what the heck???

birdpointgriswold · Nov 9, 2012

Anyone have any ideas?

GatorBoy · Nov 9, 2012

www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/gallery. Here is some good info

NC field hunter · Nov 9, 2012

It just reminds me of the material that this little dude is made of. He is from Germany or Switzerland one. My Pop brought him in after WWII. (not my dad, I call him pops) pop is my deceased granddad. I speak of quite a few characters in these threads!

hotrod · Nov 9, 2012

cooollll

GatorBoy · Nov 10, 2012

It could be the same material. Its found in Germany naturally and was used to make other things including pipes in Germany. The name meerschaum is German. It explains all of that on Wikipedia like I said already..

Just read it.

NC field hunter · Nov 10, 2012

GatorBoy said:
It could be the same material. Its found in Germany naturally and was used to make other things including pipes in Germany. The name meerschaum is German. It explains all of that on Wikipedia like I said already..

Just read it.

Aye aye captain! Just thought I would throw that out their in attempt to solve this mystery. I can't, let's reword. I have never attempted to carve a pipe, but, honestly, I don't think I would decorate part of my pipe before I even finished carving it. Just sayin!

birdpointgriswold · Nov 10, 2012

I had my buddy look at it last night, he also knows a little about artifacts and old stuff, said it was some sort of clay for sure and was completely baffled as much as I was. If it is some sort of pre-pipe material with half carved pipe design in it, it is one of the neatest things I've found in a long time.

birdpointgriswold · Nov 10, 2012

Close up

Dark Antiquity · Nov 11, 2012

To me it looks like a trade pipe reject, a piece that didnt mold right or was accidentally molded. Im pretty sure this is molded and not hand carved. If they were carving a pipe, I believe the details would have been put in after the shape was finished.

birdpointgriswold · Nov 12, 2012

Another strange item found in same spot, I think its a leg or arm for a figurine??

NC field hunter · Nov 12, 2012

Is it the same material? Doesn't look the same. You may have a spot that needs digging out. Old bottles and who knows what may be waiting for you!!! Cool!

birdpointgriswold · Nov 12, 2012

NC field hunter said:
Is it the same material? Doesn't look the same. You may have a spot that needs digging out. Old bottles and who knows what may be waiting for you!!! Cool!

Na the material is different same as some of the gaming balls I have found its like a stone

birdpointgriswold · Nov 12, 2012

birdpointgriswold said:
Na the material is different same as some of the gaming balls I have found its like a stone

NC field hunter · Nov 12, 2012

birdpointgriswold said:
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Looks like you have some work ahead of you. I hope you find some nice treasure!!! Good luck! You can do it!!!

Dark Antiquity · Nov 13, 2012

The arm or leg you found is bisque or porcelain and from a jointed "penny doll" the ones that didnt have moveable arms or legs were called frozen Charlottes.

NC field hunter · Nov 13, 2012

Dark Antiquity said:
The arm or leg you found is bisque or porcelain and from a jointed "penny doll" the ones that didnt have moveable arms or legs were called frozen Charlottes.

Sounds like a solid call to me. Can you give a approximate age on the doll?! Nice sounding answer. Boy! Odd stuff shows up in odd locations.

Dark Antiquity · Nov 13, 2012

The dolls were made from the mid 1800's-early half of the 1900's. If the arm or leg is the same material as the ball then it isnt a Native American game stone but most likely a ceramic grinding ball for the cement industry or ball mill. They came in many shapes and sizes, also look up deburring stone.

rock · Nov 13, 2012

Welcome aboard DA sounds like you know what you are talking about.

NC field hunter · Nov 14, 2012

Dark Antiquity said:
The dolls were made from the mid 1800's-early half of the 1900's. If the arm or leg is the same material as the ball then it isnt a Native American game stone but most likely a ceramic grinding ball for the cement industry or ball mill. They came in many shapes and sizes, also look up deburring stone.

I remember my great grandfather saying he played with clay marbles as a kid. I always wanted to know if they were native game stones he found or if they made them for kids to play with back in the early 1800's.