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re: The Optimistic Thread @$$hole.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 6:53 am to SquatchDawg
Posted on 2/25/21 at 6:53 am to SquatchDawg
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Not to derail the fight thread with archeology....but there’s a dig below the Savannah River Site on the SC side where they’re claiming to find tools that predate Clovis....which isn’t supposed to exist. Google “The Topper Site”.
My mom has worked the Topper site as a volunteer. It's a different type of archelogy than she's used to (mostly in the desert SW) but she says it's an amazing site.
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Posted on 2/25/21 at 7:53 am to SquatchDawg
I've read about the Topper site. Extremely interesting due to the carbon dated age of the material found. Seems North America was populated a lot earlier than we previously knew.
Here is a great article.
LINK
Here is a great article.
LINK
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 8:01 am
Posted on 2/26/21 at 1:18 am to SquatchDawg
Interesting coincidence also regarding that SRS area. Google Carolina Dog or Yellow Dog, UGA researchers found packs back there. Began researching them and found some really interesting things.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 12:02 pm to SquatchDawg
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My dad was an arrowhead buff...used to take us to walk clear cuts looking for arrowheads. Yeah...that’s as fun as it sounds when you’re 11 years old. Found one legit Clovis point. Pretty cool now...
Same. My father found one in Barnwell County.
Posted on 2/27/21 at 1:29 am to SOSFAN
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"sound like a clempson boy"
I spell it clemsin bc, well, its just wrong. And i made cheesiepoofs look bad by being better at the farm stuff than them. My only Clovis arrowhead/point is a beauty. I'm on a new page on fb called South Carolina Arrowheads and Artifacts. Also an older page called Carolina Arrowheads. Since i don't know how or if pics can be posted on here thats a good place to look if you're interested. Had a great first day gold dredging. I hit a spot I'd done some previous prospecting at so i knew id find something. Once i got it figured out and dialed in i managed to find just over a gram in about an hour and a half. I think I'm going to spend my time this year in the creek!
This post was edited on 2/27/21 at 1:43 am
Posted on 2/27/21 at 1:37 am to SquatchDawg
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Found one legit Clovis point
They're far and few between. Finding one is one more than most ever will. I have tons of morrow mountain, Savannah river, and guilfords. That seems to be the time period I'm in depth wise. In general the 5000 to 6000 year ago span.
Posted on 2/27/21 at 1:41 am to Lonnie Utah
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My mom has worked the Topper site as a volunteer
Thats awesome. I'm jealous. I imagine theyre extremely meticulous there though whereas i use my Massey Ferguson bucket to dump my soil into a large sifter i built. I can go through lots of dirt that way.
Posted on 2/27/21 at 6:12 am to Digger
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I imagine theyre extremely meticulous there though whereas i use my Massey Ferguson bucket to dump my soil into a large sifter i built
She was there 10-20 years ago. She said they did a lot of the work with a back hoe. She had done a lot of volunteer work working pre-Puebloan sites in SW Colorado, where you might go down an inch or two a day. Seeing them go down feet in hours was somewhat shocking to her. But she really enjoyed the experience. It was through the University in some capacity, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember the details.
Posted on 2/27/21 at 9:21 am to Digger
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Once i got it figured out and dialed in i managed to find just over a gram in about an hour and a half. I think I'm going to spend my
You should save up the gold you find and then make a competition where , lets see, the person that gets closest to the Carolina and clempson game score would win all the gold. You could even have the gold made into a ring...
Posted on 2/27/21 at 12:28 pm to SOSFAN
Posted on 2/28/21 at 11:21 pm to Digger
Let me clarify.
Out of the family my mom found the Clovis point. Still pisses dad off to this day and they’re in their 70’s.
Out of the family my mom found the Clovis point. Still pisses dad off to this day and they’re in their 70’s.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:57 am to SOSFAN
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You should save up the gold you find and then make a competition where , lets see, the person that gets closest to the Carolina and clempson game score would win all the gold. You could even have the gold made into a ring...
Proud to say that my cynical self was one of the few that didn't fall for that ruse.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:29 pm to SOSFAN
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You should save up the gold you find and then make a competition where , lets see, the person that gets closest to the Carolina and clempson game score would win all the gold
That sounds great for everyone but me for some reason. The creek I'm piddling around in has relatively shallow bedrock and huge boulders every so often. I decided I'm not going to struggle trying to clean out from around them but drag them a few feet over and get to where everything has accumulated underneath. So i ordered a Wyeth Scott More Power Puller this morning. Some of these boulders are car sized so i went with the best come along i could find. It has the ability to drag 12,000 pounds and doesnt use a dangerous/deadly wire cable to do it. It uses a rope called Amsteel Blue. It doesnt store energy like a steel cable so no whipping action if it snaps. That makes me feel better bc that thing has the potential to have a lot of tension on it. From what i gather its the best puller there is. It definitely wasnt cheap. Next year i aim to purchase a Sierra Blaster. It splits boulders with a charge of sorts that you drill and place inside the rock itself. But for now I'm stoked about my new puller. Good, high quality made in the USA and last forever, pass it down piece of equipment. I've used cheap come alongs and they're generally trashed after a heavy pull or 2.
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:36 pm to Digger
Oh my new wetsuit was delivered today. 7mm neosport farmer john style 2 piece suit. The one i used last was so tight i think it had to of been cutting off some circulation. Hopefully it'll hold up pretty well. I figure the rocks and sand are going to be hell on it
This post was edited on 3/4/21 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 3/5/21 at 5:51 pm to Digger
The amazing thing to me is the rope in that puller is rated for a little over 6 tons and is only 5/16 of an inch around. Thats nuts
Posted on 3/6/21 at 9:07 am to Digger
I'm going to guess that you're not married.
Posted on 3/6/21 at 9:31 am to SOSFAN
You'd be correct. Came real close a few years ago. She's a good woman. Just not a good woman for me. Not trying to get a divorce so i broke it off
Posted on 3/6/21 at 10:29 am to Digger
I figured because a married man doesn't get to buy the toys for his hobby like you do.
Posted on 3/6/21 at 10:48 pm to Digger
41, never married, no kids. Sometimes I look back on great women I've dated. Women any man would shite his pants to marry and think. "Did I do it wrong, should I have just settled"? But then I go get beers with my married friends and listen to how much they hate they're lives.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 5:42 am to HalfCocked
43 here and i have the exact same thoughts from time to time. Im slowing down so i may end up married eventually but none of the women ive dated in the past few years have made me "settle down." That just sounds bad. Settle and down. When one finds me on the creek I'll know shes the one lol
This post was edited on 3/7/21 at 5:43 am
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