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Post by dtcmor on Nov 15, 2015 13:59:50 GMT -5
I found these yesterday while rabbit hunting. A farmer was discing the field next to the public area. I flagged him down and asked if I could search for artifacts and he agreed. Found all of these in a shallow depression in the field that drains the water off. Before I left I showed the farmer my finds and he told me I could come back any time and search again. Just made a new friend! Needless to say the rabbits were spared!  |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 15, 2015 16:03:14 GMT -5
Too fun, nice finds. You probably know what type of flint that is. Looks smooth and waxy.
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Post by dtcmor on Nov 15, 2015 16:25:57 GMT -5
Thanks James! It was cool to find a new place to hunt them. The material is a local chert that I pick up sometimes on the river about ten miles away. Has lots of fossils in it. I have made a few points myself out if it and also tumbled it too.
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 15, 2015 17:04:58 GMT -5
Wow, a couple of those are beauties. I never seem to find anything but brokes round these parts....Mel
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Post by Pat on Nov 15, 2015 17:10:22 GMT -5
That is so neat! Fun stuff!
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Post by quartz on Nov 16, 2015 0:06:41 GMT -5
I think anyone would give up a few rabbits for those; nice finds.
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Post by dtcmor on Nov 16, 2015 0:24:25 GMT -5
Thanks everyone!
Mel- I was surprised to find the two whole ones also. They are my first ones intact. The small one is tiny - about the size of my thumb nail.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 16, 2015 2:04:18 GMT -5
Thanks James! It was cool to find a new place to hunt them. The material is a local chert that I pick up sometimes on the river about ten miles away. Has lots of fossils in it. I have made a few points myself out if it and also tumbled it too. Cool, nice to know where those rascals mined their source material. Nice waxy chert, wonder if they heated it. |
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Post by dtcmor on Nov 16, 2015 3:26:38 GMT -5
The chunk on the bottom left looks to be treated, either that or it is high grade hornstone. The other ones are raw. I think they have become polished with patina and ages being buried. The stuff I get on the river looks exactly the same as these in raw form. I will try to find a piece and post a pic or two.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 16, 2015 10:06:39 GMT -5
SCORE!!!
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Post by beefjello on Nov 19, 2015 20:00:25 GMT -5
Man, those are some awesome finds Dave!
I still have some chunks of that fossiliferous power dam chert you sent me many moons ago. Looks like it made for some great tools!
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Post by dtcmor on Nov 20, 2015 6:58:38 GMT -5
Thanks Brian! I still have a bunch of it too but I don't cab or tumble any more strictly flint knapping. I have made a few points out of it but its not the best quality material for that sort of thing. I am amazed that the Indians were able to get use out of it. I have a bunch of local artifacts in my collection that are made from it. I guess they used whatever they could find.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 16:46:55 GMT -5
Only jamesp would call an ancient native american 'rascals'. Nice finds. Now go kill a rabbit |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 25, 2015 15:50:31 GMT -5
Only jamesp would call an ancient native american 'rascals'. Nice finds. Now go kill a rabbit Yea, they are rascals. They left us no records of their fine rock sources. Who else in this country could have hand me down sources over 50 generations. And they spent all their time outside needing and searching such spots. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 17:51:35 GMT -5
Only jamesp would call an ancient native american 'rascals'. Nice finds. Now go kill a rabbit Yea, they are rascals. They left us no records of their fine rock sources. Who else in this country could have hand me down sources over 50 generations. And they spent all their time outside needing and searching such spots. After careful reconsideration, i conclude that indeed you are on to something. To develop their technologies and live as they did certainly required a wiley nature. May i call them 'wiley rascals'? |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 25, 2015 21:26:15 GMT -5
Yea, they are rascals. They left us no records of their fine rock sources. Who else in this country could have hand me down sources over 50 generations. And they spent all their time outside needing and searching such spots. After careful reconsideration, i conclude that indeed you are on to something. To develop their technologies and live as they did certainly required a wiley nature. May i call them 'wiley rascals'? They did not sit behind the desk at an office. And sharp rocks was probably a big part of their survival. wished they stored some of that information regarding collecting grounds. You can call them that, remember the little native guy in that Jim Carey movie and the albino bat ? Ace Ventura. He stole the native gal's innocence. Little man hard to handle... |
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Post by dtcmor on Dec 3, 2015 19:19:38 GMT -5
I have read articles that explain that almost 60% of their time was spent making the tools they needed to survive. Over thousands of years it is no wonder we can find so many of these pieces just laying around.
You guys are cracking me up. I was going to mention the movie Encino Man, except there, the caveman scores the modern day chick!
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Post by jamesp on Dec 5, 2015 5:40:31 GMT -5
I have read articles that explain that almost 60% of their time was spent making the tools they needed to survive. Over thousands of years it is no wonder we can find so many of these pieces just laying around. You guys are cracking me up. I was going to mention the movie Encino Man, except there, the caveman scores the modern day chick! Went to Peru on a 3 week 'Eco Trip' waaay back in the Peruvian headwaters to the Amazon. Took a small airplane from Lima to Iquitos, then 4 hour boat ride to no electricity pole lodge. Most of the native folks travelled by hollowed out canoes, lived in open bamboo slat floored houses. Lived off of land and fish, cooked in mud ovens. No cars and very few motor boats. No company jobs. Somehow they had a lot of spare time on their hands. Picked fruit, dug roots and hand lined fish. Very fit people. They had a 125 foot limbing rope hanging from a giant tree. Modern rappelling equipment for us to go up to a viewing deck, then rappel back down. A gal was rappelling down and got here hair stuck in the rope locker about 60 feet up. One of the native gals went up the rope freehand and cut her hair free. Shocking feat, made it look easy. Impressive to watch those native folks, real forest people. A walk back in time. I don't think stress was in their vocabulary. And a huge mindful of plant usage. The use of plants was astonishing. dctmor needs to go see that someday. Iquitos, Peru- Google 'Eco tour Iquitos Peru' and you will see what goes on. bring fishing pole !!  |
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Post by woodman on Dec 6, 2015 21:33:32 GMT -5
I worked in the jungle in the southern part of Peru in 1975 76. It was an eye opener for sure.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2015 9:27:10 GMT -5
I worked in the jungle in the southern part of Peru in 1975 76. It was an eye opener for sure. There was a young single fellow with us. We stayed a day in the lowland town Iquitos before traveling to the Eco hut up the river. He was mesmerized by the taller pretty gals of that town. They were different in stature than the highland folks. May have been Spanish influence. I think that town was 300,000 and maybe only a fly to destination. Amazing jungle products crafted at cheap prices. Thought about exporting the aluminum long boats they made there. Guess you have some stories to tell woodman. |
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