Tom_in_CA
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- Mar 23, 2007
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Although I'm strictly into metal detecting, I have often hunted "contact period" indian village sites, since they contain trade items, coins, buttons, etc..... So I've occasionally brushed into the political sensitivities of collecting indian items, and read stories of persons afraid to sell an item, lest they be asked "where did it come from?", blah blah blah and be made to feel "on the defense" to say it was passed down in collections since way-back-when, or whatever.
I was recently eating dinner at a restaurant in Pacific Grove, CA (near Monterey, about 1 hr. south of San Jose, CA). The restaurant is located in a historic part of this little town ...... several commercial blocks of old buildings from the late 1800s/early 1900s. There was quite a bit of indian history in this area, so it is not unusual, even to this day, to find mortor rocks, midden piles, etc....
This restaurant had yester-year pictures of their old-town district decorating their restaurant. I noticed in one old pix you can clearly see that there was a store selling "Indian Relics & Shells" I thought this was interesting that .... even back then ..... surface collecting (back at an innocent time before sensitivities, off-limits zones, etc....) was in place as a hobby, even to the extent of having "buy-sell" type stores. My finger points to the store sign. To the right, you can see some horse and buggies indicating the turn-of-the-century-ish date.
I was recently eating dinner at a restaurant in Pacific Grove, CA (near Monterey, about 1 hr. south of San Jose, CA). The restaurant is located in a historic part of this little town ...... several commercial blocks of old buildings from the late 1800s/early 1900s. There was quite a bit of indian history in this area, so it is not unusual, even to this day, to find mortor rocks, midden piles, etc....
This restaurant had yester-year pictures of their old-town district decorating their restaurant. I noticed in one old pix you can clearly see that there was a store selling "Indian Relics & Shells" I thought this was interesting that .... even back then ..... surface collecting (back at an innocent time before sensitivities, off-limits zones, etc....) was in place as a hobby, even to the extent of having "buy-sell" type stores. My finger points to the store sign. To the right, you can see some horse and buggies indicating the turn-of-the-century-ish date.
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