yesterdays finds "bone tube bead"

[GatorBoy]

I managed to get out for a couple hours after work yesterday and got caught in a thunderstorm. On the brite side I didn't have to clean my finds much.

 

[GatorBoy]

Having trouble loading photos...aahhrrr!

 

[BeachComber7]

Nice!

 

[GatorBoy]

Good morning and thanks.

 

[BeachComber7]

Morning! River south end or river north end?

 

[GatorBoy]

The same permission site I spend alot of time at. Its north. Can't hunt the river since the laws were changed.

 

[BeachComber7]

It's certainly a productive site!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Great looking Bone Bead Gator. Are the vetebrae drilled as well? I have found a few of those on sites here that were polished and drilled and used as Beads.

 

[old digger]

Very nice finds!

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks guys. Yes they are drilled as well. I took the few photos in a bit of a hurry to dry off.

 

[GatorBoy]

Here is the vertebrae and shell bead.

 

[GatorBoy]

Having some major problems loading pics. Please bare with me.

 

[NC field hunter]

Those are some nice finds! What is the groove for on the outer area of the cylindrical bead?

 

[GatorBoy]

If you mean the vertebrea.. these are shark..they are not bone they are a hard cartilage they grow in layers of rings and have a shape that is naturaly thinner in the middle so when ground down they get that groove effect. some belive them to be earspools "plugs" others beads.this website has them under bone and shell orniments listed as earspools. www.aboriginalantiquies.com

 

[GatorBoy]

These are unaltered. Those natural notches in them go pretty deep so they had to start out with a pretty large one to work it down until it was smooth and still have a decent size left. I find alot of shell beads and drilled shark vertebrea that are not taken down like the ones above. I have found only five of those..I personally think they were earspools. The holes on that type show no sign of ever being strung through the holes.

 

[NC field hunter]

I was talking about the ears pool groove on the outer portion. When you said ears pool, that answered it. I was thinking they were shell. Instead shark bone. Like a larger version of the round bone in a can of salmon. Cool!!

 

[GaRebel1861]

That bead really caught my eye! Nice find!

 

[Tnmountains]

Very nice finds. Is that also a drilled gorget? Seems rain hunts are getting popular

 

[GatorBoy]

"Rain is a good thing" good song too. The other drilled piece is a pottery Chard.

 

[GaRebel1861]

"Rain is a good thing" Home town hero here! - Lee County, Georgia!