Posted: 12/4/2008 5:03:19 PM EDT
I was given this when I was 7 years old (51 now) by my grandmother. It was found in Clay County Illinois, where my mother's side of the family were raised. Does anyone here offer any input on this, like time period, possible tribe, etc?
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| Thats a very typical axe for clay county, Illinois. My father has been surface hunting the fields in clay county since he was a boy and is now 96 yrs old. I've hunted with him my entire life. The marks on the side are from plows and disc's hitting it. It's uncommon to find a large piece without alot of damage but points are still fairly easy to find. If you want to see a near perfect version of your axe look here at Item #H A-6 http://whalens-artifacts.com/haxes.htm . I have no idea if these people really get that kind of money but I have never seen anything sell for amounts near that. Do you know where in Clay Co it was found? |
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Thats a very typical axe for clay county, Illinois. My father has been surface hunting the fields in clay county since he was a boy and is now 96 yrs old. I've hunted with him my entire life. The marks on the side are from plows and disc's hitting it. It's uncommon to find a large piece without alot of damage but points are still fairly easy to find. If you want to see a near perfect version of your axe look here at Item #H A-6 http://whalens-artifacts.com/haxes.htm . I have no idea if these people really get that kind of money but I have never seen anything sell for amounts near that. Do you know where in Clay Co it was found? My grandmother ran a store in Oskaloosa, it was found in that vicinity |
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I was given this when I was 7 years old (51 now) by my grandmother. It was found in Clay County Illinois, where my mother's side of the family were raised. Does anyone here offer any input on this, like time period, possible tribe, etc? http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/daggercat/axehead002.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/daggercat/axehead001.jpg Yeah , thats the only weapon we will have in the "Obama Age", without that handle thingie on it. 
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I was given this when I was 7 years old (51 now) by my grandmother. It was found in Clay County Illinois, where my mother's side of the family were raised. Does anyone here offer any input on this, like time period, possible tribe, etc? http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/daggercat/axehead002.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/daggercat/axehead001.jpg Yeah , thats the only weapon we will have in the "Obama Age", without that handle thingie on it.
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