Is it legal to collect at Motor Turkey River mill town?

Restricted. The townsite is a 155-acre park owned by the Clayton County Conservation Board since 1983 and listed on the National Register; county park rules apply and detecting should not be assumed allowed.

What can you find at Motor Turkey River mill town?

Indian Head cents, Liberty Seated coins, mill and cooperage hardware, harness buckles, square nails, buttons, bottles

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Motor Turkey River mill town

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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

1867-1883 gristmill town, farm to 1903

Mill town built from 1867 by John Thompson and partners with a large gristmill, sawmill, cooperage, inn, livery barn, school and store, expecting a railroad that a flood stopped short. A major flood in 1883 ended milling, and by 1902 only 22 people lived there.View source →