Just throwing out another possible group hunt location. Take a look at Big Hill Park in Beloit. The park dates back to the 1920's and is almost 200 acres. Plenty of open area as well as wooded terrain along the Rock River.
Just throwing out another possible group hunt location. Take a look at Big Hill Park in Beloit. The park dates back to the 1920's and is almost 200 acres. Plenty of open area as well as wooded terrain along the Rock River.
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The Green County Fair grounds finally got back to me and they do not allow metal detecting on the grounds.
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BummerOriginally Posted by Fire Fighter 43
So whats plan "? We can either try the other park there in Monroe (Twining Park) or the place that Milco suggested in Beloit (Big Hill Park)
I'm easy. You guys choose. Either ones fine with me.
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Hi all! New to this forum. Im in southern wisconsin, near Madison. If either of the parks mentioned are State parks, then they are off limits. If not, contact the city of Monroe or Beloit to see about permission if they are city parks. I would be interested in joining a group dig also!
Hey DetectorDanG
You know this whole thing kinda fell through.It would be cool to try and set something up again this spring.
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And I would definitely be up for joining in this time! It would only be a couple hours drive for me.Hey DetectorDanG
You know this whole thing kinda fell through.
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In the fall I started to look for a place that we could have a Am Det group hunt but did not have much luck. Maybe some of you Midwesterners may know of a place in your area. I was looking for an old scout/youth camp or Fair/ carnival grounds something along those lines where there would be enough room for a big group to hunt for a weekend. It would also have to have the potential for some older coins. What do you think?
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Would there be room for one more? I'm willing to overnight road trip for good finds!
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Don't think I haven't been looking at this..... It would be great to get together with you guys/gals. Could always use a few tips and tricks..
Cool!
Don't worry Jordan, if it happens... we can make room for a Buckeye or two....or three.... or....
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I'll throw out a couple ideas, no idea if any are viable though.
Jo Daviess Co Fairgrounds - Warren
Camp Canyon Boy Scout Camp - near Stockton
Freeport parks?
Maybe someone on here has some connections to the first two and could help us with permission.
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Thanks Milco, the camp and the fairgrounds sound interesting. The camps website states it was founded in 1932 and it is 283 acres. They also have cabins for rent so it could hold a bigger group. If no one objects I will make a call this week and see if they would let us hunt it and what weekends would be available.
Does anyone know anymore history about these sites? Usually scout camps were something else before the scouts bought the land. I'm sure the fairgrounds is old but how much is virgin ground and how much has it been hunted in the past.
Thanks again Milco for your imput hopefully we can make this happen this year.
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Yeah! Thanks Darren thumbsup01
I don't have any objections to either of the sites. \
No. But I'll do a little lookin' around into the history of the sites too. See if I can find anything
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FF43, thanks for making the call on the scout camp. I really think that may be the best option for a group outing if they would let us on there. Not much there but woods and riverbank going way, way back. I keep researching in the meantime. It would be ideal if we could get a scout map of the camp from the 1930's or 1940's showing where the various campsites were. These maps do exist, as I have seen them before for other scout camps. We just gotta keep checking in on this and make this group hunt happen. Sometime in May or June I think would be ideal.
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I would also add this is about 1-1/2 hours from Dubuque and about 2-1/2 hours from Milwaukee. Not quite half way, but I would make the trip for a good site and to meet some AD MDers.
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1946 aerial of camp area.
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I am new to metal detecting and I am tyring to find some places to hunt. I live in the Chicago area but my family owns property not far from the Wisconsin Dells. About 10 minutes from the property is an old school house that is abandoned. The are many broken windows on the building. There is also a small fenced in area where it appears a small playground use to be. Anyone interested in meeting up and hunting this with me?
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