The winter group hunt will be at Brandywine Springs Park in New Castle Delaware. When you google maps the park, it says state park. I can 100% assure you that it is false. There are two Brandywine Springs parks. One is a state park and the other is not. The park google maps shows you is the correct park for our hunt but it is not the state park.

Brandywine Springs Park was an amusement park from 1891-1924. However the ground at which was the amusement park has history all the way back to the Revolutionary War. 12,000 of George Washington's soldiers camped along the Red Clay Creek. Also there was an actual spring located there that brought people from far and wide to feel the "healing" powers of the spring. There also was a hotel on the property that began in 1830.

The park has been hunted hard and I mean real hard. But I know there are still lots to be found. The one time I was there with my AT Pro I managed to find an 1897 Indian Head as well as a couple early wheats. The trick here will be to get into the areas that many others havent tried. Also to go slowly and allow your detector to get to the most likely deeper finds.

Also I have secured our group hunt to be sponsored by New England Detectors. Andrew will provide us with some nice prizes. I am somehow thinking about incorporating those prizes into somehow raffling them off and making the friends of Brandywine Park as the beneficiaries. Also many of you have asked me to start and actual club bearing the Tri State Hunters name. Maybe this will be a platform to start this. We could also make each group hunt we do help a local charity. I would like to get around 6 group hunts in this year.

Brandywine Springs is at the corner of Rt 34 Faulkland Rd and Rt 41 Newport Gap Pike. I would like to begin the hunt at 9am. I am open about food as well. I know Rob aka PaHunter wanted to do something along the lines of a cookout. I am not sure as to what things would be there to support this. We have time to figure that out and I can contact the parks division in Delaware to see about needing a permit for a pavillion if they have one.

Since NED has decided to sponsor this event, I would really like to see at least 30 people show up. We currently have 81 members in this group making us the second largest group on this site. I will ask some of the core members of this group to help me email others in the group as well.

Below are a couple links to help get you aquainted with the hunt site...

History of the park area...http://www.mywikibiz.com/Brandywine_Springs

Friends of Brandywine Springs...http://www.fobsde.org/

Please sign in here if you plan on attending. If you say you will attend, please mark it on your calenders so we have a maximum turnout. I cant wait to see many familiar faces as well as meet many of the newer members of this group. Thanks all and HH

Sean aka The Jersey Digger...

I plan to attend

I plan to attend. Thanks for organizing it.

I will be there.

Glad to hear guys. Such short responses though? I dont hear any excitement...lol

I'd like to be there -- it's on my calendar.

Oh, and WAHOO!

Finally some excitement...lol

I will be there as well! Looking forward to it actually.

Count me in. Sounds like a great place to hunt. Just wondering how well you know the park? Like you said we will want to find the areas that might have been less covered!

I dont know it well enough to say where has or has not been hunted. It is all woods where the amusement park was. It is down a steep hill. At the top of the hill is a regular park. Look at one of the links I provided. It has a map of what the park looked like. I just know it has been hunted hard. Oh and by the way, about 5 years ago a guy in the club I am in found a $5 gold coin there. Just food for thought...

Wow now i'm going to be dreaming about gold until march 24th!!!! Can't wait!

I'm in - how long of a drive is it from Phila?

I'm in.

It is about 45 mins or so from Philly I guess...

Almost hour and a half from me but an easy drive.

Put me down

Thanks for setting this up Sean!

I'll bring some cases of water. Let me know if you need any other help.

A pavillion is available but it will cost $85. I dont know for how long either. My suggestion is everybody bring their own food and we can use a pavillion if nobody is there or we can just sit somewhere else in the park...What do you all think?

Sounds good to me. If you need anything from me let me know please.

yeah i say everyone bring a lunch & lawn chair