First find is the find of a Lifetime! Archaic Copper Complex Spearhead

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IMG_1364.JPGIMG_1365.JPGThis is my first find with my new Detector in Aug of this year. I found this on a very old grown over Riverbed on a remote lake in Ontario Canada. The Curator of the local Museum say's that it's an Archaic Copper Culture Spearhead dated around 3000BC. I still can't believe this is the first thing I've ever found and in the first ten minutes of detecting.
 

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WoW, very impressive! That is a very very cool copper point!
 

Thats a very good start. Alot better than the first thing I dug(pull tab). HH
 

Thats sweet looking. I bet you smiled ear to ear.
 

Incredible first find! Congratulations ! You do know that your pull tab to copper culture spear ratio will be like 100,000 to 1? :laughing7: That is an awesome find though really. Way to go.

Also, you might want to post this in the Copper Culture Artifact section in the Pre-Colonial Artifact forum located toward the bottom of the forum listings.
 

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Very Nice find! :thumbsup: You might want to share your find on American Indian Artifacts forum.
 

Wow, incredible piece of history there. :icon_thumright: Congrats!!

And welcome to TNet. :hello:

HH
 

Just asking but a 3000bc spear head a once in a lifetime find maybe and y'all are saying send photos to magazines and such but can that be considered a Banner find.
 

And not to even mention the fact that it's in pristine condition. Better go back to that place and keep looking. A couple more finds like that and you can open your own museum. Well done...
 

What !! That's the Best first find in the history of metal detecting :hello2:
 

Wow congrats i had no idea such thing existed!!!
 

excellent find on the copper point.....congrats
 

wow that thing is awesome! congrats! :headbang:
 

And not to even mention the fact that it's in pristine condition. Better go back to that place and keep looking. A couple more finds like that and you can open your own museum. Well done...

I think its an amazing find but 'pristine condition':icon_scratch: Its had lots of ground action, piting & patina loss. This is not taking anything away from a unbeatable first find, but lets get real about its true condition.
Just put 'bronze age axe' into google images & see some good examples.
 

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Wow, that is amazing! Did you find anything else that day? When are you going back? Keep us posted and scan that area well, never know what else you may find.
 

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