Missouri Copper Trade Point Questions...

[Subterranean]

I found this beauty about five inches under the rocky soil of a wooded meadow in Southwest Missouri. Within 100' of it were dozens of musket and pistol balls, dropped and fired. Don't know if I was on a hunting ground, skirmish site, or camp site. Is there any way of dating the trade point based on its style, etc...? I know the Osage lived here for centuries and have found numerous Archaic stone points and tools in the same area. Thanks and Happy Hunting. Sub

 

[kansa54]

Nice point ! I would go back and dig all signals including iron, that should tell you if there was a campsite there. Hopefully you will find gun parts and iron pts.
I know of a guy who found a lot of Osage relics in SW MO.

 

[monsterrack]

From what I know you can only say for a date on trade point, is after contact. A lot of time they would use any metal item they could get their hands on. Very cool find