What’s the coolest thing you found in the back country

[MattB]

What are the odds you would find them in your size?

 

[GSPHUNTER]

What are the odds you would find them in your size?

Did you give them the sniff test.????

 

[TheGrayRider]

I have found quite a few old relics around an old 1800s homestead here in North Central Indiana over the years. Axe head and old cast iron window weights are some of the unusual finds. Still looking for those Spanish gold coins that the pioneers allegedly hid…Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

My ex brother-in-law found this in Montana somewhere around fifty years ago. He cleaned it up a lot and made it into a mirror, the coolest wedding present for the wife and I forty seven years ago.

 

[Pharmseller]

No pic, but elk hunting on the outskirts of the Sky Lakes Wilderness Area in Oregon in 2013 I found a memorial fastened to a large boulder. Looked like a bronze plate, it had been there for years. A marker placed by a man’s sons, birth and death dates, some short comments, placed near the man’s favorite spot on Earth.
It was really cool.




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[Dogone]

I northern Saskatchewan there are lakes named after soldiers who died during the first and second WW. I found a memorial fastened to a rock on one lake. A hundred miles by air from the nearest road. One lake is named after a guy from my hometown, killed in Italy. CLOSE Lake , after Keith Close.

 

[RockAndSage]

Once hiking in Idaho found some petroglyphs on an old rock formation. I’ll have to find the pics on my old computer.

Guy I dive with found a spear point, and on the same trip I found an old old intact whiskey jug… no markings but estimated to be from 1800’s supposedly.. Better pics of the whiskey jug later.. only ones I have now have identifying landmarks in background
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This past two weeks when it was so cold out, My other buddy and I stumbled upon 2 pair of ditched waders, some tools and a boat key.
We searched around the area honestly looking for a frozen body as the high that day was 11..
Turned everything in to the game wardens and apparently we had talked to those guys at another ramp that morning. Guy had just bought a new mudmotor was trying it out and got some water in the boat. Apparently taken the plug out to let drain on the way to the new spot, and forgot to put it back in resulting in a swamped boat.

That spear point - was it found on a dive, or on land?

 

[COJoe]

I found the picture I referenced in an earlier post. Looked to me like it was a grinding stone the way they were sitting together. Looks like they were just left there and never used again.

Now that you mentiojned that, years ago, my wife and I were out hiking, not too far from home and found a 10" or so concave rock with what looked like a grinding stone such as is in your picture resting in it. It looked like someone just used it and walked away. Couldn't find anything else nearby but just left it be where we saw it. Maybe used by the local Pueblo Indians at some point?

 

[MountainTracker]

When I used to work in the deserts of AZ I found a couple of full intact pottery jugs/bowls. I would always find them at the base of the mountains sitting on top of a rock, almost like they were forgotten there. I never had much time to look around to see if there was any evidence of a small village in the area.

I would also find small pieces of pottery and sea shells together. I was told shells would have been traded for.

I also found multiple rocked up graves, one pass I found three different graves. One day I found what I thought was an old horseshoe, and when I picked it up realized it was a human jaw bone. The rest was scattered around the area.

I’d find a lot of stuff out there


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[RockAndSage]

I found the picture I referenced in an earlier post. Looked to me like it was a grinding stone the way they were sitting together. Looks like they were just left there and never used again.View attachment 677118View attachment 677119

These are cool to see. One thing about them though is that there are a lot of tribes in the west who used these as grave markers or headstones - the favorite grinding stone/mortar and pestle of the woman who died.

 

[COJoe]

These are cool to see. One thing about them though is that there are a lot of tribes in the west who used these as grave markers or headstones - the favorite grinding stone/mortar and pestle of the woman who died.

Wow, that's really interesting to hear that, thanks. I'm glad I left everything there.

 

[bradmacmt]

I found these in a dry snow melt depression at 10,000'

 

[jaredg]

One year my uncle lost his wallet while hunting in the sage brush. 3-4 years later I found his wallet while hunting. He was next to me walking the line and I gave it back. Kind of a neat story

 

[renegade0323]

fossils

 

[bradmacmt]

Another I found in the highcountry, at round 8,500' - I've picked up quite a few over the years, often right in camp. I always assume if I like a spot, it's likely Indians did too.

 

[eddielasvegas]

Here's some info on the arrow heads that a few have posted. I may have posted this earlier in the thread but here it is again given the additional info I learned on this topic after I found mine on an elk hunt in N. AZ in 2020. Mine was right behind my camp and clear as day on top of the ground and given its color, it stuck like a sore thumb.

Officially, these are called arrow points and many started life as atlatl points. I had never heard of an atlatl, but now know it's a spear but is thrown with a handle (much like people use for throwing a tennis ball for dogs to throw it farther) to give it greater range.

The bow and arrow has only been in NA for about 2,500 years. My AP is about 12,000 years old and started life as a shaft/atlatl/dart point. Shaft point is what I think is the name of the spear point, but I may be remembering incorrectly. Maybe it's dart point.

This info was given to me by a co-worker's brother who studies this sort of thing for a living. I find it very interesting and very kewl.


Eddie

 

[7sdad]

Found this Handy No. 3 Multi-Use Tool about 8 miles from the nearest road at 11.500'.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Found this Handy No. 3 Multi-Use Tool about 8 miles from the nearest road at 11.500'. View attachment 679059

Great Wall hanger.

 

[jgross424]

Couple summers ago in the high sierras I was crossing an avalanche chute under a 13k' peak and found some old mountaineering gear. Leather and steel harness, ice screw, remnants of a tent and shirt?, flashlight, pans/plates. Best guess is its from the 50's-70s but I'm not really sure, could be older. I tried contacting the managing agency to tell them about it and see if they knew anything about it but didn't hear back.

 

[Sand Wrench]

Old Dodge Power Wagon near an old mine in Colorado.