Up-North
Hero Member
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2020
- Messages
- 570
- Reaction score
- 3,264
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- s.e. Minnesota’s driftless area
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Upvote
0
~Catlinite Piece~
- Thread starter Up-North
- Start date
Very nice, any catlinite piece is a nice find. 
ArfieBoy
Silver Member
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2011
- Messages
- 4,575
- Reaction score
- 8,451
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- N.E. Oregon
- Detector(s) used
- Compass X-70, Compass X-80, Compass X-90, Compass Judge 2, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Interesting.
newnan man
Gold Member
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2005
- Messages
- 6,812
- Reaction score
- 26,532
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Beautiful Florida
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
That is a great find!
Very interesting piece
Older The Better
Silver Member
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2017
- Messages
- 3,674
- Reaction score
- 7,570
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- south east kansas
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Eagle Spectrum
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Definitely different, great to see.
russau
Gold Member
- Joined
- May 29, 2005
- Messages
- 7,961
- Reaction score
- 7,928
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- St. Louis, missouri
What part of the Country would these be commonly found? Who would be using / heaving these ?
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2018
- Messages
- 7,398
- Reaction score
- 23,576
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Todds Point, IL
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
No doubt that’s catlinite. The earliest Indian smoking pipes date to the late archaic. By the middle woodland Hopewell time period, around 200 AD, catlinite was utilized for platform pipes. From then on its use picked up even more. Mississippians used it extensively and use continued into modern times. It’s easy to work but it is messy! The pink dust from grinding spreads everywhere. My wife raised hell when I tracked it on my shoes.😄
