VERY FINE AUTHENTIC OLD COPPER CULTURE 6 1/8" RAT TAIL SPEAR FROM CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THE COLLECTION OF TOMMY BEUTELL

    RECENTLY ACQUIRED A SMALL GROUP OF OLD COPPER CULTURE ARTIFACTS WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 1900'S, AND LATER FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE LEGENDARY COLLECTION OF TOMMY BEUTELL (F-157 T.C.B.).  AS WAS CUSTOMARY IN THE EARLY DAYS, COLLECTORS WERE MORE PRONE TO CLEAN THEIR FINDS AND SOME OF THESE PIECES HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME DEGREE OF CLEANING. I BELIEVE MOST OF THE PIECES IN THIS GROUP WERE FOUND PRIOR TO THE USE OF METAL DETECTORS WHICH DID NOT COME INTO THE MARKET UNTIL THE 1950'S, SO MANY HAD TO BE FOUND ON THE SURFACE EXPOSED BY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AND SUBJECT TO WEATHERING.  THIS LISTING IS FOR A VERY FINE 6 1/8" RAT TAIL SPEAR WHICH EXHIBITS EXCELLENT "WORM TRACKING".  IT HAS BEEN LIGHTLY CLEANED BUT MOST OF THE ORIGINAL PATINA HAS BEEN LEFT OF THE SURFACE.  IT IS A FINE EXAMPLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE. 

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