Copper tool

[Mintberrycrunch]

Found on a river near known Indian mounds I was hoping copper culture probably wishful thinking any thoughts. Update after sending out a few emails to people dealing in bronze artifacts I may have a lead I'll post the email

 

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[Engineer in MD]

Not a door knocker or a drawer pull IMO.

Still think key or "tool" to something.

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[Mintberrycrunch]

If it makes you feel any better I no longer think it's a door knocker LOL

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It does

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

Anyone on board with the oopart yet?

 

[CRUSADER]

Anyone on board with the oopart yet?

what?

 

[david680]

what?

Oopart = Out of place artifact. Such as a Aztec artifact found in the UK or a Roman artifact found in Wyoming. Just examples I made up at random, but I think you'll get the point.

 

[Rawhide]

Possible horse tack of some sort'

 

[coinman123]

It could have just been made by a bored copper forger, to serve no purpose. Maybe two thousand years ago, or maybe in the 1800's. If so, he would probably be laughing right now at our attempts to try and identify it.

 

[coinman123]

It also could have been made to fit the maker's specific purpose, making it very hard to identify. I am almost sure that this thing is handmade, and not mass produced. It is pretty much the stone hedge of the tool world.

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

Possible horse tack of some sort'

We ruled horse tack out a few pages back thanks for the feedback though. Bump

 

[P.ALLEN]

Could be ceremonial, of no utilitarian use. UP or Mitten? Those mound guys, Fort Ancient, Adena, (late archaic to middle woodland periods) in the Ohio River Valley traded from the gulf to the UP and beyond. Mounds were full of pearls, conch, mica cutouts, and copper. Dunno, it's cool though.

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

Could be ceremonial, of no utilitarian use. UP or Mitten? Those mound guys, Fort Ancient, Adena, (late archaic to middle woodland periods) in the Ohio River Valley traded from the gulf to the UP and beyond. Mounds were full of pearls, conch, mica cutouts, and copper. Dunno, it's cool though.

Mitten

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The word y'all are looking for is "midden."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I havent read all the pages and I realized it was found in the USA but have you searched the UK database?

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

The word y'all are looking for is "midden."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden

The UP= upper peninsula mitten= lower peninsula thanks for the link though

 

[releventchair]

The UP= upper peninsula mitten= lower peninsula thanks for the link though

The U.P.( Where some " Yoopers" live ,and other people do as well...) is not the mitten.
The lower peninsula ( where "trolls,fudgies,and flatlanders" live) is the mitten.

" I am I am a Michigan man ,that's where I'm from and I'll show you my hand"....( Where I live in relation to or on the " mitten").

Sure you ain't a cheese head or Hoosier or somethin?

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

The U.P.( Where some " Yoopers" live ,and other people do as well...) is not the mitten.
The lower peninsula ( where "trolls,fudgies,and flatlanders" live) is the mitten.

" I am I am a Michigan man ,that's where I'm from and I'll show you my hand"....( Where I live in relation to or on the " mitten").

Sure you ain't a cheese head or Hoosier or somethin?

I don't call it mitten either but that's what he was saying

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

Up = upper peninsula. Mitten = lower peninsula. I put a space better?

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

I havent read all the pages and I realized it was found in the USA but have you searched the UK database?

Yeah checked out the scheme website. Mostly museums though the Victoria and Albert, the national museum of Ireland and the British museum. The first two didn't know what it was still waiting to hear back from the last. I've posted emails from all 3 on this tread. That's about it for the UK

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

OK I get it lol ....

 

[releventchair]

Up = upper peninsula. Mitten = lower peninsula. I put a space better?

Yes.
If only to crudely clarify the locale of a mitten midden.