Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 15, 2014 16:38:17 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Went for a hike this afternoon and found these two artifacts in the roots of a pecan tree that blew over. The scraper is very cool. Made from a flint spall with the cortex for the most part left intact. The edge flaking is definitely curled over to make a nice edge for scraping fat off a hide or some such work. Back in California we called this form a clam shell scraper. Thought I had me a perfect point here too but as usual, broken tip when I finished digging it out. Oh well *L*....Mel  |
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agatemaggot
Cave Dweller
Member since August 2006
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Post by agatemaggot on Feb 15, 2014 17:01:12 GMT -5
Scraper looks like it was designed for some heavy work, that rough outside would give you some real gripping area with no slipping !
Too bad about the tip ding on the point, I( found a bunch last year up in Wisc. that had similar problems !
Harley
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bsky4463
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2013
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Post by bsky4463 on Feb 17, 2014 22:42:01 GMT -5
Nice finds Mel!
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Post by roy on Feb 18, 2014 0:09:44 GMT -5
nice finds mel!
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Post by pghram on Feb 21, 2014 18:01:43 GMT -5
Great finds.
Rich
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jollyrockhound
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2013
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Post by jollyrockhound on Feb 22, 2014 0:43:47 GMT -5
Nice ones there you never know what you will find out there.
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