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Change: Add what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters. Click EasyEdit to add to this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? Sign in or sign up.)Below detailed localities, but also on the Wiki:Discussion Threads on the Wiki for Illinois   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 961)

Change: Putting a group together in the St. Louis, Mo bi-state area(Re:metal detecting)Hunting locations near St. Louis? Other Resources for Illinois on the Wiki Illinois (search) Photos Photo Albums: Click EasyEdit to add what you know. If you create another   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 876)

Change: Also on the Wiki: TREASURE HUNTING IN ILLINOISAdd what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters. Click EasyEdit to add to this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? Sign in or sign up.) What this area is known for:   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 757)

Change: minerals4. Biggest finds in this area:1.World famous Mazon Creek Fossils2. Geodes from 1" to 12" in diameter3. Rare and pricey mineral specimens from the Fluorite Mining District of southern Illinois Local appraisers:1. Name, contact info/website2.3.4. Local geocaching/treasure hunting clubs:1.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 754)

Change:  camera2.3. Helpful notes to newcomers:If you would like to dig your our fluorite specimens visit the Ben E Clements Museum across the Ohio River to Marion, Kentucky. (see Kentucky -National Directory) Location #4: (Local beach, park, etc)General description: How to get there: Grade   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 755)

Change: radius of the towns of Warsaw, Hamilton, and Nauvoo. Up to 20 different minerals can be found in the hollow rocks.Visit the Illinois Geological Survey at:http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/maps-data-pub/publications/geobits/geobit3.shtml How to get there:Search creeks, road cuts in the area around Hamilton. or visit :Jacobs Geode Shop & Mine   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 687)

Change: the middle with the tap of a hammer reveling perfectly preserved plant, insects, centipedes and millipedes. You might even find the Tully Monster. The Mazon Creek area is part of the the Francis Creek Shale formation. For more information visit the following site:http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/mazon.html How to get there:Most   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 686)

Change:  You might even find the Tully Monster.For more information visit the following site:http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/mazon.html How to get there:Most of the fossils come from the Mazon Creek area of Grundy, Will, Kankakee, and   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 685)

Change: mid-west.world. The tailing piles of coal strip mines of Northeast Illinois contain strange nodules of siderite. These nodules will split easily along middle with the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 681)