Copper ax found in Wisconsin

[history hunter]

Haven't been on here for a while, so I thought I would post a find I made around Sept this year ! I got a 35 to 37 on the nox 800 at about 14" plus. I was not sure what it was at first, but as I looked it over, I realized it was something that I never thought I would find! I still get excited by a lot of finds that I make , even though next year will be the start of my 54th year in the hobby,( dad started me at 4 in 1969. He had been selling metal detectors in his store since the early 60's, something he added to his usually Archery only store started in 1947.) You never know what will come out of the ground next!

 

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[newnan man]

Keep looking in that area for more copper artifacts. Great find.

 

[pepperj]

Congratulations on your copper axe.
Amazing piece of history

 

[dognose]

Good find. Looks like its in great shape.

More likely a celt or adz from the shape IMO.

 

[antmike915]

Nice 👍

 

[joshuaream]

Awesome find!

Most copper finds are going to be significantly smaller, I imagine that has some impact on finding them with a beep-beep machine.

It might be worth seeing if you can tune your detector sensitivity to allow for more copper, and dig some deeper targets if it isn't totally filled with modern stuff.

 

[MAMucker]

Wow!
Just- Wow!