Neat find from the original Americans...

[schoolsout]

Here you go

axe head or whatever it is is definitely from Kingstree area

Not exactly sure where the jug came from, but I'll ask

 

[schoolsout]

****! Only thing I find on my place is stumps and bills! Nice find, something to go over the firplace.

We found a Vienna Sausage can while metal detecting that old fort/camp (I think Francis Marion stayed around there) not far from your area

 

[Redbug]

The area where we live was once inhabited by the Congarees...I think a southern branch of the Cherokees. To the east were the Santees. And before that, more nomadic people of which I am not sure. A few clovis points have been found along the Savannah river to the south mainly at a famous dig for it's outcropping of chert called the Topper Site. Some of these are more than 10000 years old. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topper_(archaeological_site)

Then, we had the British and the Revolutionary War, slavery and the Civil War. And everything in between. Quite a colorful history. And where I hunt was once a large plantation. I have read some of the history of the place.

I don't know much about archaeology, but would like to learn more and maybe a class or two, some volunteer work after retirement. Something different.

Thanks James...for the link. That answered the question on the dimple in the pestle. It was for nuts!

Rich...A 200 year old farm! Now that IS exciting. Have you thought about getting a metal detector? What was the history of the land and who owned it back then? Any old piece of metal has a history, and you should find stuff that was forged by blacksmith.

Buck...That would send chills up my back to find things from my great, great, grandparents. Your own people! Now, that's really personal history!

Larry, Irwin, Acme, Creek, thanks for the replies. After a good rain, if you have any fields tilled or bare ground, you need to keep your eyes to the ground. The real Americans ain't making no more real arrowheads anymore so it's a great day to find one. You are the first human being to touch it in hundreds or thousands of years.

Moss...When I lived near Kokomo Indiana, I found all kinds of things like trilobites and shells that were millions of years old. Things the glaciers pushed up. You should be finding things like that along the creek beds and such, too.

School...That is Unbelievable! I also do a little metal detecting now and again. I am trying to find the old Civil war hospital that was along the RR on the land that I hunt.

Here's a great site on history in the south that I have been getting into...
Browse: DocSouth

There's more to the land than just farming...

 

[forgeblast]

The face jug is awesome. There is a show on pbs history dectives, they just did a show about a face jug, you may be able to catch it on reruns.

 

[Western]

Neat topic Redbug! and nice find. I found some of those set ups when i was a kid in Arkansas. I remember 2 sets we left where we found them and always planned to go back, that was 37 years ago:ashamed:

Arrowhead hunting has been a life long hobby for me as well.
I had quite a collection when I was younger since I was out looking allot more, The bulk of them where stolen in the mid 80's. I will see if I can get a few pics for show and tell too.

 

[forgeblast]

google is great here is the episode
Face Jug | History Detectives | PBS

 

[ctbigman]

My niece is on the team that is digging at the site of a confederate prisoner of war camp in Ga. Camp Lawton was used for only six weeks but the artifacts have been astounding. She found a clay pipe with tooth marks on the stem. The team has found lots of buttons, buckles and pottery. The prisoners were moved and the camp abandoned as Sherman approached. So much history is just under the surface.

 

[MoKelly]

Just arrowheads around here.

Same here. But, it is sort of cool when the kids come in with an arrowhead they found and you think about how old it may be and how it was used.

Best times are after the field is plowed.

MoKelly

 

[Tollster]

I found a small rock once with a perfect hole in the center, I asked around about it, and an old timer said the indians used to run their arrow shafts through it to remove any knots and make the shaft uniform...sounded good to me. But my best find.

 

[Redbug]

I have never found an axe head. That would make my year to find one. That's a really good one your friend found there, School. And the jug...Wow!