In this issue, Jan-Feb 2022:

The final count?

Finding one “CSA” buckle is good. A few lucky souls dig several, usually over the course of a few decades. But find where they were made and all bets are off. By Joe Haile

Holey shells

Before there was plastic, some buttons were manufactured from mussel shells. The old shells used for this are collected by one of our readers in Arkansas . By Kip Davis

Veteran’s hill
A wooded hilltop in Georgia gives up a plethora of coins, buttons, and other artifacts—including two parts of a broken spur which are at last reunited. By John Daniel Langley

You found it – now show it off!

An experienced digger explains how to best display and label artifacts, so that others might be able to better learn from and enjoy them. By Mark Schuessler

Tennessee creek bank artifacts

A veteran arrowhead hunter, on solo trips and with his son and granddaughter, recover numerous beautiful stone points in the Volunteer State . By Quindy D. Robertson

From the Very Beginning

An entire family of four pursue their passion of digging and collecting Civil War and Native American artifacts across the South. By Nikki Walsh

Not what it seems

A black powder revolver. Manufactured. Sold. Lost. Found. Lost again, found again. And not really as old as it appears. Here is its story. By Charlie Harris