Click to enlarge	The smallest harpoon in the upper right was found by Sam on May 28, 1992 in the Menominee River between Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee County, Michigan. The next one down, the smaller of the two socketed harpoons, was found in 1953 by Robert Hruska in Menominee County, Michigan, just the other side of the Menominee River, which separates Wisconsin and Michigan. Next, the largest socketed one is from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Below that, the longest piece (16 ½” long) was found below the Jim Falls Dam by Wayne Olsen around 1996. This dam is near Chippewa Falls on the Chippewa River. The next long one was found in 1993 by Jim Bussey in Lake Koshkonong in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The last harpoon was found August 13, 1949 by Lowell D. Hunter on the northeast shore of Fence Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Collection of Sam Wasion, Flora, Illinois. See more in the CSASI 2023 October Journal
Click to enlarge	Ron and Toni found all of these Hixton artifacts in Oneida County in the 1990s. The top left point is 2 ?” long. Collection of Ron and Toni Meyer, Wausau, Wisconsin. See more Hixton artifacts in the CSASI 2023 October Journal
Click to enlarge	Both faces of the anchor pendant from Ozaukee County, Wisconsin? Read about the Stephens/Ringeisen Anchor Pendant in the CSASI 2023 October Journal
Click to enlarge	Unusual colors show up in these three slate pieces. The ovate banner (6 1/16”) was salvaged. Half of it was found in Washington County, Wisconsin by Neil Ostberg in February of 1964, and the other half was found by Gordon Yelk in 1981.The birdstone made of purple slate was found in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin along the Menominee River on April 4, 1903.The geniculate bannerstone was found by Sam Wasion near Lake George in Kenosha County on March 2, 1985. Collection of Sam Wasion, Flora, Illinois See more slate relics in the CSASI 2023 October Journal
Click to enlarge	Close up of the perhaps the most unique prehistoric North American archaeological object is a copper Double Crescent bannerstone barrel and perforation. Read about the Double Crescent bannerstone in the CSASI 2023 October Journal