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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Will H on September 10, 2011, 09:05:32 pm

Title: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 10, 2011, 09:05:32 pm

I went up another creek this afternoon lookin for some more stuff to break. At one point I took my backpack off to take another look at my rocks and laying there just inches from my pack was this blade!! :o This is the second arrowhead Ive ever found. I found my first when I was 11 on the banks of the Arkansas River...anyway. It made my day!  ;D Do any of you guys know what type of point  this is? The blade is 4 9/16" Long x 1 5/16" Wide x 3/8" Thick

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: bowtarist on September 10, 2011, 09:21:36 pm

Man that's awesome.  I've found several, but nothing that long.  MAN!, Look at them flake scars!!! drool.........you know you're addicted when........

good day in the creek, find anything to knap?

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 10, 2011, 09:26:32 pm

Thanks bowartist. I picked up bout 30lbs of Dover. Overall Id say it been a good day so far.  :)

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 10, 2011, 10:58:43 pm

Will, that's a really nice blade, an I can't help to wonder it's owner was doing the same thing as you, lookin for good stone. Dover is one of my favorite materials, Points just look old when I use dover. Bob

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 10, 2011, 11:05:18 pm

I know what u mean bob. I wondered the same thing on my way back. It gave me some extra motivation to look harder even though I was lugging 30lbs on my back.  ;)

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: warhawk on September 10, 2011, 11:43:41 pm

I looked in my Overstreet book and you know it is hard to ID they say the details are a Blank. the best guess for me is a Friday blade but the bottom corners are worked into opposite flake patterns and it looked well used.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: criveraville on September 11, 2011, 01:44:27 am

That's a sweet find Will.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: mullet on September 11, 2011, 02:38:34 am

 That's a nice find, with nice patina. I'd say it is unfinished. I don't think he finished the base.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: FlintWalker on September 11, 2011, 02:46:19 am

I'm with Eddie on that one. Just looks like a utilitarian blade...not really a "type"...just a blade.  Nice though 8)

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: iowabow on September 11, 2011, 10:51:39 am

Will I call that type of blade a "send it to Iowa blade" great find! Love the scar  pattern on it also.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 11, 2011, 12:31:25 pm

Thanks y'all. My first thought when I looked it over is that it was unfinished. I wonder how old it is?

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: mullet on September 11, 2011, 04:26:18 pm

Hard to tell without a base. Since it looks like one was about to be started, I'd call it Stemmed Archaic time period.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 11, 2011, 05:53:39 pm

Thanks Mullett.  :)

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: cowboy on September 12, 2011, 12:00:05 pm

Thats awesome Will! You'd think all the time i spent splunkin around i might have found an arrowhead or something. Well, i take that back i did find an artifact. Rough worked bi-face about the size of yours there, it's buried in my bucket somewhere.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Gus on September 12, 2011, 03:14:23 pm

Yes Sir,

That is an awesome find.

I bet the Peleo Knapper that lost it was PO'ed...
Hope he don't come looking for it. 

:)

-gus

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: iowabow on September 12, 2011, 09:33:32 pm

Hmmm Will this might be a long shot but my neighbor found a real nice biface like that once and an old fella told hem to go back to the location and look again where it might have washed out from. He did just that and found about 12 or 13 more.  I have one of them, if you like I can post it.

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: Will H on September 12, 2011, 11:40:25 pm

by all means post it John!  :)

Title: Re: Rare Find
Post by: iowabow on September 13, 2011, 11:03:45 am

(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m559/iowabow2/flint/2011-09-12180723.jpg)