I posted this pipe a while back, two days later...

[Mrtodd]

I found this laying two feet away from where the bowl was.
Could it be the actual stem that used to fit it??

 

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[arrow86]

Is the pipe a colonial era clay pipe or older ?

 

[Tony in SC]

Could be!! If not it is the stem for something.

 

[joshuaream]

It would be rare, but that does look like a stem. How fragile is it? Probably needs preserved.

There might be something eroding out nearby, I'd cover that area on my hands and knees and flip anything.

 

[sandchip]

That's one cool find. If they don't go together, they would now if I found 'em.

I keep an old coffee container with a 50/50 mixture of turpentine and raw linseed oil that has served me well for helping to stabilize wood as it dries out. Great on tool handles. It can be brushed, sprayed or just wiped on with a rag. Wood loves it and it smells good, too. Suggested to me by a lady archaeologist at the University of Florida way back in the 80s to stabilize a 6 foot end section of a pine canoe that I found in the river. She dated a small piece that I sent her from 1,000 to 1,100 years old. I don't remember who told me an easy to remember application rate of once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, and once a year forever.

 

[Tdog]

Dr. Gomer (Pyles Thornton--Lithic Art Restoration) uses a mix of acetone and duco cement for bone and wood preservation.

Edit: I found this. See post #2...

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/n...12090-protective-wax-bone-wood-artifacts.html

 

[Mrtodd]

Thanks for all the info!
I was told, from some on this site, that it is call a coffee bean pipe and dates 500bc and earlier...
Which makes me question the stem part. Huge coincidence of the stem did not fit the bowl at one time.

 

[Tdog]

I think the pipe is a trade pipe--a post contact piece.

 

[Tony in SC]

I with Tdog. I think it's a very early colonial style trade pipe.

I think the pipe is a trade pipe--a post contact piece.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I see a deliberate sharpend of one end, for sure...!
Can you further describe the "stem", for us...could you?
Thanks!

 

[Tdog]

You should get on it Mr Todd and preserve that stem; regardless of whether it fits the pipe.

 

[joshuaream]

I don't think it's a trade pipe, I think Mississippian coffee bean pipe or perhaps a protohistoric copy of a trade pipe.