Is it legal to collect at Norton Furnace iron and copper works village?

Restricted. The site is part of the L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge; refuge rules apply and digging should not be assumed allowed.

What can you find at Norton Furnace iron and copper works village?

large cents, Liberty Seated and Indian Head coins, furnace slag, copper scrap, railroad spikes, buttons, square nails

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Norton Furnace iron and copper works village

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Nails and fittings

Buttons and buckles

Also reported: large cents, furnace slag.

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

1825-1890s iron furnace and copper works village

Iron furnace village on the Wading River founded in 1825, also called Copperworks Village, with 25 houses and a store by 1850 and an Old Colony Railroad station by 1871. The copper works and furnace company moved away in the 1890s; a post office lasted to 1912.View source →

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