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 ...

ON DISPLAY: Luke Cord, an avocational archaeologist, exhibits some of his findings. Photo courtesy of Cord Seven years ago on our Bull Creek Valley property, my husband and I discovered our first ...

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Across the commonwealth lies a treasure trove of history, but much is still waiting to be uncovered. You might be surprised at what can be found right under your feet. One ...

History is all around us, but most people don’t know what they are looking for. Jon Hickox, owner of the Winery at Bull Run, not only knows where to look, he knows how to look. Hickox began hunting ...

Relic hunters began searching what looked like an ordinary field. The first few finds hinted at something older, but nothing ...

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 ...

SIOUX CITY — Armed with metal detectors, buckets, trowels, sifters and clad in orange vests, volunteers took to the grounds surrounding the Sioux City Railroad Museum Saturday. The Inaugural ...