Gorget find.

[mcb]

I posted this on another thread and someone suggested I post this here to get for information on it. I found it in a local creek last July and have also found arrow heads prior. At first I wasn't sure what it was.

 

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[IlliniGuy]

Yep, it is a gorget. May I ask where it was found. No need to be too specific.

 

[mcb]

Northeastern Ohio.

 

[Americus]

That is a super find! Thanks for sharing.

 

[NC field hunter]

Nice find!! Thanks for the view! Good game!!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Nice find - Hopefully, I'll one day pull one of those from a field or creek.

 

[Tnmountains]

Oh yeah real nice find. You can google Gorget and see many examples. You have a good one. That is an area I would go back to. Thanks for sharing such a good find. Post up your points one day.
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[Twitch]

Really cool find. Gorget's are not common to find. Probably you have a Woodland piece, roughly ~2,000 years old. While there's still some debate as to what they were used for, I think it's fairly well accepted that they were largely ornamental. Many examples exhibit string wear through and between the holes. Again, everybody here would be thrilled to find that find. Many of us (me included) have not and likely will not ever find a nicer drilled piece.

 

[wvwildman]

sweet find thanks for sharing

 

[bsit1361]

Great find! Hard to find a whole one.

 

[mcb]

Thank you twitch. Its crazy how I went from not knowing, then thinking it was net weight (disappointment LOL), to knowing its a gorget. I have to gather the points as my kids have claimed them. They love finding fossils and minerals. Since we've found so much at that site I asked them to keep all the finds together. I do have a background in anthropology so I'm aware of how to document each site and finds within, which I'll be doing now.

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks for posting..killer find! I would definitely look that area over real hard. Maybe try to figure if you can where the bulk of the items upstream from that stop showing up. Since that piece is heavier than most it might help you zero in on the section of Bank the items are coming from. I've seen people find several points all in one spot by splashing water on a section of eroded Bank.

 

[mcb]

Gatorboy: good point about splashing on eroded spots.

The way the creek is the sides near then bank are eroding where you can see several layers. Its constantly being washed away or breaking apart gradually. I thought maybe this piece could have come from the side which washed into the creek. Plausible right? I went back this past Friday to take a closer look at the banks but the weather turned bad fast.

 

[Justin P]

That is amazing! 2000 years old...unbelievably cool

 

[GatorBoy]

Gatorboy: good point about splashing on eroded spots.

The way the creek is the sides near then bank are eroding where you can see several layers. Its constantly being washed away or breaking apart gradually. I thought maybe this piece could have come from the side which washed into the creek. Plausible right? I went back this past Friday to take a closer look at the banks but the weather turned bad fast.

I would almost guarantee that's what happened. Best of luck my friend.

 

[rock]

If I had found that it would be the center piece for a frame. I am still looking for one.

 

[pickaway]

Great find.

 

[lakedweller]

It's gorgets! heh