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Described in the column "On the Trail of the Holy Grail"
by Ron L. Harris, Hickory, North Carolina obverse view of the scalloped
blue slate palette.
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Described in the column "On the Trail of the Holy Grail" by
Ron L. Harris, Hickory, North Carolina reverse view of the palette showing
1906 scratched at the top edge by the finder. |
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The medium sized iron ore full groove axe found on the Savage
Farm property in Iowa. It measures 4.7 inches in length, is just over
3 inches in width and is almost 1 1/2 inches thick. It was discovered on
January 7, 2012. There is a slight flute on top of the axe. The axe is shown with the magnet adhering itself to the axe at top right
of the photograph. Described in the column "Twists and Turns to find an
Iron Ore Axe" by Dr. Alfred Savage, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa |
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Described in the column "Variations within the Saint Mary’s
Hall Point Type" by Malcolm T. McLaughlin, Aurora, Colorado; Four examples
of the Saint Mary’s Hall Point Type. Example 1 at far left, measures
3 ½ inches in length. Next to it is Example 2, measuring 3 1/8
inches in length. At its right is Example 3, measuring 3 ½ inches
in length and finally, Example 4 at far right, measures 2 ¾ inches in length. |
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