Hey Nathan,
I'm new to the forum and metal detecting myself, but i grew up in tallahasse and can tell you that you have landed smack in the middle of plantation/farm country as well as just north of the only confederate capitol, east of the Mississippi, not captured during the civil war. Take the historical maps and compare them to old topo maps to help locate old homesites. Take a drive on rural county roads looking for big oak trees with wild azalea bushes, dogwood trees that line up old roses etc... these are old homesites, FIND THE PROPERTY OWNER and ask permission to hunt . Take a drive to lake miccosukee, on the way there you'll see three little square houseson the right these are old sharecropper houses built in the 20,s or 30,s where the old plantations were, they are still lived in by some black folks but most people out there are very nice and if asked would probably let you hunt. If you have pets or like to garden etc... start going to the feed/hardware stores and buy your dog food or garden supplies there, you'll get feed cheaper and can make contacts for farmers, plantation managers. Also take those old maps and find where there are subdivisions being built on old plantations and indian settlements, find the builder and ask permission to walk the footers of the foundations for indian artifacts. i'm styuck in north ga. on a constr. project now be back in a couple of months, I'll help you when i get back. later, fldiver
