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Offline danny f

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what type of rock is this?
« on: September 25, 2012, 08:01:56 am »
hi there i am thinking of having a go at knapping so was wondering if this type of rock looks suitable. i do alot of metal detecting and this stuff is all over the fields i detect. i am in the uk. i have chipped a flake off and it is sharp. i just know it as flint, but after reading it seems there are lots of different types. cheers danny.
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Offline danny f

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 08:04:05 am »
also there are white ones as well i dont know if they are different types i didnt pick any of this stuff up though. if it looks suitable i will pick some bigger pieces up when i next go as its a 3 hour drive away.
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 09:19:27 am »
It closely resembles english flint.. Looks like premo stuff! Get all ya can :).
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 09:20:37 am »
Excellent
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 10:41:06 am »
Boy, I'd love to have a barrel full of that stuff! I agree it looks like really nice flint!
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Offline danny f

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 11:01:54 am »
thanks everyone. next time i go i will try and find as many big pieces as i can. alot of it is small but there is the odd big piece.
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 11:15:40 am »
Lucky you....yeah...get all you can...looks excellent
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Offline Tower

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 02:13:40 pm »
I agree with everyone else. It looks like grade A material. Perfect for making points.
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2012, 05:38:51 pm »
I have some of that that was given to me, its great stuff!!  Get all you can and when you get tired of working that, I'm sure that there is somone that will trade you what ever kind of rock you want!!
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2012, 01:10:32 pm »
That's a beautiful piece of English flint.  Then again, you knew that considering you found it in England!  I hunted for muntjac in England back in 2009 and was amazed at all of the flint laying in the fields, streams, road cuts, etc.  The stuff was everywhere!  I even located a fossilized coral head approx. the size of a volley ball.  Man am I bummed that I didn't bring that back with me!
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Offline iowabow

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2012, 08:54:03 pm »
Around here we call it mailittome  rock!
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2012, 03:06:55 am »
I disagree with everyone else. Don't wast your time on that piece of Stone. Send it to me & ll make sure your never bothered with it again.  Any others that may trouble you also.  Tower.
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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2012, 08:08:01 am »
Tower thinks it is also  mail-it-to-me rock
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Offline danny f

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Re: what type of rock is this?
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2012, 01:48:20 pm »
the crops are in now so i cant get on these fields again for another year.   :-[
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