One and one = one

[quito]

Over the course of hunting the last number of years, I've picked up a few pieces that were likely celt portions. Today I put two pieces together and came up with one piece that is likely a celt that was broken during manufacture. Due to lack of any polish on the piece I doubt it was exhausted, surely not used much if it was. Anyway I like when I can put two pieces together even if they aren't the greatest.

 

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[pickaway]

couple more broke n match

 

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[old digger]

Great Thread!

Yesterday while out hunting I walked around a juniper bush (7 feet tall) while my wife walked around the other way. When she was opposite to me she hollers and asks if what she found is an arrowhead, and that she found two of them. After going around the bush I take a look at her find and I tell that the two fit together and are a nice long knife. While put together it measures 5 3/4'' long.
But my question is, do you glue them back together or not, and if you do what kind or type of glue should you use? I appreciate your input, Thanks.

(I really wish I could post a photo, but this stupid computer will not allow me. The only way is to possibly text a photo with my cell phone and the other party post a photo of it.)

 

[quito]

Great Thread!

Yesterday while out hunting I walked around a juniper bush (7 feet tall) while my wife walked around the other way. When she was opposite to me she hollers and asks if what she found is an arrowhead, and that she found two of them. After going around the bush I take a look at her find and I tell that the two fit together and are a nice long knife. While put together it measures 5 3/4'' long.
But my question is, do you glue them back together or not, and if you do what kind or type of glue should you use? I appreciate your input, Thanks.

(I really wish I could post a photo, but this stupid computer will not allow me. The only way is to possibly text a photo with my cell phone and the other party post a photo of it.)

Thats a great story Old digger!

I have heard elmers glue recommended.

Hopefully Pickaway will clue us in on what he uses and why. With all the pieces he has put back together he has to be a pro.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Nice recovery..

I use to hunt artifacts in Missouri, I met an old bachelor there who lived in the country and collected all his life, he found bottom half of a nice large turkey tail that was broken in half, about 10 years later he found the top half that was a perfect fit, together it was every bit of 7 to 8 inches.......

 

[jeramme]

Love those primitive puzzles....I can never figure out these thousand piece ones...

 

[pickaway]

Thats a great story Old digger!

I have heard elmers glue recommended.

Hopefully Pickaway will clue us in on what he uses and why. With all the pieces he has put back together he has to be a pro.

I use a small amount of super glue first I clean the break areas of dirt mineral deposits etc then I take superglue and squirt a small amout on a paper plate then I take a small nail dip it in sg and put 2 small amounts on one side of break then put em together,i use a tiny amount so seams fit together elmers always made seams stick out or I was doing it wrong.

 

[pickaway]

Heres a field found broke n match the two pieces were like 3 ft apart.

 

[old digger]

Thank You for the gluing suggestions!

 

[Mark Todd]

View attachment 1488620couple more broke n match

It's amazing how many brokens you have put together.

 

[pickaway]

Old Digger I have a heck of a time posting pics from the pc mode also sometimes it works sometime it don't

 

[pickaway]

It's amazing how many brokens you have put together.

All the blades came from one site.

 

[pickaway]

Heres a slate bannerstone found two pieces of it in a field.

 

[pickaway]

Matched up another one today.

 

[arrow86]

View attachment 1526555Matched up another one today.

Wow that’s a killer point what’s the story behind it ? Did you find the missing half days or weeks later ?

 

[scruggs]

Looks like a match to me!

 

[pickaway]

Wow that’s a killer point what’s the story behind it ? Did you find the missing half days or weeks later ?

Those 2 pieces were prolly found in same area 3 TO 5 years ago, ive been organizing my brokes from that site recently. Its not as easy as one would think to match pieces that blade the top part patinated a purplish color while the base stayed blue grey, thru me off.

 

[quito]

The material on that killer piece Looks like krf.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the match up. That always makes it a little nicer.

 

[pickaway]

The material on that killer piece Looks like krf.

No its flint Ridge that's just a back lit shot of same piece, KRF did make it to Ohio The Hopewell culture imported it into Ohio and made some big beautiful artifacts out of KRF, Matched up another one today, post pics later.

 

[Tnmountains]

Many times all they needed was one side with a bit and the back side semi rounded to take a blow wether it was mounted or hammered like a chisel. Amazing to find both pieces. I am still trying.
Here is a guy I follow on youtube. He is amazing with primitive tools. Here he shows how he makes a celt/adze and its use.