Pawn shop finds

all_atv

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May 26, 2009
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So its been snowy and cold here for like forever! I havn't hunted since x-mas eve and its been pretty rough on me! I don't like to buy points since its lots funner (and cheaper) to just find my own. But just had to see what they had. Went to 3 pawn shops with none then the 4th had a bunch. There was about 40 flint pieces that were really nice with tags $85 on up to $1250 for a 10" blade. 20 or so axe heads and discodials. The girl working didn't know anything about them, but some were marked with some county in MO. One had a 1973 date on it. This is a pawn shop in Ottumwa, Southeast IowA I assume there from the area or MO. I bought these for 3.75 each for the small ones and $9 for the larger one which is 2 3/4" and a nice light pink color. I also like the bases of the 3 bottom ones, a concave and 2 square bases. What types have a square base like that? I have a couple other similar pieces but nothing whole.

There was a highly polished stone effigy thing with a $1700 price tag can't remember exactly what it was but only 5 or 6" long with wings or something. Also a polished granite blade-hook like thing like the letter J with two points out the back of it, about 12" long. Something like the hooks shown here but this one was hardstone and highly polished. http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/duckrivermuseumdisplaylarge.htm
 

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never thought of lookin in a pawn shop for headz,be careful what you buy.if you find it yourself in a field or stream then there is no worries,if you buy it,do you really ever know if you have an authentic artifact??good thread and goodluck in 010 all_ atv.
 

What fun finds. I never thought of looking there. You are going to have a great year :icon_sunny:
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TnMtns
 

I'm curious as to how you could tell a "real" Indian point from one "knapped" in some winos basement.
 

Shortstack said:
I'm curious as to how you could tell a "real" Indian point from one "knapped" in some winos basement.

Jim Bennent ~ Authenticating Ancient Indian Artifacts ~ VERY, VERY informative book in learning what to look for when inspecting stone artifacts/artifakes that you don't personally find in the field.

Amazon has it.

Robin
 

Nice finds, they all look legit to me (which is rare for pawn shop or flea market finds). The bottom left one looks like an Agate Basin, is it broken or has it been salvaged into an end scraper?
 

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