Good Spot To Detect At?

sublime118,

You're talking about Chippewa Lake. I was there in the early to mid-60's. I wish I could hunt it too. Have you seen the website on it?

http://www.forgottenoh.com/Chippewa/chippewa.html

From that website, you may be able to determine the actual owner and get written permission.

I am from Idaho (Boise area) --- can anyone tell me of a good place to start detecting.

Grandmaks, everything that pls said is correct. The problem is that most people who get bitten by the bug, look to those places first (That being said there is no such thing as a hunted out site). In addition to that getting a good 1800's map of your area and finding out where this were back then is a great idea. I did that about 12 years ago when I was living in PA. There were about 40 homesites that I never would have known existed had I not looked on the maps. I took over 200 pre-1900 coins out of the ground from those sites. If your looking for Large cents and seated silver old foundations are a great idea. Sometimes all that is there is a field with no foundation remaining. I try to find the general area, then use your detector to look for the nails. When you start to hit a large concentration of nails your usually on the right track. Square nails are a good sign!