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| Arrowhead Found on Treasure Coast Beach. |
I recently posted a broken spear point that was found on a Treasure Coast beach and decided to post some more Native American artifact finds.
The above arrowhead was found in a shell pile on a Treasure Coast beach. I was told that it looked like it was made of agatized coral, which is Florida's state stone.
Agatized Coral specimens are collected and are sometimes sold for nice prices. Here is a web site where you can see some specimens and learn more about agatized coral.
https://www.spiritrockshop.com/Agatized_Coral.html
The site says, In 1979 the Florida Legislature designated agatized coral as the Florida State Stone.
It is described in the statute as “a chalcedony pseudo morph after coral, appearing as limestone geodes lined with botryoidal agate or quartz crystals and drusy quartz fingers, indigenous to Florida.”
Continuing, Much of Florida’s natural foundation is composed of soft, highly-fossiliferous limestones intermixed with sand and clay. This is known as the Early Miocene Tampa Formation. There are several distinct exposures of this formation which produced silicified corals and mollusks; the best known of these is Ballast Point on Tampa Bay in Hillsborough County. Six Mile Creek on a nearby Tampa Bay exposure of the same formation produced only calcareous specimens.
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| Magnified Surface of Arrowhead. |
The image was enhanced somewhat to show the markings.
Below is an interesting translucent arrowhead that I found online somewhere.
The one I posted at the top of the post is not translucent.
I've talked to a few tourists that have found arrowheads on Treasure Coast beaches. I remember, for example, one lady that came up to me near the Disney Resort and showed one she found.
Here are a few more arrowhead finds.
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| Three Arrowheads. |
If you know about Native American artifacts, you might be able to provide additional information on the ones I showed today.
I talked about Native American artifacts made of metal in previous posts, but most of those found on the Treasure Coast are made of stone, shell or other materials, and are not sought or often found by metal detectorists.
As you know, I often recommend keeping your eyes open for other types of items while you metal detect. There are many different kinds of treasure that you can find on Florida beaches and you never know what you might see.
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Riley Black, from Smithsonian Magazine, points out that the first naturalist to discover and describe dinosaur eggshells was, in fact, the Roman Catholic priest Jean-Jacques Pouech. Father Pouech was the head of Pamiers Seminary in southern France, but in his free time he explored the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous rock preserved in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. That was in 1859.
Here is how he described his find. The most remarkable are eggshell fragments of very great dimensions. At first, I thought that they could be integumentary plates of reptiles, but their constant thickness between two perfectly parallel surfaces, their fibrous structure, normal to the surfaces, and especially their regular curvature, definitely suggest that they are enormous eggshells, at least four times the volume of ostrich eggs.
Here is the link to learn more about that.
Here is how he described his find. The most remarkable are eggshell fragments of very great dimensions. At first, I thought that they could be integumentary plates of reptiles, but their constant thickness between two perfectly parallel surfaces, their fibrous structure, normal to the surfaces, and especially their regular curvature, definitely suggest that they are enormous eggshells, at least four times the volume of ostrich eggs.
Here is the link to learn more about that.
https://aleteia.org/2019/06/29/how-a-catholic-priest-was-the-first-to-discover-dinosaur-eggs/\
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Its amazing how people can see things so differently. If you are a five year old, you might have seen the Macy's fireworks last night as little more than a bunch of sparkling lights and noise. If you are an environmentalist, you might have noticed all the smoke and pollution. If you are a left winger, you might have thought of the waste of such an extravagant display put on by a capitalist organization to increase profits at the expense of the poor against the backdrop of city built on the backs of immigrants. If you are on the other side politically, you might have seen a celebration of the country and opportunity and success. You might have thought about the invention of gun powder and the millions killed, or the evolution of rocketry and going to the moon. A person could easily write hundreds of pages about the events, history and conflicting views represented in that single fireworks display. Rather than responding emotionally to the first things that you hear of that catch your attention, if put it all together, add a large dose of facts and sift through it all, you'll end up with a more realistic, pleasing and well-balanced view of the world. That's my opinion.
I hope you enjoyed Independence Day and gave some thought to it
We should be seeing some more treasure salvage finds before long.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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Its amazing how people can see things so differently. If you are a five year old, you might have seen the Macy's fireworks last night as little more than a bunch of sparkling lights and noise. If you are an environmentalist, you might have noticed all the smoke and pollution. If you are a left winger, you might have thought of the waste of such an extravagant display put on by a capitalist organization to increase profits at the expense of the poor against the backdrop of city built on the backs of immigrants. If you are on the other side politically, you might have seen a celebration of the country and opportunity and success. You might have thought about the invention of gun powder and the millions killed, or the evolution of rocketry and going to the moon. A person could easily write hundreds of pages about the events, history and conflicting views represented in that single fireworks display. Rather than responding emotionally to the first things that you hear of that catch your attention, if put it all together, add a large dose of facts and sift through it all, you'll end up with a more realistic, pleasing and well-balanced view of the world. That's my opinion.
I hope you enjoyed Independence Day and gave some thought to it
We should be seeing some more treasure salvage finds before long.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
