No, it's not the name of a new reality trash to treasure show on the History Channel. I was at an estate sale off of Milburn Road in Oakville Saturday morning with the specific intention of buying a few key items (more on that later). This house was packed from top to bottom. I wouldn't call the previous owner a hoarder, but they certainly had tendencies toward that. The basement in particular was a scattered mess of items, many laying on the floor covered in dirt and dust. There were so many items, I must have gone through each room of the house at least 3 times. On the last pass through the basement, I noticed a box of what appeared to be rocks laying on a shelf. They turned out to be arrow points, mostly pieces. The box was marked $2, but it was 50% on Saturday, so a dollar brought it home.
Like I said, most are pieces and not full points, but here a few of the nicer pieces:
And the best piece in the entire box, was almost overlooked, being so small. A stone bead. I have no idea how you would drill a star-shaped hole through a rock. I suspect with great patience and diligence:
When I was a kid, I would often search my father's garden after the spring plowing looking for arrowheads. By the time I came along, most choice points had already been found by my older siblings, but I still managed to find one here and there. My father initially thought these had been left by Native Americans passing through on the
Trail of Tears. I now know these are artifacts from the Mississipian Culture, commonly know as the
Mound Builders, that lived throughout the Midwest from 800 to 1500 AD.
