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Tougher What is it Challenge? Indian Site Find

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Several years back we located a major 1780's indian site due to local construction. They basically bull dozed the entire village and it now sits under a very large parking lot :veryangry: While construction was under way we made some amazing finds. One item that we found many of we have yet to identify. We call them silver wafers (although they may be made of german silver of some type). Any ideas? I also found a couple of them in an indian fire pit that ended up in the back of my car and I screened it over that summer (AMAZING FINDS FROM IT). They are very thin and about 5/8" x 1/2".
 
Some nice trade silver there.
I dont know what the disks are. If you are finding that many I would think there would be reference to them somewhere. They do look to be german silver though Witch would make them later in the silver trade.
What is the small item in the top right ?
 
As a collector of Native artifacts I can tell you that was a great score. Trade silver is hard to find and you got a pile.
 
Awesome finds. I too collect indian artifacts and to see a pile like this is truly amazing. I've seen probably more fake trade silver than the real thing , so this is mind boggling to me. Great job!!!
 
Here's the real meaning of trade silver. The small three I found in about 5' of water in the same exact area over a three year period. Location was a portage location for Native Americans before the river was dammed. The large one came from the site of my other trade silver, yes they are all RC's! Talk about lightning striking twice (okay 4 times :) ). The bottom of the large one isn't actually the piece of the Cruikshank. My wife found it at the same location and it just happened to be about a perfect fit for the piece I'm missing.
 
This is my favorite (bummer because my brother-in-law found it :cry: ). It's a beauty and is in fantastic condition, also a Cruikshank.
 
Maybe I missed it in an earlier post but what does the RC mean? Was it someones initials?
 
Aarong81 said:
Maybe I missed it in an earlier post but what does the RC mean? Was it someones initials?
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Robert Cruickshank - Silversmith

http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2349
 
Holy smokes thats really old silver! So I would guess that makers mark holds pretty high value.
 
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