Recent florida rescue

[Martingeetars]

This was found in north cenral florida this past month.
Just a super piece to hold and admire the work put in to it!
Its a little polished.

 

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[Martingeetars]

Sorry about the picture size.

 

[Neanderthal]

Are these your pieces? Very interested in where the salvaged centerpiece in the background came from. Nice set of catfish bones and gorget also.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Martingeetars,


Welcome to TreasureNet...

Really nice piece there. Nice pieces in case below as well.

I miss point hunting. I hunted in Missouri for 20 years, walked many a farm field and had a friend teach me how to hunt the creeks, streams and rivers there and that became my preferred style, so many more unbroken points. I Moved back to Florida in 2001 and found out they changed the state law and now it's against the law to remove any artifact from any government land, city, county or state. I know no one that had private land with running water on it so I gave it up. I could not take the chance off having my collection confiscated...

 

[newnan man]

Nice find! Pretty rare for Fla. Most stone was imported from futher north. Panhandle and Tallahassee has quite a lot, I just could never seem to find any! Thanks for the pics.

 

[pickaway]

Great find, did you seal it with something?

 

[Martingeetars]

There's no coating just well polished.The other piece in the case is a broken gorget that was fashioned into some kind of pendent.
Both from florida.

 

[Tnmountains]

Welcome to artifacts. Nice gorget. I like the way you have saved the cat fish bones. I never know wether to keep them or not?? Looks like I should. Have a great New Year with your collection.
HH
TnMountains

 

[Newt]

Very nice!
Good to see a familiar face here.
Newt

 

[Neanderthal]

The other piece in the case is a broken gorget that was fashioned into some kind of pendent.
Both from florida.

That's what I'm interested in, and why I ask if you own the piece. I would like you to find out if it was decorated (tallied) after breaking. A very high percentage of them were. In fact, my studies have shown that most decorated salvaged gorgets that were decorated, were done so after the breakage. I am trying to see the extent of the practice, it's somewhat significant to me.

 

[Martingeetars]

I would like you to find out if it was decorated (tallied) after breaking.
How would I go about telling wether or not it was tallied after breaking.What characteristics do I look for to give me some clue of when the tallying was done.Yes these pieces are mine.

 

[Sundancer]

That's the stuff dreams are made of.. especially for a 'river rat' like me..

~Mike

 

[Neanderthal]

I would like you to find out if it was decorated (tallied) after breaking.
How would I go about telling wether or not it was tallied after breaking.What characteristics do I look for to give me some clue of when the tallying was done.Yes these pieces are mine.

On many of the examples, the decoration (incising) goes well into the broken area. If the edge has been completely revamped, then it's much harder to tell than broken edges that haven't been ground down. You will want to look at your pieces under magnification to see, it's not as easily identifiable on some as others.