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Offline Bryce

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Point found in Utah
« on: September 22, 2017, 04:34:18 am »
My buddy who lives in Roosevelt, Utah found this not too far from his house.
Any info you guys could give that I could relay back that would be great.
Mostly when it was most likely when it was made.




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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2017, 07:33:20 am »
All I can tell you is it looks like the beginning of a preform.
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2017, 09:58:03 am »
I can't tell you anymore than Eddie said. It's hard to tell from pictures on my phone, but it doesn't appear to have a lot of patenia on the flake removed areas. I'm definitely out of my area of expertise though. Not that I really have a area of expertise.lol
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2017, 10:38:15 am »
With Eddie. Preform but what a luster. Almost looks like mother of pearl??
No way to date it visually.
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2017, 12:10:16 pm »
Ok I thought as much. Thanks guys:)
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2017, 01:23:45 pm »
After I looked at it again, it looks to me like it must have been sitting with the side up like in second picture. There is a patina on flake removed area there.
I agree with Zuma wow pretty stuff. Surprised it didn't become more than a preform.
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2017, 09:54:23 pm »
Looks like a "quarry blank".  Chipped around the edges for transport.  Probably ended up far from the original source.  Most likely "Late Archaic" by the size (blanks got smaller over time).
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2017, 07:47:36 am »
Some of them western States get upset about folks picking up artifacts, so much so that they have laws against it. It doesn't look patina old enough to me either . X2 Eddie and the pros!
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Re: Point found in Utah
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2017, 10:06:15 pm »
Quote from: Orrum on October 17, 2017, 07:47:36 am
Some of them western States get upset about folks picking up artifacts, so much so that they have laws against it. It doesn't look patina old enough to me either . X2 Eddie and the pros!
Where I live you can't dig for artifacts. But anything you can pick up is fair collection.
My buddy that found it is a native, he basically can do whatever he wants lol

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