Is it legal to collect at Forestville bypassed mill and store town?

Prohibited, look only. The site is inside a state park and operated as a historic site by the Minnesota Historical Society; detecting is not allowed.

What can you find at Forestville bypassed mill and store town?

Indian Head cents, Liberty Seated coins, store tokens, square nails, harness buckles, mill hardware, buttons, bottles

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Forestville bypassed mill and store town

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Nails and fittings

Buttons and buckles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).

Why this spot

1852-1910 mill and market village

Settled in 1852, Forestville gained saw and grist mills, stores, a blacksmith and hotels before the railroad bypassed it in 1868. By 1880 only 55 people remained, the Meighen family bought out the whole town, and their store closed in 1910.View source →

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