in lieu of professional archaeological excavations, conventional wisdom suggests that the site is somewhere near the female seminary or leas house. in 1984, a frizzen and a .30 caliber lead ball were recovered using a metal detector (approximately 20 ft.) directly behind the leas house. this location is nearer the old railroad station mentioned in the latter accounts of the fort, but further from the mapped location suggested by the armstrong survey. military and native american artifacts are rumored to have been collected from this part of the field over the past 100 years or more; but, these accounts should be substantiated with informant interviews.