maxxkatt
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atlanta has been and is growing very fast. a study several years ago predicted based on current growth rates will be one of the largest cities in the US. Why? it has no natural boundaries like older US cities. Most older cities are on the coast so they can only grow in 3 directions.
They predict Atlanta will be from Macon GA, to Tenn and Alabama on the west and SC on the right by 2050.
So what that means to those of us hunting civil war relics is that the sites near CW battle fields will be covered with neighborhoods, shopping centers and office parks. Picketts Mill Battle Field area is a good example. I already see that in the Buckhead Peachtree Creek Battle sites. A choice hunting site is now under Piedmont Hospital and Bobby Jones Golf course. Soon we will lose Dallas, New Hope, Resaca, Dalton and Allatoona plus others.
What are the chances of getting a group together and pooling our knowledge so we can hunt these sites while they are still accessible? Or are we all too protective of our sites. I have shared some of my research with several guys on this forum who live within 50 miles of Atlanta.
Just a thought. I am willing to share my research with a few local relic hunters that are also willing. As we all know one person cannot really clean out a civil war relic area since they typically cover too much acreage for one person to grid out. I have had some luck with some guys on this forum who used to hunt Civil War sites in Atlanta and told me where they found CW relics 15 years ago.
any thoughts or people up for this type of group sharing?
They predict Atlanta will be from Macon GA, to Tenn and Alabama on the west and SC on the right by 2050.
So what that means to those of us hunting civil war relics is that the sites near CW battle fields will be covered with neighborhoods, shopping centers and office parks. Picketts Mill Battle Field area is a good example. I already see that in the Buckhead Peachtree Creek Battle sites. A choice hunting site is now under Piedmont Hospital and Bobby Jones Golf course. Soon we will lose Dallas, New Hope, Resaca, Dalton and Allatoona plus others.
What are the chances of getting a group together and pooling our knowledge so we can hunt these sites while they are still accessible? Or are we all too protective of our sites. I have shared some of my research with several guys on this forum who live within 50 miles of Atlanta.
Just a thought. I am willing to share my research with a few local relic hunters that are also willing. As we all know one person cannot really clean out a civil war relic area since they typically cover too much acreage for one person to grid out. I have had some luck with some guys on this forum who used to hunt Civil War sites in Atlanta and told me where they found CW relics 15 years ago.
any thoughts or people up for this type of group sharing?