Roll Top Desk Find

[mdj]

I found these in a roll top desk drawer in my deceased father in laws basement. I don't know the story behind them. Thought I would share.

 

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[d2]

That little celt is suweet!!! d2

 

[fyrffytr1]

Nice pieces. Besides the celt I like the one second from left in the bottom row. Could you please post another picture with a size reference in it?

 

[sandchip]

Nice. Wish he'd left some notes with them, but it sure beats stomping through the mud.

 

[mdj]

Quarter added for scale

Quarter laying on top of glass

 

[joshuaream]

Nice little frame of finds. They aren't worth any significant money, but if there is a grand child in the mix they are great family heirlooms.

The celt at the center looks to be a great little piece.

Around the clock:

12 o'clock- Is likely the working end of a Dovetail or a related early archaic piece. It's a very nice relic, broken but classic workmanship of a piece that is likely pushing 10,000 years old.

1- Nice little T drill.

3- Nice little side notch. Likely a Brewerton or some mid to late archaic sidenotch, but it could also be an early archaic type. (I can't really tell from the picture.)

6- An Adena, probably made from Hornstone.

10- Looks like a Thebes scraper, similar age to the Dovetail.

11- Probably a broken point, but off chance it might be something really old. A better picture of it in hand showing the base could help.