Fingerlakes119
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- Aug 16, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Etrac, Minelab Profind
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- All Treasure Hunting
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I brushed away some of the dirt with a toothbrush last night. and its definitely copper, I did see some green and brown color under the caked dirt I removed. Also the conductivity and ferrous numbers on my Etrac indicated copper not lead. I am not so eager to clean this artifact. As with most metal detecting finds the worse thing you can do is to clean them. I'm considering donating this to a local museum. They can have it professionally cleaned if they wish.
Fingerlakes119
WOW that is pretty incredible, I wondered if people found copper artifacts in these neck of the woods.
Finger lakes are included in the ontario region of the "great lakes copper culture". You are right that it is probably the south eastern edge of that area where this stuff is more commonly found.
Yes! This thing deserves a place in a museum to be appreciated by many. Such a great piece of history.