Hi, the hunting around Benton is not too bad, seems that all the old schools and churcheseverybody knows about have been hit and cleaned out years ago, I have hit quite a few private yards and did pretty good. They bulldozed the old fairgrounds area and are building a large housing subdivision on it, but the old fairgrounds were cleaned out in the 1970's from what I have heard but I'm sure those old detectors missed a bunch). they bulldozed about 12-14 inches of the entire top layer of dirt and piled it in the rear or the development. That would have been great to search( I have permission) but the first 8-10 inches where all the coins and good stuff would have been is now at the bottom of a pile of dirt about 10 feet high and 200 feet long. Too make matters worse, they are not going to spread it out, they are going to leave it as a small hill or something for landscaping purposes!!
p.s. My father recently gave me a map from 1921 that shows only the roads, schools, and churches in Franklin and part of Jefferson county, so I'm hoping I can find some virgin grounds ripe for the picking!!!!
