The Best Find Of My Life

monsterrack

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Apr 15, 2013
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Ok I'm still pumped up so I hope I don't make mistakes on this post. I went back to my poverty point site because the farmer told me he had burned and disk the field and I could do what ever I wanted to in his fields. So I got my shovel, bucket and screen and hit it at dawn. I have been finding things on one little rise, so that's where I dug at. First thing I found I didn't know what it was till I washed it off. I think it is a pottery game piece that did not get finished. pp finds 9-15-13 013.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 014.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 017.JPGYou can see that it is concave on both sides and they ground on the edges trying to make it round. Then I found some other items pp finds 9-15-13 005.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 006.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 029.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 021.JPGI was getting tired by now I was only going 1ft to 1 1/2ft deep but I had done dug a 6x6 area and sifted it all. Then I found this.pp finds 9-15-13 018.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 019.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 033.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 035.JPGIt's just a crinoid stem fossil, but I have never seen one of this color in this area, most are just brown chert. This gave me a little more juice to hunt some more, I was ready to stop and I thought just one more scoop, and then this showed up on the screen.pp finds 9-15-13 003.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 004.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 009.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 010.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 011.JPGI thought I was going to faint and wet my pants at the same time. This has been my Holy grail, my number 1 on my bucket list, I could not get my breath. I was in shock for 15 min. I still can't get over it and may not for a long time. Here are some pics of it cleaned.pp finds 9-15-13 037.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 038.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 039.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 040.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 041.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 042.JPGpp finds 9-15-13 045.JPGI have only seen ones like this one in a museum. I am still in shock.
 

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@ Rack have you done anything like a frame with the bead since you posted it? Id like to see how you displayed it if so.
 

Most awesome indeed! I remember as a kid walking along the creek that borders Poverty Point. I found several hand-molded clay briquets that they used for cooking there, also a few tiny stone tools. Living in Vicksburg, it was just a bit too far, when there was metal-detecting to do around town. That's an amazing place and you're soo fortunate to be able to search the area. Congratulations!
 

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