VOL1266-X
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- Location
- Northern Middle Tennessee
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Turkeyrtail, Dalton, & Big Pink Ledbetter Point from our last 2 Hunts at River Site
After our last artifact hunt in late June, we have had a lot of rainfall preventing Steve & I from returning to the Cumberland River bottom planted in Burley tobacco. The heavy rains had eroded the high points in the Native American village even more than we expected. We made an afternoon hunt on July 11. I found the 3.25 in. long pink Ledbetter point shown in the pic. That artifact dates to 3,500-6,000 years old. Steve eyeballed a Dalton point dating from 9,200-10,000 years old but it had an ear broken off the base. Our finds from the July 11 hunt are shown in the pic on the blue background.
We returned to the site on July 13 which just happened to be Steve’s birthday. He was rewarded with the find of the day with a perfect Turkeytail point dating from 2,500-4,000 years old. I found a nice stemmed point and a small Woodland era point that have been few and far between at this site. Our finds from yesterday’s hunt are shown on the beige background and I attached a pic of Steve’s Turkeytail point. This will be our last hunt at this site this year. Thanks to Tnmountains for his expertise in identifying the Ledbetter point. Enjoy the video, Q.
After our last artifact hunt in late June, we have had a lot of rainfall preventing Steve & I from returning to the Cumberland River bottom planted in Burley tobacco. The heavy rains had eroded the high points in the Native American village even more than we expected. We made an afternoon hunt on July 11. I found the 3.25 in. long pink Ledbetter point shown in the pic. That artifact dates to 3,500-6,000 years old. Steve eyeballed a Dalton point dating from 9,200-10,000 years old but it had an ear broken off the base. Our finds from the July 11 hunt are shown in the pic on the blue background.
We returned to the site on July 13 which just happened to be Steve’s birthday. He was rewarded with the find of the day with a perfect Turkeytail point dating from 2,500-4,000 years old. I found a nice stemmed point and a small Woodland era point that have been few and far between at this site. Our finds from yesterday’s hunt are shown on the beige background and I attached a pic of Steve’s Turkeytail point. This will be our last hunt at this site this year. Thanks to Tnmountains for his expertise in identifying the Ledbetter point. Enjoy the video, Q.
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