Volunteers dig up history in field near Colona Tom Loebel and a group of about a dozen volunteers spent Sunday sifting through a Quad Cities field, hoping to find artifacts dating back more than 9,000 years. Author: Josh Lamberty (WQAD) Updated: 11:18 PM CDT May 9, 2021 COLONA, Ill. — In a big field near Colona, a group of about a dozen volunteers is searching for small signs of history. "It’s a big puzzle," said Kenny Hipskind. "And some of the pieces are missing." Hipskind first found artifacts in the field in 2000, along with his son. He brought some of what he found to an archaeologist.