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The author describes some of the 14th century relics she found from a farm in Great Britain between November and December 2012 through a metal detector. She extracted a cut half of a silver hammered penny of Henry II. The author also found two halfcrowns that are both dated 1948, a 1939 six-pence, and a 1940 shilling. She says that the best find of the day was her penny of Elizabeth I with a coronet mint mark dating it 1567 to 1570.

The article features various items dug up be relic hunters. An 1858 Half Dime coin and a .69 Prussian bullet were dug up at a campsite in West Virgina that was occupied by the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. A one-piece decorative civilian button from the 1800s and a two-piece Confederate Artillery button were recovered in a hunting site in central Virginia. A brass World War I medal presented by civilians to the soldiers of Nashville Tennessee was dug up in Macon County.

The article presents photos of relics recovered by some of the readers like Dennis Nunnery, Roger Secrest, and Greg Heath. It includes pictures of some of the artifacts including coins like the Spanish One Reale, Confederate buttons, and unfired Whitworth bullets. The article also mentions the metal detectors used by the readers such as F75 LTD, White's MXT, and a Garrett ATPro.

The article offers tips on treasure hunting. Art Tiemann of the Austin Metal Detecting Club discusses the advantages of buying from a metal detector dealer. The types of treasure hunting include coin shooting, relic hunting and cache hunting, among others. The factors that should be considered in metal detecting are cited.

Reports on the recovery of treasures from the SS Republic ship which sank in 1865. Discovery of the ship by salvage experts from Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. in 2003; Information on the mini underwater robots used by researchers to retrieve coins and relics; Amount of coins found; Remarks from researcher Gregg Stemm regarding the recovered treasures.

The article comments on the identification of the coin in the figure in the Jesus Christ relic, Shroud of Turin which has accurately dated the artefact. It reports that the coin was minted during the procuratorship of Pontius Pilate. The period when the coin was minted according to coin specialists is also stated. It criticizes the news media for its failure to feature news regarding the coin discovery. It explains the implications of the decision of the press to ignore the coin discovery.

The article presents an update on the Wakefield District Relic Hunters club in England. Several members discovered coins and artefacts including a cunobelin bronze unit and a medieval sword chape. Other members also found a bronze electas and a bent Henry VIII groat. Several photographs of these significant finds are provided.

The article presents information on several interesting and intriguing finds discovered by the club and non-club sites of Brighton and District Metal Detecting Club. Dave Southwell discovered several ancient relics including a detailed lead token with a crude bird design and a Georgian coffee pot. An early silver denarius and a good short cross hammered penny were discovered by Dave Gray and Pete Abbot, respectively.

The article presents information on several relics included in the DetectorNet August Find of the Month. DetectorNet August Coin of the Month was a Addedomaros stater, which was found by Luke Denham in Hertfordshire, Great Britain. DetectorNet August Artefact of the Month was a 1st century Roman brooch, which was found by David Mayes in Gloucestershire, Great Britain.

The article announces that Wakefield & District Relic Hunters in August 2007 has awarded the Artefact of the Month to Neal for his Bronze Age axe heads, the Find of the Month award again goes to Neal for a Neolithic arrowhead and the Coin of the Month award goes to Roland for a Roman antoninianus of Gordon III.

The article comments on the controversy arising from the claim that scientists have discerned first century coins on the eyes of the Shroud of Turin figure. The response of curator L. Y. Rahmani to the issue is cited. The results of a research employing computerized Mars techniques for enhancing photographs are summarized.