The Relichunter
Tenderfoot
This past summer one day finds at a site I had thought I had worked out. The site was a Native American Campsite in use prior to European Contact and in later Colonial Times was in use from approximately the 1740's to approximately.
Finds were made using a CTX 3030.
Grid spacing on the photos is 1/4" squares.
I really enjoyed finding the "Silver Chain", (don't really know how else to describe it, I have never run across something like this in any reference books). Judging by the workmanship, this piece was probably fabricated by the typical Native American owner (though there were some very accomplished Native American Silversmiths at the time). The triangular pieces aren't identical in size or shape so were more likely individually cut from a piece of silver sheet. I have previously found a couple of pieces of random sized silver with similar "floral" engravings. The links holding the chain together are somewhat crude but the maker probably didn't have access to "real" silversmith tools. The holes in the triangular pieces for the links show a rough edge so how drilling the holes was done is anyone's guess.
I realize these aren't today's finds, but this was the first opportunity I had to post them somewhere other than photobucket.
Hope someone finds the pictures of interest.
Finds were made using a CTX 3030.
Grid spacing on the photos is 1/4" squares.
I really enjoyed finding the "Silver Chain", (don't really know how else to describe it, I have never run across something like this in any reference books). Judging by the workmanship, this piece was probably fabricated by the typical Native American owner (though there were some very accomplished Native American Silversmiths at the time). The triangular pieces aren't identical in size or shape so were more likely individually cut from a piece of silver sheet. I have previously found a couple of pieces of random sized silver with similar "floral" engravings. The links holding the chain together are somewhat crude but the maker probably didn't have access to "real" silversmith tools. The holes in the triangular pieces for the links show a rough edge so how drilling the holes was done is anyone's guess.
I realize these aren't today's finds, but this was the first opportunity I had to post them somewhere other than photobucket.
Hope someone finds the pictures of interest.
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