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Nice trip with some fine artifacts. Makes it memorable when Nature displays something special for you.

You did better than me and my daughter did creek walking today. Just a few semi interesting cork medicines, Model T hub cap & an old but broken embossed beer mug that earned its share of Shield & V Nickels.  Our special treat was a large Red tailed hawk sitting on a big log across the creek. He was fishing. He let us get within about 20 feet before he flew up to a tree to let us pass.

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1 hour ago, JCR said:

Nice trip with some fine artifacts. Makes it memorable when Nature displays something special for you.

You did better than me and my daughter did creek walking today. Just a few semi interesting cork medicines, Model T hub cap & an old but broken embossed beer mug that earned its share of Shield & V Nickels.  Our special treat was a large Red tailed hawk sitting on a big log across the creek. He was fishing. He let us get within about 20 feet before he flew up to a tree to let us pass.

Spending time with your daughter is more rewarding than any treasure.

Thanks for your comment JCR.

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Nice trip and outstanding artifacts, Doc. 👍 I guess it's our "Europe" to find stuff that is older than colonization, too bad they didn't use much metal. 🤔

I sometimes want to do some sifting here in the rivers, but Virginia claims right to all waterways, and increasing amounts of "waterfront colonists" are always watching. 🙄 According to local legend there was early presence right where I live.

I love photography, but personally find that I don't like to sit in front of a computer editing stuff after 45 years in the computer industry, so that is my "backpack". 😉 It's enough of a risk to use my cellphone! 🤣

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Probably one of my favorite photos from my front yard.

Luckily all the coyotes I've seen and one black bear so far were lone and ran away. 😬

Keep on posting those great finds, and keep going out as long as you can! 🍀 

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  • The title was changed to Another Kayaking Adventure And Day Of Water Hunting Scores A Few Artifacts
On 10/27/2024 at 1:14 PM, Doc Bach said:

Took a long boat ride on Saturday with the intention of doing some surface and water artifact hunting and hitting a relic site with the detector but the deus never came out.I did not find much but had a good time and never seen another person but did encounter some interesting critters

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A decent somewhat toothy point with very minor tip damage.

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A drill or awl again with slight tip damage the waves take their toll.

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A beautifully flaked blade that either the otters or raccoons scratched out.

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The piece of steatite in my opinion is an unfinished charm-stone but one could argue that it was a tool.

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The bonus of the day was the wildlife encountered. Other than a bald eagle and the two otters that surfaced in front of me and crawled up on a log one with a still alive large fat crappie in its mouth the real treat of the day was the first California roadrunner that I have seen since 1978.Unfortunately I keep my digital camera in my backpack so that I do not lose a second one overboard so no pictures.The roadrunner was much darker in color and with different markings than the one pictured below.

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Didn't see any coyotes?

So I decided on making the Dart point into a Pendant for an Indian lady who is a member of the local Tribe.

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Her Grandmother now owns the mortar that I recovered on my last hunt.

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2 hours ago, IdahoPeg said:

Great finds! Love that blade. The wildlife encounters make every outing more special!

Thanks for the comment IdahoPeg😊

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