Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past. The 64-year-old history teacher and conventional archeologist in Keystone Heights has his sights on finding Seminole War Fort No.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A metal detectorist was stunned when he stumbled upon a cannonball at a ...

Yankee Girl Finds Confederate Relics Metal Detecting is the hunt for buried treasure; we take one of our History Seekers genealogy researchers to find her first relics from 1864. This was from a time ...

I feel like every child dreams of uncovering buried treasure at some point in their lives. For me, as a child who spent a lot of time in Florida growing up, I was always digging for pirate booty.

Welcome to Chattanooga, where metal detecting meets the marketplace of memory. The American Digger Civil War Relic Show is ...

BOONSBORO, Md. — When Sean Haardt moved to Boonsboro from Houston in 2007 to teach social studies at Middletown High School, he said he didn’t know how much history the area held. “I knew it was a ...

Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania -- The main goal of The Jersey History Hunter is the preservation of artifacts that tell the story of our past. Audra Thomas has been metal detecting for most of her life ...

A metal detectorist exploring an Australian Gold Rush-era campsite made a remarkable discovery in recent weeks — even without striking gold. Angus James, a treasure hunter in the Australian state of ...

A metal detectorist exploring an Australian Gold Rush-era campsite made a remarkable discovery in recent weeks — even without striking gold. Angus James, a treasure hunter in the Australian state of ...

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