copper vessel

[dasabighole]

Copper pot found on site with assorted gun parts, bangles, tinklers , conch shell hart beads, bells etc.

 

[abucooche]

wow, that is a great find!!!! in my area, i can't find the whole kettle, just tons of pieces, big and small (guess the indians cut them up and used for tinklers, jewelry, points, etc. I have found three handles (see pic of 2 of them). cool stuff you got there

 

[kansa54]

Awesome finds, I'm surprised they hadn't started cutting up the Kettle. I have a bag full of copper kettle pieces that had been cut up. Was it buried deep?

 

[dasabighole]

2 Feet deep. I had just bought a new T-2 and thought it was freakin out.

 

[dasabighole]

Hey, measure the rivets center to center, lets see if they might be related. My pot rivets are 1 9/16 " apart. My pot salesman most likely came from the east coast. Spanish, English, or French. I have small bell pieces that look exactly like the piece I see to the left of the buckle. How about buttons?

 

[Little River Hunter]

The kettle lug on the right is from the 1760s-70s. I'm unsure about the other one. Reminds me of some from the 1850s, but those have a slightly different shape.

Nice finds!

LRH

 

[abucooche]

Here are some buttons I found...the single button in the second pic, it has a broken hook on the back, I guess It's a button?

 

[dasabighole]

Looks like Pewter , Brass and lead?

 

[abucooche]

dasabighole......what is the long curved item under the beads in your picture? i have one similiar to that and don't have a clue what it is.

 

[dasabighole]

It looks like a rod of native copper to me. one end has been struck and flattened. It is copper though not brass. As to what it is for, I dont have a clue. " Yet"

 

[Glenn C]

Could this be a archaic piece. Could be one side of a crescent knife broken off ?

copperculture

 

[dasabighole]

Looks archaic to me

 

[Glenn C]

I believe that looks archaic. Any copper that is thick and irregular shoulb be. Pound that area and look for depressions close to a hill by a river if there is one. Sweet find! Creek leading to river is best. 15 - 20 feet above the river.

 

[Little River Hunter]

I wonder if it was a pressure flaking tool?

LRH

 

[Glenn C]

Definitely possible. Maybe on the hill top there are some Clovis points waiting for you. . It still looks like part of a broken crescent from the shape.. Who knows really. Still an awesome find!

 

[dasabighole]

The two beads on top are copper, they are about the same diameter as the rod. under them is a clay bead, a cobalt faceted bead, and a blue bead, I also have a white glass bead somewhere. The site is where a creek runs into the river and there are hills behind, but I found nothing metal on them, just a few broken points.

 

[Glenn C]

The beads do look archaic as well. Is there any path along hill side. I follow that and look for the paths to the river along there. The hill may be steep as it was probably underwater then. Just a tip which works for me. Thanks for sharing.