The Best Find Of My Life

monsterrack

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Ok I'm still pumped up so I hope I don't make mistakes on this post. I went back to my poverty point site because the farmer told me he had burned and disk the field and I could do what ever I wanted to in his fields. So I got my shovel, bucket and screen and hit it at dawn. I have been finding things on one little rise, so that's where I dug at. First thing I found I didn't know what it was till I washed it off. I think it is a pottery game piece that did not get finished. pp finds 9-15-13 013.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 014.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 017.JPG You can see that it is concave on both sides and they ground on the edges trying to make it round. Then I found some other items pp finds 9-15-13 005.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 006.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 029.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 021.JPG I was getting tired by now I was only going 1ft to 1 1/2ft deep but I had done dug a 6x6 area and sifted it all. Then I found this. pp finds 9-15-13 018.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 019.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 033.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 035.JPG It's just a crinoid stem fossil, but I have never seen one of this color in this area, most are just brown chert. This gave me a little more juice to hunt some more, I was ready to stop and I thought just one more scoop, and then this showed up on the screen. pp finds 9-15-13 003.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 004.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 009.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 010.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 011.JPG I thought I was going to faint and wet my pants at the same time. This has been my Holy grail, my number 1 on my bucket list, I could not get my breath. I was in shock for 15 min. I still can't get over it and may not for a long time. Here are some pics of it cleaned. pp finds 9-15-13 037.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 038.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 039.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 040.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 041.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 042.JPG pp finds 9-15-13 045.JPG I have only seen ones like this one in a museum. I am still in shock.
 

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CMDiamonddawg

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Big Congrats !

pot bellied owl :icon_scratch: I 'm thinking it looks like a red tailed hawk . What is that red stone ??? , I find those and dark blue stones in a few fields up here in South Jersey ............ :headbang:

Great find monsterrack


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Very cool looking piece. What sort of time period are we talking?
 

Johnny X

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Man rack, I had to come back and look at this again. Such a beautiful piece. Here I am stuck at work when I should be shoveling some dirt!!
 

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All jokes aside, I think I would have to try to buy this land. Those are finds of a life time and deserve banner recognition!
 

naturegirl

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Wow!!!! I love that, congratulations on the find and the banner....that's just sweet!
 

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That is one super special find! Points are one thing that my friend is quite another.
 

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monsterrack

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Big Congrats !

pot bellied owl :icon_scratch: I 'm thinking it looks like a red tailed hawk . What is that red stone ??? , I find those and dark blue stones in a few fields up here in South Jersey ............ :headbang
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The stone is red jasper. I have been finding some on this site for a few hunts. They traded stone from all over, it was their main import.
 

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monsterrack

monsterrack

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All jokes aside, I think I would have to try to buy this land. Those are finds of a life time and deserve banner recognition!

If I could buy it I would ,but this man does not need money, he told me he thinks he owns over 100,000 acres all together. So for right now I don't need the cow as long as I can get the milk. Ha Ha:laughing7:
 

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monsterrack

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Thanks to everyone for the banner votes and for your compliments :notworthy:I promise you though I'm still in shock.
 

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That is one nice find and to think, you've just scratched the surface. Hope the hole keeps getting bigger with more and more finds like that!
 

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Congrats on a great find and banner... that is amazing.
I hope you have many more awesome finds to come.
Thanks for sharing it.
 

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monsterrack

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pp finds 9-15-13 001.JPG I wanted to show the first view of it when I drop the dirt on the screen, it was playing peek a boo. I also found this stone don't know what it is, looks like a piece of amber but it is to hard and heavy to be amber pp finds 9-15-13 007.JPG
 

unclemac

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that is a little agate...chalcedony it seems to be....
 

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That is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing it with us. Good luck in future hunts.
 

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Oh WOW what a find! I was at the Poverty Point museum just a month or so ago, you're right, that little figural owl is THE holy grail of PP culture artifacts! Big pat on the back!
 

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Congrats on making Banner on it monsterrack. It sure is a nice piece.
 

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