Malcolm Schweizer
05-03-2015, 5:14 PM
My friend and co-pirate with whom I treasure hunt was excited to show me some new finds. One is this early axe head found in the Lesser Antilles near the ruin of a sugar plantation which towards the end of the 1700's was shut down. You can clearly see where one piece of iron was folded over itself to form the head.
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Next up are Indian artifacts found in Panama. My friend was calling them axe heads, but I immediately recognized these as adze heads, two of which are perfectly rounded for (I suspect) making bowls. My very large hands and a pen are in the pics for size reference. The edges are still sharp(ish) on the rounded ones. The flat ones were likely discarded due to being chipped and show a lot of wear. They were very smoothly polished and had very fine edges- not chipped like an arrowhead but almost looked ground and polished.
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Finally, one of the most beautiful arrowheads I have ever seen, part of a collection by his father. Identity or authenticity cannot be verified, but it is full of color.
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Next up are Indian artifacts found in Panama. My friend was calling them axe heads, but I immediately recognized these as adze heads, two of which are perfectly rounded for (I suspect) making bowls. My very large hands and a pen are in the pics for size reference. The edges are still sharp(ish) on the rounded ones. The flat ones were likely discarded due to being chipped and show a lot of wear. They were very smoothly polished and had very fine edges- not chipped like an arrowhead but almost looked ground and polished.
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Finally, one of the most beautiful arrowheads I have ever seen, part of a collection by his father. Identity or authenticity cannot be verified, but it is full of color.
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