post your sinkers/net weights

[GatorBoy]

I think it will be interesting to see the different styles of what different parts of the country refer to as sinkers or net weights. And help with I.d. for future T-net searches. Here is a few fla. Net weights.

 

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[tomclark]

This is what the typical netweight is for my area. Have hundreds, no pics. Here's the Museum's pic of Arca ponderosa shell "Ponderous Ark" netweights.

This one looks like a "Waco Sinker". I think it's too well done to be a sinker.... but many say that's what they think it is.

This one is flat on the bottom, more like a loaf stone.

 

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[GatorBoy]

Thanks Tom..I also have ALOT of those from my area. For some reason I never belived them to be net weights. Mabey for small stuff like shrimp I suppose. They just don't seem to have enough weight. Wouldn't the groove in the other two go the other way if they were being used as atlatl weights?



I took this photo a couple days ago at a local museum. I'm not saying they are correct and also there could be several uses.Johnathan Dickenson made mention of shell spoons in his account of contact with the Ais Tribe. Just a thought...then there is these guys.











Pretty sure those small ones were jewelry items. Just posted to show how much shell items we have to try to decipher here. Always good to have your input on Florida artifacts Tom..I hold it in high regard.

 

[larson1951]

some mandan fishing weights
these were used to fish on the bottom using bone hooks View attachment 679802
my favorite is the gray one with the turkey foot incised on each side
never seen another one like it
they are not bolo stones

 

[GatorBoy]

Love those Larson. Thank you for posting. I've spent year after year hoping to find a bone fish hook. Mabey one day.

 

[junk250]

some mandan fishing weights
these were used to fish on the bottom using bone hooks View attachment 679802 View attachment 679803
my favorite is the gray one with the turkey foot incised on each side
never seen another one like it
they are not bolo stones

Carved turkey foot on a weight, that's too cool !

Edited to add: Maybe they were throwing nets at turkeys

 

[GatorBoy]

LARSON..is there some symbolism that you could tell us about that would help make sence of it. That is so interesting?

 

[larson1951]

we know they used turkeys for things like:
food
leg bones made whistles
other smaller bones used for beads
feathers for many uses
bone needles
bone marrow scoops
so possibly since it was very important someone just put the design on as some kind of way to mark the owners sinker

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks

 

[Neogeo]

Here are a few from Cen.Tx

 

[GatorBoy]

I like that you have two different styles there.

 

[Neogeo]

thanx...Its one of my fav tool type.....The flat limestone ones are much overlooked,and were all found at the same site over the past 4 years.The oval one near the top I suspect may have been a warhammer.

 

[hotrod]

cool

 

[junk250]

Nobody buys my Turkey net idea ? , turkeys were common back in the day.

 

[NC field hunter]

Nobody buys my Turkey net idea ? , turkeys were common back in the day.

I know that native Americans did domesticate turkeys. With that being said, they had to catch some, rather than kill them. Not so far fetched after thinking about it.

 

[GatorBoy]

I for one would rather find eggs or nesting chicks. You should see those suckers run...LOL.

 

[NC field hunter]

I for one would rather find eggs or nesting chicks. You should see those suckers run...LOL.

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I know! They are smart too. Eggs or chicks is the best method I must agree!! However, I can't shoot his theory down. I have never read in depth the domestication of the turkey. So, not that I agree with the turkey in a net, but I can't disagree. Now I feel like a turkey in a net!!

 

[rock]

Nobody buys my Turkey net idea ? , turkeys were common back in the day.

Most people think water when they hear net weights but they did use them for birds also on dry land like for Quails.