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This lost badge was returned to Gainesville police by woman from Cumming after almost 100 years
Metal-detecting enthusiast donates nearly century-old relic to police collection
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Gainesville Police Chief Jay Parrish picks up the Hall County Police badge metal detector enthusiast Cheryl Collins found in Flowery Branch. Collins donated the badge to the Gainesville Police Department on Jan. 23, to be put in the department’s display case. - photo by By Scott Rogers
Scouring an old farmhouse in Flowery Branch with a metal detector, Cheryl Collins unearthed a piece of Hall County history that was almost a century old.
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