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Late Date One-Room Schoolhouse

miserman

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I spend a lot of my hunting time searching farm fields that once had one-room schoolhouses on them. Most of the schools were consolidated in the early 1920's and the schoolhouses were either torn down or in some cases used as storage buildings for hay and corn. These sites are great spots for Indian Heads, early date Wheat Cents along with V-Nickles and early date Buffalo Nickles. This week I hunted with the Fisher F75 in 2L Tones at one of these sites that I found on several 1880's maps. When they stop showing upon the later maps, it is a good clue that they were no longer being used. This site seemed rather strange because no Indian Heads were dug and several of the Wheats were from the 1940's along with a 1942 War Nickel and a 1944 Mercury Dime. This is the first time I have come across this type of date arrangement....Thanks for looking
 

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I spend a lot of my hunting time searching farm fields that once had one-room schoolhouses on them. Most of the schools were consolidated in the early 1920's and the schoolhouses were either torn down or in some cases used as storage buildings for hay and corn. These sites are great spots for Indian Heads, early date Wheat Cents along with V-Nickles and early date Buffalo Nickles. This week I hunted with the Fisher F75 in 2L Tones at one of these sites that I found on several 1880's maps. When they stop showing upon the later maps, it is a good clue that they were no longer being used. This site seemed rather strange because no Indian Heads were dug and several of the Wheats were from the 1940's along with a 1942 War Nickel and a 1944 Mercury Dime. This is the first time I have come across this type of date arrangement....Thanks for looking
 
Went back to the late date one-room schoolhouse yesterday with the F75 and hunted closer to the road. The coins were still somewhat "modern" in this area but I was able to find 5 Indian Heads that are all from the early 1900's. Six of the eleven Wheats are from the 1940's and the other five are from the 20's and 30's. I have not found any coins with 1800's dates. The silver coins were once again somewhat newer for a site that dates from the 1880's and closed in the 1920's. One possibility may be that when the school was discontinued it was used for some other activity.....Thanks for looking
 

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