Ohio river hunt. Flagpole tip?

[bblaha]

I detected a park directly up a small hill from the Ohio river and found trash and 6 cents in clad. Decided to detect the shores of the river and the amount of trash was crazy but I found a broken spoon, my first and a lead sinker. Also eyeballed a pretty cool fossil and this coke bottle. The last object appears to me to be the tip of a flag pool? I'm gonna post it in what is it as well. Thanks for looken

 

[soupie]

Seeing that river pic makes me hungry for some catfish....Maybe some better finds next trip...congrats though on you first spoon/utensil handle....and the fossil.....

 

[kam50]

Clean that sink young man...LOL Nice finds. I keep digging up beer and old pop cans that ring in as a dime on my F2 gets on my nerves sometime. HH

 

[MrSchulz]

Was that coke bottle easily on the surface?

 

[Curious The George]

I'd make a WAG that the mystery item is a log pike tip. Found along a river where logs may have been rafted up and floated leads to that thought.

 

[Deckguy]

could be the end of a walking stick

 

[wheatfinder13]

Nice finds

 

[Gunrunner61]

Seeing the river Bank makes me want to walk it looking for Arrowheads........................HH

 

[Muddyhandz]

Here's what I think your find is.........



Used almost exclusively in the fur trade period, these tips allowed a prolonged life to poles that were used to navigate through the rapids on river systems. Still used at some remote northern canoe routes.
If I recall, the Ohio river is quite historic and would have seen a lot of fur trade and Indian activity.
I've found a few myself on a historic river route.
Cool find!
Cheers,
Dave.

 

[bblaha]

Thanks for the replies everyone. And thanks for the I.d. This is the only fur trade item iv ever found that gets me excited

 

[bblaha]

Was that coke bottle easily on the surface?

Yes it was washed up on the bank