Online Treasure Hunting Resources
Table of Contents
Archeology
Ancient Historical Research Foundationhttp://www.ancienthistoricalresearchfoundation.com/
How to Determine The age of a building - Visual & Other Clues - A Home Inspection Guide to Building Age
http://www.inspectapedia.com/interiors/AgeofHouse.htm
Antique Bottles
http://www.antiquebottles.com/Databases
Northern Shipwrecks Databasehttp://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/
Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas
http://www.oceantreasures.org/accueil.html
The World Digital Library, 8000BC to Present Day. Maps, films, books, prints, photos, drawings, audio recordings, a treasure trove of manuscripts and all manner of what are called ‘primary materials’ historical items and artefacts that can be studied, watched, listened to and downloaded for free.
http://www.wdl.org/en/
U.S. Library of Congress Living Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Historical Documents
http://www.footnote.com/browse.php#-1General
Rocker Boxhttp://www.therockerbox.com/
Abandoned Property
ABNF Bloghttp://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/
Finds Preservation
Conservation of Archaeological Resources http://nautarch.tamu.edu/crl/conservationmanual/index.htm
Precious Metal Value in Jewelry
Precious Metal Calculatorhttp://gold.yabz.com/jewelry.htm
Ghost Towns
Ghost Towns Sitehttp://www.ghosttowns.com/
Mining
mindat.org - the mineral and locality databasehttp://www.mindat.org/
Gold Mining
Gold Miners Headquartershttp://www.goldminershq.com/
Gold Prospectors Association of America
http://www.goldprospectors.org/
Rock Hounding
Southwest Desert Rockhounding - Treasure Hunting - Gold Prospectinghttp://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/du_ttd_treasure.html
Maps
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970http://sanborn.umi.com/
http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/
Old Rail Road Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
Rails and Trails
http://www.railsandtrails.com/
United States Library of Congress Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Historic Aerials
http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx
Menotomy Maps
- Historic Panoramas (Bird's-Eye-Views from the 1800s)
- Old Maps showing property owners in the 1800s
- Old Railroad Maps
- Old Gold Claims Maps
- Old USGS Topo Maps
- Using software to combine old maps with aerial photographs for research
http://menotomymaps.com/historic_pan.asp
States of The United States Historical Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/states.html
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Search/search.php
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panmap.html
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
http://www.historicmapworks.com/
Historical USGS maps of New York and the New England states.
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm/
World History Google Maps
http://www.worldhistory.com/index.php
Sanborn Insurance Maps
http://historical.mytopo.com/index.cfm
Old Maps Research Sites
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jvokes/maps.htm
David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog, The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection World Historical Map Web Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Historical Maps of the United States
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation "The New 11 x 14 Atlas of the World"
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/
Earth Sciences and Map Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html
ACME Mapper 2.0 - overlay topo maps on satelitte maps
http://mapper.acme.com/
Historic Map Works - Overlay Historic Maps
http://www.historicmapworks.com/
Topographical Maps
http://www.mytopo.com/
Map Making
Map Maker - Desktop Mapping
http://www.mapmaker.com/index.htm
Free GPS Software - An Up-to-Date List
http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html
Meteorites
Meteorites and their properties
http://meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu/
States of The United States Historical Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/states.html
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Search/search.php
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panmap.html
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
http://www.historicmapworks.com/
Historical USGS maps of New York and the New England states.
