Westernlegend1
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Now this picture from Bruce, is of West Avenue looking south. In a site like this several sections have good potential. The sidewalk removal shows some darker older dirt, plus the corner area should be gone over slowly. Dig all positive signals, some brass items read low and can be quite valuable. The street section has lots of gravel fill, I tend to stay out of these areas, due to past experience for me showed them to be non-productive, course your area you live at, could be different. But the road section that was scraped down below the gravel fill area is of great interest. These spots can produce Indian heads from the 1860’s as well as a possible large cent. I know an older fellow in LaCrosse who got a bust dime from an area such as this. In fact his experience from the past hunting shaved down road sections is the reason he loves to hunt them. But hey, every section is different and who ever gets in first determines who gets the goodies! When you see a road shaved down this much, remember the old time roads were dirt and mud! Whatever was lost is still there.
This picture is also a haunted site and there is a treasure story that goes with it. I'll do up the story and post it in the Wiscosnin Treasure Stories thread. The story was once told in a book called "True Tales of LaCrosse." I believe the book, or parts of it are online.
This picture is also a haunted site and there is a treasure story that goes with it. I'll do up the story and post it in the Wiscosnin Treasure Stories thread. The story was once told in a book called "True Tales of LaCrosse." I believe the book, or parts of it are online.