TRADING BEADS

[hmmm]

does any one know if you can date beads.

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

http://www.thefurtrapper.com/trade_beads.htm

try here....they have some that look just like yours

 

[junkdigger]

According to a book I have here,they are Russian blue glass beads.Traded in the mid to late 1800's,mostly in the Northwest,but also found throughout the U.S. Worth maybe $20 each and up.
I recommend this book,"Indian Trade Relics",by Lar Hothem,copyright 2003,by Collector Books.Website is www.collectorbooks.com. Great photos and info on all kinds of trade items!

 

[Scott (Upstate NY)]

Beautiful color! Just curious- did you find these while digging a metal target?

 

[hmmm]

IT WAS A FLUKE.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,93163.0.html

after we found these, we where going to stop at a beach below a indian reserve, where people go to find beads. It was a native site from the 1860 to 1960. the indians built the houses over top of the beach, very odd. Its like they where hiding something. when we got to the beach we where stoped, told we cant go on the beach , told it was trespassing, the girl on the beach said "you cant park your boat here". I was on crown waters and she was below the low tide. I told her, the reserve border is behind her. she is on crown land. we left what we thought was a friend. we lifted sail with the beads we found from a old spanish site and sailed home. got close to home droped the gear,

 

[romeo-1]

ummmmm....what? Maquina Massacre? Care to elaborate?

 

[hmmm]

in nootka sound the indians beheaded the crew of a ship. it's the john jewit story , the ship was the boston.

 

[diggummup]

ummmmm....what? Maquina Massacre? Care to elaborate?

Here ya go-http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wa/state1/his/ch10.htm