Bannerstone, beach surface find

deldave

deldave

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Jul 9, 2013
164
292
coastal Delaware
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Garrett AT PRO, ACE 250, pro-pointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
This surface find was out of my league as a detectorist and beachcomber. When i saw this sitting in the surf on the sand and approached it I was shocked to realize I knew what it was right away. This comes from someone who has never been able to find a complete point of any sort in my 65 yrs of searching ( i was born to search!). It is so symmetrical and the hole is true and centered (it was packed with sand when I found it). I washed it in plain water and now I am going to see about getting it authenticated and appraised.
 

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ltd063

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Sep 28, 2016
291
400
NC
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Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 800 & Excal II, Tesoro SandShark, White's DFX
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
not sure what it is, but it looks cool.
 

bologna321

bologna321

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Aug 26, 2017
1,154
2,818
SW MO
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Garrett AT PRO, Garrett Ultra GTA 500, Equinox 600
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Metal Detecting
amazing find
 

Treasure_Hunter

Treasure_Hunter

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Staff member
Jul 27, 2006
48,457
54,895
Florida
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Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
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Great bannerstone.
 

Oddjob

Oddjob

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Aug 23, 2012
4,348
9,067
Detector(s) used
RD1000, GSSI Profiler EMP-400. GPZ 14 & 19
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Other
Got my vote for banner, that is a first I have seen on here. Really cool find, and please keep us posted in regards to authentication.
 

arrow86

arrow86

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May 6, 2014
3,374
4,072
Eastern Shore Maryland
Primary Interest:
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That’s an exceptionally nice bannerstone , I have only ever found pieces of them never an intact one. I can’t believe that came from Delaware beach ....hmmm maybe I need a beach weekend, great find thanks for posting
Edit: you have my vote for banner thats one good looking bannerstone!
 

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lairmo

lairmo

Silver Member
Jan 1, 2009
2,952
4,890
SW MO
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro/ Fisher M-Scope 1280-X
Never seen one in real life..that I know of..Congrats on an amazing find!!!
 

Tnmountains

Tnmountains

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Staff member
Jan 27, 2009
18,716
11,709
South East Tennessee on Ga, Ala line
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Conquistador freq shift
Fisher F75
Garrett AT-Pro
Garet carrot
Neodymium magnets
5' Probe
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That is a survivor from archaic times. Send it to a good authenticator for insurance purposes. Beautiful decorative piece.It seems they were found often in the east. So location makes sense.
Congratulations.
 

Charl

Charl

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Jan 19, 2012
3,054
4,682
Rhode Island
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Relic Hunting
Given its overall rarity, it's rarity of style within the family of bannerstones, and it's remarkable condition, that is as worthy of banner as anything that has appeared in the Native American section of TNet, IMHO...
 

welsbury

welsbury

Bronze Member
Jan 25, 2010
1,192
1,948
Eastern oregon
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Special find. If authentic that is a rare and quite valuable piece. You are a lucky guy,congrats!
 

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