Table of Contents

5        Ranch Find: A Silver Belt Buckle Missing for 24 Years           By Joe Vines             A 12-years-old won silver belt buckle in 1938. Author finds the buckle.    9       The Union Paymaster’s Iron Chest           By Mark Allen Ralls           Has the paymaster’s iron chest found?            13      Relics Recoveries on the Old Frontier           By Alexander Ballantyne           Each relic recovered gives a glimpse into the past.   16      Louisiana’s Plantation Treasure Hoards – Part I           By Tim Casey           Over the years since the Civil War, and even before, Louisiana treasure seekers have discovered lost hoards.   20      Louisiana’s Plantation Treasure Hoards – Part II           By Tim Casey           A  widow made plans to protect her hoard of $100,000 in gold and silver coins contained in three chests.   24      Charles Heck Civil War Relic Hunter           By Melinda C. Long           A man and his wife — a lifetime of Civil War relic hunting.   29      The Minho’s Iron Triangle ­— Key to Cases of Civil War Rifles           By Howard B. Tower, Jr.           The iron triangle is the key to locating the rifle cases.   35      Crops of Iron and Silver           By Jay Pastor           One of the best resources a non-urban coin hunter can have is a friendly farmer who keeps his land plowed.           38      Persistence Pays Again and Again           By Gerald S. Pattee           George Washington buttons are prized collector’s items.   42      Lost and Found Arrowheads           By Jay Gold           Memories of a 10-year old of his dad’s arrowhead collection.   45      Find Ranch Treasures           By James E. Mulkey           Ranches can be real bonanzas for the detectorist seeking money caches and collectibles.   51      Lost and Found and Lost and Found           By Gary Taylor An old Spanish sword, discovered by two barefoot boys in Southern Oklahoma, could be just part of a bigger hidden cache that still exists.           55      Relics from the American Revolution           By John R. Kongsvik In cornfields musket balls, pewter and brass buttons (civilian and military), shoe buckles, and assorted military camp cast-offs were found.

58      Gold, Relics and More in Hawaii           By Michael Paul Henson           Gold, caches and relics found in Hawaii.           62      The Longhouse Long Shot           By Charles Cummins           A stranger asks two treasure hunters to hunt on his property ­— and relics were found!   67      Identification ­of United States             Army Uniform Buttons Part I — 1800-1851                    By Ed Williamson                 Three part story on uniform buttons. Although a button is a small           and seemingly insignificant item, many of them have an           interesting history.           72      Intensification ­of United States           Army Uniform Buttons Part II — 1851-1872                     By Ed Williamson           77      Identification ­of United States             Army Uniform Buttons Part III — Buttons of the Confederate States Army           By Ed Williamson   82      The Defense Cannons           Pat Hughes           One of the “Defence” cannons found was still armed.   85      Virgin Civil War Camp Found           By Mark Lehman           Brass relics, Civil War buckles and more found in Missouri.                    89      General Lee’s Lost Jeweled Sword           By W. Craig Gaines           The ocean floor and could have exposed Lee’s jeweled sword           and other Civil War artifacts from the Fanny And Jenny.”                                                 91      Just an Ounce of History           By Alexander Ballantyne           1,000 musketballs found!                              95      Searching an Army Encampment           By Frank Hayslip           Among the relics found, a 1868 shield nickel.   99      Uncle Sam May Have Dropped It           By Ken Richards           Inspection tag dropped — once the property of the real Uncle Sam?   103     The Treasure Rebellion           By Andy Nunez           Nearly every legend in this story was proved to have some truth.

 

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