Mackinaw cache blades housed at Springfield Illinois

Mark Todd

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The Mackinaw cache blades found in 1916 when two boys were digging gravel for their father on the Mackinaw river is fairly well-known. Google it if you want to know more. Here are a few examples of the blades. Some are un notched north blades others are notched and believed to be (hopewell) Snyder points. Some archaeologists think that they may be Lost Lake blades. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821151.718519.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821167.028118.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821193.596113.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821214.328331.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821237.789018.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821254.855339.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508821271.124136.jpg
These blades, 20 some in all. Some of the thinnest and most finely napped blades ever found, 2 to 3 mm thin!
 

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sandchip

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Unreal! Glad they didn't skip those across the river.
 

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Beautiful work! I have always thought that some made points as a trade.
 

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