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Pat B:
A guy from Norway on TradGang posted this link so I thought I'd borrow it. Not many eastern bows have survived the test of time so this is a lucky find.
   https://www.internationalsportsman.com/400-year-old-bow-found-in-mississippi-creek/

bjrogg:
Pretty amazing all the way around Pat.

Looks like it has a story to tell. I hope someone can hear it.

Bjrogg

BrianS:
Amazing find

White Falcon:
All I can say is OMG.

Digital Caveman:
Interesting, but I doubt the bit about the thumb indentation in the wood.  It is on the shorter end for an unbacked bow, so I wonder if it is Osage.  I also wonder if it was meant to be shot from a canoe, and that is why it is so short?  I also wonder what the draw weight length was.  Finally, do you think the bow was buried there by the original owner?  I have heard of people doing that for various reasons.

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