Pics of my Collection

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Many have asked for pictures.  It has taken me a while to take some, but since I am home alone today and nobody can gripe about what's on the table....

If anyone has a question about anything you see let me know.  Also, if anyone sees anything rare or unusual that I should know about, let me know!

Not everything is pictured... I ran outta room.

ENJOY!!



BY THE WAY-  In most of the pictures you will be able to locate a Rosie that I tossed in there for a scale.

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Half of a whirl, and some head knockers.

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Some serrated points and some pottery shards.

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A bone needle and some fish hooks. 

Also note the two eagles in the second picture.

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The only possible NON indian artifact on the table (the head) and the Turtle with a game stone of some type beside it. The gamer is round and dished out on both sides. It's carved from some type of sparkley rock.

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Also just want to point out...

The point with the fossil in it!

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Some drills and a..... ahhhhh.... I can't seem to remember what this cross thing is called.

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Some copper points and some bone points.

(Copper plate was some of the earliest traded items along the east coast.  The natives would roll it up, heat it and then shove it onto a arrow shaft.  Then dip it in cold water to srink it onto the shaft.)

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Check out this rock that has been chipped into an axe like shape. Cool huh? See all the other smaller types of rock inside?

And a set of beads that was PAINSTAKINGLY recovered. We put them on some fishing line to keep them together.

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Some of the big boys.

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I like to call the first one "Brothers" because the colors of the stone.  They were found a couple miles apart.  How do you like the "eye" design in the one?  The brothers are the Eye and the one to it's right.

You'll also see my obsidian clovis there and a third eagle.

The second one I call "Big and Little"  If you can't quess why, ask someone.

[d2]

Dang brother, thats a nice collection. Did you find 'em all? And did the obsidian clovis come from AZ?...d2

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Thanks D2.

I didn't find them all, but did find a bunch. The ones that I didn't find were found by my dad and grandfather.

The clovis was found by my dad in NW Alabama.

[newnan man]

Very nice collection and nice range of artifacts. Thanks for sharing.

[Neanderthal]

Ok, I'm confused and have some questions. You're saying the OBSIDIAN piece came from NW ALA.? I see alot of eastern materials in there, that look further north than ALA..looks more like maybe Tn, or Ky? Also, did your father or grandfather dabble with knapping a bit? The reason I ask, some of the the have odd characteristics that look to be modernly hampered with a bit. Thanks for showing, and that's a killer Reel type Gorget.

Matt

[River Rat]

W W!! Beautiful collection...I'm just [color=green]green [color=black]with envy.

RR

[DigEmAll]

Matt, I know my dad didn't knap anything, and am pretty sure that my grandfather didn't either.  However, I can't say that my grandfater didn't for sure... he passed away when I was a few months old.  But I am pretty sure that my dad would have said that my grandfather made them if he had. 

Which ones do you have questions about?  I'll get some better pics of them? 

The obsidian clovis was found along the TENNESSEE River in NW Alabama.  I was little when he found it, but I was there.  With the exception of the points that I have found out here, they are all from the southeast... Florida to Kentucky, Virginia to Louisiana.

(EDIT: MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TENNESSEE RIVER)

[Cannonman17]

That's a museum quality collection... VERY nice to say the least!

[Atlantis0077]

Hey Dude,

Thats WAY too many artifacts for one person to handle....why dont you share your burden with a friend and mail me about half of it...LOL Beautiful collection. Most impressive.

Atlantis

[Johnny X]

Amazing..........
Are those all surface finds?

just curious.

xStevenx