April 2, 2005

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See that knife here by clicking the</I></FONT><I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="First Test Dig 11/67/04"><U><I>XXX's.</I></U></A></FONT><I><IMG SRC="2695e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="26b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="26d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="26f5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Wayne is the ultimate digger! 8 feet and going down for Paleo!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2735e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="28f5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Carla Cox found this super shell spoon made from a clam shell!  See the work on the right front edge?</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2775e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2795e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Super Early Triangular!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="27b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="27d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="27f5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2815e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Go Carla!                                                                      Lots of pottery shards to be found at this site!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2835e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2855e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2875e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2895e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="28b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="28d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Leighton Weir always comes out with at least one keeper!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2915e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2935e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Nice bone awl with ancient markings BUT its not awl there dang it!</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2955e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2975e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Bill La France found some very pretty birdies in the bird point mound!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2995e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="29b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="29d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="29f5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>                  And he found an old 45-50 Caliber shell casing (1860's?)</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2a15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2a35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2a55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2a75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2a95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Some of Leighton's recently restored pieces!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2ad5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2ab5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Photos are not going to do this piece justice.  It was made of Sugar Quartz, light tan with two black stripes running diagonally across the face (when wet you can see it!).  Also, the quartz looked like diamonds in the sun.  The camera just will not pick that up!</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The next 5 pieces are our Sat. nights cooks finds!  Besides cooking a great supper Sat night for all the hungry diggers that attended he also found time to find these nice artifacts.  Thank you Bill Thompson for being our guest cook Sat night!  The pork chops were great!</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2af5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2b15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2b35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2b55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2b75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2b95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bd5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2655e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Below are better photos of Robert's Axtel and Catan.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2bf5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cd5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cf5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Tony Lupo made it back for his first dig after he broke his leg at our last dig in Laguna.  He was hobbling but looks like he will be OK and soon be in full form!  Did not stop him from finding some artifacts either!<IMG SRC="2d35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2db5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2dd5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2df5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Our landowner Henry Bisenbach is showing off this cool necklace piece he found at the bird point</I></div> <div> <I>mound.  Notice the heat treatment on the stone (red and glossy).</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2e15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2e75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bone awls!  AND, and....  Joe Bravo found this</I></div> <div> <I>awesome Perdiz in the bird point camp!  A super piece!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2eb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2ed5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2ef5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Dr. Steve usually gets him a couple before he heads home.  Steve is rehabbing from a serious </I></div> <div> <I>heart attack!  Glad to see him back in the saddle and clawing in the dirt again!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2f35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2f55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2f75e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2f95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2f15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3015e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Jerry Wiley found this super LaJita!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2fb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2fd5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>and a nice base tang knife to boot!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2ff5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3035e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3075e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Tony Lupo did alight considering he had to sift off of a stool due to his leg problem.  Sorry that this </I></div> <div> <I>point did not come out better.  It had some super flaking on it.  Fire that camera man! HAHA (the problem is I cannot see to well anymore and it looks in focus to me when I snap!  NO More birthdays!!!  :)</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="30b5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="30d5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="3095e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="30f5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3115e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3175e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And one last piece for Steve Jones before going home!</I></div> <div> <I>SEE YOU ALL AT THE DIG THIS WEEK, WE ARE STARTING TO DIG THIS THURSDAY THROUGH SUN!</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="3195e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>