Found a little Trade stuff last week.....

[Ia.FurTrade]

Got out to a site where I have just found a small amount of Fur Trade stuff in the past years......found the first piece of silver so hunkered down & slowed up & soon started finding tinklers (10), musketballs, & three more pieces of silver........the curled up piece is actually a ring brooch that, for some reason, the indian curled like that? Who knows!
These were all found in a cornfield........Tough hunting!

Iowa Dale

PS: Also found the earlier stone points......

 

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[diggingthe1]

Those tinkers are awesome!! Love the points!!

 

[Glenn C]

Really nice hunt. Did you find the stone while digging or was that a creek find. Looks like you had a great day thanks for sharing!

 

[digger460]

Congrats! Great Hunt.

 

[IAMZIM]

Wow! Incredible finds there! Are the triangular pieces pendants? They look silver, but it's hard to tell from you pic!

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Really nice hunt. Did you find the stone while digging or was that a creek find. Looks like you had a great day thanks for sharing!

Thank's, Glenn! Just found the stone points laying in the cornstalks while detecting.

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Wow! Incredible finds there! Are the triangular pieces pendants? They look silver, but it's hard to tell from you pic!

The triangles were cut by the Indians from Trade Silver gorgets, crosses, and brooches........(more "bang for their buck"). They used them for ear bobs & also hung them in rows (like tinklers) on their clothing.......Bling!

Thanx for the nice comment!
Iowa Dale

 

[Steve Ia]

Nice finds Dale. I know you had to work hard for those in that corn stubble. There are quite a few farmers that are baling the stalks now which helps some.

 

[JasoninIowa]

Wow, those are some great finds!

 

[GuyToken]

Nice finds.
GuyToken

 

[tamrock]

Cool finds and nice to see some stuff from Iowa folks. I grew up some in Ankeny there Jason and my Grandpa grew up in Burlington in the SE part of the state down where your at Ia.FurTrade.

 

[Rege-PA]

Nice finds, you`re lucky to have a site like that. I have only found one tinkler and it was on a Monongahela site in my area that pre dated contact, 1452 is the latest date for these people. When cleaning it I poked a toothpick inside to get the dirt out and the nicest piece of knotted twisted twine popped out, perfectly preserved by the copper. A museum worker preserved it with some type of glue, so maybe yours might have a fragment inside. All the best in your hunting!

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Nice finds, you`re lucky to have a site like that. I have only found one tinkler and it was on a Monongahela site in my area that pre dated contact, 1452 is the latest date for these people. When cleaning it I poked a toothpick inside to get the dirt out and the nicest piece of knotted twisted twine popped out, perfectly preserved by the copper. A museum worker preserved it with some type of glue, so maybe yours might have a fragment inside. All the best in your hunting!

Thanks, Rege! I haven't found any twine left,(because of our acidic black soil), but once in a while have found a trade bead inside ( to keep the knot from pulling thru)......

Iowa Dale

 

[Rege-PA]

Interesting, a trade bead inside, that's even better. It would be nice if you could grid and dig the site.