Copper Kettle Native American Arrowhead (the second one found in 3 months)

[Eastender]

This morning I found this copper arrowhead in the forest floor about five minutes walk from where I found a larger one nearly three months ago. My Nox 900 easily pegged it over 4 inches deep with sensitivity maxed to 28 in relic 1.

This a large clean forest in terms of metallic debris so I will dig any signal. Only pre-1960 shotgun shell bases here and not many. Not far from fresh water, shellfish beds, and a small protected tidal bay where you could drop a canoe in and paddle all the way from eastern Long Island, NY to New England (which we know they did). I cherish contact period finds. It was such a brief period before smallpox destroyed much of these cultures.

I like finding these isolates as they show you a used finished product as opposed to campsite debris. Bent tip on this one. Maybe remnants of pine resin on one side. The third and fourth shots are of the copper point I found nearby and posted here nearly three months ago.

 

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[KSDirtfisher77]

This morning I found this copper arrowhead in the forest floor about five minutes walk from where I found a larger one nearly three months ago. My Nox 900 easily pegged it over 4 inches deep with sensitivity maxed to 28 in relic 1.

This a large clean forest in terms of metallic debris so I will dig any signal. Only pre-1960 shotgun shell bases here and not many. Not far from fresh water, shellfish beds, and a small protected tidal bay where you could drop a canoe in and paddle all the way from eastern Long Island, NY to New England (which we know they did). I cherish contact period finds. It was such a brief period before smallpox destroyed much of these cultures.

I like finding these isolates as they show you a used finished product as opposed to campsite debris. Bent tip on this one. Maybe remnants of pine resin on one side. The third and fourth shots are of the copper point I found nearby and posted here nearly three months ago.

At about what time period would the copper kettle points been made & used? Thanks.

 

[Eastender]

At about what time period would the copper kettle points been made & used? Thanks.

Most likely made early to mid-1600's from copper kettles traded by the Dutch and English. By the early 1700's, around 3/4s of of Long Island's native culture was decimated by smallpox. The tribes which inhabited my area were vassals of the larger more powerful Narragansett in RI. During the mid-1600's there were raids by the Narragansett in the area where I found this point so I cannot rule out it being of Narragansett origin. They had access to colonial copper objects and I have seen similar types of copper points coming from coastal New England. My area was a wampum producer thus had regional trade.

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Most likely made early to mid-1600's from copper kettles traded by the Dutch and English. By the early 1700's, around 3/4s of of Long Island's native culture was decimated by smallpox. The tribes which inhabited my area were vassals of the larger more powerful Narragansett in RI. During the mid-1600's there were raids by the Narragansett in the area where I found this point so I cannot rule out it being of Narragansett origin. They had access to colonial copper objects and I have seen similar types of copper points coming from coastal New England. My area was a wampum producer thus had regional trade.

Thanks for the history lesson. I appreciate it. I'll find a kettle point some day in Kansas. Swinging the coil! Dirt Fishin!!!

 

[Almy]

Nice addition to my education, thank you! If I ever run into such a point, now I'll know what it is. Before, I might have thought it a piece of trash. Bad mistake, if I did!

 

[Gene Mean]

Sweet virgin forest, congrats!

 

[JohnnyMac]

Most likely made early to mid-1600's from copper kettles traded by the Dutch and English. By the early 1700's, around 3/4s of of Long Island's native culture was decimated by smallpox. The tribes which inhabited my area were vassals of the larger more powerful Narragansett in RI. During the mid-1600's there were raids by the Narragansett in the area where I found this point so I cannot rule out it being of Narragansett origin. They had access to colonial copper objects and I have seen similar types of copper points coming from coastal New England. My area was a wampum producer thus had regional trade.

Thanks for the knowledge. Very interesting.

 

[Digger RJ]

This morning I found this copper arrowhead in the forest floor about five minutes walk from where I found a larger one nearly three months ago. My Nox 900 easily pegged it over 4 inches deep with sensitivity maxed to 28 in relic 1.

This a large clean forest in terms of metallic debris so I will dig any signal. Only pre-1960 shotgun shell bases here and not many. Not far from fresh water, shellfish beds, and a small protected tidal bay where you could drop a canoe in and paddle all the way from eastern Long Island, NY to New England (which we know they did). I cherish contact period finds. It was such a brief period before smallpox destroyed much of these cultures.

I like finding these isolates as they show you a used finished product as opposed to campsite debris. Bent tip on this one. Maybe remnants of pine resin on one side. The third and fourth shots are of the copper point I found nearby and posted here nearly three months ago.

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[river roamer]

Very nice find Congrats

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool find, congrats!