Indian Rocks

[37 chief]

Just about every farm around here has a collection of Indian bowls, arrow heads and other items used by the past people. Dad had had a few. I have no idea why they left years ago. What do you have? Stan

 

[Steve in VA]

Just about every farm around here has a collection of Indian bowls, arrow heads and other items used by the past people. Dad had had a few. I have no idea why they left years ago. What do you have? Stan

Both from central Illinois. The one on the right is a scraper for hides.

 

[Steve in VA]

Just about every farm around here has a collection of Indian bowls, arrow heads and other items used by the past people. Dad had had a few. I have no idea why they left years ago. What do you have? Stan

Not a rock. I'm told it was trade goods. Combination tomahawk and pipe. Clearly the handle in new. Found while digging a well.

 

[rrlund]

I could do a joke about Indian stones that I've found in the field, but I won't.

Do a search for Scotford relics Wyman Michigan. That happened right here in the same county where I live, about 20 miles north of me. There aren't many people around here who know the story anymore. I've talked to people who live up that way and think they have Indian relics, who I'd about bet have Scotford relics instead.

 

[jhwis]

I could do a joke about Indian stones that I've found in the field, but I won't.

Do a search for Scotford relics Wyman Michigan. That happened right here in the same county where I live, about 20 miles north of me. There aren't many people around here who know the story anymore. I've talked to people who live up that way and think they have Indian relics, who I'd about bet have Scotford relics instead.

I haven't heard of the Scotford relics until I looked it up, but it sounds similar to the Kensington runestones found in Minnesota. You'd like to believe in the stories, but it seems like a stretch. The Vikings here in North America is a fascinating story. How far and when they made it inland is a mystery that I'd like to know the answer to. It's amazing the ingenuity of the human species when you think about it.

 

[rrlund]

I haven't heard of the Scotford relics until I looked it up, but it sounds similar to the Kensington runestones found in Minnesota. You'd like to believe in the stories, but it seems like a stretch. The Vikings here in North America is a fascinating story. How far and when they made it inland is a mystery that I'd like to know the answer to. It's amazing the ingenuity of the human species when you think about it.

I've seen that six part TV series where Peter Stormare went looking for the truth about the rhunestone. I believe that one, or at least that the guy who found it didn't fake it. If it was planted, I don't think he was the one who planted it. This James Scotrord had been a majician before he moved here. Since none of these artifacts were found unless he was there, it's most likely that he used slight of hand to put it where somebody was digging.

 

[jhwis]

I've seen that six part TV series where Peter Stormare went looking for the truth about the rhunestone. I believe that one, or at least that the guy who found it didn't fake it. If it was planted, I don't think he was the one who planted it. This James Scotrord had been a majician before he moved here. Since none of these artifacts were found unless he was there, it's most likely that he used slight of hand to put it where somebody was digging.

I have seen that also. Didn't some of the runestones go missing? I agree that it seems like a lot of work for a guy to fake it way back then.

 

[rrlund]

There's only one Kensington Runestone. It in the Kensington Runestone Museum in Alexandria Minnesota, There's a replica of it at Kensington Runestone Park at the original site where it was found. The State of Minnesota won't allow any more digging where they think there's more evidence that the Vikings were there.

One of the biggest examples of the Scotford Relics is at the Michigan History Museum in Lansing. It's a pretty good sized tablet.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Not a rock. I'm told it was trade goods. Combination tomahawk and pipe. Clearly the handle in new. Found while digging a well.View attachment 140020View attachment 140021

I used to have a couple of those. Got it from a Head shop in Oshkosh. Might still have the one. The other.... well.... the cops wanted to party too, I guess.

Mike

 

[Ray,IN]

Dad plowed up a stone club that was shaped like an axe, of course the "edge" was as round as your finger. It looked like it was granite. After he got Alzheimer's it disappeared along with his Colt Woodsman ..22 semi-auto pistol.

 

[Bob Collins]

I have never found any Indian arrowheads or other tools, but where I grew up in central New York State, we would roam the woods in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains where we found what we called Indian Rocks, This was a few acres of woods filled with boulders four to six feet high above the earth and six to eight feet across. We always figured the last glacier left them there to hold the hill in place.

