Glass arrowhead made from old bottle!

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Anyone ever find any of these? Anyone know if any came out of PA in the past? I outlined the symbol with a marker so you could se it better just incase someone is familiar with the mark and could possibly date the piece of glass. 01.jpg02.jpg
 

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I don't know about your glass..but its real cool looking. I have found some pretty cool worked glass down here. Do you mind if I post a couple.
 

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Well here are a few I wont go nuts.

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GatorBoy said:
I don't know about your glass..but its real cool looking. I have found some pretty cool worked glass down here. Do you mind if I post a couple.
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Thats pretty cool Gator! I was really excited when I dug mine. Not to much information about them. I was told they were used for trade and are pretty rare in PA.
 

Definitely rare by me. The time between contact and the disappearance of the tribe here was very short.
There were later occupations of certain sites by immigrants that could account for some later worked pieces.
 

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PA.Hunter said:
Anyone ever find any of these? Anyone know if any came out of PA in the past? I outlined the symbol with a marker so you could se it better just incase someone is familiar with the mark and could possibly date the piece of glass. <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=710176"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=710177"/>
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You aren't too many states away from me. I have heard of red and blue glass in Nc. You are about, what 4 states away from NC. 8-9 hour trip. Blue is looking good. The design, I do not know. Dog eating a robot?? Lol. Nice piece. Wish I could help on more than the color. Google railroad glass. That should give an idea or two
 

A couple of glass finds...

Rich.
 

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Hey hey.. I'm so glad you showed that! Thought I was the only one with pieces that were ground. Apparently we may have just discovered a type. I have to ask .. where are you located? I'm in Florida.

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I live in the Puget Sound area, Washington.

The arrowhead shaped one is from the desert (Eastern WA), and the other is from the beach (Puget Sound, Western WA).


Rich.
 

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Do you see the half round is exactly the same?
 

PA.Hunter said:
Thats pretty cool Gator! I was really excited when I dug mine. Not to much information about them. I was told they were used for trade and are pretty rare in PA.
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I never knew that. Interesting thread!
Nick
 

The native? worked glass in my area that I've found is all hazy, never clear, or made out of "black" (green) glass. 9 out of 10 times the piece is small and has several sides, if not all sides, with steep bevels. The places I've found them are all near water, on middens that were used after the ancients as fish ranchos and early settlements. No pics boom. Interestingly enough I found one on Sunday. You have to look real hard at every piece of glass on sites. Same thing with small pieces of chert/coral, many microlitihic tools are hard to recognize if you are not looking for them and seeing the work on them.:icon_thumleft:
 

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I have one but havent posted it because it has the perfect shape but it then shows no work as in flakes removed. Hunters is a fine example of a piece of worked glass. Mine just does not have that look. Its in my truckbed still though.
 

tomclark said:
The native? worked glass in my area that I've found is all hazy, never clear, or made out of "black" (green) glass. 9 out of 10 times the piece is small and has several sides, if not all sides, with steep bevels. The places I've found them are all near water, on middens that were used after the ancients as fish ranchos and early settlements. No pics boom. Interestingly enough I found one on Sunday. You have to look real hard at every piece of glass on sites. Same thing with small pieces of chert/coral, many microlitihic tools are hard to recognize if you are not looking for them and seeing the work on them.:icon_thumleft:
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Hey Tom.. your on the same track as is mostly the case where I am... only.. most found are of black/dark green British beer and wine bottles.
I belive they were made by the Creeks who were alies with the British.
Many found on military fort sites of the Seminole wars.
 

rock said:
I have one but havent posted it because it has the perfect shape but it then shows no work as in flakes removed. Hunters is a fine example of a piece of worked glass. Mine just does not have that look. Its in my truckbed still though.
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rock.. if it doesn't show work its just broken glass.
 

For me the blue glass would not be that old,I say not that old because I normally like hunting for things 200+ years or so.I don't associate blue glass being more then mabe late 1800's.You could check that but that's just a rule I've always gone by.As for the mark you made it reminds me of the finger rings of the late 1800's as well,made in the shape of a buckle.You can see quite a few on this site here to see what I'm seeing............UK Finds Database - - - UKDFD
hope this helped in some way.
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Pete,:hello:
 

Out here the local Indians didnt have a close source of any good material,so after the contact period of the Gold rush,we do see on occasion projectiles made from Black(deep green) glass.
I have mentioned it before but my Grandad used to tell the story about Ol Yellowjacket(A local Indian)who used to pay the kids to bring him colorful glass sherds(he really liked the Red from the glass tail lights)and he would knap arrowheads on the park bench and sell them to tourists(many of whom unbeknownst to them had "donated",the material :laughing7:
 

Not trying to hijack the thread but as long as we are discussing glass historic knapped artifacts.....

In my area we had a lot of microlithic technology going on back in the day.
Here's one like I explained with steep bevels. Glass does not normally break this way. It breaks concoidal fracture and usually the edges, unless it's modern auto glass, are rather feathery and sharp...... The whole edge of this small piece is worked with steep bevels. Also pictured from the same site is another similar, but surely more ancient tool, another microlith scraper. I put them in the same class and type of artifact.










 

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