Try your hand (read: keyboard) at identifying an artifact found in the Grand-Pré region. Post your guesses below, and the correct answer and the name of the first correct guesser will be posted each week we are in the field (note: competition not open to those on the crew!)
Ready to try?
WHAT IS THE MYSTERY ARTIFACT SEEN IN THE PICTURE BELOW?
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I didn’t include anything to assist in scale this week, so the artifact is approximately 15 centimeters (6 inches) long.
Please include your name and geographic location in your post, so that we can post your name and city, if you guess correctly.
Good luck, armchair archaeologists!
Miriam L. C. Fry
Jonathan Fowler
Sarah-Marie McDonald
Stéphane Noël
I think the item is a mounted whetstone. I’m based in the North of England a small village called Rothbury
By: Graham Taylor on May 24, 2010
at 11:15 pm
old jack knife…most likely had a wooden side plate that rotted away
By: Steve on June 20, 2010
at 8:42 pm
from Moncton
By: Steve M on June 20, 2010
at 8:50 pm
It’s an 18th century jack knife that likely had a wooden side plate that rotted away.
By: Steve Neil - Moncton on June 20, 2010
at 8:52 pm
It’s an 18th century pocket knife that likely had a wooden side plate that rotted away.
By: Steve Neil - Moncton on June 20, 2010
at 8:55 pm
It’s likely an 18th – 19th century pocket knife that may have had a wooden side plate that rotted away.
By: Steve Neil - Moncton on June 20, 2010
at 8:56 pm
Is it in situ?
By: Dar Horn on March 1, 2011
at 7:21 am
Oh, sorry. What a dumb question!
By: Dar Horn on May 18, 2011
at 4:03 am