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Civil War Relic Hunting – How to Identify Finds at a Confederate Camp

We step back in history to a Civil War Confederate Camp with reenactors. We take a closer look at their equipment and show you how to ID metal detecting relics found from this period of time. We have ...
History Seekers on MSN

We found Civil War relics and silver on a forgotten wagon road

We took our detectors into the woods of Alabama and uncovered a forgotten wagon road dating back to the 1800s. Heath Jones ...
The Washington Post

In Virginia, a Vanishing Era

With metal detectors, shovels and a pack of smokes in their hands and a vision of El Dorado in their heads, they were looking for a bullet, a button, a belt buckle -- anything that would connect them ...
The Daily Progress

Relic hunters seek local treasure

Those looking to obtain a piece of Civil War history will want to visit Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association's relic show next weekend. The Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association (RRRHA) was ...
The Roanoke Times

ATF determines spark set off Civil War-era shell

RICHMOND -- A Civil War relic hunter killed in an explosion in February was cleaning a cannonball when a spark ignited black powder within the ancient ordnance, a federal investigation concluded ...