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Re: Indian Artifacts stray round #5650166 09/24/11
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado

Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #5650208 09/24/11
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,839 New Zealand Maarty Campfire Regular
Maarty Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,839 New Zealand	Originally Posted by huntsman22 sal, we don't see much obsidian around here. Most of the stuff here is petrified wood. I found these points on a jobsite while framing a house. The owner didn't want them.... This thumb scraper was found in a driveway at a ranch. People had to have walked over it a bazillion times in the last 150 years.... I also found a slightly more modern artifact while remodeling the same ranchhouse. A Henry copper cartridge that had multiple firing pin hits, stuffed in a crack of the 1870's log house.....Maybe failed during an injun fight?..... That Henry cartridge could have been a reload. I've heard of them being reloaded before, they scraped out the old primer residue and stuffed the rim with ground up match heads, then I found this reference to it again: http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,5282.0.html. I also recently read a report by someone who has done it with .22 rimfires in the past. The original international turd

Re: Indian Artifacts Maarty #5650294 09/24/11
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Spanokopitas Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 10,364 Oregon	I've used match heads as a substitute for percussion caps. www.paracay.com It's better to live rich than die rich. Live simply so that I may simply live large.

Re: Indian Artifacts Spanokopitas #5715175 10/15/11
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	nice fall day to look around for these....

Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #5715583 10/15/11
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Out again this afternoon. Nothing but chips and flakes on the ridge above an old homestead. But this was layin' up there, too... Them injuns musta traded for it and carted it halfway across the country, just like they do obsidian....grin

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Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #5715591 10/15/11
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,189 Behind Enemy Lines Salmonella OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,189 Behind Enemy Lines	That's pretty neat. Your finds are way cool Huntsman. Thanks to all for keeping this thread alive! Proud NRA Life Member

Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #5715597 10/15/11
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okok Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,742 NW	I love looking at this stuff, thanks everyone for posting. Jed York does not own the 49ers; Russell Wilson does.

Re: Indian Artifacts okok #5900937 12/09/11
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OP Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,189 Behind Enemy Lines	Spent last weekend with a relative of mine that's been tilling his farm for 40 years. He''s uncovered plenty of goodies... Proud NRA Life Member

Re: Indian Artifacts Salmonella #5900945 12/09/11
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okok Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,742 NW	That's cool! What are those white Cheerio looking things on the first picture? Jed York does not own the 49ers; Russell Wilson does.

Re: Indian Artifacts okok #5900948 12/09/11
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AcesNeights Campfire Ranger A Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,526 Likes: 3 Valhalla SE AK & WA	Beads? �Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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Re: Indian Artifacts AcesNeights #5900964 12/09/11
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OP Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,189 Behind Enemy Lines	Originally Posted by AcesNeights Beads? Yes. Proud NRA Life Member

Re: Indian Artifacts Berettaman #5901284 12/09/11
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Cleburne Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 440 Heart of Dixie	Nice pics, I love old indian stuff.

Re: Indian Artifacts Salmonella #5901307 12/09/11
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okok Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,742 NW	What would that round stone on the first picture be used for? Downrigger ball? Jed York does not own the 49ers; Russell Wilson does.

Re: Indian Artifacts okok #6249513 03/03/12
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jasontx Campfire Member J Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 258 South Texas	From a local dig site:

Re: Indian Artifacts jasontx #6279041 03/11/12
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Spent most of the day walking the crick bottom for sheds. none found. Hit the hill and found another bird point....

Re: Indian Artifacts AcesNeights #6279165 03/11/12
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milespatton Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 19,108 Arkansas	Here is my meager collection of points. Sorry but phone camera is all I have. miles Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.

Re: Indian Artifacts milespatton #6279171 03/11/12
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 19,108 Arkansas milespatton Campfire Ranger
milespatton Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 19,108 Arkansas	But I do have a nipple rock. miles Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.

Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #6279437 03/11/12
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eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856	That dime would have bought a pound of cheese in those days. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: Indian Artifacts eyeball #6279666 03/11/12
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,929 Likes: 14 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	it was a penny.......Could I have bought a cheez sammich?

Re: Indian Artifacts huntsman22 #6279961 03/11/12
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,520 San Jose, CA P pixarezzo Campfire Regular
pixarezzo Campfire Regular P Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,520 San Jose, CA	Originally Posted by huntsman22 it was a penny.......Could I have bought a cheez sammich? 1919...the year of my father's birth. Guns are like guitars - you can never have too many.

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