Relic hunting is one of the most rewarding ways to get into metal detecting. Instead of focusing only on modern coins or jewelry, you search for objects that can tell you something about the people ...

A Virginia man convicted of taking more than 9,000 artifacts from a Civil War battlefield was engaged in "heartbreaking" destruction of American history, experts say. John Jeffrey Santo, 52, has been ...

Today I’m relic hunting the spot where a 100-year-old home once stood — the house is gone, but the history is still in the ground. The finds started small, then turned into some genuinely amazing ...