Do you guys hunt rail roads?

[Deputy Dave]

Try hunting all the creek and river crossing along the route. I just recently dug a coin cache at an old homesite, which was about 50 yrds. From a RR bridge that crossed a creek. If the tracks were used durring the Civil War it's a good chance that they had pickets posted near them to protect them.

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[Sluice hunter]

I was also wondering about hunting along RR. I live in a very small town in Ohio and there was a depot built here in the 1850's. The tracks are long gone and theres plans to turn the route into "rails to trails" but theres still the old building and the route is clear. Anyone had any luck on RR?

[dustytrails123]

Theres lots of rail road depo's around me some standing some torn down ...the problen is all the iron my detector cant handle it but if it could id be at some of these depo's

[ncsilverspider]

I'm a Norfolk Southern freight rail conductor and I lose things all the time climbing up and down on cars. You have to be incredibly careful though because ANY RR property is considered federal property. Many rails often look abandoned, the tracks can look ragged as all #@! but it may be used once a week, once a month, only at night, you never know. just be careful, remember we can't stop like a car or 18 wheeler and can't steer around you. look,listen,live

As everyone else has said, most railroads are government property. You may want to check before going around them. Couple of guys who were just watching trains were asked to leave because it was gov. property.
I have many old rr's wher I live and I am just dying to hunt them, as there was a shop for steamers here but it's state property! I live along the old Southern Route, and have a passion for the Southern and dream of finding rr relics (huge trainnut here). I can't say so sure for you, but good luck, and let us know if you find anything!

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