Sean Kelly is a metal detectorist and a scuba diver. He became aware of ring finder by way of watching Youtube videos and eventually finding out about a website called theringfinders.com. He has since recovered more than 15 lost rings or precious items for folks throughout the northeast. In this story, Sean meets Matt Smith. Matt’s ring is somewhere laying somewhere at the bottom of Hopkins Pond. Can Sean return the ring to Matt and Amy?

For most of his 74 years in Kennebunk, Bert Graves has been a smelt fisher. Roxanne Maling and Wendy Vail explore how the smelting fishing technique works by talking to Graves and Harvey Bixby.

Denise Sears documents how a couple, who are both small business owners, live completely different lives due to their workdays.

Table of contents for June 1986 Salt Magazine.

For the town of Eastport, the Fourth of July offers a chance to celebrate being Eastport. Hugh French looks at how the Fourth brings the community together.

Laurie Smith and Anne Pierter review different kinds of herbs that can cure various ailments.

Table of contents for June 1976 Bicentennial Salt Magazine.

List of back issues and books from Salt.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to stories in the April 1976 Salt Magazine related to rum running.

Charles Reitze documents the history of the Davis Family. Reitze explores how the family attempts to be self-sufficient and as independent as American society allows.

The Custom House Wharf in Portland serves as a major hub for the local fish business. Catherine Olender discusses various topics, from the politics of the wharf to local family businesses.

Martha McNey takes a trip with Casey Stender on his boat, the Petra Anne, to document his work as a fisherman.