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[GatorBoy]

Hey folks ..I got a couple messages about my avatar and what it was.
It's a drilled shark tooth tiger shark to be specific.
A Native American artifact from Florida

 

[Mrdigz]

Very cool!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Those are just too cool and definitely on my Bucket List. I know someone who found one here in southern Ohio that is very similar to the one in pic #4.

 

[crj1968]

I was one of the people that messaged you. I thought it was a point embedded in bone or something.

A drilled shark tooth!? Wow I never knew there were such artifacts. So cool. Are they rare?

Must get one somehow.

 

[Geradot]

A necklace of shark teeth - it's very cool and rare! Congratulations ! Extremely successful hunt!

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks

 

[ghp95134]

I've also wondered about your avatar (nice!), thanks for the explanation. Now I wonder: necklace or weapon?

Did the Florida Indians make swords of sharks teeth like those of the Gilbert Islands and other Pacific islands? I'm aware that mesoamerican warriors used flaked obsidian "teeth" around the perimeter of sword and axe edges ... just wondering aloud.

--ghp

 

[crj1968]

Interesting thought, ghp.

 

[Geradot]

if it is not a necklace. A part of the arms - Very , Very ,Very cool!

 

[capsmith]

Hey GatorBoy. I knew what it was and I live in Tennessee . How are you.

 

[GatorBoy]

Hey Cap. I'm great.. working on an offshore fishing charter boat... been rough seas for almost a month.... figured I'd see how y'all were doing

 

[GatorBoy]

Those are just too cool and definitely on my Bucket List. I know someone who found one here in southern Ohio that is very similar to the one in pic #4.

I'd love to see it

 

[chase2]

those are very cool

 

[rock]

Those are nice and not a everyday find.

 

[creekhunter]

Thanks for sharing more of those, really cool to see relics from the different regions!

 

[GatorBoy]

My pleasure