My best piece of flint

[Hippy]

I was lucky to be able to acquire a killer piece from the finder today. A friend of mine that I work with brought this piece in to work because he knew that I was into artifacts. He pulled this piece out of a wrapper last Thursday and I about fell out of my chair. I had no idea what to expect when he brought it in but am I glad he did it.

This is definitely one of the best doves I've seen from this area without question. It's made from a grainy Burlington Chert that outcrops in the Rock River Valley near Coal Valley, IL. This was the only piece this guy had ever found. It was found in Edgington Township in Rock Island County, Illinois by Cliff Anderson and measures just at 5" long. I asked if Cliff was willing to sell it last Friday and made the transaction today. I'm definitely still on cloud nine.

Hippy

 

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[all_atv]

Wonderful! And some great pictures!

 

[iowa trout]

Sweet Hippy I like the left knotch in first pic ,and the third is very strikeing!

 

[naturegirl]

Work of art, so are the pictures.

 

[SOHIO]

Awesome !

 

[GroundS.KeepeR]

Nice point!

 

[Americus]

Wow! Fantastic point!

 

[mad.co.walker]

ahhhhhh someone from my hometown area i grew up about 1 hour south of there. congrats on the point !!!!!!

 

[Get-the-point]

That's a doozy Hippy............................nice!!!!!!.............................GTP

 

[Johnny X]

Very nice.

 

[*Molly*]

Very nice.

 

[Hippy]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm really happy to get this piece especially since it's from my home county and got it from the finder. I love hunting rocks but sometimes even buying them can give a good rush. I was definitely shaking when I got this one.

Thanks again,
Hippy

 

[CanadianTrout]

That is a beautiful speciman.

I have some newbie questions if you dont mind.

The above point in question is about 5" long and has a striking tail with notches. How exactly would this pount be utilized. I know it attached to a shaft of some kind. To big to be an arrow. Would this be a spear (held for thrusting), a spear designed to be thrown, or (I dont know what its called) the spear like thing being thrown from an atlatl.

 

[Hippy]

That is a beautiful speciman.

I have some newbie questions if you dont mind.

The above point in question is about 5" long and has a striking tail with notches. How exactly would this pount be utilized. I know it attached to a shaft of some kind. To big to be an arrow. Would this be a spear (held for thrusting), a spear designed to be thrown, or (I dont know what its called) the spear like thing being thrown from an atlatl.

These big blades are generally considered to be used as knives. Most of the time they show bevelled resharpening and the form and symmetry usually fall by the wayside. They were probably hafted on a small (maybe 8 to 10" handle) like we would use a kitchen knife today.

Specimens like this with that size and manufacturing care are pretty rare. I would say only 1 in every 500 dovetails was made with this kind of skill. Normally they're a little smaller and pretty utilitarian looking.

Hippy

 

[ohio]

Jeff, that is a fantastically fine Dove! Congrats on the score. I cannot imagine picking something that large and fine up.

Thanks for the look!

Chuck

 

[creek astronaut]

nice dove,what i think is incredible (other than that dove) is that this was your friends one and only find.how did he find it?thx for the look.

 

[ohio]

nice dove,what i think is incredible (other than that dove) is that this was your friends one and only find.how did he find it?thx for the look.

Yes sir if that was your first find you would be pretty much ruined for life!

 

[creek astronaut]

nice dove,what i think is incredible (other than that dove) is that this was your friends one and only find.how did he find it?thx for the look.

Yes sir if that was your first find you would be pretty much ruined for life!

lol.or dead!my uncle who got me started as a kid would have thrown me in the river if i had found a 5 inch dove for my first find.

 

[CanadianTrout]

That is a beautiful speciman.

I have some newbie questions if you dont mind.

The above point in question is about 5" long and has a striking tail with notches. How exactly would this pount be utilized. I know it attached to a shaft of some kind. To big to be an arrow. Would this be a spear (held for thrusting), a spear designed to be thrown, or (I dont know what its called) the spear like thing being thrown from an atlatl.

I never thought of a knife application. Obviously that makes perfect sense. duh me
These big blades are generally considered to be used as knives. Most of the time they show bevelled resharpening and the form and symmetry usually fall by the wayside. They were probably hafted on a small (maybe 8 to 10" handle) like we would use a kitchen knife today.

Specimens like this with that size and manufacturing care are pretty rare. I would say only 1 in every 500 dovetails was made with this kind of skill. Normally they're a little smaller and pretty utilitarian looking.

Hippy

 

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