Ancient Digs! + In Situs!

[surfaceone]

Captain James Cook made the first known contact with Europeans in 1778.

Aloha Kiyabu,

I always thought Capt. Cook was da haole.

 

[buzzkutt033]

hey there antiquenut,

i found one very similar to this down along the Lehigh River when i was walking my dog last summer. mine weighs maybe 60 -70 lbs. i'll post a photo of it later. i'm not knowledgable in this field, but it caught my eye immediately. are these of value?? i was gonna use it as part of a water fountain in my garden...........

jim

 

[logueb]

Lex, All those in my collection are from the Southeast, all from Georgia. That's a good point you made about the state laws. In Georgia surface collection on private land is allowed with the owner's permission. No collecting on state or Federal lands. No digging for artifacts allowed on private lands without the state checking it out, something about the landowner can dig but must give 5 days advance notice. If I were to violate the law and get caught, then they could come to my house and sieze my entire collection. Happened to some collectors a couple of years back to collectors who were digging at night on Kaolin minning lands. Scary thought, but it helps to protect areas, especially burial sites. Great thread.

 

[Bent_Twig]

Well, you have hit on my first love!! Relic hunting has been one of my favorite things to do for years. Dont get me wrong, I like bottle digging alot, but there is just something about seeing that point laying in the dirt and knowing you are the first person to see or handle it since the original owner lost it. I am sure each on of these pieces have a story to tell. Would'nt it be nice to get about a 30 second playback from when the point was lost!!See what he or she was doing right before the piece was lost or discarded! Great thread and some very nice artifacts being shown.

Twig.

 

[Bent_Twig]

Here it is after a wash!! I have a few others that I'll post when I get back home.

Twig.

 

[RedGinger]

This is a great thread. It's really fun and interesting to see everyone's finds. I agree with Benttwig, you always wonder how the artifact got there and who used it.

 

[Staunton Dan]

ORIGINAL: stephengray

nice point I found here in Wyoming, by the way, those aren't raisons on the ground, they're rabbit, um, pellets

Johnny would bring raisins to his teacher everyday at school and she would eat them in front of the class to show her appreciation. One day he didn't bring his usual offering and the teacher asked why? Johnny replied that his rabbit had died. []

 

[redbeardrelics]

Hey Chris, Awesome post and artifacts, and I am certainly envious of the shelters / overhangs you and your friends have to dig. The in-situ photo's of yours and the other poster's really get me itching to get out in the fields to do some point hunting. I have previously noticed and admired your in-situ photos published in the on-line in-situ magazine, and was thrilled to see some more. I had never even thought about taking any in-situ photos myself until I saw the on-line in-situ photos this past spring. Every time I have remembered to take my camera with me hunting (which wasn't often) I would not find anything exciting. Sort of like the bad mojo you get by taking too many empty boxes and newspaper with you on a bottle dig I guess LOL.
I have been switching priorities back and forth between bottle digging and artifact hunting for the past 35 years, and have been more into the artifact mode for the past year. Most of my artifacts have been personal finds in Maryland (Harford and Queen Anne Counties), except for the ones I found in Mecklenberg County, NC while living there from 1980-87. I have never posted a photo here before, but will give it a try now. Here is a frame of quartz points I found in the 1970's in Harford County, MD

 

[redbeardrelics]

Lets try this photo posting thingy again.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Here are some from Mecklenberg County North Carolina, and just south of the border in York County, South Carolina. The lancolate blade is 4 & 3/8" long, and the St. Charles dovetail is probably the nicest of this group.