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Some of my fur trade silver and iron

U

upnorth

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I've dug quite a bit of fur trade silver and some iron this spring and this is some of it. The main spot is now seeded and off limits until the fall. Some of this was found with the ACE and some with the Tejon (the tiny/deeper silver). The ACE found the trade axe and it appears to have touch marks, but they can't be seen well until I clean/preserve the axe. I've inserted a dollar coin for size perspective. You can see that it's small and was likely used for food processing/battle. Several traders were killed around this site. I was detecting the area around a late 1700's fur trade post. These are some of the latest bits.
 
Some good old relics on those hunts. Congrats !
Seeded off limits I'm assuming that's a crop field ?
 
oldranger said:
Very nice relics...whats the circular item
with the bar across it ???

Ron

RLTW
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A medium silver broach, I've found larger and smaller. A lot of silver was traded for furs.
 
Very nice relics bud. Could there be more.




















































































































































Very nice relics bud. Could there be more.


Bill















Very nice relics bud
 
I watched a blacksmith make the head of one of those trade tomahawks one time. It was on tv and it was so interesting to see how easy it was for him to make on of those things. Just imagine making something during the 1700's and someone finding it over 300 years later. Of course, most of the stuff made today would not last that long. This type of work was cutting edge back then and is the same today with the right blacksmith. What's really interesting is a lot of the processes they used to make stuff by hand back in history can't be duplicated today. We consider ourselves and enlightened society, but so much knowledge has been lost and as the old timers die off more is being lost everyday. That's one reason I like metal detecting so much, is you never know when you will find that particular piece of history that may explain some of the old ways of doing things.
 
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