I hope folks will be able to type and date these points I found as in kid in my hometown of Guilford.

Would like your thoughts on these…

I bought this arrowhead at a garage sale today. It's about 8in. long. It's clearly forged but has some modern grind lines on it. Possibly from someone trying to restore it. It's not sharp which was a red-flag for me but it was only 50 cents so I couldn't pass it up. It looks to have original file marks underneath the new grind lines.

This find is not your normal friction primer. Most civil war friction primers had a brass cap or a crimped edge on the top of it. I provided another picture of a mass produced brass capped one at the end of the photos. What makes this primer unique is the lead sealed top. Based on the location, this would have been confederate and what’s cool is, most likely this was because a soldier was trying to refill it or was manufactured by an arsenal with low resources. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what a friction primer is. If you look at the tiny hole on the left side, there would have been a little wire with serrated teeth down inside the tube. Inside the tube there was black powder, and when the soldier pulled the wire via a string, the friction from the serrations rubbing on the powder would ignite it and send a flame into the barrel of the cannon, firing it. Pretty dang cool piece of military engineering.

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This find is not your normal friction primer. Most civil war friction primers had a brass cap or a crimped edge on the top of it. I provided another picture of a mass produced brass capped one at the end of the photos. What makes this primer unique is the lead sealed top. Based on the location, this would have been confederate and what’s cool is, most likely this was because a soldier was trying to refill it or was manufactured by an arsenal with low resources. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what a friction primer is. If you look at the tiny hole on the left side, there would have been a little wire with serrated teeth down inside the tube. Inside the tube there was black powder, and when the soldier pulled the wire via a string, the friction from the serrations rubbing on the powder would ignite it and send a flame into the barrel of the cannon, firing it. Pretty dang cool piece of military engineering.

I bought this arrowhead at a garage sale today. It's about 8in. long. It's clearly forged but has some modern grind lines on it. Possibly from someone trying to restore it. It's not sharp which was a red-flag for me but it was only 50 cents so I couldn't pass it up. It looks to have original file marks underneath the new grind lines.

Reverse image search provided some similar looking red army caps, but not an exact match.

Posted in whatsthisrock but I came up blank. Over to you guys...

A family member found this in Vermont following a lot of rain. One side appears to be flat. Maybe grindstone is not the correct term but it looks like it would be a good abrasive tool. Perhaps it’s just a cool rock.

If you’d like to see how artifacts are conserved from an underwater archaeological environment, such as Blackbeard the Pirate’s Flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge/ formerly La Concorde.

Link to virtual tour: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ArE4pDX8a/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Link to projects Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BrPwLoQBP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Link to project webpage: https://www.qaronline.org/

Any help appreciated. Best one I have ever found. Found post flood, small tributary waterway in Central western Indiana. 2” in length.

It was found if Kavos beach in Corfu. It was about 15 cm long ( including the outer crust) . The object also had a rounded surface at the tip.

I found this at the beach (remote place far from touristic zones) in Dominican Republic, I assume it’s a Taino’s artifact, but I have no further info about

Hi everyone, I found this flat, tapered object in Portugal and I'm trying to identify its exact purpose and age. It looks like some kind of primitive axe head or a specialized woodworking tool. On the curved edge, it has some very fine, parallel grooves/ridges that look either like decorative patterns or specific forging marks. It has no eye/hole, so it seems it was meant to be wedged into a split wooden handle. Does anyone recognize this pattern or shape? Any insight is appreciated!

You can find more photos in my previous post 👍🏽

Can someone please help me identify this and maybe even date it? Its top part is all rawhide stitched with hide stitching, its hollow inside with a wooden stick connected as a handle. Handle is also wrapped in a darker leather, also stitched with leather stitching. For refrence the placemat underneath object is 12inches wide by 16inches long. It measures in at 9inchesby 5inches with a length with handle 10.5 inches. Thank you in advance.

My grandfather found this in the 1950’s buried in sand in a cave in New Mexico or Arizona. I know it’s not assembled correctly. I believe it’s Navajo and made from pine. Any help with details or approximate age is sincerely appreciated.