Detecting old schools

[TampaTroy]

Does anyone here detect old school grounds? Do you get the OK from someone or just go on a weekend if unfenced? Ever run into trouble?

 

[BryanM362]

I detect old schools, especially the old one room 1800's schools. I have hit at least 3 of them recently. The first 2 were a bust, the one I'm currently hunting, has been my best site ever! As far as schools that are still active, I might try on a weekend, or during summer break.

Some of the finds from the 1879 school, over the last 2 weeks:

1848 Large Cent
1853, 1886 Seated Dimes
1896 Barber Quarter
2 V Nickels
2 Buffalo Nickels
1 no date Shield Nickel
about 20 Wheat Penny's
1915 Canadian Large Cent in same hole with old pcket knife
1 really rough Indian Head Penny
4-1940's Mercs.
1 decorative metal button.

I'll post pics on here when I am further along with hunting this spot.

Some other odds and ends too, but definetly recommend trying them!

 

[TampaTroy]

I need to look for sites like that. The one I'm looking at is an active school in a rural area. It's old but there's a lot of activity around it.

 

[BryanM362]

Yeah these kind of sites are rare!

 

[The Dig Dig]

Old schools are I just wish they wouldn't fence them off around here in Tampa.

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[TampaTroy]

It seems like everything in the older parts of Tampa are either fenced or posted. That's why I'm looking further afield out into the old farming towns.