flinthunter
Well-known member
Star and I were in a small town today in Western Illinois. This town was established around 1830.
We were looking at a large open area right against the old business district with signs of several foundations and thinking, wow,what an awesome spot to detect. We decided to find a local resident that might be able to direct us to the owner of the property. We found an older lady that pointed across the street and said yes, that woman over there is the person you need to talk to. We thanked her and quickly moved to introduce ourselves and explain our intentions to the lady across the street.
She told us that the property was owned by the local historical society and that she was a board member. My hopes were immediately dashed because as we know, it is very difficult if not impossible to gain access to property owned by an historical organization. She then said that it was fine with her but we needed to talk to the rest of the board members who just happened to be in the cafe across the street. We went in and I explained what we wanted to do and they all agreed that we could hunt the property if we would donate anything we thought might be important to the historical society. We readily agreed.
I feel that there is a good possibility that this property has never been detected. We can't wait to find out. It runs a full block long by about a half block wide. Now all we need is some rain.
We were looking at a large open area right against the old business district with signs of several foundations and thinking, wow,what an awesome spot to detect. We decided to find a local resident that might be able to direct us to the owner of the property. We found an older lady that pointed across the street and said yes, that woman over there is the person you need to talk to. We thanked her and quickly moved to introduce ourselves and explain our intentions to the lady across the street.
She told us that the property was owned by the local historical society and that she was a board member. My hopes were immediately dashed because as we know, it is very difficult if not impossible to gain access to property owned by an historical organization. She then said that it was fine with her but we needed to talk to the rest of the board members who just happened to be in the cafe across the street. We went in and I explained what we wanted to do and they all agreed that we could hunt the property if we would donate anything we thought might be important to the historical society. We readily agreed.
I feel that there is a good possibility that this property has never been detected. We can't wait to find out. It runs a full block long by about a half block wide. Now all we need is some rain.
