Hello. I live in York SC but I am originally from Lancaster. I am new to metal detecting, but I do have some ideas of places to hunt in my home town. I know where some cleared home sites are because one of them my grandparents lived in when I was a child. I am in my mid 40's now. The house was old because the heat and stove were from a wood burning stove. My grandmother cooked on it. My aunts and uncles grew up there and the oldest is in his 60's. I imagine the houses were built late 20's early thirties. None are there in that area now.
There is also the revolutionary war site called hanging rock. Now hanging rock itself it off limits to detecting because its a historic site. But I don't believe the actual battle took place there. What I am been able to dig up the battle actually took places several miles away at hanging rock creek. The wounded were taken to hanging rock proper.
I also heard from my father about about a place we used to fish that a small island there was home home to POWs during the civil war when they they were moving them from up north to the camp in Columbia. The stopover was near Heath Springs. I don't believe it was the small island, but a larger island that is accessible now because of the dam upstream.
Somewhere between Lancaster and Rock Hill is a ghost town I have a rough idea where, but no further information. Apparently the place was in competition with Rock Hill for the railroad. Since Rock Hill is still here and that town isn't, Rock Hill won. The scant info I have is that sometime after the 20's, the down finally disappeared. They had a post office and a main street before they did.
Most of the land headed to charlotte from Lancaster used to be plantation land. I have seen some very old maps on the internet that shows them, but man, the mapmaking was horrible back then. That was where Lancaster was first settled. Before that, it belonged to the Catawba nation. Our oldest church is up there. It's from the 1700's.
Anyone live close who would like to check out some of these places, let me know. I can't promise any finds, just someone to hunt some of these spots with.
Hey Gary ....I'm ready to mdetec ,look for arrow heads or dig bottles.......Just pulled my snake boots out all I need is someone that is ready to go ! My number is 803 622 0171 . Ellie I am in the Newberry area but dont mind traveling
