Fullbore
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Awesome find, Tiny! Never seen one before. Is that sandstone or what? Those native Americans never cease to amaze me!
Arrowheads
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This is Chert.
Chert is a sedimentary rock composed predominantly of silica. Maine chert was used by paleo-indians and native Americans for arrowheads and tools.
Chert is a sedimentary rock composed predominantly of silica. Maine chert was used by paleo-indians and native Americans for arrowheads and tools.
Fullbore
Senior Member
Chert is flint like and chips like flint. That looks more like basalt, IMHO.
Mike, that's a nice piece! Well ground and smooth TOO!
Ron's living up to his screen name and has been going "full bore" on the arrowheads. Today had prolly his best day to date. The bottom left head is so perfect he's contemplating on making a necklace with it.
He also found a piece of canine tooth that prolly dates back then TOO!
He also found a piece of canine tooth that prolly dates back then TOO!
Ricer2231
Senior Member
Are you sure he doesnt have an old indian caged up at his place.... making heads maybe?
Ricer2231
Senior Member
Are you sure he doesnt have an old indian caged up at his place.... making heads maybe?
Not TOO many people know this but he has an old Cherokee knapper under contract and pays him with sheds!
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Fullbore
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Haha, you guys are funny. Actually, there's a secluded plowed field near my house that used to be a village or camp over looking the river. A burial mound is in the middle of it and has been plowed over for years. I personally have never dug into it, but unfortunately, some people prolly have. With the 4"'s of rain we had on Friday, I looked in the fields edges where the run off eroded the soil. There's a lot of mussel shells littered through out the field too. I assume the Indians brought them up from the river to eat. The remains of the shells is still abundant. It just happened to be a perfect day to hunt with all the rain that we had.
It's worth mentioning, but everytime I hunt that field, I hear the wind blow and I sometimes get the weird feeling that their spirits are still present. Much like in the movies where people ride thru an old burial ground, like in the movie "Jerimiah Johnson". I truly respect their burial place and admire their way of life.
Ricer2231
Senior Member
Sounds like a nice little honey hole. It's nice that ya show the respect to honor their burial mound. I'm with ya there, I won't ever be in bad enough need for arrowheads and whatever else they took the time to bury in there that I would ever dig it up. That's also pretty neat about the mussel shells.
Fullbore
Senior Member
Yeah,Don it's simply amazing of the amount of shells on the ground. When the sun comes out after a hard rain, the shells glisten like diamonds. The area where the mound is located is black as cow shit. I know others hunt that field , by the numerous foot prints. I found a shovel in the weeds while doing number 2. Lol. So I know that they have been digging it. I hid the shovel, so the fugger has to use his hands the next time. Lol.
It's a pretty cool place TOO hunt.
It's a pretty cool place TOO hunt.
Ricer2231
Senior Member
Haha. That's cool that ya hid that shovel. Make em dig like a dog if they need the stuff that bad. I hope they do try digging by hand and dig into a nice pile of knapped off pieces. That would peel their skin back good for em.
Fullbore
Senior Member
Haha. Yes it would. I think that it's an Adena site. Most of the points I find are Adena and woodland. Lots of Hemotite and banded slate TOO.
Fullbore
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Well, Phil it's the best non-broken point day that I've had. Usually I will find one good one and a half a dozen broken ones! Lol