hancock county indiana

looks like a lot of pawpaw this year in the woods. I seen a lot on the trees, only took 2 photos.

Back in the 90s, Darrell and I would occasionally see another relic hunter in a field along a main road a few miles from us when we were driving to out to our fields. It never failed, when we were focused on getting there, we would see him. When we had lots of time to do anything and we were...

This 5 1/8 inches long by 3 1/4 inches wide full groove axe was found 01/02/2004 in Hancock County Indiana. An old house site debris covers the east side of the creek, where numerous small old bottles and a few mercury dimes also were found. Old plow strikes are evident on both sides of the...

This full groove axe was found 10/28/2007 in Hancock County Indiana. It was a nice sunny day, I was walking along the creek to where a new rock quarry was being dug. In the past I had found a number of nice Harrison County points, and two round bullets. Darrell found a nice cache blade in...

This full groove broken axe poll, found on the same creek as my favorite three quarter groove axe and the small roller pestle, was broken at the groove. Found 12/07/2003 in Hancock County Indiana. I had been walking the field and was heading out. As I got into the dark loam ground of a boggy...

This small roller pestle is only 3 3/4 inches long, its 2 3/8 inches in diameter was found in Hancock County Indiana. Multiple small plow strikes are visible on its surface, both old and new. Peck marks are still visible on some areas of the body while most have been removed from being used, on...

The three-quarter groove axe, I found 06/04/1989, a Sunday. Its 7 inches long, and three inches at the widest groove. The site is only a few miles from my house, but is no longer plowed. I started hunting the site in the early 80s, taking off of work to hit the field. Over the years the area...