brass kettle points

[leddel]

heres a few points , we've been finding for the the archaeologists for the Pequot Indian Museum in Ct. this is a battle site at an Indian fort that took place in 1637 against the early English colonists . more to come.

 

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[flintlock]

Nice points! Thanks for sharing and keep us updated on the digs!

 

[leddel]

heres a point my buddy found just yesterday , its a brass conical point and one of the best examples i've seen . more pictures to follow soon.

its just short of 4 inches long and still intact after almost 400 years in the dirt .

Dan

 

[leddel]

heres an updated picture of that last point it still had part of the wooden shaft inside .

Dan

 

[Glenn C]

nice looking point. Thank you for sharing. I found a small brass broken point about 1 inch long. Have not seen many brass ones.

 

[leddel]

heres the latest one found , wasn't sure until the archaeologists confirmed it as a legit Brass kettle arrow point from the 1650's to 1670's

 

[leddel]

heres the latest point i found just a couple of fridays ago , its a nice brass conical arrow point thats 375 years old

 

[Glenn C]

That's a sweet piece congrats!! They look great full.

 

[skeeterd]

How do you know how old it is? Not trying to be rude, just trying to learn more.

 

[skeeterd]

Sorry. I just read the last couple posts and not the whole thread.

 

[leddel]

thanks for the grats and interests everyone , i just got back the "cleaned up" portrait pictures from the museum and some very interesting info about the point . In Captain Mason's account of the battle there were arrows being either retrieved (by allied natives to be reused) or broken by the English on purpose because of the limited supply to their enemy. this point was deffinately shot from a bow and stuck into the ground , the one flared "ear" was already bent (away from shaft) and damaged before i got to recover it and there was no wooded shaft remanents inside it like the couple others found. this suggests that it might have been an attempted retrieved but the flared ears prevented an easy pull from the dirt and the shaft simply pulled out of the brass head where it remained for 375 years until i found it . a very interesting scenario , how dissapointing it must of been for that native american indian brave ,in the heat of battle to pull up a now worthless and ineffective arrow . hope you enjoy the pictures.