A Great Hunt 6-16-11

[The Grim Reaper]

I got out Thursday for about 5 hours and had some good luck. I found a nice Scraper right off the bat and then about 20 minutes later I found a bunch of broken of pieces of sandstone right along the ridge line and I have a feeling it may have been a Box Burial. There lots of Bone in the area and I found the 2 3/4 inch black Knife and the Copper Piece right in the middle of all the pieces. The Knife is very well made and the Copper piece has a groove etched all around the inside edge. It may be a washer, but to me it looks like a ornament of some kind. I also found 2 Triangle Points within inches of each other and a really nice Shell Barrel Bead.

Enjoy the pics. I got a great in situ of the black Knife.

Pictures 7 and 8 show the 2 Triangles that were inches apart just to each side of the stone.

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's some cleaned up pictures. I'd really like some opinions on the Copper piece. Is it an Ornament or just a washer?

[creek astronaut]

very nice finds steve!that knife is very nice and thats a great insitu of it.I am not sure on the copper piece looks like a washer to me but i have never found any copper artifacts and looking at something on the computer can be as good as guessing sometimes.thx for the look

[Felinepeachy]

The copper piece looks like a grommet to me. Who knows how it got there.

Nice finds WOW!

[musky44]

nice finds srv.

[ohioaxeman]

Thats knife blade is super awesome as well as the in-situ!!!! The copper piece looks too perfect to me. May have fallen off a farm implement of some type! I hope I'm wrong! What is the rock in the last pic?

[Get-the-point]

That knife is awesome!!! Nice find SRV......................What do you think the copper piece was used for??

[tmodel]

love all [4] photos of the knife mighty pretty blade. one triangle is grate but would love to find them two at a time nice ones. could that copper ring be 1/2 of a grommet from D B Cooper`s parachute?

[Tnmountains]

Sweet Knife and great insitu. I have seen copper spools but they are larger. That looks to be half a brass grommet. Be easy to see if it was brass or copper. U r right though,great hunt. I have not seen a slate box burial. Are they surface or maybe 2'deep ?
Nice finds.

[Jonzer]

I've never seen a washer warped like that. I think it might be something.
Washers aren't typically made of copper unless they are used as some kind of bearing.

[Flint-seeker]

Great finds SRV! I have black knife (purchased, not a personal find) that's nearly identical to that one - I love it! I can't believe that was a field find and complete!

[jeff a]

nice finds steve, that copper does look like a grommet half

[artorius]

Nice haul. I really like the knife.

artorius

[The Grim Reaper]

Thanks for the replies guys and gals.

I've showed the Copper piece around and I guess it's actually Brass and more then likely a Grommet like a few have said. Oh well, I was hoping.

ohioaxeman, the rock in the last picture is the bit end off of a small Celt. It would been a dandy if all there.