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Revolutionary War Metal Detecting: Best Detecting Sites in the Original 13 Colonies

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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

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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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U.S. Treasure Hunt: Unraveling America’s hidden historical riches.

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Metal detectorists are revealing amazing artifacts that shed important light on American history, thus refining our understanding of colonial life and settlement patterns in early times. The finds stretch from unusual coins to military relics, providing physical connections to our country’s history. In this discussion, we will explore some of the most prominent treasure-hunting discoveries

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Unearthing History: America’s 10 Best Historic Metal Detecting Locations

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Metal detector hobbyists have an ongoing search for America’s best metal detecting locations for unearthing buried treasures. With everything from Civil War treasures to lost treasures of America’s early years, America is rich in metal detecting options for exciting metal detecting experiences. Before starting your metal detecting journey, remember that successful metal detecting entails proper

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A Brief History Of Coins

Gold and Silver Prospecting, Hobby, Relic Hunting / Paul Edgerton

We’ll never be able to say with absolute certainty when the hobby of coin collecting began, but historians agree that it began not long after the process of minting coins began, which was about 650 B.C. Precious metals like gold and silver used to be carefully weighed and used to purchase goods. But barter is

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Pricing for coins

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Supply and demand is a huge factor in the price of collectible coins. If the demand for coins is low and there are many coins available, the price for them will be low. When the total number of coins available becomes insufficient to meet the demand, the prices increase. The demand is often set by

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Coin collecting name – Numismatics

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Coin collecting, a popular activity for centuries, is more than just accumulating coins for their monetary value. It is the process of collecting and exchanging coins and other legally minted currency. Coins that have value are those that were in distribution for just a short period, coins that were imprinted with faults, or ones that

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