Trade goods

[coop]

Got out to a 1600's trade site yesterday and found a few more relics. Thanks for looking HH.

[Bell-Two]

Is that a mouth harp? Nice Copper Point there too...wow great stuff!

[OxShoeDrew]

Is that a mouth harp? Nice Copper Point there too...wow great stuff! Yeah I was going to say the same thing, looks like a jaw harp.
Coop, what is a copper point...a weapon? I know Coinnut found one lately but I didn't ask. Nicely done :thumbsup01:

[coop]

Thanks, Yup called a Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp, trump or juice harp. HH coop

[coop]

Yeah I was going to say the same thing, looks like a jaw harp.
Coop, what is a copper point...a weapon? I know Coinnut found one lately but I didn't ask. Nicely done :thumbsup01: Yes they were used as weapons. The point was made out of a piece of brass trade kettle, The Natives made all kinds of tools with the pieces of broken kettle. HH coop

[coinnut]

sweet finds coop :drool: A nice example of a point too. What a great place to hunt.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome finds for sure! why the holes in the points? for string to tie to arrow stick?

[del]

great looking points coop love the file marks on the old mouth harp , great area you detecting.



what is a copper point...a weapon? I know Coinnut found one lately but I didn't ask. Nicely done :thumbsup01:


why the holes in the points? for string to tie to arrow stick?

As Coop said the brass kettle pot was a widely traded item to the Native tribes of the "New World" in the early to mid 1600's and at some time they found another use for these kettles instead of just cooking. they would cut these kettles up into arrow head points , most tribes had their own unique type of shape ranging from plain flat triangular points while some had very elaborate designs , such as rolling the brass cutout around a wooden shaft to make a conical arrow point. most of these points do have a drilled hole in them for twine or sinew to keep the point attached to the shaft , overall these points are from the "fur trade" or "contact" era from about 1600 to about the time of King Phillip's War in 1670's .

Dan