I have been waiting a couple years to make this post for the few members that are still frequenting this forum from that time, a discussion for a different post, because I was banned for insulting members and moderators or something to that affect. My behavior was inappropriate and was tied to my drinking too much on a New Year’s Eve and for that I apologize. A driving force of that behavior was being called things such as “rock boy” when posting my admittedly ambiguous artifacts.
I am lucky enough to live down the street from the guy who wrote the book on North American Paleo.
He was kind enough to invite me over to his house and take a look at my collection, although I quickly realized he was taking an opportunity to sell me books, a sad truth of life for an independent archaeologist I guess but again for another day. His opinion differed from the vast majority on here on my finds. He said things like “too bad there wasn’t a museum to donate these too” likely because of my poor storage of artifacts. Also I remember “I’d keep looking where you found that one” and “ you are very observant” and “ you should take a walk around Bull’s Brook,” a major paleo site close to us which many here have likely heard of. Granted I was in his living room so he could have been just humoring me but I don’t think so and I know there are people that read this forum that could if they chose verify my story.
Not to say the Doc and I are friends, I emailed him twice after that and he never responded. He added me to his mailing list for the ASAA, a local amateur archaeology group, and emboldened by this when they announced an artifact show a couple months later I requested a table space. I figured people would like to see some everyday paleo artifacts not in cases that they could hold in their hands. Boy was I wrong. Maybe three people even dared to make eye contact with me , let alone look at my stuff. It was really rather embarrassing, no one was rude like on here but their opinion of my stuff was clear. I guess the point to all this is as much as I wanted to come on here and say I told you so I was right and you were wrong, it’s not as cut and dry as that. I just wish people would stop stating their opinion as fact as some artifacts are nearly impossible to verify in pics and even in hand sometimes. I’ll step off the soap box now, thanks for reading those that did.
I am lucky enough to live down the street from the guy who wrote the book on North American Paleo.
Not to say the Doc and I are friends, I emailed him twice after that and he never responded. He added me to his mailing list for the ASAA, a local amateur archaeology group, and emboldened by this when they announced an artifact show a couple months later I requested a table space. I figured people would like to see some everyday paleo artifacts not in cases that they could hold in their hands. Boy was I wrong. Maybe three people even dared to make eye contact with me , let alone look at my stuff. It was really rather embarrassing, no one was rude like on here but their opinion of my stuff was clear. I guess the point to all this is as much as I wanted to come on here and say I told you so I was right and you were wrong, it’s not as cut and dry as that. I just wish people would stop stating their opinion as fact as some artifacts are nearly impossible to verify in pics and even in hand sometimes. I’ll step off the soap box now, thanks for reading those that did.
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