This post isn't about guns, but it is sort of hunting related.
One of the things that I like to do, that could sort of be considered a hobby of sorts, is to talk with the farmers, and get permission to hunt their fields in the spring just before planting time, and in the fall right after the harvest, to search for indian artifacts ( arrowheads, spear points, knives, drills, etc,.
It is a great way for me to get some extra time in the great outdoors, some good exercise, and some nice artifacts if it is a good day.
One of the things that facinates me the most about them, is the fact that some guy that lived hundreds, and quite often thousands of years ago, took a piece of stone, and made a tool that would help him to get some meat, hides, and in some cases, bone tools for his family and community ( read tribe ).
My last good find was in Culver, Indiana, along the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee. I was there for a family reunion of my mother's family, and there is a shelter house that sits along the shore, right above a public beach.
I was going to my car, to get a soda from the small cooler I had in it. As I started back, I happened to look down in some decorative stone that is right in front of the shelter house, and noticed a tube shaped piece of stone that was almost the same color as the stone in the decorative flower beds in front. I thought it was rather odd looking, and decided to keep it. Good thing I did.
When I was at home a few months later, quite by accident, I found a picture of something just like it in a book that I had just purchased on making authentic indian items.
It is a weight that was attached to gill nets that were floated by logs in the lakes, rivers, and streams to catch fish.
So, the next time I go, I plan to walk 100 yds. in both directions, and see if I can maybe find any more while I'm there. You never know until you look.
One of the things that I like to do, that could sort of be considered a hobby of sorts, is to talk with the farmers, and get permission to hunt their fields in the spring just before planting time, and in the fall right after the harvest, to search for indian artifacts ( arrowheads, spear points, knives, drills, etc,.
It is a great way for me to get some extra time in the great outdoors, some good exercise, and some nice artifacts if it is a good day.
One of the things that facinates me the most about them, is the fact that some guy that lived hundreds, and quite often thousands of years ago, took a piece of stone, and made a tool that would help him to get some meat, hides, and in some cases, bone tools for his family and community ( read tribe ).
My last good find was in Culver, Indiana, along the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee. I was there for a family reunion of my mother's family, and there is a shelter house that sits along the shore, right above a public beach.
I was going to my car, to get a soda from the small cooler I had in it. As I started back, I happened to look down in some decorative stone that is right in front of the shelter house, and noticed a tube shaped piece of stone that was almost the same color as the stone in the decorative flower beds in front. I thought it was rather odd looking, and decided to keep it. Good thing I did.
When I was at home a few months later, quite by accident, I found a picture of something just like it in a book that I had just purchased on making authentic indian items.
It is a weight that was attached to gill nets that were floated by logs in the lakes, rivers, and streams to catch fish.
So, the next time I go, I plan to walk 100 yds. in both directions, and see if I can maybe find any more while I'm there. You never know until you look.
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