History Found In the Field

[WyoDoug]

Found this walking a dried creek bed. First artifact Ive ever found. Anyone have an idea what it is? Axe head? Should I be looking around the area for more?

I think that is an old cannon ball. Do some research on Civil War era cannon balls. These were used in the Indian Wars as well as Civil War era and I am betting this is one that had been fired but didn't explode. Is there a crease around the middle of this?

 

[OntarioHunter]

I think that is an old cannon ball. Do some research on Civil War era cannon balls. These were used in the Indian Wars as well as Civil War era and I am betting this is one that had been fired but didn't explode. Is there a crease around the middle of this?

Nope. Common to find these on the prairie where Indians were camped. No Civil War battles there. I have a couple from my late wife's family homestead near Swift Current, SK. Stone cannonballs are something one might find on Middle Ages European battlefields and they would typically be MUCH larger.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

How many of you think it would be cool to find an old human skull out in the field? I do.

Hunter Marvels At Odds Of Finding Human Skull In Vast Red Desert, Says 'Higher Power’ Led Him

Rock Springs hunter and taxidermist Marc Zancanella said he was shocked to find a bleached-white human skull while hunting in Wyoming’s vast 9,300 square-mile Red Desert on Saturday. The odds are so low of coming across it he feels like a “higher power” led him to it.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[Stocker]

Found this walking a dried creek bed. First artifact Ive ever found. Anyone have an idea what it is? Axe head? Should I be looking around the area for more?

I knew I had something similar laying around. I never thought about a horse hobble, I always figured mine to be a hammer with the ends the way they are. It’s next to a tomahawk in pretty tough shape and what I think is a hand axe as it has no notches to attach it to anything.

 

[Butcher]

I knew I had something similar laying around. I never thought about a horse hobble, I always figured mine to be a hammer with the ends the way they are. It’s next to a tomahawk in pretty tough shape and what I think is a hand axe as it has no notches to attach it to anything. View attachment 302420 View attachment 302421 View attachment 302422 View attachment 302423

Did you find those in the same area as each other? I haven’t really had a chance to get back out and look around where I found mine. So cool

 

[MThuntr]

 

[Stocker]

Did you find those in the same area as each other? I haven’t really had a chance to get back out and look around where I found mine. So cool

No, they’ve all been found within 5 miles of each other in the general area.