Mid Missouri Bird Pipe found In Late 80s

[Treasure_Hunter]

I haven't showed some of my collection in a long time.

Here is a mid Missouri pipe I found in a spring fed creek in the late 1980s. I don't know for sure but I suspect it was a recent deposit in the creek from a storm that caused the sides to cave in as it has no damage. Found it behind a log that had fallen and was laying in the creek. The creek was stone bottom, spring fed and they camped along spring fed water.

 

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[Buckleberry]

Killer and so rare!
Better pics and we'll make it a banner find

 

[southfork]

That is one fine artifact . I would love to see better photos if possible is it steatite / soapstone ?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I will take better pictures tomorrow.

 

[H.P.]

What a spectacular ingenious work of art, just beautiful.

 

[ecmo]

Wow I didn't know there were awesome artifacts like that here in mid Mo.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Killer Artifact for sure. I’ve never seen one like it. Thanks for sharing!

 

[newnan man]

That is a beautiful example of pipe making. Amazing it's not damaged. If is wasn't a banner find already let us know so we can vote it.

 

[outlaws15]

So cool. I've dove quite a few springs in mo. If u don't mind me asking what spring? Not asking to go looking, just curios if a dive/able or named spring.

 

[sandchip]

I wouldn't know how to act if I found something like that. Wow, and what a great size!

 

[Tdog]

That is among the coolest pipes I've ever seen. Thanks.

 

[kentucky Quinn]

Thank you for sharing! I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like this one. Wow, what an inspiring find, I’ll bet you were completely blown away when you saw this laying behind that log, wow. Holy crap, incredible find, sorry if I’m rambling, going to scroll back up through these pics again!! Thanks

 

[Fat]

I say all the above comments all over again.
It is two times better. That is a special piece.

 

[dognose]

Very nice.

Not often something like that is found in modern times.

Congrats on that amazing find.

 

[T.C.]

I haven't showed some of my collection in a long time.

Here is a mid Missouri pipe I found in a spring fed creek in the late 1980s. I don't know for sure but I suspect it was a recent deposit in the creek from a storm that caused the sides to cave in as it has no damage. Found it behind a log that had fallen and was laying in the creek. The creek was stone bottom, spring fed and they camped along spring fed water.

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The photos are just fine. What an awesome find, TH! The wife and me are jealous. In over 40 years of huntin,' we haven't even come close to anything that fine. Thanks for showing!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Took some new pictures.

 

[Tdog]

Museum quality.

 

[kentucky Quinn]

Museum quality.

That’s exactly what I just said to my brother, that is a museum piece !!

 

[NCPeaches]

Amazing find!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I spent over 20 years walking fields, creeks, streams and rivers of Mid Missouri, I found that there were far more high quality artifacts found in the water than on land so I concentrated on water hunts. I hunted creeks that were stone bottom, spring fed and in undeveloped land with owners permission. Because of my job I had cases of ball caps, gloves and other items land owners could use. I would meet the land owners through my job and after getting to know them I would give them a dozen work gloves in exchange for the right to hunt their property. Nine times out of ten they would gave me permission.

I found a lot of high quality points and artifacts hunting the water. On my best day I found 40 whole points after a heavy rain. The heavy rain would cause the creek walls to collapse into the water, what ever was in the dirt washed down stream. I was never able to isolate the campsites due to the heavy brush and trees along the banks, I concentrated on the creeks instead, the creeks and streams ran for miles.

I used "one call" maps to find the creeks and streams I wanted to hunt and marked the approximate location of groups of artifacts found.