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm/
World History Google Maps
http://www.worldhistory.com/index.php
Sanborn Insurance Maps
- Alabama
- California (San Francisco)
- California (Santa Cruz County)
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii (Dakin Insurance Maps)
- Illinois (Aurora)
- Indiana (Indianapolis)
- Kentucky
- Kentucky (along with ME and NY)
- Louisiana (New Orleans)
- Maine (along with NY and KY)
- Massachusetts (Boston)
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska (Town of Blair)
- Nebraska (Town of McCook)
- Nevada
- New Jersey (Princeton)
- New York (along with KY and ME)
- New York City
- North Carolina
- Ohio (Cincinnati)
- Oregon (Oregon City)
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia (Charlottesville)
- Assorted maps from the Library of Congress
(including the OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ)
http://historical.mytopo.com/index.cfm
Old Maps Research Sites
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jvokes/maps.htm
David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog, The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection World Historical Map Web Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Historical Maps of the United States
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation "The New 11 x 14 Atlas of the World"
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/
Earth Sciences and Map Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html
ACME Mapper 2.0 - overlay topo maps on satelitte maps
http://mapper.acme.com/
Historic Map Works - Overlay Historic Maps
http://www.historicmapworks.com/
Topographical Maps
http://www.mytopo.com/
Map Making
Map Maker - Desktop Mappinghttp://www.mapmaker.com/index.htm
Free GPS Software - An Up-to-Date List
http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html
Meteorites
Meteorites and their propertieshttp://meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu/
Online Forums
My Treasure Spot - Finds, Friends and Fun! Metal detecting discussion forums.Find's Treasure Forums
http://www.findmall.com/
http://www.losttreasure.com/forum
http://www.thunting.com/smf/
http://metaldetectingforum.com/
Parks
Amusement Parks
Defunct Parkshttp://www.defunctparks.com/parks/parks.htm
Tot Lots
Kids Play Parkshttp://www.kidsplayparks.com/
Treasure Hunting Associations
The Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs Inc. (FMDAC)http://www.fmdac.org/website/index.html
World Wide Association of Treasure Seekers
http://www.wwats.org/
The Artifact Detecting Team
http://www.artifactdetectingteam.com/
Metal Detecting
Protect The Hobbyhttp://www.protecthehobbynow.com/
War Relics
North American Fortshttp://www.northamericanforts.com/
FortWiki
http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Wiki
American Civil War
The American Civil War Homepagehttp://www.sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#graphic
Ohio State University Project - History Online - A wealth of information civil war, maps, etc.
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/default.cfm
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/records/
Library of Congress Civil War Map Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/
Library of Congress The Hotchkiss Civil War Map Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
War of the Rebellion
http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/m/moawar/index.html
Official National Park Service Civil War Website
http://cwar.nps.gov/civilwar/
Vermont in the Civil War
http://vermontcivilwar.org/index.php
Civil War
http://civilwar.com/
Camp Chase Gazette
http://campchase.com/news/index.asp
DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865
http://www.duvcw.org/
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
http://suvcw.org/
Department of History, University of North Texas
http://hist.unt.edu/
Shenandoah Valley Civil War
http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/
Links to Civil War Sites
http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwlinks
American Civil War Bullets
http://www.acwbullets.com/
Civil War Artifact Preservation Association - Hosted by Clarence P. Martz Williamsport, MD. Preserving American History 1861-1865
http://www.civilwarartifactpreservation.com/
Civil War Artillary - Created, owned and operated by Jack Melton. The largest artillery website with hundreds of photographs of Civil War Artillery Projectiles, Cannon, Fuses, Glossary of terms, and much, much more. Artillery items For Sale and updated regularly.
http://www.civilwarartillery.com/default.htm
Civil War Connection - Madison, MS. Dan & Teresa Patterson - owners maintain a catalog which contains one of the most complete listing of Civil War relics and collectibles on the internet. They are interested in buying relics - single items or whole collections. They have almost 20 years experience in Civil War Militaria preservation - they will answer individual restoration questions as well as preserving your items.
http://civilwarconnection.tripod.com/
Civil War Dealers and Collectors Association - CWDCA has been organized to protect the integrity of honest dealers of Civil War antiques.
http://www.cwdca.org/
Civil War Outpost - Kennesaw, GA. Barry Banks' outstanding web page offers great relics, informative news, and one of the most relic-hunter friendly pages around. A good dealer, a good digger, and above all, a good friend
http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/
Civil War Relic Man - Harry Ridgeway, from Winchester, Virginia, offers some beautiful pieces here. Also some great info on cleaning relics, and spotting fakes.
http://www.relicman.com/
Summary of Civil War Battles by State
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/ABPP/BATTLES/bystate.htm
American Revolutionary War
Archiving Early Americahttp://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/
Water Hunting
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures of the Seven Seashttp://www.oceantreasures.org/
Shipwrecks Database
http://www.wrecksite.eu
Swimming Holes
guide to over 1,000 beautiful, natural places for a dip in the US and Canada.http://www.swimmingholes.org/index.html
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