The Buried Treasures of Maine

This book beckons to the adventurer in each of us. To the single-minded searcher for coins, minerals, artifacts, gold, pirate treasures or bottles; to the wistfully curious person who murmurs: I wonder, is there something in this for me? Stevens, who has been called the Pied Piper of treasure hunters, has brought countless individuals and families to that moment of glory when the first flake of gold glows in the gold pan, or that rainbow chip of a mineral quivers between thumb and finger. And now the canvas has been enlarged to include a tantalizing array of other pursuits. Tugging at the leash of that fantastic electronic bloodhound, the metal detector, we find inventive people with new techniques, tips and visions. A few dive underwater, some stalk their prey, like Sherlock Holmes, with the powers of perception, and others just happily follow their hunches. We delve into the past with passionate and dedicated people as they gently lift from the ground an Indian arrowhead untouched by hands for thousands of years. We learn what to do, what not to do. We find snippets of history coming alive along the Arnold Trail, and we search for those many- colored artistic fragilities that the uninitiated call "old bottles."