Second Axe Head
Well, fellas, lightning struck again this month. I found my first axe head on April 2nd. Today, I was in a completely different field and stumbled on this one. If you’ve seen my other posts, I found this about 50 yards upfield from where I found those two Etley knives. I think it’s safe to say this was a campsite. My fiancée had decided to check a few of the reliable fields after we got a bunch of rain yesterday. We were about to leave, but I decided to double back and get a preform that I had left behind earlier. As I was walking to where it was, I saw the broken butt of this axe sticking out of the ground in one of the rows. It’s not in as good of shape as the first axe, but I think this one is much older than that one. Both are 3/4 grooved axes, but this one is longer and much skinnier. It has a chunk of the butt missing and a nick in the bit. There’s also some pitting in the rock from laying in that field for thousands of years. It was a day maker, for sure. Found in Pike County, Il, as always.