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    Arrowheads and Stone-age tools

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    • BigdogB
      Bigdog
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      Hello all, I found these in Illinois over the years. I’m wondering if anyone from Europe has found stone-age tools?

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      • GilesG
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        I have not. But I did find this amazing round shot on the beach by the armaments factory near here, that has been making killing stuff since pre Henry VIII.

        Stone round shot or gun stone was superseded by cast iron shot in the mid-17th century, so it has some age to it.....

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        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • EdHE
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          Talk about built to last...

          Take the dive...

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          • goosehdG
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            @Giles Are you sure that isn’t @Matt last kidney stone?

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • GilesG
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              Dont think it is big enough...

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • GilesG
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                What are the interesting looking things in the shelf below the arrowheads?

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • SKTS
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                  @Bigdog You've got an incredible collection there. Do you know what indigenous tribes they come from? My grandfather had a nice collection from rural mid-Missouri. We have a farm there that our family has owned since 1903. It was inhabited by Kickapoo and Osage historically. I have never found anything but I’m always looking when I’m there.

                  @Giles thats a cool find. It wound not feel good to take one of those in the torso…or anywhere for that matter

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                  • SKTS
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                    This map is an amazing resource for looking up indigenous lands

                    https://native-land.ca/

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                    • BigdogB
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                      @Giles ![alt text](image.jpg image url)image.jpg these look very similar. I think the shot from a canister round for a cannon.

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                      • BigdogB
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                        @SKT. I do not know which indigenous people made these, some of these artifacts are thousands of years older then others.

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                        • GilesG
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                          @Bigdog said in Arrowheads and Stone-age tools:

                          @Giles I think the shot from a canister round for a cannon.

                          Oh OK, you win

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • BigdogB
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                            @Giles The shelf below the arrowheads are hammer stones, a pendent, fire starters, cannon balls and unknown objects.

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                            • GilesG
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                              Blimey, if you are allowed unknown objects, I have millions......

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • todyT
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                                Just when you think that there can't be any more nerdy topics to cover on here... suddenly this thread pops up. 😳

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                                • GilesG
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                                  hahahahahahaha

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • motojoboboM
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                                    Not sure whether toilet paper counts as a stone age tool when it is used to patch up a tire loosing air, but it is primitive enough that it may just qualify.

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                                    Once you get about a half roll of TP inside the deflated tractor tire, inflate it to working pressure and start moving the tractor, the toilet paper finds it way to the leakage point and seals it. Good enough to get back to the ranch and do a proper tire puncture repair.

                                    The journey is the objective.

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