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FunGusAmonGus
06-20-2007, 19:54
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00795.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00797.jpg drill and scraper http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00798.jpg

Bob
06-21-2007, 06:05
Very nice...
The one next to the scraper is a drill...

I used to enjoy walking the fields back in PA.

FunGusAmonGus
07-24-2007, 19:39
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00932.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00929.jpg http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t309/fabfive2001/DSC00931.jpg I found the pipes in the creeks behind my house and the rusty thing looks to be a bullet mold which I found in my backyard.

BAM
07-24-2007, 19:40
ok...what are those?

FunGusAmonGus
07-24-2007, 19:42
ok...what are those?

which ones??

BAM
07-24-2007, 19:54
The ones you just posted tonight!

FunGusAmonGus
07-24-2007, 20:26
the first one is a hoe,like a garden hoe the next are clay pipes. People would buy the mold and make their own. It was kinda disposable. The would cut their own stems. The last one is a bullet mold for a musket ball.

Bob
07-24-2007, 20:54
I'd love to go out for those again sometime if anyone is interested and knows a spot (I won't tell) PM me please...

I'll try to get pics of the stuff I have from PA>...

FunGusAmonGus
07-24-2007, 20:58
Castor River over in MO is a good place to find them

BAM
07-24-2007, 21:19
Kewl.....I guess you are using your new toy for that?

flatlander
07-24-2007, 23:15
I'd love to go out for those again sometime if anyone is interested and knows a spot (I won't tell) PM me please...

I'll try to get pics of the stuff I have from PA>...

What county you looking for bob ? :D LOl !

FunGusAmonGus
07-26-2007, 14:27
heres a good link to help IDin points..http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/anthro/proj_point/points_timeline.html