Is it legal to collect at Ricketts sawmill company town?

Prohibited, look only. Part of the townsite lies within Ricketts Glen State Park, where detecting is not allowed, and ownership of the rest is not confirmed.

What can you find at Ricketts sawmill company town?

Barber coins, Indian Head cents, sawmill and logging hardware, railroad spikes, buttons, bottles

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Ricketts sawmill company 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

1890-1913 lumber company town

Sawmill town built in 1890 on Mehoopany Creek for the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company, with 800 people at its peak and a Lehigh Valley Railroad branch from 1893. The mills closed in 1913 when the timber ran out and the last house came down in the 1930s.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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