Martin_V3i
Elite Member
My city, the county seat, has always had a trades days, outside market place, in business since the 1870. The owners have announced that it will be out of business after this Decembers first Monday events. I recall someone having said that the old city downtown was actually referenced there once but it has always been a sprawled out flea market since my 30 years here. Something like 90 spots for sellers.
Such a shame how landmarks and historic sites like this can be lost so fast. I might have be able to spend the remainder of my detecting time there "peeling the onion" on a place with monthly gatherings for over a hundred years. The Mercs alone had to be all over.
Anyway, it is apparently being bought by Baylor Scott for a medical building and I can only expect speedy bulldozing and development will ensue. That place must have layers upon layers of "in ground treasures" after all of these decades. The 1870s is a long time ago, with monthly gatherings over time. The locals in discussions on-line figure it is progress and property taxes that ran the business out and for sale. Regardless, cement and asphalt and a new medical building will consume it.
Are there ways to still get a detector in there?
Such a shame how landmarks and historic sites like this can be lost so fast. I might have be able to spend the remainder of my detecting time there "peeling the onion" on a place with monthly gatherings for over a hundred years. The Mercs alone had to be all over.
Anyway, it is apparently being bought by Baylor Scott for a medical building and I can only expect speedy bulldozing and development will ensue. That place must have layers upon layers of "in ground treasures" after all of these decades. The 1870s is a long time ago, with monthly gatherings over time. The locals in discussions on-line figure it is progress and property taxes that ran the business out and for sale. Regardless, cement and asphalt and a new medical building will consume it.
Are there ways to still get a detector in there?