pottery shards ID?

[Emma1121]

View attachment 710032 This (pic 1) was a haul out of a muddy bank in the FL panhandle. Has anybody seen this pottery or could it be off a ship? Also (pic 2) what is the long smooth rock used for? Thanks

 

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[GatorBoy]

Wow looks like you sifted out the whole bank. Welcome and from what I can tell most of what you have on the bottom of the first photo is Native American pottery.. I think I even see check stamped design on one.. the rest of the ceramics and glass look like late 1800's through 1900's salt glazed stoneware.. transfer print ceramics and glass that probably falls in the same time frame. It also looks like a see a few flakes of Flint..one looks like it may be a small point but not sure. If you go deeper you may get into more concentration of native American artifacts just please be aware of Florida law concerning its waterways.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Looks like you found a great spot with a cross section of everything. Thanks for sharing and welcome to TNet!
Nick

 

[Emma1121]

Thanks for the help! Only the first pic was from FL and many of the pottery pieces have the checked pattern- Asi I've learned. The rest are all VA finds. Have tons of points that I've collected over the past few years. Pottery and glass just seem to find me more easily that anything else! I'm pretty addicted to this....

 

[old digger]

Welcome to TNET! Cool Finds!

 

[SOHIO]

I'm pretty addicted to this....

We are too lets see some fliint...

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks for the help! Only the first pic was from FL and many of the pottery pieces have the checked pattern- Asi I've learned. The rest are all VA finds. Have tons of points that I've collected over the past few years. Pottery and glass just seem to find me more easily that anything else! I'm pretty addicted to this....

That's cool Emma... that's Ais... and if you were in the panhandle you were not in their area so the pottery got there through trade. I am in the south end of Ais territory..the north was up to the ST. Johns River. That is why that pottery is called ST. Johns stammped. Nice finds.

 

[natchitoches]

welcome to tnet
looks like you cover some ground and had a great day too.
point hunting is very addicted
but its good for the body and keeps you out of troble too(well usely lol )