Coin Striker
Junior Member
Growing up from the time I can remember we went every year to the Ionia Free Fair. There may be some coins there from a long time ago but you can bet when they did tear downs of the fair each year from the late 60s on bunches of people showed up to detect the grounds. Seems I remember them building up the one side where they parked under big trees back when. with water raising up from the river during flooding I think coins have sunk out of sight . Best bet would be up around where the rides are. My old friend Bob Johnson from Steelcase probably detected that fairground . Bob got lots of information on fairgrounds. He told me about where the fair grounds were in Lowell back in the 1800s but I am not sure where anymore. Great story about his kid dragging his detector and finding three old silver dollars.
M6 Mike
The Lowell fairgrounds are great to hit every year when they roll out of town after a week. I have never travelled down to Ionia for detecting because I know that the grounds get flooded every year. The good stuff is probably 6 feet down, lol.