You could say I'm not even started yet, but well prepared. I live in west central Wisconsin, the driftless area ( not touched by glaciers) I have always had a fascination with finding things after digging up an old indian arrow head in my parents yard at 5 years old. I'm 25 now, and am really getting back into it. For the past 6 months I have been doing research on the history of this general area, take drives on backroads, talking to older people from the area, looking at old and new maps for comparisons, reading old newspapers, If only I had researched this well in school.. LOL It's the middle of winter right now, and very cold, so no going out yet. I don't even have a metal detector yet. I have about 20 different places to search over the spring/summer, including an old school site, 3 old farmsteads, a few places along/on the Mississippi river, the site of an old town that burned in the late 1800's, and one that I might have trouble getting to/getting permission, is cave on the side of a bluff, using binoculars, I can see an old wooden chair in it... very interesting.
I think this area should turn up some very interesting finds, it's not heavily populated, but it has been highly traveled for a very long time. I'm working on finding the owners of everything and getting permission to go searching, hopefully I have good luck with that as well.
If anyone else is in my area, it would be really neat to hear some stories!
I think this area should turn up some very interesting finds, it's not heavily populated, but it has been highly traveled for a very long time. I'm working on finding the owners of everything and getting permission to go searching, hopefully I have good luck with that as well.
If anyone else is in my area, it would be really neat to hear some stories!
. Just stay off any state land and you will be fine. Good luck !
