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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: hook on March 03, 2012, 05:14:28 pm

Title: Lucky Find!
Post by: hook on March 03, 2012, 05:14:28 pm

I'm sure many of you hunt and find points, bi-faces etc,. I have often looked but never have found any until this week.
This was near Charleston WV just laying about half buried in the woods on the side of a very steep mountain. It is made from Kanawha Black, a local low quality stone that is very hard to work. I was told that archeologists have excavated large fire pits around this area with basketball size chunks of this. I suppose they were heat treating it. Anyway the base was broken but by Georgie I found me an arrowhead!

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Post by: Jimbob on March 03, 2012, 05:16:58 pm

Cool find!!

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Post by: Sparrow on March 03, 2012, 07:52:52 pm

Thats a beauty ! Congratulations '  Frank

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Post by: YosemiteBen on March 03, 2012, 09:47:00 pm

@ Hook - Come visit me in Yosemite and I can take you to some places where points are still found. Keep in mind that here we call them leaverites cuz we are in a National Park. I'll make one for you to take home though.

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Post by: TRACY on March 03, 2012, 10:02:36 pm

Always a thrill! Cool find

Tracy

Title: Re: Lucky Find!
Post by: hook on March 07, 2012, 11:34:11 am

Thanks for the invite Ben! I would love to visit you there and learn more about this ancient craft! Darn work schedule!!!

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Post by: maddog314 on March 07, 2012, 12:03:43 pm

cool find!

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Post by: Will H on March 07, 2012, 12:43:53 pm

Sweet! :)

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Post by: JackCrafty on March 07, 2012, 01:06:21 pm

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Post by: chief deer on March 07, 2012, 02:05:40 pm

Cool find. I found my first 30 years ago and it changed my life. Led me right down the primitive skills road. Mike Smyth

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Post by: cowboy on March 07, 2012, 03:22:21 pm

Well bygolly! That does look like some tough stuff. Nice find..

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Post by: Bevan R. on March 07, 2012, 04:02:40 pm

With the offset 'tang' on that, could it be a small knife blade?

Title: Re: Lucky Find!
Post by: hook on March 07, 2012, 05:40:27 pm

Bevan,
Hmmmmm....good question!

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Post by: bronco611 on March 08, 2012, 09:37:05 am

It sure resembles a knife blade that was resharpend many times in its life span then when it became too short replaced with another. It does not appear to be broken at all from what I can see in the picture. And it appears to be a little thick for an arrowhead. Unless it may have been used on an atlatl shaft.

Title: Re: Lucky Find!
Post by: RickB on March 08, 2012, 05:16:07 pm

No doubt about it being a broken base as Hook says "Anyway the base was broken but by Georgie I found me an arrowhead" . But, any point found is a lucky find. Found three quartz points myself in NC this past weekend. Rick B