Plummets

[The Grim Reaper]

(I was asked to show some of my older pieces so I'm going to bump up a few of my posts so they can see them rather than post them again)




Adam Agusti and I were discussing Plummets on Facebook and I took some new pictures of mine to show him so I thought I might as well post them here as well. All of these are personal finds except for two of them.

In the 2nd picture the one laying sideways in the top row and the one to the far right in the middle row are not personal finds. The top one I got in a collection I bought when I was 17 and it was first time I had ever seen a Plummet and had no clue what it was. The other was a gift from my sister in law for helping her get her fathers collection in order after he passed away. All others are personal finds.

 

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[Get-the-point]

Haha.....I missed it Gator sorry man!!.....Nice shell plummet!!!...........................GTP

 

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[larson1951]

These are not the standard pecks you normally see. They are more like fine "tinks" over an expanded length of time. It is not a very deep flat spot either.

i see what you are saying

 

[theonlinefisherman]

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[mainejman]

Olfm I have one very similar to the bowling pin shaped one.makes me wonder why some are grooved and some aren't.The longer necked ones seem to be grooved less often.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

bump

 

[GatorBoy]

Good choice

 

[GatorBoy]

I believe this one was still going to be finished.

 

[kuger]

What an exceptional collection of a "Rare",artifact(you make em appear not so rare,but I know how scarce they are.They have been known out this way but I never have in over 35 years come across one either!

 

[GatorBoy]

You make a good point.. you can almost get jaded by the number of artifacts posted here..
Sometimes I need to remind myself how few people have the opportunity to be the caretakers of such history.

 

[tomclark]

Since this got bumped and they are some of my favorite things and this thread has seen some KILLERS........

Some local "hardstone"/limerock/sandstone plummetry/plummetoids I have come across. they come in all crazy ways and with sometimes the most jack groove/line! Some are so crude I can't see them being worn but some are most definitely adornment, worn around the neck, they've been found in burial mounds near the chest area according to reports.


LOL, the Pottery Plummet




This one is coral




Limerock



Black beach sedimentary rock






Real rough limerock



Sweet, smooth limerock!













This one made of fossil bone.

 

[GatorBoy]

My pottery plummet brother..LOL.



Hey Tom.. what do you think that fossil one is made from.. Dugong rib?

 

[GatorBoy]

Pretty interesting how the site that mine came from had the coral from your area...on the opposite coast.

 

[tomclark]

'Bro Plums! LOL I kinda think kids were playing around with these. Who knows how many lost their knob and were never found as plummets, just sherds?!!?
Of course I'm partial to my shell!

 

[Charl]

Here are some of my favorites. Second and third photo show one found by my wife, with a figure 8 inclusion on top of knob. Last one is both grooved and knobbed. Drilled plummet is from coast of Maine. All others from Rhode Island.

 

[Charl]

At 7 1/2" long, this is my largest plummet, otherwise known as a prehistoric stone bowling pin
The gouge is made of the same material and found in the same field in Rhode Island.

 

[NC field hunter]

At 7 1/2" long, this is my largest plummet, otherwise known as a prehistoric stone bowling pin
The gouge is made of the same material and found in the same field in Rhode Island.

Have you ever seen another plum that big? I certainly have NOT!! I think that piece is far to big to be a weight for fishing. I also think its over sized for use as a loom weight. What were these mysterious things used for?? May never know.

 

[monsterrack]

Plummets are one thing you don't find much in my area, I guess one day I will luck up on one. Maybe the water where they would have been used is to deep.

 

[GatorBoy]

I've seen examples like my double grooved shell plummet tied to atlatls ..many were flat on one side in my area.

 

[GatorBoy]

I've seen examples like my double grooved shell plummet tied to atlatls ..many were flat on one side in my area.

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Seems like before the wheel and sliced bread..the groove and drill hole were some big inventions.

 

[NC field hunter]

Plummets are one thing you don't find much in my area, I guess one day I will luck up on one. Maybe the water where they would have been used is to deep.

Rack, fishing is still fishing. Plums are often found this size and shape.



I assume. I never have found one. This is a led sinker. The #2 probably already told that. Lol! I find them and use them where I cat fish, in about 100 foot waters. The salt water ones aren't much larger than the one I posted. Could you imagine pulling in a 70-100 pound catfish using that monster plum as a weight? Geez! Lol! That would tear a Zebco 33 to pieces. I'm pretty sure the Zebco 33 is the spinner natives used. Lol! All jokes aside, that large plum could be a ceremonial sized plum, not used as the smaller ones would have been. Perhaps made out of thankfulness for the creation of the ones that were used in everyday life. I'd imagine a man creating tools from stones would be pretty thankful for any creation that simplified life and accessing food. We never have had to rough it and it seems every generation becomes less and less gracious for the technologies we are blessed with. I think I'll go make a huge iPhone ceremonial piece! I'm thankful for my pocket computer! Lol!