5000BC Copper Celt

[Thebigd81]

I posted this in the Native American section to try and ID it. Now that I know what it is I'll post it here. Found this on the NY PA border and had an archeologist and 2 of her colleagues look at it. She said it is a copper celt that dates to 5000BC and maybe even older. An extremely rare find especially in my area! She believes it is made from Lake Superior copper.

Happy hunting

 

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[Tesorodeoro]

Keep your eyes on the ground for other non-metallic artifacts!

 

[Thebigd81]

Keep your eyes on the ground for other non-metallic artifacts!

Im definitely going to have my eyes on the ground from now on every time I'm detecting a farm field!

 

[Garscale]

Of course I followed your other thread. That is a rare and valuable artifact. Fantastic find. Congrats.

 

[Thebigd81]

Of course I followed your other thread. That is a rare and valuable artifact. Fantastic find. Congrats.

Thanks for the help and advice! I was clueless and was going to give it to them. As I was leaving the one lady says PLEASE DONT SELL IT haha

 

[Steve in PA]

Super cool find!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Tony in SC]

Great find!!! Most of the Native American copper that I have seen come from Pennsylvania. It has even been found in Florida.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

I'm gobsmacked...that sounds like a banner find...

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wow....Terrific find!

 

[erfranks]

Nice Save!

 

[CRUSADER]

Beats my oldest Bronze Age Axe by about 2000 years!

 

[RTR]

Wow super cool find ! Soil conditions must of remained perfect for that coin to have survived.

 

[RTR]

This copper coin (only a few hundred years old) and found on the treasure coast,subjected to saltwater wasn't so lucky.

 

[caretaker]

very cool find, I dug one in Maine a few years ago, never got mine checked out

 

[Argentium]

What is the meaning of the word "celt" in this context ? Great find !

 

[CRUSADER]

What is the meaning of the word "celt" in this context ? Great find !

axe

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the Copper Celt Axe it's a rare find and it just doesn't get much older. Great recovery-pure top shelf in so many ways.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

big time gratz on an amazing find