Michigan Ghost Towns...

[L0STANDF0UND]

Below is a list of Ghost Towns in Michigan I managed to put together. I am interested in doing some relic hunts in these areas. I have found some really cool info about some of them individually. I want to know if any T-Net members have ever been these places, and if what they were like in terms of "huntability"? I have coordinates for many of the town names listed, I have mainly been looking into the ones that are in Lower MI. Any feedback would be highly appreciated.

List of Michigan Ghost Towns:
Copper Falls Mine -1 Cutcheon -5 Damon -1 Delaware -1 Delta Mills -1 Denver -1 Depot Town -1 Deward -3 Donken -1 Doyle -6 Duncan City -4 Dunham -1 Edgewood -5 Elmdale -5 Elm River -1 Emerson -2 English -1Fayette -1Ferry -5Flower Creek -1Freda -1Freidberger -6Garnet -1Gay -1Gert -1Gibbs City -1Glass River -6Glen Haven -1Gould City -2Greenwood -1Kensington -8Killmaster -4Longrie -1Lum -6Mandan -1Mansfield -1Marlborough -5Matchwood -1Moran -1Nonesuch -1Old Antrim -3Oskar -1Ozark -2Pequaming -1Pere Cheny -3Phoenix -1Pine Hill -6Podunk -6Prentiss -2Ramsay -1Rawsonville -8Redridge -1Salo -1Seneca -1Seewhy -2Shelldrake -2Sherman City -1Singapore -7Soo Junction -8 Spoonville -5Star City -3 Summitville -5Tula -8Tyre -1Verona -1Vickeryville -5Victoria -1Wetzell -2Wilson -1Whores Corner -1Wyoming -1Ypsilanti's Depot -8

 

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[releventchair]

Never hunted any of them. A relative wrote a history of a county, an avid detectorist and historian, he hunted many of the old places.
Too camps for laborers on big projects. There are a couple places i would hit, more research required and permissions secured. One a former whistle stop town the other a family history with elusive location. When enthusiasm was high in early 70s many sites were hit but advances in equipment and being willing to do more than cherry pick for silver there should be plenty of fun finds yet.

 

[Crisis]

Can't say I have hunted any of them but you might want to add the town of Ausable on to your list, have an uncle up in Oscoda, about ten years back went out to a local restaurant and they had a map of the town from the 1880's but was labelled Ausable, apparently the town caught fire in 1911 and burned down and a lot of it was not rebuilt. If you go to Oscoda park at the old age home, had an old fella come out and show me where to head out to, It's all dunes and sand went out 4 about 4 hours, huge vast area that had been hunted by others but did get a few Indian heads and a seated half dime

 

[Brentallica]

I know where Star City is. Nothing left there except a grave yard. You could probably do some door knocking, however, there is no other evidence of this town such as old buildings, etc

 

[goldencoin]

Couple from Huron county- Ora Labora (german religious colony), Port Crescent (totally abandoned on state land), and Grindstone city (museum there though). Verona still has a few homes and a bar, but is next to the state hunting lands. There is LOTS of land with old house sites there, but most of them are trashed. Port Crescent has been nice to me, but is covered in poison ivy. Ora Labora is hard to find, but probably has great potential

HH
-GC

 

[L0STANDF0UND]

Thanks people! I will add them to my list :-)