Promising Field in Southeastern Pennsylvania

[artorius]

Thought I would post a few photos (please excuse the poor quality) of a promising field in Southeastern Pennsylvania that my collecting buddy and I found this past Spring doing "cold-call" R&D. The field has yielded artifacts from an Early Archaic Pine Tree - like point (a broken heartbreaker) and an Early Archaic bifurcate, to damaged but recognizable late Woodland triangles. Most of the artifacts are of quartz, but we have found artifacts of jasper, flint, quartzite, chalcedony and indurated shale.

The field also has yielded a corroded 1798 U.S. draped bust large cent - as you can see, it has suffered from generations of burial in farm soil, but in hand, the last digit of the date clearly is an "8", which means that for a draped bust cent (struck 1796-1807), the date has to be 1798.

While these are not museum finds by any stretch, the field certainly has potential for yielding nice material. Particularly in this area, where productive and accessible fields are uncommon. Cold-call searching for sites still works. I can't wait until the field is plowed again next Spring.

artorius

 

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[RichPA]

Looks like a good field that should fill a frame or two in the future. Good luck next spring in that field.

 

[pickaway]

Looks like a good spot nice finds

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice looking artifacts. That field looks and sounds like a hot one...good luck.

 

[Tnmountains]

There is nothing any better than being able to swing a detector and dig old coins while eye balling for Indian artifacts. Life does not get much better than a field like that
Looks like a winner. A field of dreams. Good luck.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice looking finds. I really like the little Bifucate Point. Looks like that is going to be a very productive spot.

 

[artorius]

The bifurcate is the first I have found in 17 years of collecting. Indeed, I have found little Early Archaic material over the years, so to recover two Early Archaic items in one season off the same field is noteworthy for me.

I did not find the coin with a metal detector - it was just sitting on the surface. This is the second 18th century coin I have found searching for artifacts; a year ago this past spring (on a different field), I found a George II halfpenny - again highly corroded, but recognizable. Maybe I should spring for a metal detector and take it to some of these fields.

artorius

 

[Get-the-point]

The bifurcate is the first I have found in 17 years of collecting. Indeed, I have found little Early Archaic material over the years, so to recover two Early Archaic items in one season off the same field is noteworthy for me.

I did not find the coin with a metal detector - it was just sitting on the surface. This is the second 18th century coin I have found searching for artifacts; a year ago this past spring (on a different field), I found a George II halfpenny - again highly corroded, but recognizable. Maybe I should spring for a metal detector and take it to some of these fields.

artorius

It is very noteworthy Artorius. Evidence of early occupation opens the doors up to other points of the era. I have found searching in PA and NJ that fields that produce evidence from certain periods and go to woodland era often yield many types of points that would fill a section of Overstreets Ident. guide. Since you have found that bi-furcate that leads me to believe that there could be different other styles of points from around those era's, like orient fishtails, Fox Creek, Kirks, Poplar Island, Agate Basin and Genessee. By material I would venture a guess that you are west of Philly area but close to the Pa border. The quartz points up here are usually yellowish in color. Those are some nice finds. I like the broke corner notch. It looks like a Dovetail, and you as well as myself know that they are hard to find in PA, I have only seen a handful, the one that just hit the banner and a jasper one. So awesome finds man, I would hammer that field and take note of where you find your points in it. It can tell a story after a while of hunting that field.....................................GTP