the ghost town of old economy

[PAPPYGOL]

in beaver county pa. a few miles north east of ambridge the town was founded in 1825. and then abandoned shortly after the turn of the century. many of its original buildings remain and some valuable artifacts have been found in this area. .... from a treasure book from 1980

 

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[deepskyal]

Old Economy Village is an historic village run by the state. Tours require $$$. Pretty neat place to visit but detecting is definately off limits there. Paid and volunteer staff conduct tours and explain how the village was. Nice gardens if you're into that. I am. Most of the area around it is developed but an old civil war hospital was along the banks of the river not far from there.
i attempted detecting there while there was also an archeological dig going on. They were finding things at about 4'.......I was finding nothing....lol
That's what you get sometimes along rivers....years of flooding and silt build-up.

Al