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Can anyone tell me if these arrowheads are real?
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It looks like you have at least two arrowheads, with moderate damage. And some debitage ( waste or unused pieces of flint/chert ), and some mineral specimens. You would have $25 - $75 wrapped up in getting COAs. Use and print out any replies from the collectors on this forum to serve as a COA. Your artifacts, and other items, are no doubt, authentic pieces, which can be assessed from the photos. Keep looking and good luck!!
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Welcome Leslie.
At least two out of three in the first pic are, not sure about the middle one. These are fairly used up points that have seen a lot of abuse so dollar value is very minimal. Best way to share these legit family heirlooms is to display them with pride and maybe take the kids out one day and have them on the hunt as well. I don't think anything is going to make them appreciate them more than finding one!
Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan
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Welcome to the forum. As the others have said, you do have a couple of points. They are field grade specimens that have been pretty used and abused but they are authentic artifacts and I am sure are priceless to you. My best advise would be forget the Coas and get back in that creek and find some more.
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
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rmartin wrote:
My best advise would be forget the Coas and get back in that creek and find some more.
Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida
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Well, the first item is a bosun's whistle... used at sea to call commands over the noise of the waves and later as a salute to the boarding of officers onto a ship. It looks to be silver. The picture isn't great, but does it have a dragon motif? If so, it's probably late 19th Century. Those are quite collectable in nice condition.
[Addition: Actually, looking more closely at the second and third pictures it looks more like brass and perhaps late 18th or early 19th Century. If it's silver, it will have a maker's name on it somewhere. Have a good look with a magnifier... the name is normally on that flat undecorated area near the suspension loop.]
I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
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