Missouri Man Reels In Ancient FishHook (300-12,000 Years Old)

Kansas City Star ^ | 1-2-2007 | AP

[Hatteras]

Dang, you would have to scalp an entire tribe of cavewomen to get enough hair to weave into a 1000 yard, 20 lb. test line!

[savedbygrace]

Paraphrasing Crocodile Dundee, "Now that's a hook."

[swmobuffalo]

Public land is your property? Right. He looted a grave? Right.

And what pray tell would you have him do? Or any other person that finds artifacts on "your property"?

I'll bet he'll probably donate the artifact.

[mrsmith]

And when he told his buddies one of them said: "That's nothing, I once caught a fishhook this big!"

[ApplegateRanch]

And what pray tell would you have him do?

He should have reported his find to the Army Corps of Engineers, so they could bring in bulldozers to bury the gravel bar.

[jsh3180]

[packrat35]

WOW idiot post of the day. Go back to your focus group!

[RightWhale]

You have a point. Private citizens have no rights on public land except what the Public Agency grants by permit.

[Arthalion]

Tinian is a bit over the top in his presentation, but he does have a point. If Henley found this hook on public land, it isn't his. Artifacts found in the US generally belong to the landowner. If the landowner in this case is the state or federal government, Henley has no right to keep or sell it. He may have no CHOICE but to donate the artifact.

If he was on private land and had permission from the landowner to be there, then he has himself a nice (and likely valuable) artifact. If it was public land, it needs to be turned over to whatever agency manages the land.

[NoGrayZone]

Oh yeah, like that "eminant domain"???

[4yearlurker]

Walking along a river and picking up items is considered grave robbing? I used to hunt arrow heads in New Jersey and some New England states. I walked through plowed up corn fields in the Fall. I never considered it grave robbing. What a stupid statement!

[facedown]

Dang, you would have to scalp an entire tribe of cavewomen to get enough hair to weave into a 1000 yard, 20 lb. test line!

Yeah, but the bronze leader was the real trick.

[Luigi Vasellini]

I agree, why I hope the thought police go after him and his boys for even thinking of looking for artifacts. I think a proper hanging is in order

[fish hawk]

Doesn't matter. On another thread we just found out the Universe is older than thought.

[Coyoteman]

If the landowner in this case is the state or federal government, Henley has no right to keep or sell it.

Protection of antiquities on federal lands started with the Antiquities Act of 1906.

Almost all (or all?) states have similar laws pertaining to public property.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Two Americas, right ? The Americans who came via the landbridge and others who came by boat...

[Revolting cat!]

(300-12,000 Years Old)

Sorry, but even if it were Adam's hook (which is quite unlikely), it could of been 6,600 years old at the most!

[FReepaholic]

...You cannot steal our heritage from our property for your shoebox...

Prove it's yours.

[Coyoteman]

The Americans who came via the landbridge and others who came by boat...

This is actually pretty well established on the west coast.

There is good mtDNA evidence and several other lines of research that support an early coastal migration. This is called by some "following the kelp highway."

[plain talk]

A man hunting for American Indian artifacts with his sons along a gravel bar on the Missouri River has uncovered an ancient fishhook

Fine for finding a bone hook on a gravel bar on the Missouri River? You would put him in jail for that? You must be nuts.