Frame of Ft. Ancient points

[RobbieD]

Well done! Those are some very nice points, but I really like the way that you laid out the display.

[EBCIII]

Great looking points! The layout is well done also, very good job on both, Beale.

[ERnurse]

Very nice collection.

['E']

Wow that really looks great, maybe I'll think of doing something like that with the points I have at home that my dad gave me when I was 9 or 10.

[adena42]

Originally Posted by grasshopper

great job- a nice display and beautiful points!

Thanks for the post Grasshopper!

[adena42]

Originally Posted by Ric-san

Adana; Thanks for your great posts. I was at work talking to Buster trying to figure out how the heck you all find these...I read a lot of old posts and am motivated to go and find some real soon...Just this weekend I was talking to my teenage sun showing him some pics of the posts on points and he tells me of an area a few miles from here were we use to live and there is a clay pit no more than 1/2 mile from our then house and his friends were finding points often...guess where I'm going this weekend...? We have quite a few creeks here and north of us quite a few plowed fields...time to make some new friends...

Hi Ric-San! I'm very lucky to have a good field that produces year after year. I've also been lucky enough to have hunted this same field for about 30 years now. I've only been able to hunt the Ft. Ancient site for about 4 years. I'd like to be able to hunt it for a few more years. This site is only about 5 minutes from my house.
Hope to see some of your finds pretty soon. It sounds like you might have a good spot to look.

Good luck!

[adena42]

Originally Posted by carolinagirl69

Awesome display!
Sabrina

Thanks CarolinaGirl!

[adena42]

Originally Posted by echostar61

Very,Very Nice Display . And it sounds like a dream hunt for sure.

Terri

Thanks EchoStar! One night I dreamed I was hunting that Ft. Ancient site. I was finding dozens and dozens of points. Then the alarm clock went off....

[adena42]

Originally Posted by bbqcook

You will have to excuse my ignorance, but what is a Ft. point?


Earl

Hi Earl! The Ft. Ancient people lived in KY, OH, and WV around 1000 AD. I'm sure there were other states, but these are the only ones that I know of. They were from the Mississippian period. They are known for their small triangle-shaped arrowheads. Even their knives were made in the shape of an elongated triangle. A lot of their points have very nice flaking. Some of the points are so small that they can fit on a nickel. They made a lot of beautiful carvings and pottery.

Hope this helps!

[adena42]

Originally Posted by RobbieD

Well done! Those are some very nice points, but I really like the way that you laid out the display.

Thanks RobbieD! I was worried about getting the circle right!

Good luck!