Table of Contents

5          Coins and Relics Among the Silver and Gold             By James E. Mulkey        Some detectorists have found old coins, military memorabilia, bullets and other collectibles while using a metal detector to hunt for gold.   11        A Relic Hunter’s Field of Dreams – Part I             By Alexander Ballantyne Three-part story of relic hunters getting lost in their own dreams and fantasies while searching for those missing pages of history forts.             15        A Relic Hunter’s Field of Dreams – Part II             By Alexander Ballantyne               19        A Relic Hunter’s Field of Dreams – Part III             By Alexander Ballantyne   23        The Confederate’s Secret Agenda             By Tom Vance Preposterously wild tale of gold, relics and greed.             27        The Lost Fremont Cannon Still to be Found?             By Jim Straight The romance of Fremont’s lost cannon, abandoned in a deep snowdrift, has and will continue to capture the imagination of “TH’ers.”   33        Charles Hardins’ Amazing Find             By Steve Hathcock Has anyone ever found the treasure? If they have, no one is telling.   39        Relic Hunting a Colonial Lakeside Encampment             By Ed Fedory             It was an extraordinary find.         42        Close, Easy, Certain: Reap the Loot of the One Locale             By Jerry McCarty When researching rumor of a specific person hiding money, determine the boundaries of his or her property.   45        Driving into the Darkness             By Michael Buchanan and Allen Casey             Lots of relics found in the darkness.   48        Cartridges Treasure with a Bang             By Jerry M. Eckhart Old cartridges tell you about those who fired them, what may have happened, and when it happened.   53        An Unusual Treasure — Old American Kitchenware             By Bob Bass Old kitchenware items are becoming more scarce and therefore more costly.

58        The Return to Forgotten Fort             By Alexander Ballantyne A large numbers of musketballs, buttons and early British coppers were found during the initial hunts.             62        Rebel Relics in Ohio             By Karl R. Bartz Civil War artifacts found by author and his father on Johnson’s Island.             67        Three Pounds of History             By Dean Adams A coffee can full of early bullets and cartridge cases.   72        Gun Treasure ­             By Roy Westfall A 1871 Colt house pistol found in an old barn, worth $1100!             74        Treasure Hunting in Civil War Battlefields             By James E. Mulkey There were more than 4,000 Civil War battles scattered from Vermont to Texas throughout 32 states.             78        The Civilian’s Unbelievable Story             By Ken Weinman A Union shipment of gold bars now worth more than $5 million disappeared somewhere in the rugged mountains of Pennsylvania’s Elk and Cameron counties.   82        The $50,000 American Gold Coin             By Resti Concoles Three well-documented stories pertaining to those rare and expensive $50 gold slugs. All of them could be found with some painstaking research.   87        Coin from 1497-1504 Era Found in Georgia!             By Michael O. Smith The author Michael Smith finds the four Reale 50 cent piece from the time of Ferdinand and Isabel (1497-1504).                         92        An Apache Sharp Rifle and a Couple of Mexican Silver Dollars             By Ron Couch An old “Sharps” rifle recovered somewhere in the area of the “Battle of the Big Dry Wash.”                                                             95        Here’s an Illustrated Guide to Relics             By Joe Patrick That book? The 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue great for research?                                     99        Bombs, Bullets and Balls in Search of Colonial Ordnance             By Alexander Ballantyne Found half-dozen cannon-balls, musket balls, grapeshot and fragments of grenades and small mortar bombs.   103      The Civil War Relic Finds of a Monday Morning Treasure Hunter             By Tom Vance Minnie ball and cannon balls, numerous other relics, gold and silver jewelry found by a “Monday Morning Treasure Hunter.”

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