Another Successful Hunt

[The Grim Reaper]

I went back out to my favorite Ft Ancient site where I have been finding everything and crawled around for 4 hours yesterday. I only found one flint artifact and that was a little Knife, but I found 3 Bone Beads, 1 Marginella Shell Bead, a Shell Disc Bead, and the first Olivella Shell Bead I have ever found. I also found another Drilled Tooth, 4 Deer Antler Tines that have been cut and snapped off the rack, a Deer Antler Point that is broken out through the drilled hole, a broken Discoidal, a Deer Toe Tinkler, a piece of Bead Stock(what is left after they cut the Bead off the Bone), and some odds and ends. The stone piece in the top center is probably natural and I wouldn't have thought a thing of it if I hadn't found it on this site, but it has the look of a Claw Effigy which was a common symbol for them. It's more than likely a geofact, but it's still cool looking.

The 1st picture is the days haul.

The 2nd is of the Beads, the Drilled Tooth, the Deer Antler Point, and a Shell Pendant broke through the hole.

The 3rd is the Deer Antler Tines and the Knife.

The 4th shows the Bead Stock, the Deer Toe Tinkler, an Antler Drift, and a tip off of a Bone Awl.

[ohio]

Steve, looks like you did pretty well. The drilled tooth is killer. Looks like a turkey spur in there??

Chuck

[The Grim Reaper]

Thanks Chuck. We find a lot of Turkey Spurs on this site and our other Ft Ancient sites and they are always cut from the bone. I'm sure they used them for something.

[naturegirl]

that drilled tooth is awsome! And a turkey spur? Thanks for showing that. Lots of interesting stuff there.

[Tnmountains]

Great rescue on the bone artifacts. They will in time quickly disappear. You are getting a nice strand of drilled teeth I imagine. Are you in a shell miden??
Nice finds for sure.
TnMtns

[Molly.]

Another good hunt. I do like the canine tooth though..
Thanks for showing us your finds Steve.

Molly.

[choo]

GREAT STUFF! I always like to look at your finds you find a nice variety of artifacts.

[The Grim Reaper]

Great rescue on the bone artifacts. They will in time quickly disappear. You are getting a nice strand of drilled teeth I imagine. Are you in a shell miden??
Nice finds for sure.
TnMtns

The middens here are all full of Shell, Pottery, Bone, and Flint and you find a lot of broken or damaged pieces in the middens but ocassionally you'll come across a real killer.

[pickaway]

That drilled tooth got my banner vote, amazing relic congrats...

[Tnmountains]

272 veiws and 8 replies. I think us 8 must be coming back time and again to see your killer finds ....
HH
TnMtns