Diggin History #1 - Metal detecting an old Boy Scout camp in Chicago

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Uploaded by on Apr 2, 2008

3/30/08 A group of us from "TreasureNet" went out to this site last weekend. I have never been there before so I was excited to go!!! The place opened in our best guesses in the 20's and closed in the 60's. The foundations and fire pits are still there, but its all overgrown with trees and tall grass. I just started metal detecting on March 8th and so far I only went to tot lots and schools. I did find a 18kt mans wedding band on my 2nd hunt and a small 10kt gold earing, and $28 worth in clad coins. This was my first time on a group hunt and also my first time relic hunting. I had a blast, when I fund my first slide, I ran accross the field screaming like a little kid, the other guys got a kick out of it!!! For the first 50 sec its a slide show, then it goes into my video. enjoy

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  • Congrats on the finds!  I enjoyed the video!

  • Good job on the video. Great finds!

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  • ive never seen or used a metel detecter in real life but i would love to.

    i think that the lok and the statue of liberety badge were the 2 best finds

  • the wolf is a Cub Scout bandanna tie

  • Awesome Scout finds, especially that neat Liberty slide buckle, There is an old stone GirlScout cabin in the cabin in the woods next to my new HS I hope to get up there and hopefully find some slides. My mom was one in the sixties and has some old medals from it. :)

  • Congrats Great hope you do more .

  • Nice job! Some really interesting finds.

  • The bottle looks like one of the bottles that water purification or iodine tablets came in. Use to keep them handy when I was in scouts.

  • i see u got some webelos/bobcat neck slides!

  • i wonder if you saw cops coming IF you didn't know its mr brother in law youd be scared think what the hell did i do wrong ! or thinking of excuses XD

  • The belt thing is actually the male part of a hip belt for a backpack.

  • I found one of those brown bottles in my backyard before!

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