finds from my new site

[GatorBoy]

I received permission to hunt this site a little over 2 months ago. it's slow going since it is a bog. well worth it though. mosquitoes snakes alligators and all. thought I would make a post just for that site.













































that is just a small portion. I know the last 2 don't really belong in this forum. just thought they made me so happy to find them it would be worth showing them.

 

[River Rat]

That's it, I'm on my way to Florida!! My gosh, explain the last two items pictured. Love the beauty of the 1st one.

 

[GatorBoy]

hey there good evening.. that's an 18th century spanish cutoe knife. it was inside a big chunk of sandstone. just a bit of the handguard sticking out.

 

[GatorBoy]

oh.. and the other... is a rose cut amethyst set in silver. it has a foil setting that puts it in the same time period.

 

[River Rat]

WW!!!

 

[GatorBoy]

it came up in two pieces. if you look at the handle section in this photo you will see a piece of native american pottery stuck in the sand stone...pretty cool huh... it took a lot of patience to clean it and stabilize it

 

[GatorBoy]

will do.. thanks for the reply

 

[tomclark]

Extremely filthy!!!!!

 

[GatorBoy]

ha ha..

 

[BeachComber7]

I love the knife! The ring too of course, but the knife is really nice!!

 

[GatorBoy]

thanks a lot... it's driving me crazy trying to decipher the writing on the handguard.

 

[BeachComber7]

In the photo it looks like dented metal, i can't see any writing. On the other knife with the decorative handle, i think 17th century Dirk? I was thinking Spanish though not Scottish.

Hahaha of course I used the world wide web! here's the link maybe something matches what you have. Its a page on a forum for Knives.
17th century Scottish dirk - The Knife Network Forums : Knife Making Discussions

 

[GatorBoy]

they're both the same knife.

 

[BeachComber7]

Oh thought it was two different ones-duh!

 

[GatorBoy]

maybe this will help. look at the raised light colored areas. it's block style lettering. look spanish

 

[BeachComber7]

do you have a definitive on the age of the site you are working? I'm stuck on 17th century.

 

[GatorBoy]

this site has occupations from the middle archaic to contact. there is a definate 17th century link. I have diagnostic artifacts to back that up.

 

[old digger]

Very interesting! Nice points.

 

[GatorBoy]

thank you kindly