New Illinois Fairgrounds Video in Hd And story behind it.

[MinelabIowa]

Did some research last winter and had some time to check out my findings. I drove to the town where the pre civil war fairgrounds once stood and made a contact. I was told that yes that there was once a fairgrounds there. I recieved permission and made the trip to the fairgrounds Saturday. Dennis H joined me for a 8 hour hunt. I found a 1852 three cent coin and a 1857 flying eagle one cent coin. I also found a 1937 merc. We where told there was a ball field in the thirties was there once. It was turned into a farm field after that. We had a great time. Dennis found a 1856 half dime. We will be back once the corn is down.

 

[MinelabIowa]

1857 Flying eagle and 1852 three cent coin.

 

[MinelabIowa]

Back of the coins.

 

[MinelabIowa]

Flying Eagle penny

 

[MinelabIowa]

1852 Three cent coin.

 

[MinelabIowa]

New illinois Fairgrounds 10-22-11

 

[MinelabIowa]

Photo my contact took.

 

[jkress]

:shocked04: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
What an incredible hunt Joe. Three jaw droppers in one hunt. <:
A LC, Flying Eagle and a 3 Cent piece. :drool: :smitten:
It's great to hear you and Dennis had a very successful hunt.
Congratulations sir.

 

[MinelabIowa]

Thanks for the kind words Joe! Still on cloud nine what a day!

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Yep, those are three amazing coins that are seldom found! Congrats on the great research and terrific finds! I can't wait to see what you find after the corn gets harvested!

Illinois, you say? Hmmm... :thinkingabout:

:behave:

 

[milco]

Congrats on a great hunt! I am always thrilled to see great research pay off! Sometimes the research is almost as fun as the hunt itself!!

 

[DennisH]

Had a great time!!! Thanks for the invite and the lead in to this web site, the site looks great from what I have seen so far.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Had a great time!!! Thanks for the invite and the lead in to this web site, the site looks great from what I have seen so far.

Welcome to American Detectorist, Dennis! Glad to have you here, and congrats on that awesome half dime! It was really a treat getting to see it still stuck in the dirt clod like that! Amazing find!

 

[Epi-hunter]

:wow: :wow: :wow: And did I mention, wow?! |:cheering:

What an awesome day!!! I would still be flying high.

And welcome Dennis! Great to have you here, and congratulations on the beautiful half dime!

That looks like an excellent, peaceful, fun place to hunt. erfect10:

 

[jkress]

Had a great time!!! Thanks for the invite and the lead in to this web site, the site looks great from what I have seen so far.

Hey there Dennis. It's really great to have you here. It's been a while since seeing you last.

Congrats on your half dime... I'm sure you have more goodies from this hunt with Joe to share with us. :->

 

[Cheap Thrills]

Welcome Joe and Dennis , great finds ,pictures and video.I love seeing those large fields .
It looks like you are in for many more nice finds and I hope to see future videos from you .
Thanks for sharing your great hunt . erfect10: thumbsup01

:groovy:

 

[MinelabIowa]

Thank you all for the excellent comments! I hope to have many more banner days in the future!

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on some very nice finds! That field looks too big for just two guys, so let me know if you need some help,LOL.

 

[Mudder]

Joe welcome to the forum and thanks for showing us the incredible pictures and video. Look like a wonderful site that should produce for a long time. Congratulations on the great finds especially the Eagle, they don't turn up too often. Congratulations. |) |) |) :clapping: :clapping:

 

[tanacat]

First off, welcome to the forum! Those are 2 coins you don't see here on AD too often, the trime and flying eagle :clapping: Amazing that you found them in such a huge open area :shocked04:stretcher:

And congrats to Dennis on the half dime! I bet you guys were doing a lot of happy dances :happydance01: happydance02 <:

Great research and excellent video! Look forward to more posts from you.