Is it legal to collect at Fazendeville freedmen's village, Chalmette?

Prohibited, look only. Now part of the Chalmette Battlefield unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, National Park Service land where metal detecting is banned (36 CFR 2.1).

What can you find at Fazendeville freedmen's village, Chalmette?

Coins from the 1860s on, buttons, household hardware, bottles

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Fazendeville freedmen's village, Chalmette

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Buttons and buckles

Nails and fittings

Also reported: bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1867-1960s African American village

Founded after the Civil War when Jean Pierre Fazende sold lots to freed slaves, the village had general stores, a one-room school, benevolent societies and a Baptist church along Fazendeville Road. It was razed in the 1960s to expand the Chalmette battlefield park.View source →