this items dated from the occupation of the historic Indian in this area runs from 1740 throught the removal in 1833. a lot of these of this items were surplus from European trades this best way to date these sites is the beads coming from these sites seed beads are very difficult to date. the time lines are based on controlled archaeology digs. I have collect a nice collection of resource books dealing with this in years past I did a lot of searching for this type of artifacts . this I do know looking at your gun cocks. the flat one is older. I have found swords that were made in England around 1705 but were found on sites much later. one thing that always amazed me were the surprise finds on Indian sites , but remember anything that was available to our early settlers and Euorpeans can be found here. have seen one item found that dated back to the 1500's on a known site that Desoto and Deluna had written up in their surviving journal. Iwas very active digging in the 1980's I've hunt on limited basics the last few years, but ready to start up again. I use to hunt with a Garrett Masterhunter , fisher, bounty hunter Red Baron, presently have a minelab, and cortez . keep up the good digging . also noticed your name I have panned gold there, and at Culafinnie(Hollis Crossroads)Hope to meet you sometime I post some photos once I learn to navigate this web site
