For the relic or treasure hunter, Virginia offers an almost unlimited variety of sites to choose from. There are 1,280 miles of tidal shoreline, plus hundreds of miles of rivers, old English and Colonial forts, Indian village sites, ferries, old taverns, ;stockades, riverboat landings abandoned coal and timber camps. There are unlimited numbers of Civil War Battle sites, skirmishes and raids where loot and money were lost or buried by the soldiers of both armies and the civilian population. The hunter can find almost any type of treasure he is seeking in the state of Virginia.

By: Michael Paul Henson