Copper Hopewell Relics
Posted by [Weepingeyegorget]
Moderator Note: this thread was first posted in 2012 but failed to transfer across to the new forum when the software was updated, and so has been re-created manually.
Here is some of my copper relics, in the top corner are a Copper Celt from Wisconsin and Copper Earspool from Michigan.. In the lower corner is a copper celt preform of gouge from Illinois and in the other corner is a Copper Serpent Effigy (possibly a dangle) from Scioto co. Ohio.. In the center is a Flintridge Chalcedony Hopewell Ross barb from Ohio.. and also a frame of Hopewell relics collected from the MANN Hopewell site in Posey co. Ind.. and below that are some hopewell pieces im buying drilled canines from the MANN SITE also
Posted by [gregszybala]
Nice Lance, pieces like that are few, especially in personal collections!
I wander 3 different mound sites and have yet to find copper, but have seen some great pieces come out of one of them.
Top point, is it Quartz?
thanks for the show.
Posted by [Weepingeyegorget]
tip of a hopewell blade either chalcedony or agate.. the two point surronding it are Knife river flint from North Dakota.
Not anywhere close to indiana.. I got some obsidian bladelets from the site also.. One guy said they found crystal quartz
bladelets, and half of what would be an 8" biface of clear quartz there on the mann site, they said it was still 4" broken
in half hard to imagine.. Yeah, it's hard to price this stuff... Thanks
Posted by [farmerwayne]
Lance, like Greg I've never found copper relics . Those you have are awesome. And the canines are from what animal? Keep that stuff coming please!
Posted by [Weepingeyegorget]
Moderator Note: this thread was first posted in 2012 but failed to transfer across to the new forum when the software was updated, and so has been re-created manually.
Here is some of my copper relics, in the top corner are a Copper Celt from Wisconsin and Copper Earspool from Michigan.. In the lower corner is a copper celt preform of gouge from Illinois and in the other corner is a Copper Serpent Effigy (possibly a dangle) from Scioto co. Ohio.. In the center is a Flintridge Chalcedony Hopewell Ross barb from Ohio.. and also a frame of Hopewell relics collected from the MANN Hopewell site in Posey co. Ind.. and below that are some hopewell pieces im buying drilled canines from the MANN SITE also
Posted by [gregszybala]
Nice Lance, pieces like that are few, especially in personal collections!
I wander 3 different mound sites and have yet to find copper, but have seen some great pieces come out of one of them.
Top point, is it Quartz?
thanks for the show.
Posted by [Weepingeyegorget]
tip of a hopewell blade either chalcedony or agate.. the two point surronding it are Knife river flint from North Dakota.
Not anywhere close to indiana.. I got some obsidian bladelets from the site also.. One guy said they found crystal quartz
bladelets, and half of what would be an 8" biface of clear quartz there on the mann site, they said it was still 4" broken
in half hard to imagine.. Yeah, it's hard to price this stuff... Thanks
Posted by [farmerwayne]
Lance, like Greg I've never found copper relics . Those you have are awesome. And the canines are from what animal? Keep that stuff coming please!
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