Revolutionary War American outpost on site of American Indian Village
It doesn't get much better than this! A two-fer sale! General John Sullivan's tropps marched up the east branch of the Susquehanna River and destroyed 40 or so Indian Villages during the Revolution to keep things like the Cherry Valley Massacre and Wyoming massacre from happening again. The Indians fled to Canada, where many starved that winter as their British allies were overwhelmed.
So on this one little knoll I found evidence of an American encampment over the last few weeks.
In the road with the aluminum pops up this little George II halfpenny. NEVER listen to me and look in the roads or next to them, no I never said that. It's pretty well gone but has enough detail to identify it.
I found several points, since they are dirt colored they are hard to spot.
This is huge hand chopper ax, the kind the natives would use to crack open large bones, or coconuts.
Points all the from same day. Coin is for comparison for size.
This rock is wild. Has an inside and outside curve to it. I wonder if the natives used it as a grinder or base to grind on, that is. Opinions?
Brass pieces from the other day.
Points from the week before.
More points.
Indian trade materials from the week before that.
The two silvers from that same time.
Earlier points (early June this year.)
More coolness, last of May.
End of May contact period items.
A few of the trade beads.
It was a good year for points - best one since 1984.
From Sullivan's camp.
Happy Man rock face from the year before.
Net sinkers.
Musket balls.
Rev war stirrup the day it was found.
Broekn linstock piece for a cannon.
But wait! There's more including grapeshot and cannonballs and buttons, but I don't know where those images are.
I guess you got the joke about the coconut.
It doesn't get much better than this! A two-fer sale! General John Sullivan's tropps marched up the east branch of the Susquehanna River and destroyed 40 or so Indian Villages during the Revolution to keep things like the Cherry Valley Massacre and Wyoming massacre from happening again. The Indians fled to Canada, where many starved that winter as their British allies were overwhelmed.
So on this one little knoll I found evidence of an American encampment over the last few weeks.
In the road with the aluminum pops up this little George II halfpenny. NEVER listen to me and look in the roads or next to them, no I never said that. It's pretty well gone but has enough detail to identify it.
I found several points, since they are dirt colored they are hard to spot.
This is huge hand chopper ax, the kind the natives would use to crack open large bones, or coconuts.
Points all the from same day. Coin is for comparison for size.
This rock is wild. Has an inside and outside curve to it. I wonder if the natives used it as a grinder or base to grind on, that is. Opinions?
Brass pieces from the other day.
Points from the week before.
More points.
Indian trade materials from the week before that.
The two silvers from that same time.
Earlier points (early June this year.)
More coolness, last of May.
End of May contact period items.
A few of the trade beads.
It was a good year for points - best one since 1984.
From Sullivan's camp.
Happy Man rock face from the year before.
Net sinkers.
Musket balls.
Rev war stirrup the day it was found.
Broekn linstock piece for a cannon.But wait! There's more including grapeshot and cannonballs and buttons, but I don't know where those images are.
I guess you got the joke about the coconut.
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