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Wow Trapper! What a fantastic find! Huge congrats!
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Thank you for your reply and the ideas. No Copper Culture Clubs near me. Would need to go to a museum for someone that may have some knowledge in this area. The internet seems to have very little info at least through my searches so far.Welcome to the Old Copper Culture Club! Find someone local that specializes in Old Copper Culture and have them look at it.
Appreciate and enjoyed your reply. You know John I had heard that Tom's forefathers did migrate to the west traveling through the upper Great Lakes areas as they hitchhiked their way to Southern Cal. Rumor has it that they lost all there old Coppers and Large Cents and the had an awful lot of them before they crossed the mighty Mississippi River.Wonderful find! I suspect this was lost thousands of years ago by an ancient relative of Tom in CA, visiting the midwest.
Thank you for the response Chill. Wow says a lot for sure. Think I already said I was a little more colorful in my remarks. TrapperWow, just wow, that covers it. Congratulations.
Thank you for the kind words Scott. I had a lot of dreams as a child of finding treasure. Who would have thought as a old man some of these dreams would come true.Wow Trapper! What a fantastic find! Huge congrats!
Mike there has been a few adventures we have shared this last couple of years. Some like the digging of this spear point are highs and I'll cherish to the end of my days. Others like the river trip I'd not want to relive.Again congratulations! But i think you should tell everyone about the white water kayak trip we had.
While Spear Points are not common Max, during the times before the birth of Christ the Copper Culture was a big thing. The times when the Native Americans began social trade among the varied tribes and sharing living skills. Tools and Pottery were developed in these times and were high valued items of want and need. Yes I was using the Nox 800 and the numbers were in the mid 30's at the start of digging and 38-40 after removing about five inches of covering, The Point was on a angle with the head up tail down giving a depth of about 6 to 9 inches. Trappercongrats! Super Find. Those must be so rare. Where I hunt in Georgia I am not sure that the pre-historic Americans used any copper tools. I may have to do some research.
Were you using your 800? What did it ring up?
Thank you Brewser for your reply. There is always the possibility of finding more artifacts like this but I also know that the odds are not on my side. But then again I thought this one was only a dream.Absolutely superb. Classic find and once in a lifetime, but hopefully not of course.
Great question Jim. The truth is I knew as I soon as I had hands on it. I had a advantage though as I was with Air Force Mike when he dug his a few years back. I do know that I have high hopes in returning to that site.Very exciting, Trapper… knocked your socks off, I’m sure. How quickly did you realize what you’d unearthed?
Appreciate your reply Sean. Native American artifacts are throughout this country although not all areas had Copper ore available. The Archic Period was a time of social trade development among the people of that time so there is always some possibility of making a find.Man, that wouldn't even be on my bucket list, because I would never even think there is a chance to find it. Absolute beauty! Huge congrats!
Thank you for your reply. While it is highly unlikely to dig another there is always the possibility.Absolutely superb. Classic find and once in a lifetime, but hopefully not of course.
Thank you Jim for the comments. Not only affecting the socks but buggered my shorts also. Truth is on ID-ing, as soon as I had eyes on it in the hole and immediately confirming upon having it in my grasp.Very exciting, Trapper… knocked your socks off, I’m sure. How quickly did you realize what you’d unearthed?
Kind words Sean, thank you. It has been a dream recovery for me as there have been a few dug through out this area. Since seeing my first it has always been on the wish list.Man, that wouldn't even be on my bucket list, because I would never even think there is a chance to find it. Absolute beauty! Huge congrats!
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