Sleestak
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Post by Sleestak on Apr 16, 2013 21:51:25 GMT -5
Found this in a creek today outside of Cottage Grove Oregon. I think it's dacite but y'all may know better. Any thoughts on its history would be appreciated.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 16, 2013 22:07:22 GMT -5
Possibly a Guilford over here in the south except the serrations.The problem w/that shape is that it is common in many ages due to it's basic shape.If i was finding other archaic age desigins i would stick w/Guilford.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 23:11:22 GMT -5
It could be dacite, as there are deposits at North Sister and south of Glass Buttes. The flakes seem very even and smooth for dacite, though, and there are gray obsidians in those same areas that would work easier. It seems very well preserved for being in a creek. Beautiful little point (dart?).
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Post by Sleestak on Apr 16, 2013 23:37:22 GMT -5
It seems very well preserved for being in a creek. Beautiful little point (dart?). i found it in the alluvial fan at the confluence of a creek about a foot wide running in to a larger creek. it came off a hill slope that was logged last year - it has probably not been tumbling around for more than a few months.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 3:43:54 GMT -5
That makes sense. I know next to nothing about what tribes and cultures (other than the Siuslaw, just because of the river named for them that goes through Cottage Grove up to Dorena).
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 17, 2013 9:41:48 GMT -5
Cool point...I'm new in Oregon,but I heard a person couldn't collect Indian artifacts in the state of Oregon... Is it true or not?I would like hunting arrowheads,as I did in North Dakota and Montana..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 12:29:30 GMT -5
Yes, that has been illegal on any Federal or tribal lands for decades ( See this article) some of those laws going back to the 1940's. There are similar restrictions for state, city and other government lands and those vary from state to state ( Here is a summary of Oregon's laws. If you have to uncover an article, you might even have problem with finds on private land (the subsurface has always belonged to the government, and mining them or disturbing the ground to obtain resources requires explicit permission of some sort). There are differences from state to state regarding ancient or cultural artifacts (you have to question anything over 50 years old, and burial sites are never OK to disturb) on private lands. In western Oregon, there is much more private land than here east of the Cascades, so a surface find in a stream is probably not archaeological. Many pitfalls in buying/selling/transporting artifacts, too. Fossilman has a good point: you need to check your state and federal regs before taking anything from the ground (artifact, fossil, mineral). Fortunately for rockhounds, the guidelines for collecting rocks are clearly posted on BLM and USFS sites, and most state and other government entities also make that information easily available (though we still have to be aware of claim markers and closed areas on those lands).
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 18, 2013 15:44:22 GMT -5
Very nice!!!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Apr 22, 2013 19:49:02 GMT -5
Looks like it's in perfect condition
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