When is copper more valuable than gold?

matmit · May 16, 2018

When it was beaten into a spear point by a Native American 4000 years ago!

There really are no words to describe my total and utter amazement at finding this in a street tearout :shock:

It was approximately 6" beneath a driveway approach in the center of a large city. I found it with my AT PRO 5x8 coil (I love this setup)

"Dig it all because you never know what you are going to find ladies and gentlemen"

https://copperculture.homestead.com/

Ice Scratcher · May 16, 2018

SICK!!

Bestist most awesomest thing I've ever seen you find!

The biggest of congrats man!!

Beats any gold in my book...

<°)))>{

adirondak5 · May 16, 2018

Wow , that is a great find ! Congrats .

matmit · May 16, 2018

Ice Scratcher said:
SICK!!

Bestist most awesomest thing I've ever seen you find!

The biggest of congrats man!!

Beats any gold in my book...

<°)))>{

Thanks Scratcher!
This is turning out to be my best year ever for relics: Civil War buckle, French fur trader ring, now this

adirondak5 said:
Wow , that is a great find ! Congrats .

Thanks

coin chaser · May 16, 2018

Man that’s nuts! What’s the odds you find a copper arrow head and a spear point??? You need to play the lotto man. Heck of a find congrats!

jkbemdavis · May 16, 2018

Very nice find there...congrats!

Ice Scratcher · May 16, 2018

matmit said:
Thanks Scratcher!
This is turning out to be my best year ever for relics: Civil War buckle, French fur trader ring, now this

Yeah, just WOW, a Copper Culture artifact is the biggest, and amongst the last couple things on my bucket list.. I'd trade any gold I've ever found to find something like that.. Send that story/picture to Garrett, you'll get find of the month, I'd say for sure..

<°)))>{

AIRFORCEMIKE · May 16, 2018

Amazing buddy great job!!

schmitzplumbing · May 16, 2018

sweet find. one of the oldest indian sites in Wisconsin is 5 minutes from my home. check out their website. henschels indian museum. you will have to google it. I suck at computers. my dad grew up a couple farms away. arrow heads are common finds there.

WyoTom · May 16, 2018

THats amazing! Awesome find!

ScubaDetective · May 16, 2018

Ice Scratcher said:
Yeah, just WOW, a Copper Culture artifact is the biggest, and amongst the last couple things on my bucket list.. I'd trade any gold I've ever found to find something like that.. Send that story/picture to Garrett, you'll get find of the month, I'd say for sure..

<°)))>{

First I want to say that is an awesome find. A treasure for any collection.

Ice, where I took you to in lake St Clair, we find copper culture fish hooks. I have snagged three of them so far. In digging for a coin I also found this arrowhead in the same spot. Stuff is out there.

Ice Scratcher · May 16, 2018

ScubaDetector said:
First I want to say that is an awesome find. A treasure for any collection.

Ice, where I took you to in lake St Clair, we find copper culture fish hooks. I have snagged three of them so far. In digging for a coin I also found this arrowhead in the same spot. Stuff is out there.

I've gotten a couple points and trade silver from the water, but no copper yet...

Those hooks are cool..

<°)))>{

GroundSweeper · May 16, 2018

That’s just amazing, from a tear out too! Holy cow!!! Congrats!!!

zeemang · May 17, 2018

KILLER find man, that is a beauty in wonderful condition, i logged in just to comment on this...

5 mile · May 17, 2018

Jeepers Mat...way to go, thats an awesome find!!

matmit · May 17, 2018

adirondak5 said:
Wow , that is a great find ! Congrats .

Thanks, still on cloud nine here

coin chaser said:
Man that’s nuts! What’s the odds you find a copper arrow head and a spear point??? You need to play the lotto man. Heck of a find congrats!

Yeah, this one is much larger than the one I found in 2013.

jkbemdavis said:
Very nice find there...congrats!

Thanks

Ice Scratcher said:
Yeah, just WOW, a Copper Culture artifact is the biggest, and amongst the last couple things on my bucket list.. I'd trade any gold I've ever found to find something like that.. Send that story/picture to Garrett, you'll get find of the month, I'd say for sure..

<°)))>{

Thanks Ice, I will. Literally the only thing on my bucket list is a gold coin. I might have to go to England for one of those...

AIRFORCEMIKE said:
Amazing buddy great job!!

Thanks Mike! Still cannot believe it

matmit · May 17, 2018

schmitzplumbing said:
sweet find. one of the oldest indian sites in Wisconsin is 5 minutes from my home. check out their website. henschels indian museum. you will have to google it. I suck at computers. my dad grew up a couple farms away. arrow heads are common finds there.

Thanks Schmitz, I will look into it. I love reading about Native Amercian finds

WyoTom said:
THats amazing! Awesome find!

Thanks Tom

ScubaDetector said:
First I want to say that is an awesome find. A treasure for any collection.

Ice, where I took you to in lake St Clair, we find copper culture fish hooks. I have snagged three of them so far. In digging for a coin I also found this arrowhead in the same spot. Stuff is out there.

Thanks Scuba! There is a lake near Madison which had a lot of Indian activity and they found a lot of hooks and such there.

Ice Scratcher said:
I've gotten a couple points and trade silver from the water, but no copper yet...

Those hooks are cool..

<°)))>{

If you can believe this, I now have two copper spear points and a copper awl, but I have never found a stone arrowhead. they seem to elude me, because I do spend some time looking in farm fields...

GroundSweeper said:
That’s just amazing, from a tear out too! Holy cow!!! Congrats!!!

Yeah, it blew my mind :shock:

zeemang said:
KILLER find man, that is a beauty in wonderful condition, i logged in just to comment on this...

Thanks Zee, this has been an incredible year so far for relics for me

5 mile said:
Jeepers Mat...way to go, thats an awesome find!!

Thanks 5 Mile

jwp1964 · May 17, 2018

Congrats on an amazing piece of history!

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matmit · May 17, 2018

jwp1964 said:
Congrats on an amazing piece of history!

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Thanks, I just love it!

beephead · May 17, 2018

That's an outstanding find! You just never know what will pop out the ground even at more modern sites. You're right about digging it all.

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