Midwest Silver Shootout 2025
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, September 20th, 2025
8:00 AM: Registration Opens
9:00 AM: Breakfast is Served
9:00 AM: Target Identification Starts
10:00 AM: Start of Morning Hunt
12:00 PM: End of Morning Hunt
12:00 PM: Lunch Served
12:30 PM: Morning Raffle
12:45 PM: PinPointer Buckets Starts
1:00 PM: Junior Treasure Hunt
2:00 PM: Start of Silver Hunt
4:00 PM: End of Silver Hunt
4:15 PM: Detector Throw Starts
5:00 PM: Dinner Served
6:00 PM: Evening Raffle
Dusk: Camp Fire
9:30 PM: Start of Night Hunt
Midnight: End of Night Hunt
Hunt Location:
806 W Horton Road
Kirklin, Indiana 46050
Registration Information:
Registration Fee:
Morning & Silver Metal Detecting Hunts: $115*
Midnight Metal Detecting Hunt: $15*
Registration fee is due at time of registration. We have an online event registration options through our website which will become active mid February 2025. We except credit cards over the phone or we can invoice you through PayPal or Square Payments.
Day of Hunt Registration Fee:
All registrations made on Saturday, September 20th, 2025 will be accessed a $15 Day of Hunt Registration Fee.
Activities:
• Coin Identification Challenge
• Metal Detector Throw
• Pin Pointer Bozo Buckets
Registration Contact Information:
Jeffery W. Behnke
Office: 317/964-1226
Email:
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Camping Information:
Camping is available onsite and is available Friday, September 19th, 2025 through Sunday, September 21st, 2025. When you register for the hunt please let them know if you are going to be staying in the camping area. We do have space for RV’s along with plenty of tent camping. This area is primitive camping so please make sure to bring a generator with you for power. There will be water available onsite but we do not have a dump station.
Metal Detecting Hunt Targets:
Check out the Facebook Event Page for a complete list of all targets for each hunt. As we receive additional targets, we will be listing them on the Facebook Event Page.
Higher valued targets will have a numbered target planted instead of the actual coin or target; these numbered targets that represent a specific coin or target can be exchanged during the lunch/dinner time periods or at any time during the Midnight
Metal Detecting Hunt.
Morning Metal Detecting Hunt Targets:
• Copper Wheat Pennies
• Steel Wheat Pennies
• Indian Head Pennies
• Buffalo Nickels
• Liberty V Nickels
• Shield Nickels
• 90% Silver Dimes
• 90% Silver Quarters
• 40% Silver Half Dollars
• 35% Silver War Nickels
• Tokens
• US Eagle Gold Coin
• Peace Silver Dollar (Graded)
• Morgan Silver Dollar (Graded)
• Flying Eagle Cents
• Silver Bar/Round
• Two Cent Pieces
• Three Cent Nickels
Silver Metal Detecting Hunt Targets:
• US 90% Silver US Coins
• 90% Silver Dimes
• Roosevelt Dimes
• Mercury Dimes
• Barber Dimes
• 90% Silver Quarters
• Standing Liberty Quarters
• Washington Quarters
• Barber Quarters
• 90% Silver Halve Dollars
• Barber Half Dollars
• Walking Liberty Half Dollars
• Franklin Half Dollars
• Kennedy Half Dollars
• Peace Silver Dollar (Non-Graded)
• Morgan Silver Dollar (Non-Graded)
Midnight Metal Detecting Hunt Targets:
All added targets will be surface finds, which will include the following:
• Copper Wheat Pennies
• Steel Wheat Pennies
• Indian Head Pennies
• Buffalo Nickels
• Liberty V Nickels
• Shield Nickels
• 90% Silver Dimes
• 90% Silver Quarters
• 40% Silver Half Dollars
• 35% Silver War Nickels
• Tokens
Note: All non-dug Morning Metal Detecting Hunt Targets will be fair game during the Night Metal Detecting Hunt.
All seeded targets for the Morning Metal Detecting Hunt will be planted between 2” and 6” deep in the soil. Some planted targets will be on their edge and some will be on their obverse or reverse. We have used this field prior for other hunts and there is plenty of targets remaining from our previous hunts besides the targets added for the 2025 hunt.
If you are new to metal detecting, please feel free to reach out to us prior to the event so that we have one of our knowledgeable individuals help you understand your machine. If you do not have a detector already, come by and check out what is on the market currently prior to purchasing.
*The Registration fee is to help cover the cost of the targets that have been added to the Metal Detecting Hunt Field area.
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