What to look for library research

[TN_INDIAN]

Found a location where a old school may have been in Gold dust Tn. But cant find any info online. What do i need to look for at the public library? Also im looking for anyone that wants to M with me. Im in Ripley Tn. THANKS!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

If you're talking about a 1-room country school house , you may simply not find much of anything written about it, aside from a dot on old topo maps . There were just so many of them that came and went in the old days , often just a dozen or so kids sometimes. They're usually not good for detecting, unless they doubled for other adult usages (church , dance hall, etc... ). But. .... hey .... doesn't hurt to try it

 

[DeerStalker]

Not sure about in TN, but here in IN, I look at old Township maps and it shows where all the old School houses were. Then I overlay the old map on a new one and can match up where they are now. Funny thing is, here in my County, most of them are still standing and are either just empty, or being used for storage by the farmer that currently owns it.

 

[TN_INDIAN]

got a inside tip there has been old coins and arrowheads found at this location but not exactlly sure where at. got directions but not pinpointed yet.

 

[TN_INDIAN]

not sure how big a school it was but do no that theres a long creek and pond near by. plan onsearching the seems to b mile long creek when snakes goes n holes even tho i do have knee high snake boots lol. HATE SNAKES. Also this place is about 3 miles from the famous fort pillow town where theres long history of the civil war was carried out.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

got a inside tip there has been old coins and arrowheads found at this location ............

Not sure how long you've been metal detecting, and I don't mean to be a kill-joy, but .... let me tell you: After you've been at this for long enough, you will have accumulated enough stories of "sure fired treasure" and the like, to fill a book. Lots of people will come up to you when you're detecting, and have sure-fire stories and leads. I wish I had a dime for every lead and story persons tell me And each one, of course, is "iron clad" in the view of the person telling it (because afterall, they heard it form a person who heard it from a person who heard it from .. well, you get the pix).

But by all means, give it a try.

 

[gunner45]

Best answer I can give is talk to some older folks and go to some historical society meetings in the local town

 

[savant365]

Golddust School (historical) (in Lauderdale County, TN)

This site shows where it was on the map. I have no idea how accurate these are though.

http://lauderdale.tn.reportallusa.c...0005088&region=Lauderdale+County+tn&sr_page=1

This one shows who the current owners of the property around it are. I would ask them if they know anything about the old school and if you can detect the area. I also noticed there was an old church just south of the school.

Good luck,

Charlie

 

[TN_INDIAN]

wow guys u went out of the way to help a newbie out KOOL and im sure good deeds will come yalls way!!!!

 

[TN_INDIAN]

AWESOME RESEARCH guys!!! If any of u r this away and i get permission then feel free to join me.we call this place dwn here the bottom land has lots of history dwn here. The Ms river is a stone throw away from this school and lot of indians lived here includeing my dad which was half indian half german yea i kno crazy mix huh lol.

 

[savant365]

Wish I could but I don't travel anymore. Just post plenty of pictures of what you find and that'll be good enough.

HH Charlie

 

[TN_INDIAN]

will do. went scouting the area out today and will post pics later after i clean the stuff up. maybe sum old stuff maybe not. havent used MD yet as im trying to find out where to start if i can. theres corn 6 feet tall at the location rite now but finding cool stuff n the ditches close to the site.

 

[TN_INDIAN]

srry guy but looks like i got spammed lol. Will post pics of all my stuff i found after i clean it up sum. Been MDing pretty hard since the heat spell let up.

 

[lobsterman]

Be sure to search well around any stone walls that may be near old churches and schools.

 

[TN_INDIAN]

thanks for the tip thank u very much