Probably the wrong forum, but...

yakker · Dec 14, 2014

Having looked up these things, there doesn't seem to be a forum for such things. They mostly land here as people find them thinking they're maybe worked N.A. stone- only to find that they're actually gun flints! Maybe they should be in the Rev. War forum... But not in 'Relics'- as they're not detected by metal detecting. (Maybe there should be an 'American Mudlarking' forum here...?

I went back up the Maryland to check on my house (still for sale), and went out to one of my favorite spots- which has options for long walks and very short 'look-see's'. Having just twisted the he!! out of my ankle, I opted for the nearest spot, hoping something might have washed out or in while I was in VA. I didn't see an flakes or points, but after a cold and windy search, I did find a nice little- and nearly exhausted French gun flint! So here it is, along with my growing collection of these cool little items! Thanks for looking- and HH all Yakker

from a hunt just before I moved- very weathered...

and the rest...

Cheers

mainejman · Dec 19, 2014

Don't know why it did that yaker...we will try again..mjm

rock · Dec 20, 2014

I sure have enjoyed the knowledge shared in this thread. Keep it coming. I don't find pipes but do find flints.

yakker · Dec 20, 2014

Ha! Finally got a couple pics of my snap/trade pipes. Age- haven't got a clue. The one in particular (revealing my truly dismal photographic abilities) looks far more recent than the others- and is surprisingly unused... Of a very nicely done horse's head. The other drawer-o-bowls are all reed-stem pipes and generally 1800's (late- and into early 20th c. too) I offered a very long PDF article I'd found on the bottle site concerning a speckled pottery/slip pig... there are references 2-3 hundred (yikes) pages in - which you can scroll until you see pictures) concerning reed pipe bowls- and pics of what they'd look like outfitted with said reed. They were made many places/states east of the Mississippi, though I'm no expert. Anyhoo, here are the pics (such as they are)

Yakker

added for your convenience- https://www.tn.gov/environment/docs/...eries_2011.pdf

timekiller · Dec 20, 2014

yakker said:
Ha! Finally got a couple pics of my snap/trade pipes. Age- haven't got a clue. The one in particular (revealing my truly dismal photographic abilities) looks far more recent than the others- and is surprisingly unused... Of a very nicely done horse's head. The other drawer-o-bowls are all reed-stem pipes and generally 1800's (late- and into early 20th c. too) I offered a very long PDF article I'd found on the bottle site concerning a speckled pottery/slip pig... there are references 2-3 hundred (yikes) pages in - which you can scroll until you see pictures) concerning reed pipe bowls- and pics of what they'd look like outfitted with said reed. They were made many places/states east of the Mississippi, though I'm no expert. Anyhoo, here are the pics (such as they are) Yakker

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added for your convenience- https://www.tn.gov/environment/docs/...eries_2011.pdf

Hey Yakker,Your horse head piece/pipe was made in Germany 1930's,called a cracker Jack pipe.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/169096675/cracker-jacks-bubble-pipe-very-small-3
Take Care,
Pete, :hello: