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Civil War relic hunters seek buried battlefields in Arkansas
John C. Heuston and relic hunters comb Arkansas sites with metal detectors seeking Civil War artifacts. They hunt old roads and camps, note rare items like Confederate belt buckles worth hundreds, and warn many sites are degraded or still undiscovered amid rising public interest.
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