Drilled Shell

[southfork]

Drilled Abalone shell pedants from N. California

 

[Relicgrubber]

Very Nice! You never cease to amaze Dennis!

 

[Tdog]

Very Nice! You never cease to amaze Dennis!

I used to be too shy to ask for one!

 

[newnan man]

Those are amazing!!!

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Found individually or all together?

 

[southfork]

All together over 80 pieces. These are the pieces I stabilized and a couple of close-ups

 

[newnan man]

All together over 80 pieces. These are the pieces I stabilized and a couple of close-ups

Those look good enough to wear as jewelry today!

 

[unclemac]

i would suppose you were into a burial without being aware of it.

 

[southfork]

i would suppose you were into a burial without being aware of it.

The Dozer was - a water project reservoir that was never finished

 

[dougachim]

i would suppose you were into a burial without being aware of it.

I have found quite a few shell jewelry piles/caches before. Could be a manufacturing site.

 

[dougachim]

1st photo all were found together, 2nd photo all found together, 3rd historic trade beads most all found together to include the broken ones in the first photo. I saw a guy pull our 100s of shell disc beads out of a sand dune no where near a site, and of a Casas site I think was dedicated to making turquoise jewelry they have found 1,000s of pieces most broken during manufacturing.