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Civil War relics: Better than stocks and bonds? 

I recall that years ago when I was digging several artillery shells every day or every week, that when I dug a simple round ball, say an 8″ shell, or a 12 pounder Borman fused shell, I would be disappointed to the point I would want to throw the thing back in the hole from whence [...]

Share your treasure story 

There are probably few people who haven’t dreamed of buying a rare painting for $2.00 at a yard sale or an auction, or of using a metal detector to dig or dive for relics, or of digging a cache of gold coins from a cistern on an old house site. Certainly I did, some thirty-five-plus [...]