Missouri’s position as the Gateway to the West means its ground holds artifacts from virtually every era of American expansion – frontier trading post sites, Civil War skirmish locations, Ozark lead and zinc mining remnants, and the homestead communities that lined the major westward routes. The Missouri and Mississippi rivers were major artifact deposition zones and their banks can be productive hunting ground. Rules vary by jurisdiction – always check before detecting.
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