Anybody got Trade points?

[Older The Better]

Found my 5th trade point today. I’m pretty excited, got me thinking I’ve seen all kinds of show your ___ points threads but I haven’t seen a trade point thread so let’s see em if you got em... funny thing is all 5 I’ve found are different.

 

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[Fat]

 

[Fat]

I have more but got distracted awhile back and forgot I was looking for them in the first place.
This is not a riddle, its more of an “inside” bad joke.

Is “tinkle” the singular of “tinker”?
“1 tinkler”

 

[Fat]

 

[Fat]

 

[H.P.]

Good show, Fat, you have a very diverse collection, that’s great...do you treat them, to stop deterioration,?

 

[H.P.]

Nice . What’s the top one made of,?

 

[SportsmanAll]

 

[antmike915]

Excellent examples; all of them. Unfortunately I don't have any.

 

[Fat]

I gingerly pickup and than treat them to, at least my lifetime, housing in glass fronted frame.
We have white sugar sand like you do at florida beaches.
Out on the plains, the top several inches can be “bone dry”, blowy dusty clouds. If you dig in a little deeper, it gets damp.
Metals can be in any condition from rusty dust to dusty tin.

 

[diggingthe1]

I found this one when I was younger at a family reunion. I hiked up this little hill. I thought it was a
spoon handle and threw it back down. A year later I picked it up again and recognized it as a trade point!!!!

 

[Older The Better]

I’ve got a question, 4 of mine are cut or stamped from a sheet but one has a thickness similar to a real knife or a thin arrowhead. Anybody else notice this? Is it possibly a hand forged vs cut from a sheet?

 

[old digger]

Here is one that I found quite a few years ago. I found it about hundred yards from a weathered buffalo skull, but not likely any correlation to each other.

 

[Older The Better]

Nice I’ve found one heavily damaged skull. One of my favorite finds. Trade points are right up there with it.

 

[11KBP]

Nice . What’s the top one made of,?

It appears to be brass and will be none-magnetic to verify.

 

[11KBP]

I’ve got a question, 4 of mine are cut or stamped from a sheet but one has a thickness similar to a real knife or a thin arrowhead. Anybody else notice this? Is it possibly a hand forged vs cut from a sheet?

The NA’s made many of these points by recycling any metal item they could acquire (generally iron or brass) with an appropriate thickness. Of course the iron points were much more durable than the recycled trade brass.

 

[Older The Better]

My top one i believe is brass it came from a little way away from the others I’m thinking that one could be recycled from a kettle or something seems to be a bit irregular to be a mass produced trade good.

 

[11KBP]

My top one i believe is brass it came from a little way away from the others I’m thinking that one could be recycled from a kettle or something seems to be a bit irregular to be a mass produced trade good.

In my opinion all five points in your group are NA made.