Vintage Locks and Keys – Unlocking the Past
These everyday objects tell intimate stories about security, personal possessions, and the changing technology of protection through the decades.
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Relic Hunting
Uncover strategies for finding historical artifacts, Civil War relics, and antique treasures through proper research, site selection, and recovery techniques.
Metal Detecting Lost & Found: Fashion Items, Tools & Stories
Metal detecting allows us to uncover the personal and fashion items that people carried, wore, and eventually lost throughout history.
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Tools of the Trade – Workmanship Through the Ages
My comprehensive collection of metal detecting finds includes numerous tools and implements that span decades, if not centuries, of human industry.
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Household Relics – Everyday Items Lost to Time
The ordinary household items we recover while metal detecting tell intimate stories about how people lived, worked, and built their surroundings.
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Historic Relics and Artifacts: Unearthing Our Hidden Past
Discover my most extraordinary historic metal detecting finds including a medieval sword, antique tools & rare artifacts that connect us to our hidden past.
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Coin Hunting Success: From Modern Clad to Silver Treasures
Join me as I share my best coin detecting finds, from modern change to a leather pouch filled with silver coins, plus tips for successful coin hunting.
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Battlefield and Military Artifacts
Explore my battlefield metal detecting discoveries including Civil War relics, Revolutionary War ammunition, cannonballs, & the story behind each historic find.
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Florida Metal Detecting: Spanish Metal Detecting Hotspots
I’ll never forget this find, a tarnished Spanish silver real, stamped with the year 1742, emerging from the sands of St. Augustine Beach after a powerful nor’easter had reshaped the coastline overnight. That moment connected me to the sailors, settlers, and soldiers who walked these shores centuries before. Florida’s sun-drenched beaches conceal centuries of Spanish
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Revolutionary War Metal Detecting: Best Detecting Sites in the Original 13 Colonies
I’ll never forget the first time my detector signaled a find at an old Revolutionary War camp. Brushing away the soil, I uncovered a brass button bearing the faint insignia of a Continental regiment. In that moment, history wasn’t just words on a page—it was tangible, real, and resting in my palm. Many detectorists share
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Metal Detecting Civil War: The Best Places to Find Civil War Relics
I’ve spent over twenty years with a metal detector in hand, trudging through Virginia mud and Tennessee underbrush searching for pieces of America’s past. While everyone knows Gettysburg and Antietam are off-limits to detectorists, I’ve discovered there are plenty of promising sites where, with proper permission, you can still unearth artifacts untouched since the 1860s.
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