Whats would you consider your most rare artifact.

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For me, this ground arrowhead would be it. It’s not of a material strong eneough for a functional point, and was likely ornamental. Wish it had the tip. I often wonder if there wasn’t a suspension hole. There is no sign of one at the break tho.
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This is by far one of the best artifacts that I've ever found. Some you fellows that have been here a while remember me posting it several years ago. For the newer members, I found this platform pipe in a creek here in Southwest Georgia. If you look at the back of the pipe you can clearly see that the buzzard is holding a human head. No imagination is required for this one. I don't think that I'll ever top this one.

One of the finest pipes ever found I dare say. Remember you posting this,was wondering about it from time to time what become of it.Top of the pile artifact for sure.
 

I remember that one very well. One of the best finds I’ve seen
 

One of the finest pipes ever found I dare say. Remember you posting this,was wondering about it from time to time what become of it.Top of the pile artifact for sure.


Thank you. I still have it and it occasionally goes to the local artifact shows with me.
 

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True, but even I couldn’t make that up.
 

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These are not rare but I found them all together in a cache in Portsmouth, Oh. I was stoked for weeks!

Yeah I’d say that’s rare even for a cache that’s a lot of blades .... I can’t imagine how cool that must have been .. did you have a camera with you I would love to see how they came out
 

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Yeah I’d say that’s rare even for a cache that’s a lot of blades .... I can’t imagine you cool that must have been .. did you have a camera with you I would love to see how they came out

No, I found them in the late 70's. No phone cameras and working so no camera period. They were all found in a small area.
 

Wow, Nice finds guys! Its fun to relive the thrill when you found it!
 

Probably this old pipe. I found a preform one, just like it that was not drilled. Six years ago. I think the drilled artifacts are the best. Its a different feeling when you find a drilled hole.
 

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It's hard to pick, but among my favorite was probably this cache of pottery. The bottles and bowls were found basically like this, the small little figurine was about 6 inches above the cache. including the lid and some shells, there were a total 12 pieces of pottery in the cache.


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I've found hundreds of points, but only found 1 of them with with my metal detector. So that makes it rare for me.

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It's hard to pick, but among my favorite was probably this cache of pottery. The bottles and bowls were found basically like this, the small little figurine was about 6 inches above the cache. including the lid and some shells, there were a total 12 pieces of pottery in the cache.


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Those are really nice , about how old do you think they are?
 

Artifact Jack found all these abalone shell pieces and we traded . It's extremely rare to find shell in this condition and so many pieces all together .
 

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Artifact Jack found all these abalone shell pieces and we traded . It's extremely rare to find shell in this condition and so many pieces all together .

No kidding ,rare to find whole necklaces. Seen it happen to other folks a couple times but nothing like those. You give up something good to get them.
 

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