During the 60's , in my college years , when I was a serious artifact hound , I had some wonderful contacts in Illinois. One of them had an artifact trading post in Alton IL. The friend in Alton knew Dr. Dickson the owner of what was then the private farm which contained the incredible Dickson mound complex. It is now a public world heritage site run by the state of IL. We obtained permission to hunt the field at the base of the 100 ft tall mound for 1 day.. I only found 3 artifacts , but they were all museum grade ... one is a spade. If you look at the base of the spade , you will the see the large bit has end furrowed grooves from use and also that the spade was used so much it is highly polished. It is glossy like it is covered in urethane. It is not , it use polish. Thanks for a look , louvier
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Very nice artifact and story. Thanks for sharing it.TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post
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I thought a spud and a spade were the same thing. Thank you , for making me aware that they were different. I looked at some spud images and thought some were exceptional. I corrected my 1st post to say spade everywhere , except the post title. Couldn't change that. Also I looked at bailey chert and thought it was the right cream color , Thank you for the ID, Broken arrow ... Joe Louvier
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