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| Man you are very lucky to have such a great place to detect.I live in Georgia,but finding and getting permission is difficult.Good luck in the future.
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The Civil War was fought all over the face of Georgia. Here are a couple of tips from a former resident who lived in Albany back in the early 1970s.
Along side many roads are red clay ditches for flood control. Every year, they are scraped and readied for the next year. From those ditches to where the private land begins is public right of way where you can detect. Since the roads in Georgia are blacktopped, the gullies keep the rain from undercutting the roads. Those roads are almost always from paths and wagon routes that are hundreds of years old. With all that being said, those areas of right of way contain many Civil War era relics. I have found buckets full of Munie balls and musket balls there.
When you approach a farmer (or landowner) to request permission to hunt on the land, do it between the crop seasons. Offer to remove all junk under a certain weight and size as a byproduct of your searching. Farmers all know what a chunk of scrap iron can do to a plow or other farm implements. Tell them you will flag larger pieces for them by spraying a fluorescent circle around them on the soil.
Believe it or not, with that kind of approach, you become a friend and ally instead of the enemy wanting to dig holes on the land.
No matter who you talk to, always refer to what you do as a hobby. Never, ever say that you are a treasure hunter. "A WHAT hunter? You want to take treasure from my land? Get out of here!" If you say you are an amateur historian and hobby collector of Civil War artifacts, you might just stir something inside of the person and get permission in exchange for a few finds. A win-win for everyone and good will for your community.
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It's all about that magical moment of discovery when metal that hasn't seen the light of day for generations frees itself from the soil and presents itself to me.
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