Collection I Was Gifted

[The Grim Reaper]

A really good friend of mine who I got into hunting back in the early 80's decided he wanted to give me his collection. He said if it wasn't for me he wouldn't have any of it so he felt I should have it. I was shocked, humbled, and overwhelmed. Here are some pictures of just the riker mount trays he had. I'll post the rest in the comments. I've counted up to 2,000 pieces and guesstimate 2,500.

This was all found in Scioto and Lawrence counties in Ohio and Lewis and Greenup counties in Kentucky.

 

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[The Grim Reaper]

His kids didn't want the collection but he asked me to make up a tray for each of them. This is what I put together for them.

 

[Older The Better]

Where is the collection from?

 

[antmike915]

Don't get gifts like that often, very cool.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Wow! My friends are waiting for me to kick the bucket so they can get the few I have!

 

[newnan man]

Good friend! Really nice assortment of artifacts.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Nice gift Steve! It's in good hands thats for sure!

 

[CaptEsteban]

JUST WOW !!

 

[pickaway]

Nice...

 

[sawmill man]

Nice collection, First pic at 7 oclock ,what material would that be ,the striped one?

 

[JerV3]

Wow,

That is a nice amount of artifacts.

I love native American artifacts. I love collecting points.

He probably gave you about 5k or more worth of items. I buy and sell also.

Jer

 

[pepperj]

Now that's a giving back example.
Amazing collection and what a gift.

 

[Garscale]

Man that is nice. If it were me and the kids didnt want it to start with. I would just give them a 100 bill each and keep the frames. maybe show them the frames and give them the choice.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Man that is nice. If it were me and the kids didnt want it to start with. I would just give them a 100 bill each and keep the frames. maybe show them the frames and give them the choice.

They requested a frame each so I got them both pieces from every site we hunted.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice collection, First pic at 7 oclock ,what material would that be ,the striped one?

I posted it on a couple of Facebook pages and the consensus was Flint Ridge.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Here?s a few pictures of some of the better pieces.

 

[Tdog]

Is Deschutes Jasper a possibility on the 1st piece?


Edit: You can see why I thought it may be if you look here...

https://www.barlowsgems.net/deschutes-jasper-large-collector-cabochon-xl2-1/#gallery-1

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Is Deschutes Jasper a possibility on the 1st piece?

Not sure. But three guys who really know their stuff said Ridge and I trust them. I had no clue what it was. In 56 years of hunting I've never seen that material in my area.

 

[Relicgrubber]

I can see it being flint ridge. Nice pieces!

 

[Itownguy]

I imagine a lot of that collection came from the Goldcamp site.