I'm interested in relic hunting also, I'm down here in broward. There were a lot of old Seminole wars forts and depots in South and central Florida, some battle and skirmish sites a few here in Dade and Broward, a couple of pretty famous ones in Palm Beach and Okeechobee. Unfortunately, mostly heavily developed now; or in parks where not legal to remove anything; or in private hands. But I've not determined the fates of all the sites by any means, and am marking research possibilities on google earth. There is more than a little info in Wikipedia and wikimaps. A guy has a couple of books he's selling, he wants 20 bucks for two of them. Florida universities have online maps, Seminole war military maps, and old aerial fotos. Google books has quite a few books worth researching.
To date i've recovered only 2 "relics", both from the 20th century, pretty much by mistake - an old Rollfast bicycle badge, probably from the 30's, and a sterling silver Marmon car badge, probably from the 20's - they made luxury autos from 1903-33. I sold the Rollfast badge on eBay. There are many Marmon badges out there for $10 or so, but they look fake to me. Real ones in excellent condition have gone for $45-120, find their sales on worthopedia. Unfortunately, mine's not in great condition. I contacted the Marmon auto club, but after asking me for pics, they did not reply again.
I dug up a crude bronze dagger on the Miami Ridge near Simpson Park, but it seems likely it was an eccentric, unskilled 20th century shop project - although I did also find what looked like the broken haft socket of a bronze tool or weapon nearby.
