Piqua. I don't think they allow metal detecting at Johnson's Farm, but I have thought about how good that place would be also. Back in the early 80's I got a fine for coon hunting there. Anyways, are we allowed to hunt along the canal and the parks in Piqua? Just got my new MXT today.

Troy

Troy307 · Mar 30, 2007

Kas: Interesting site

buckeyehunter · Mar 31, 2007

troy,
I am not sure about metal detecting in piqua around the parks and canal, for some reason it seems like KAS and I were discussing that and it isnt allowed

am I remembering correctly??

Best thing to do is call the parks Dept. some citys will let you, some wont, I called last year and you can hunt tipp city, have done some there, pulled out a buffalo.

Kas · Apr 1, 2007

No! you cannot hunt the Piqua city parks.

They have an ordinace, and signs posted.

GroundSnooper · Apr 1, 2007

Troy307 said:
Hi Mike. I live in the big city of Fletcher. About 5 miles from Piqua. I don't think they allow metal detecting at Johnson's Farm, but I have thought about how good that place would be also. Back in the early 80's I got a fine for coon hunting there. Anyways, are we allowed to hunt along the canal and the parks in Piqua? Just got my new MXT today. Troy

Hey Troy307, I am just up the road from you in St. Paris! Small world. We should get together and do some hunting.

Spfld01 · May 27, 2007

Hi guys
I am from the Springfield area, and I am also new to the Metal Detecting.
I have found that if the State has anything to do with a park you are not allowed to use a Metal Detector in it, unless it is around a sandy beach area.
CJ Brown State Park does have a large beach but is hunted on a regular base's. Also the Rangers watch you like a hawk and will ask you to leave if the see you near the grass with a Metal Detector. These same rangers also patrol the Clifton Gorge, & John Bryon State Park in Yellow Springs.
The Springfield City Parks are open for Metal Detecting except for the ball fields, Golfing areas or any fenced in areas.
Happy Hunting

buckeyehunter · May 28, 2007

A lot of comments have been made that there is no hunting in parks..... I am completely aware of the rules and regulations concerning parks such as this, when I started this thread there wasnt ANYTHING posted under Ohio and I just wanted to get some conversation going and although you can not hunt the park, you can hunt private property all around the park if you can gain permission and all I am saying is in this situation, who cares about the park! there is so much history in this general area that it would be incredible just to hunt any part of the area surrounding the park.

spfld - welcome to treasurenet! be careful or you will be addicted to detecting and treasurenet!

Spfld01 · May 28, 2007

Thanks Mike for the welcome.

Jack(IN) · Jun 27, 2007

I've been there and pulled my detector out...a sign say NO Metal Deterctors...check and you will see it and do what I did, put the detector away and go somewhere else!! I have noticed others have already mentioned it tho!! I have hunted Tipp City a few times and nothing but a few wheaties and clad! Found gold in Springfield and have hunte Huber Heights, Dayton and along 70 and 75 so pick a city and I've been there at least once, but not in the last year or so!!

bedpanmoneyman · Jun 27, 2007

Mike,

I live in Lebanon and took up the hobby in January. I saw where you have a brother in Clarksville and hunt there sometimes. I go through there all the time. I retired for Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington in February. I'm trying to locate better sites to hunt. SO far I've practiced in parks and have accumulated over 220 coins and other junk...ready to move on to better stuff. Have you ever hunted that old school building in Clarksville?

Bill Baecker
webland@adelphia.net

warwagon72 · Aug 3, 2007

Kas said:
Warwagon, Absolutely.

I don't think three of us could manage to hunt a hundred acres, (at least), so four of us, now set for the first trip, pending the right weekend or wheather, and who can show up, will give it a go.

The four who are interested in going might like to read this, or anyone history hungry.

http://www.tdn-net.com/tdnadmin/tdnhtml/html/genealogy/stories/hist1909/chap-02.htm

It is long, but you may understand more about the hunt area. The farm land that we'll hunt, I'm sure, was part of Johnston Prarie at the time. The mill to be hunted is close, real close, to the old fort site.

So when we four agree to go, we'll do it.

Kas

KAS,
So what's happening? When are we going hunting?

Almost to hot now.

buckeyehunter · Aug 3, 2007

i am ready anytime but guessing now better to wait until fall

treasuredog · Aug 5, 2007

Im here in leetonia ohio. I like parks mostly in the woods. Ohio is an old styate with great finds!

stringfrenzy · Aug 6, 2007

Just wanted to drop in and say hello to all the other Ohio members chatting in this thread. NW Ohio Mercer county here. I frequent quite a few forums so don't get the chance to post real often sometimes. Am always on the watch and reading though it seems.

HH to all