I found a trade pipe (I think)

[J-ROCK]

I found this pipe in Middle Tennessee today.
can anyone tell me anything about it? I have zero knowledge of pipes.

[gregszybala]

Cool find.
Take a look through these posts in the information section.

https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/information-center-gc33/non-native-american-items-gc89/clay-tobacco-pipes-gc91

[J-ROCK]

Thank you

[Scorpion68]

That's got to be an exciting find. I'd probably have had a hear attack right then. I'd say it's definitely a pipe but I'm no expert on those things. Greg sent you to the right forum to find out. Damn, that's nice.

[J-ROCK]

Thanks chuck

[SDhunter]

Congratulations on an interesting find!

[Andy W.]

That's a Point Pleasant pipe from the 1800's.

[J-ROCK]

Thanks Andy
just trying to find one on the web to see what it would like in complete form. I will research point pleasants

[Andy W.]

That one is complete. The smoker would've put a reed in the end to smoke out of.

[J-ROCK]

I’m not to convinced of that as of yet. I’ll take a better pic and post tomorrow. It appears to be broken across the top of the bowl

[Andy W.]

Ok yeah I see that.

[Pinetree1]

That's cool! I've never found a pipe, but have purchased a few.

[J-ROCK]

I’ve never found one either. When found this one it was packed full of mud so I couldn’t figure out what I’d picked up. So i handed it to my friend and said “ I see a face, it has to be something “. That’s when he unleashed a few bad words towards me (how friends do)and told me what it was. Ha ha.
I wish it was all there but it’s good enough for my first one.
Thanks

[Hi-Lo]

Great find. Thanks for sharing.

[CCR]

Sorry, late coming to this. If you have not already, look up pics of Pamplin pipes on Google, they had a number with faces. I have 4 or 5, but none so complete and none with faces, super cool find.

[J-ROCK]

Thank you for the info I will research them when I get time.

[Tam]

I did look up Pamplin clay pipes thank you .
There is so much rich history on this early Americana .
There are some great pictures and the sadest thing I read was in 1952 cigarettes were so popular that the factory closed down .But I have to tell you now in looking at all the stlyles and some women made these in their backyards for money how we could be confused .
Some of the clay pipes that are posted as NA look like some of these pipes .
Of course not the distinctive trade designs like you have but they have some smooth ones that could be tossed in the creek and long forgotten to be dug up as a NA artifact to the untrained eye . You got me researching on this and I learned something new ....
Very interesting and fun find .