What's your oldest find?

[southern Maine diver]

After watching the Mudlarking" video posted by Red Ginger, where diggers are finding ancient items (some 2,000 years old) I was wondering what some of our oldest finds have been....[8|]

Mine was an Iberian Olive Jar. It was found in New Hampshire in 55' of water. It is decorated with what looks like a tree, some clouds... possibly a bird and a rising sun.[:-] It is intact. From what I can tell, it dates from the mid 1600's to the very early 1700's.

When I found it, the guy that was with me said, "Yeah, right... that isn't that old. I can buy one of those all day long at the Home Depot in the garden section."[][]

Definitely my oldest find.[sm=tongue.gif]
Wayne

 

[southern Maine diver]

Another angle...

 

[riverdiver]

Hi Wayne,

This pre-contact Native American Indian Shard is my oldest. The state of NH Archaeology Bureau stated it could be up to 1,300 years old.

 

[bearswede]

Hey, Wayne...

These are at least 2-3000 years old... But I guess I've had a slight advantage having been an archeologist in a former life...

Ron

 

[Road Dog]

I'm an Arrowhead Hunter too. The oldest artifact I found with some others is from an quarry in Wisconsin. The whole area used to be an ancient Sea or Ocean that dried up around 400 million years ago. Here is a pic of part of a critter of some sort. It is segmented like a worm and is over 1 inch wide at the fat end.

 

[RedGinger]

I would say the oldest thing I have is a fossil too. I will try to get some good pics of them. I had some arrowheads, but don't know where they ended up after a few moves. I also had a fossilized crocodile tooth from Calvert Cliffs in MD. Maybe Cobaltbot will know when the Indians first inhabited Baltimore County Md. That is where I found my arrowheads and I believe they are from the Susquehannock tribe.

Great pictures everyone.

 

[southern Maine diver]

Well... well... well...

You guys have me all beat! I'm not worthy... I'm not worthy... I'm not worthy...[&o][&o][&o]

Wayne

 

[Dabeel]

You guys have me all beat! I'm not worthy... I'm not worthy... I'm not worthy...

I don't buy that for a second............that olive jar is an incredible find! Congrats!

Doug

 

[LC]

Nice piece of a Cephlapod Road Dog , could be Ordivician period . I am like you , the oldest thing I have ever found was trilobites , dating around 4000,000,000 years or more , but you can't compare that against human made relics , or at least I don't .

 

[Road Dog]

Very true LC. Here are my next oldest.