Day 2 at the Boy Scouts camp, I cleaned house!!!!!

[treasurefiend]

Never let anybody ever tell you that a location has been hunted out!!!! So far I have heard that the place closed down in the 60's, 70's and the 80's, And I heard that it was opened in the 20's. I ran into some people MD'ing, they said they have been hitting that place for years and years and that it all about dried up!!! They said they used to find Standing Liberty quarters all of the time, same with half dollars. I haven't found any coins yet, but I haven't even touched the field yet. I have just been hunting around the edge of the tree line (by the big trees).
I went back to the Boy Scout camp today, I was all over the place. But it paid off!!!!
I found 6 Bollo's (Neckerchief holders) a pocket knife, large button, small glass jar, an old lock, a aluminium token dated 1945 its hard to read (corrosion) but it says something about the war and waist paper and has Dwight D. Eisenhower on it and it has the Boy Scouts symbol on it, and some kind of belt holder.
My favorite is the Bollo with the Statue of Liberty on it. It says "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty".
I tried to get a good pic of the token, but Its too small and I cant focus my camera to see the writing on it.

 

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[Lookn4Seated]

Treasure,
Nice finds there bud. I'm in Chicago as well by belmont and harlem and have been looking for a hunting partner. I will be in Califronia until the end of April, but after that, we should get out on a hunt or two.

 

[treasurefiend]

Yea, that would be great, let me know when you are back in town.

 

[bomber]

treasurefiend=HARDCORE,can't believe ya went back on sat after 6 Pilsners Urquills ,i was out by 8:30 :P :P

 

[Bridge End Farm]

nice digs again

 

[civilman1]

Nice going on the slide's,I can't believe they lose so many without knowing it.The one piece look's like a rope tensioner for a tent.Good Haul

 

[msleeper]

Nice Finds!!! Where did you score the slides? Did you hit somewhere we did not? Considering how hard that has been hit, you did GREAT!!!!

Mark

 

[treasurefiend]

Remember the 2 long hills, well the hill farthest to the West, I hunted all the way to the end. At the end it was like a swamp, I was in mud past my ankels and I found most everything there in the muck. My detector was going crazy I thought it was trash, but I just kept pulling out slides and the other stuff. Hey guys I also found 3 or 4 wells, I was walking around the tree line, they arn't deep, atleast they have stuff inside of them so I can't tell how deep they are, I can see down maybe 3 feet and they are about 3 feet across and stone lined. But I spent a good 5 hours in the swamp. If you guys want to go back I can show you the wells.

 

[Hunter]

Now thats one big haul! Way to go!

 

[Johnny Cache Hunter]

Very nice assortment, looks like you had a great day!

How did those Bollo's ring out... I would imagine like a quarter?
If they did, that alone tells you the place is far from hunted out, after all who wouldn't dig a quarter.


Happy Hunting,

Johnny Cache

 

[lonewolfe]

Outstanding digs for a hunted out camp

HH

 

[treasurefiend]

Oh actually they rang on a dime!!!! The bad thing was that old tin cans on the site also rang on dime, bit it was worth the false diggs!!!!

 

[Mental Granny]

Fantastic finds cant wait to see what you find next time!

 

[wisconsinACE]

Awesome selection! Good job

 

[bomber]

ya found 3 of a kind! sweet...........oops sorry 6 of a kind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!