Copper Point

monsterrack · Mar 10, 2014

Went looking with the MD for a trade period village site, and I believe we found it. We found some things, but the best piece was this copper rolled point. It's the best example of one I have ever seen, if you look at the tip you can tell it's not a tinkler. I wish I could say I found it but my buddy was the lucky dog, but I was there, that's all that counts.

painterx7 · Mar 10, 2014

Man that is a super find !!!!!!

kansa54 · Mar 10, 2014

Nice point! What else did you find?

curious kat · Mar 10, 2014

...that's interesting monsterrack...for those of us (me :-[

) who don't know what they were for, could you enlighten please..

I guess a "tinkler" was used on cloths? So a "point" would have been for....?

Get-the-point · Mar 10, 2014

Interesting piece. Does it look rolled? Hard to tell from picture. If so could be a french conical point. Curious Kat these were used as arrowtips.....

rock · Mar 11, 2014

I dont know much about them either. That one looks more solid I have sen some looked rolled before. But like I say I dont know squat about them. HH, rock

GaRebel1861 · Mar 11, 2014

That's a real good find! I have found two and half at a site that dated from the late 1700's and early 1800's. If you got one of those, there is likely other trade items in the area as well. Good luck!

oxbowbarefoot · Mar 11, 2014

Great point! Could be copper culture, but I'm far from an expert in that area.

monsterrack · Mar 11, 2014

This site is a French trading site, that the local Indians lived around it and had a small village. The other things that I found are being cleaned, once that is done I'll post them.

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yakker · Mar 11, 2014

Excellent find! So much iron and rust around here, I can't get anywhere w/ my detector :sadsmiley:

... Maybe you'll find more- keep swingin'! Yak

ncnurseryman · Mar 11, 2014

That's a cool find. Looking forward to seeing the other stuff.

GaRebel1861 · Mar 17, 2014

Copper Point - SW Georgia

Here's one I found medal detecting a few years ago in a site that dates late 1790s to 1820ish. This one was found in Lee County (S.W.) Georgia. Looks pretty similar to yours!

old digger · Mar 17, 2014

Very Nice Find! :icon_thumleft:

fyrffytr1 · Mar 17, 2014

I also found one st the same site as GaRebel1861. Mine is just over 2 inches long. I also found a round ball and Minie at the site that day. From what I have been told these points are from a very short period between stone points and the advent of the musket. Our finds came from a site where Zachary Taylor camped and a massacre took place some time after his departure. Local militia mistook the friendly camp for a hostile one and killed several of the natives there.

Charl · Mar 18, 2014

For comparison, here are a couple tinklers. Pretty much made the same way, but without points of course. From a 1600's era Seneca Iroquois site in NY....

monsterrack · Mar 18, 2014

They look just like the one we found , there is no mistaking a point from a tinkler, unless there is damage. Good finds guys

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GaRebel1861 · Mar 18, 2014

Charl said:
For comparison, here are a couple tinklers. Pretty much made the same way, but without points of course. From a 1600's era Seneca Iroquois site in NY....

I think I got one of those too. I thought mine was a broken copper point. If Monsterrack doesn't mind I'll try and post a picture of it as well on this thread.

NC field hunter · Mar 18, 2014

This is the only copper that I've ever found that could possibly be an artifact. I think it was part of a broken coil. It's large for a broken point, isn't it?

Here is a coil. My piece was found on the same site as the piece in the book.

monsterrack · Mar 18, 2014

GaRebel1861 said:
I think I got one of those too. I thought mine was a broken copper point. If Monsterrack doesn't mind I'll try and post a picture of it as well on this thread.

Post away Rebel, please do I like to see other artifacts.