WIDirtFishing
Sr. Member
- Apr 29, 2010
- 322
- 129
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox 800
Past:
Tesoro Tiger Shark
Tesoro Silver uMax
AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Today I drove 2 hours to get to the site where Justice caught up with the Younger Brothers. Just South of La Salle, MN lies a narrow dirt road. Off that dirt road an inconspicuous roadside memorial sits. The area is dedicated to the "Madelia Seven" and their capture of the Younger Gang after they failed to rob the Northfield Bank with Jesse and Frank James.
I reached out to the current land owner and after much convincing he agreed to let me use my metal detector and see if there was anything worth finding. The agreement was I would donate any finds of significance to the Historical Society and stay the best I could on the game trails. I couldn't agree fast enough!
When I arrived I was greeted by the memorials and pictures of those involved. The area is extremely overgrown and I knew if I was sticking to the game trials I might be out of luck, but forged ahead anyways hoping I could find some low spots or get to the riverbank itself and do some diggin. I also did a little research before I left and had old plats and topo maps overlayed from Google Earth. I was set and ready to go! I hunted for about 3 hours and didn't come up with much. Most interest is the iron piece and the bullet casings. The Iron piece I will clean up when I have time and the bullet casings I am currently doing research on to see if I can get what style or caliber of rifle they came from. They say "I NI S" on tome or "I NI 2" and have two stars connected by a line at the bottom.
All in all, It was an honor to MD such a historic site and hopefully I will get to go back one day and try again. A big THANK YOU to the private land owner who didn't have to let me out there, but trusted me!
As for the tools I used, an Equinox 600, set to mainly Field 2 or All Metal mode.
Thanks for lookin!
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
I reached out to the current land owner and after much convincing he agreed to let me use my metal detector and see if there was anything worth finding. The agreement was I would donate any finds of significance to the Historical Society and stay the best I could on the game trails. I couldn't agree fast enough!
When I arrived I was greeted by the memorials and pictures of those involved. The area is extremely overgrown and I knew if I was sticking to the game trials I might be out of luck, but forged ahead anyways hoping I could find some low spots or get to the riverbank itself and do some diggin. I also did a little research before I left and had old plats and topo maps overlayed from Google Earth. I was set and ready to go! I hunted for about 3 hours and didn't come up with much. Most interest is the iron piece and the bullet casings. The Iron piece I will clean up when I have time and the bullet casings I am currently doing research on to see if I can get what style or caliber of rifle they came from. They say "I NI S" on tome or "I NI 2" and have two stars connected by a line at the bottom.
All in all, It was an honor to MD such a historic site and hopefully I will get to go back one day and try again. A big THANK YOU to the private land owner who didn't have to let me out there, but trusted me!
As for the tools I used, an Equinox 600, set to mainly Field 2 or All Metal mode.
Thanks for lookin!
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr
La Salle, MN by T Johnson, on Flickr