 

[jhwis]

There's only one Kensington Runestone. It in the Kensington Runestone Museum in Alexandria Minnesota, There's a replica of it at Kensington Runestone Park at the original site where it was found. The State of Minnesota won't allow any more digging where they think there's more evidence that the Vikings were there.

One of the biggest examples of the Scotford Relics is at the Michigan History Museum in Lansing. It's a pretty good sized tablet.

Seems odd not to allow for more exploration.

 

[rrlund]

Seems odd not to allow for more exploration.

Archaeologists are totally frustrated with the power that be. They seem to be stuck in the belief that it's fake and don't want to be proven wrong.

 

[jhwis]

Archaeologists are totally frustrated with the power that be. They seem to be stuck in the belief that it's fake and don't want to be proven wrong.

Imagine that. It's certainly plausible that Viking people could have traveled up into the Great Lakes and made their way into the interior of Minnesota.

Here's an interesting story from my neck of the woods albeit 300 years (circa 1660) that you might find kinda interesting. The first missionary in Wisconsin disappeared just a few miles from my place. Father Rene Menard was a jesuit priest who traveled across the U.P. and made his way to northcentral WI. To this day there are people who still look for his burial site.

The Search for Wisconsin's First Priest | Wisconsin Historical Society

Learn how Rev. A. A. A. Schmirler traced the path Fr. Rene Menard took in 1661 down northern Wisconsin's rivers to the likely spot of his death.

www.wisconsinhistory.org

 

[rrlund]

They've found remains of a Norse Village in Newfoundland that dates back to around the year of 1000 AD. They say that by the time the Kensington Runestone was made, the Viking era had died out. They had become Christians and were traders. The theory was that they traveled up the St Laurence and Great Lakes in search of furs to take back to Europe to trade and sell. It's a big stretch to believe that they WOULDN'T have explored as far as they could in search of furs.

 

[Brian G. NY]

Just about every farm around here has a collection of Indian bowls, arrow heads and other items used by the past people. Dad had had a few. I have no idea why they left years ago. What do you have? Stan

The Schoharie valley here in the Western Catskills is widely known for all sorts of Indian relics.
There are tons of arrowheads that have been found as well as stone hatchet heads and other tools.
There are lots of people hunting for them each Spring when the farmers plow their fields.
I live about 4 miles up in the hills from there and there aren't too many to be found here.
However, about 20 years ago I found these two "projectile points".
I found the unbroken one while replanting some of my wife's Tulip bulbs.
The second one I found about a year later on my late Son's property adjacent to me only about a thousand feet from the first one.
It was found on top of the ground in his driveway which had been newly excavated about a year earlier.
These date back roughly 4,000 years ago and are not "arrowheads", but rather spear points as the bow and arrow had not yet been invented.
They are quite small and finely made (especially the light colored one) and I consider myself lucky to have found them.
I imagine there must be many more yet to be found but given the tremendous lapse of time, most must be buried a ways beneath the surface.

 

[J.Wondergem]

I found a bunch of rocks that I think was used be the Indians. Black stones that you try around in your hands and they will fit in your hand. I don't know what they're used for. They're all in one big spot that looks like it could have been a high spot of a lake at one time or other.

 

[rrlund]

I remember about 50 years ago, Herald Lake came in the elevator carrying a rock in his hand. He said it was an Indian s** stone. Somebody asked him what's an Indian s** stone? He said just another f-in rock.

 

[wh]

A few.

 

[Not db4600]

I haven't heard of the Scotford relics until I looked it up, but it sounds similar to the Kensington runestones found in Minnesota. You'd like to believe in the stories, but it seems like a stretch. The Vikings here in North America is a fascinating story. How far and when they made it inland is a mystery that I'd like to know the answer to. It's amazing the ingenuity of the human species when you think about it.

The Vikings got here in 1961. They’ve had a lot of ruins since then, but the runes are at 401Chicago Ave. It’s actually the site of the last runes which is a bit up river from the first runes.