Is it legal to collect at Llano del Rio socialist colony ruins?

Gray area. The land is split between Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation (California Historical Landmark 933) and several private owners; confirm which parcel you are on and get the owner's consent, and stay off the county parcel.

What can you find at Llano del Rio socialist colony ruins?

Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and early wheat cents, colony-era buttons, farm and tool hardware, cut and wire nails, bottles

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Llano del Rio socialist colony ruins

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Buttons and buckles

Nails and fittings

Old bottles

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and early wheat cents.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1914-1918 socialist cooperative colony

A socialist colony founded by Job Harriman in the Antelope Valley, with a hotel, meeting house and farms watered from Big Rock Creek. It was abandoned in 1918 because the water supply failed and it was too isolated, and about 60 families moved on to found New Llano, Louisiana.View source →