I was not the first to hunt this mountain

[James Riley]

I think you'll especially like the ancient tool my better half picked up last week..

My tool's not that old. :hump:

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Seeing this made me want to share my artifacts given to me by my grandmother who's been long gone for almost 2 decades, they farmed in the kalamth falls area of Oregon back in day 30's but not positive , but when the fields got plowed they would walk the turned earth and collect arrowheads and stuff, she gave me an old cigar box of the stuff the found over the years , plus the grinding stone and the canoe weight or weight for a fish net , I took 2 photos to try to show the rope ring that runs all the way around it , my mom some years back put them all in a shadow box for me which now hangs in my man cave, i found a few of them as well but cant remember which ones as it was forever and a day ago



My first pic sucked after looking at it on line so I took it down and opened it in better lighting for you all to see

 

[bobbydean]

Chris, very impressive. When, as what date, did it become illegal to pick up arrowheads. Chris's grandpa display impressive. I have seen a few just that impressive, mostly gentleman in there 70's or older.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

My grandmother also gave me this book she had to go with the things they found, just picked it up for the first time in years , she gave it to me in 79 ! Ha and I just noticed it was autographed by the author, never noticed that before, looks like my grandad gave it to my grandmother the year i was born, i dont know anything about Indian artifacts and or what you can or cant do , its been over 20 years since i found one
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[James Riley]

Chris, very impressive. When, as what date, did it become illegal to pick up arrowheads. Chris's grandpa display impressive. I have seen a few just that impressive, mostly gentleman in there 70's or older.

I can't answer the question about the dates, but it is perfectly legal on private property. It is illegal on federal land. It might be the Antiquities Act but I'm not sure. Each state probably has it's own law about state land, but I'm not sure about that either. All I know is you can get in a heap of trouble collecting from federal land.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Some finds from this fall - James Riley could you ask your pal to do a sketch of the big black one?

 

[The Hedgehog]

The poems written about this massive beast are pretty good.

 

[The Hedgehog]

In days of old
When nights were cold
And dildos weren't invented
You sat on a stone
That was shaped like a bone
And went away contented.

 

[noharleyyet]

You sure? I'm thinking black bean nachos...one too many lines to be a limerick yet still Hallmark worthy.

 

[JCS]

Pretty witty for so early in the morning

 

[James Riley]

Pretty witty for so early in the morning

Not early. Late. Up all night with the beer and the stone and feeling contented.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

oh dam !! that was funny , i feel contented after sitting to catch up on this thread again and all these years I thought this a grinding stone for corn , who knew it's a multi-use grinding stone, thanks for the history lesson greenhorn

 

[A-5_Guy]

In days of old
When nights were cold
And dildos weren't invented
You sat on a stone
That was shaped like a bone
And went away contented.

Sounds like a Jimmy Buffet song I once heard... haha

 

[Gr8bawana]

oh dam !! that was funny , i feel contented after sitting to catch up on this thread again and all these years I thought this a grinding stone for corn , who knew it's a multi-use grinding stone, thanks for the history lesson greenhorn
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It gives the ground corn an extra special flavor.

 

[James Riley]

It gives the ground corn an extra special flavor.

Something is fishy about this.

 

[dcopas78]

Great story. My dad and I have collected for years. We have several hundred artifacts that we have found in plowed fields and eroded creek banks. It is another hobby, one that I don't have a lot of time for anymore unfortunately. I found an Adena stemmed point eroded from the hillside about 20 feet from a treestand once. The cool thing was, I arrowed a nice buck that evening standing in almost the same spot I found the point. A few of our artifacts, wish I had some closeups;

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

that is the wall of AWESOMENESS, i have no other words

 

[tjones]

I found this in Wyoming years ago. Wishing now I would have dug around a bit more.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

thats a really cool find

 

[Southwind]

Love finding arrowheads, that is a beautiful one. Makes you feel connected huh?