birdstone

[mickey]

after 20 years of searching i finally found one. hope to see you all at the may '09 columbus state show

 

[am-ark]

Very,very nice..... thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Mac232]

Welcome to T Net and thanx for sharing your find .



Mac

 

[Neanderthal]

Broken or not..THAT'S a banner find.

 

[pickaway]

Wow great find & insitu congrats on a supberb find...

 

[Pinellas Man]

That is one awesome find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ohio_Doug]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Airborne80]

Beautiful! What were they used for? I wonder if they are found in Virginia. hmmmm... I hope so. A new target would be nice Thanks for sharing this fine.

 

[Muddy Feet]

Very cool find.

 

[Hippy]

Very nice find. That's as close to being whole as would be expected from a farm field. Good to see a few still come out of the ground. Congrats.

Hippy

 

[am-ark]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttt find....Thanks for sharing!

 

[ohio]

Banner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unreal. Could we see some pics from different angles ? Congrats!
Chuck

 

[Th3rty7]

wow, find of a lifetime, a banner if there ever was one. the best find I've seen here so far, congratulations

 

[mickey]

here is another view of the birdstone fresh out of the ground.

 

[mickey]

left side view.

 

[mickey]

this is my suggestion as to how birdstones were used-as hair ornaments. bar-type birdstones are from the glacial kame time period (3000bc to 500bc) they are found from new england to georgia, but are concentrated in ohio, indiana, michigan, new york, and southern ontario. they are made mostly of banded slate and average about 4 inches long. popeyed birdstones are from the same time period and are even more rare than the bar-type. they have protuding knobs representing eyes. bust-type birdstones are the most rare type. they are from the adena (early woodland) to the hopewell (middle woodland) time periods. they do not have the characteristic body or tail and normally consist of the head and neck only. good hunting!

 

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

Congrats on finding a birdstone. You even have the insitus of the find, Now that's neat. This find deserves a Banner. How many of us have ever seen the insitus of a birdstone being found? Come on guys hit the banner button. If I had the power to give banners this one would get it. John P.s Welcome to the Indian Artifacts forum. Glad to have you

 

[jeff of pa]

May 1994 Find ? Definately Not a Banner Find

But Very cool !

Jeff

 

[mickey]

fyi, i found the birdstone on march 21, 2009. the date on the paper of the first picture is not accurate. that is the scale that dr redmond from the cleve museum of natural history used after i asked him to take a photo with his camera. tn mountains, i'm certainly no expert on birdstones, but i would hesitate to guess what you've got there unless i saw the other side of it and knew more about the area you found it in. it is not an average "bird head" but i hope you prove me wrong when you find the rest of it! it's funny that i even had my camera with me that day. normally i never carry it unless we are on a dig. thanks for your posts. ps, i'm not sure what "banner" means since i'm new at this site, but it sounds like a good thing! pss, i attached another photo of all the drilled pieces i have found. the birdstone was found all by its lonesome, in between two different sites, and about 200 yards north of the 2 pieces directly above and below the birdstone. note the repair hole on the right side since the original front drill hole broke through. almost all of the birdstones i have seen were salvaged this way, but as i perused my back issues of ohio archaeologist, i noticed a few that were salvaged by cutting a groove across the broken hole and along the dorsal ridge to accept the binding.

 

[Th3rty7]

I nominated this piece for banner. This is as rare as it gets, much more impressive than a sandstone pipe imo, no offense dork. It would be a shame if issues like quota and message board politricks keep this from hitting the banner. Oh well even if it doesn't it's still a personal banner, nobody can take that from you Mickey.