Copper Celt

bfratta1981 · Mar 13, 2012

Native Copper Celt found it in Pa its from 1200AD!!!!

bfratta1981 · Apr 2, 2013

Hope to see you all at the MINELAB event in Atlantic city !

Qball · Apr 2, 2013

You deserve a banner on this one. Finding anything that old in the Americas is unique.

jeff741972 · Apr 2, 2013

Pretty cool, I found a raw copper arrowhead in carbon county. Where did that come out of?

IAMZIM · Apr 2, 2013

VERY cool!

bfratta1981 · Apr 3, 2013

Bethlehem,Pa in a cornfield along the Lehigh river

GTzer · Apr 3, 2013

Bethlehem,Pa in a cornfield along the Lehigh river
Cool- next time you dig a target there- check for any short maize type cob remains. Some last for a long time in the right soils. Use to get some complete cobs in DE in the '60's. Possible early agriculture site.

jeff741972 · Apr 3, 2013

Cool, if I get a chance this weekend I will post a picture of the point I found, it was also found along the Lehigh at a rock over hang.

pwcguy · Apr 4, 2013

Great find. You got my vote for banner.
I think a lot of these copper finds are discarded as garbage when they are in fact Native American treasures.

Backbacon · Apr 5, 2013

You should post this in the North American Artifact Forum.

CRUSADER · Apr 5, 2013

Funny how few of these (not that many get posted), make the Banner?

FriscoT06 · Apr 5, 2013

My vote is in- BANNER find! Congrats! :hello2:

mical66 · Apr 5, 2013

im with ya crusader, dont get me wrong the CW relics are nice , but there are alot more of them around then items like these , this should have been banner first day in my opinion , but i guess alot of people did not feel the same or they would have voted for it.

granthansen · Apr 5, 2013

CRUSADER said:
Funny how few of these (not that many get posted), make the Banner?

It already got my vote. Not sure what more a detectorist could hope for!

CRUSADER · Apr 5, 2013

There is 1 problem, the MODs like to hear the story behind the find & not just a plain statement of what it is. Maybe the OP can add something?

granthansen · Apr 5, 2013

CRUSADER said:
There is 1 problem, the MODs like to hear the story behind the find & not just a plain statement of what it is. Maybe the OP can add something?

Fair point.

Old Dude · Apr 5, 2013

I am still a noob, but I am guessing knowledgeable members need proof before a banner vote? If not, a banner would certainly lose any standing, wouldn't it?

Happy Hunting!

CRUSADER · Apr 5, 2013

Old Dude said:
I am still a noob, but I am guessing knowledgeable members need proof before a banner vote? If not, a banner would certainly lose any standing, wouldn't it?

Happy Hunting!

We all like in the ground, just dug pictures. However, its a sure way to get banned if you state that this was not dug, read the rules, no proof is needed.

mical66 · Apr 5, 2013

i assumed the Banner was awarded due to readers votes and not purely at the Mods discretion ?
in my opinion this OP has said where he dug it and gave a brief account and even had it looked at and ID'd <----not sure if thats a word..lol

bfratta1981 · Apr 5, 2013

Back in March 2012, I was working a large cornfield approx. 300 yards from the Lehigh River in Bethlehem Pa. A week before this find I found a 1826 Large Cent in the same field but on the opposite side. So goin along I got a similar high pitch squeal (03-27) and I was almost sure it was another large cent, but I got down about 8" and it was still in the ground. So finally after a few more scoops about 14" down I pulled the Celt out. I thought it was junk at first but after rubbing away dirt I saw the patina and knew it had to be copper or an alloy of copper. So I brought it home and did some research and Realized it was a lot cooler than first thought! I sent a few pictures to different people to get a few cross references. So I finally contacted Ph.D Kurt Carr Senior Curator of Archeology in Harrisburg, Pa. He said I could bring it down and have them check it out, so I did. They were very excited when they saw it in person, they logged it in their system and I gave google earth coordinates, they took several pictures and told me it was a unique find and asked if I would donate it to the museum, I held onto it and it was an awesome adventure from thinking it was trash to being something fairly unique. They also said there is a test that can be done to find out the copper origin, where it was obtained. Thank-you all! Happy hunting and great luck! I love this hobby!