Colonial Jewelry?

Garabaldi · Apr 5, 2011

Its small with a hole in it. Possibly lead. :dontknow:

olroy70 · Apr 5, 2011

fishing weight

Garabaldi · Apr 5, 2011

Seems a bit small, but a definite possibility.

RickyD · Apr 5, 2011

I agree. Fishing weight. Up here in the northwest they're found in archiology digs of our first white settlers. The weights were nothing more than flattened lead with a hole punch in it. Just like today, the sizes were made according to the type of fishing that it was being used for.

Garabaldi · Apr 5, 2011

This area was settled in the early 1600's and is near a river. :wink:

Should I green check it?
Can anyone find an image. I will search for colonial fishing weights. :wink:

RickyD · Apr 6, 2011

Just look up Colonial Fishing Tools on the web. The eHow link gives a very nice history of how the Colonials fished not only out of necessity, but for pleasure. Anyway, good article to read on the subject.

Garabaldi · Apr 6, 2011

RickyD said:
Just look up Colonial Fishing Tools on the web. The eHow link gives a very nice history of how the Colonials fished not only out of necessity, but for pleasure. Anyway, good article to read on the subject.

Great article and thank for the info. :icon_thumleft: