indain trade beads -glass seed beads - willing to trade for arrow heads (gone)

ivan salis

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this is a purplish / deep blue one --- (a type 45 -4 as IDed by the florida state of san luis misson *website) ---- mission san luis was wrecked in 1704 by the english --- my trading post / mission was wrecked in 1702 also by a english raiding party --they were headed to st augustine but failed to take it --but they wiped out the spanish missions / trading post in north florida on the way down south bound to st augustine ----needless to say these are rare and hard to find "eyeball only" find ---the place I got them from is now thanks to my local county's wise leadership being turned into a fishing peir parking lot. :protest: --so this is it folks * theres no getting any more where these came from ---these are the real deal --- 1700 time frame indain trade glass "seed" beads --- I have 4 colors --- deep blue -- light blue --pinkish and milky white ---feel free to "compare" my beads with the state archies ones at the site below . ---- click on "see the ollection" --the scroll to "beads"-- the blue ones match # 45 - 4

http://www.missionsanluis.org/research/collection/index.cfm

I have---- 36 of the deep blue --12 robin egg blue ---12 rose pink ---and 12 milky white -- the shape and size are all alike -- just ike the deep blue ones shown in the photo below.

12 for 1 arrowhead --- all 72 for 5 arrowheads .----- PM me if your interested .
 

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they are the old style ceramic / glass type beads --these were found at an Indian allies / Spanish mission trading post site in Nassau county , Florida burnt down by English raiders WHO came across the border from Georgia during 1702.
 

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Nice Trade Beads. I have a buddy who has found quite a few of them in our area on an old village site.I have only found one, but it's a nice blue multi-faceted one.


You can see it in this picture at the bottom center.
 

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that is the much largertype bead and way cool I might add ---mine it is clear to see (look at the cent for sizing) are the finer sized ones used in bead work on clothing -- of the type common with the cherokee indains type items
 

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yah there was an old spanish misson named SANTA MARIA on amelia island the place was destroyed in 1702 by raiding english forces headed south from georgia towards St Augustine --basically everything on the island was torched. ---the beads are from around 1702 -
 

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Hi all , figured I’d throw my two cents in here , anyway got out sat. , first time in a long time . It was more of a walk down memory lane then anything . One thought I had was ,about finding seed-beads .
I’ll start at the beginning , In around 1804? To about 1820 +/- the Russians traded cobalt-blue beads for fur , Spain didn’t control Alta California , own yes . So now we have some cobalt-blue Russian trade beads in and around San Diego County , not yet in my collection . Now to have a truly “good” collection around here you need to have , lets say one blue Russian trade-bead ! About 25 yrs . Ago I was looking through a friends collection and I was surprised to see maybe a doz. Or so beads . Well, ends-up that he’s as surprised that I don’t have any !! He assured me that I was looking in the right areas , but probably not looking for them correctly ? He told me first , you need to get down low, on all fours and look out at 6ft. + . . Why? Well, maybe hard to believe but these beads lay hole up 99% of the time , the hole full of dirt when you look down on them , you would see the dirt ,with a tiny bit of dark-blue around them ,very hard to see . But ,when your way down low , sun on your back , you will see a very bright blue side of the bead . He had been told this by a very-experienced collector .
Well , a few yrs. Later I was crawling one of my favored areas , and out at 6+ ft there was this bright blue dot , I know what it was !! I crawled over it had a look straight down gone ... , hole up as he said . Anyway, it worked ONCE for me .
So , remember when you have the “seed-bead need” Stop ,Drop and Crawl with the sun on your back

Sincerely; Blindpig
 

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there now they got a picture to see. ;D
 

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hey blindpig, I have had very good luck crawling on hands and knees with my knee pads on and a pair of leather gloves

more people should try this, but I would only recommend this in a high percentage area because you can't cover much ground
 

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all 72 sold for 5 arrowheads ;D --told ya these would go fast .
 

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Congrats Ivan Sails ! :thumbsup:
 

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no need to get on your knees....just put hands behind back...look for holes and the colors.....they r there if you got the right site...
 

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