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Offline FlintWalker

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There's no "good" rock around here
« on: May 28, 2012, 12:47:26 am »
For the most part...that's true :(  About the only chert you can find in my neighborhood is a sedimentary conglomerate, of low silica content and so many freeze cracks one light tap usually sends it into a crumbled mess.  Every once in a while I'll find a really small piece of good quality stone but never big enough for a point.  While standing around my boss's truck last week, I noticed this chunk of chert laying in the truck bed. He said he got it out of a hay roller that had picked it up from the field. It was laying in a pile of maybe twenty other pieces of the same type stuff except this piece was WAY better quality and without fractures! Once I got it home and knocked some of the dirt and limestone off of it, the true beauty of the stone was revealed. :o I've never seen another piece like this one!  It's composed of mostly agatized crinoids with dendrites laced all through it. No doubt on of the coolest rocks I've worked!
 
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Offline Bear Claw

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2012, 12:56:56 am »
Beautiful stone and fantastic points!
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Offline bubby

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2012, 01:08:51 am »
DAMN,you make the sweetest point's man, Bub
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2012, 01:11:18 am »
DAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG :o :o
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Offline Tower

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 03:17:30 am »
Words cannot express the beauty of those points!
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Offline cowboy

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 08:19:07 am »
AHHA! I was going to dig around and find some of your points Shannon to study your serration's. Was trying to remember what you showed me in the pit that weekend, now i got it :).
Glad to see you posting a point now and then. Beautiful work as always!! Think i'd go hit your bosses hay field..
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Offline JEB

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 08:27:03 am »
OUTSTANDING looking point, especially with the crinoids.

Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 08:33:16 am »
Shannon, I had to do some haying this week in one of my bosses field an the only thing I founed were 1800 bales of hay :( an one very lucky fawn that just missed going thru haybine :D :D Really cool looking points, How hard was it to knap with all the stuff in there?  Later Bob

Offline Bone pile

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2012, 08:58:09 am »
Think of all the trouble that rock went through just to find you to have it's insides exposed to the world.Good points for sure.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2012, 10:25:22 am »
Rock found the right hands to turn into fantastic points! Great work Shannon, thanks for sharing!

Outback- I'm with you, never found rock bailing, just snakes, turtles and occasional bones and too many darn square bales!


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Offline Will H

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2012, 11:31:31 am »
That sure is some killer rock Shannon! You are an inspiration to us all fella! Great work ;)
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Offline chertle

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2012, 11:49:08 am »
Wow....exceptional!!!!  What beautiful pieces!!!!
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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2012, 12:18:01 pm »
Great Points as usual Shannon.  That rock got lucky finding you.  Looks like it's time to hit the hayfield while the grass in low.  dpg
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2012, 12:29:31 pm »
Thanks to all :)
 Paul, I'm going to that area and take a look around. Surely that wasn't the only piece :-\  Boss did say he thought it was pulled up, when they cleaned out an old pond with a dozer. It may be from a vein down deep....I'll see 8)
 Bob, it worked great! Wish I had more :'(
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Re: There's no "good" rock around here
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2012, 06:52:45 pm »
those are awsome!! any elk should be proud to get shot with one of them
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