Treasure Hunting West Virginia

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RELICS, COINS, & JEWELRY

West Virginia has a rich history of early settlements and Civil War battlefields - the perfect combination for an energetic relic hunter!  Here's a few more ideas to get you started:

• Schools and College Campuses
• Parks / Playgrounds / Picnic Areas
• Foundations, Wells, and Cellar Holes of Old Churches or Houses
• Downtown Construction Sites
• Swimming Holes, Beaches, and Natural Springs
• Camp Grounds, Boy Scout Camps, WPA Camps, and Mining Camps
• Sports Facilities
• Ghost Towns
• Rodeo Arenas, Riding Stables, and Race Tracks
• Old Fair and Carnival Locations
• Old Town Dumpsites

LOST TREASURE

As in other areas of the US, there are several tales of lost treasure in West Virginia concerning caches buried for safety.  In many of these stories, people either died or forgot where they buried the stash.  Contributing factors include:  

    1.  Federal laws making possession of gold illegal in the early 1900s

    2.  Distrust of banks during the Great Depression. 

• Dennis Adams buried his wealth in Kermit in the early twentieth century. It has never been found.
• Near Chapmanville a payroll in coins destined for Union troops may be buried on the west bank of the Buyandotte River, while an even larger payroll may be secreted in Upshur County near or in Rock Cave.
• In 1758 a group of Shawnee Indians attacked a settlement in this remote area, captured those who lived there, and took their coins and other possessions away. These have never been found and may have been buried on the slopes of South Fork Mountain.

These excerpts are a sampling from American Coin Treasures and Hoards

References to Find More Treasure in West Virginia

• West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer
• Ghost Towns of the Upper Potomac
• Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites - Johnson
• West Virginia Civil War Almanac - McKinney
• A Pictorial Guide to West Virginia's Civil War Sites - Cohen
• Lee Vs. McClellan - The First Campaign 
• Lee's Endangered Left - Spring of 1864 in West Virginia
• Civil War in West Virginia - Lane
• The Fight for the Great Kanawha Valley, 1861-1865 - Andre
• Harper's Ferry - Jones
• Guide to Revolutionary War Sites in WV - Bradford
• Frontier forts along the Potomac and its tributaries - Ansel
• Bicycling Through Civil War History in WV - Detwiller
• Romney, West Virginia during the Civil War - Sauers

West Virginia Metal Detecting Leads

• Ghost Towns.com  - West Virginia Ghost Town Directory
• Civil War Battle Map of West Virginia - Research = Relics!
• Online Maps of West Virginia - Collection Index
• State Treasure Tale - Lost Treasure Online© Link
• More State Tales - On Lost Treasure USA!!

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