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I have to admit there is a lot of similarity there. Thanks village nut.

I believe you are on the right track as being a device to control flow of a material or liquid and the threaded end piece was the control to adjust or regulate the flow. Perhaps I'll eventually come across an image of the actual device. Thanks for your thoughts.

This was found on an 1850's-1860's military site. Made of patinated brass or possibly copper. Thanks for looking.

I will do that creskol ...thanks for commenting.

This was found on an 1850's-1860's military site. Made of patinated brass or possibly copper. Thanks for looking.

I am curious to know when the White's 6000D metal detector was first introduced. I am assuming sometime in the late 1970's?

That is a cool core. Any idea what the material is? It appears to be a darker lithic under a white patina.

Nice finds. Without a reference it is hard to tell how large your bison skull is. What is the distance straight across from one horn core tip to the tip of the opposite horn core?

Plainview/Goshen projectiles certainly are in Wyoming. However, as I said, I have not seen an obliquely flaked example from the Northern High Plains. In the southern Plains I have seen examples the people down there call Plainviews which are obliquely flaked but then again “Plainview” tends to...

I have never seen an obliquely flaked plainview from the northern High Plains.

The base damage makes it more difficult to ID, however with the parallel oblique flaking it is most likely an Angostura or second choice would be an Allen point.

Thanks Charl, This is probably being nit-picking but I do have trouble with these NA-made points being called trade points. The NA made specimens made during the historic time period can have a distinctive style or shape sometimes unique to their culture unlike the typical style of the finished...

Are these brass or copper points in your image European-made for trade or white traders-made points made for trade or are they Native American-made points made of recycled trade items?

I rarely find remnants of cast iron pots on historic Plains NA village sites. Most all of the trade vessels which included various sizes of pans and kettles were made of thin brass. The traders could place smaller sized brass vessels nestled in larger sized ones making a much lighter and smaller...

The KRF Pelican Lake point was found in 1986 on an overcast day and there was a light mist falling. The image was taken with a film camera as digital cameras were not yet available.

Nebraska KRF Pelican Lake

A 10,000 year old Clovis? I think the finder was misled by “ASU”.

A valid observation Tesoro. I have hunted a number of historic era Plains Indian village sites using metal detectors. From my own recoveries I can confirm that during the fur and bison robe trade era the NA’s were provided with both files and small chisels for cutting and shaping metal to make...

A very nice piece. After seeing these latest images I have no doubt about its authenticity and it could well be a trade lance from the northern Plains.

What part of North America was it found? The patina on this particular piece and photo in general make it somewhat difficult to ID the material. However, as others have said, it appears it is made of iron rather than copper which would put it in the historic trade period. If you could post...