A nice Sunday afternoon with a lot of luck

[larson1951]

I got very lucky this afternoon, about the 4th time out after 6 months of a very wet(97 inches of snow)winter
I think this heavy moisture must have washed a lot of dirt from artifacts laying on the ground
because I have never had such luck in the early spring before
one very old chert point of unknown type and one KRF drill
one mussel shell cheerio bead
one shell game piece
one cool sandstone game piece
some misc stuff w/a split bead with barber pole type etching

 

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[pickaway]

Really great finds...Congrats

 

[quito]

Hey, that chert point is really unique Larson. You don't see to many with notches as wide as that. here is one I have from Walworth County very similar, and made of KRF.

Joel

 

[jamey]

nice job mr larson,i think the point could be a looking bill,one of the earliest side notched points in your area ,or a swift current,found around ancient buffalo jump kill sites looks like the ears are broke on yours.your bone points are in the overstreet book also,they made a side notched one also. jamey.ps i love those game pieces.

 

[quito]

No, Jamey, not looking bill (notches to wide and high) or swift current (too big, and wrong notching), overstreets has nothing similar for our region.

I sure wish I knew what it was though. I had one of the best authenticators in the business look at mine and he couldn't type it either.

 

[jamey]

thanks qutio,i wonder if i should take it off before he sees it.his base looks different than yours,and his looks well used,maybe resharpend?it is really hard to type these points,at least he knows what it isnt. jamey

 

[quito]

I don't think you need to remove anything jamey, he will understand. Yes his base is more concave than mine, but my point was and is, that these very broad notches are not common for our area at all. His is only the second one I have seen, and mine the first. And I have seen a few thousand S.Dakota points.

Joel

 

[SoIll]

I wouldn't even plant that field if I were you.

 

[Tnmountains]

Hey, that chert point is really unique Larson. You don't see to many with notches as wide as that. here is one I have from Walworth County very similar, and made of KRF.

Joel

What is the material KRF ?
Thanks

 

[quito]

Yes, it is Knife River Flint.

 

[creek astronaut]

nice finds and super pics!

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Larson, your artifacts and posts have been great ... it's been fun seeing the mix of flint and bone finds that you've posted ... all I can say is great stuff and keep up the great posts!

Quito, that's a very nice point you added to this post ... nice material and I really like the unusual design of this point ... thanks for showing.

 

[archer66]

I like the game piece and the bead....small finds like that are hard to spot and really tell us things about their makers that people don't often think about. Everyone knows about arrowheads, spear points, axes...etc and when people say "indian artifact" they many of arrowheads...BUT what I like about game pieces is that they show that Native Americans were just people...people that enjoyed entertainment, not just work. I've yet to find a game piece or a piece of jewelry but every time I do find a piece I like to just look at it where it lies and remember before I pick it up that it likely hasn't been touched by human hands for not only centuries but possibly for thousands of years. Yet as hard as life must have been they were just people.

 

[jpitt1970]

Larson, you had better keep your eyes peeled, cus I think there is a caravan of relic hunters on thier way to your farm. Hope you got plenty of room...

 

[Pinellas Man]

That's some nice finds Larson. 8) It's fascinating to me how you have found so many artifacts with scribing on them. Keep them coming.

 

[11KBP]

Hey, that chert point is really unique Larson. You don't see to many with notches as wide as that. here is one I have from Walworth County very similar, and made of KRF.
Joel

That is a beautiful point Joel.

Here's another wide notched example but not made nearly as nice as yours.
The base is ground and the notches are well ground.

 

[quito]

Very interesting. Sound very similar to the grinding on mine. The notches are well ground, and the base lightly ground. Where does yours hail from, and do you have an opinion on type, or use?

 

[11KBP]

Sound very similar to the grinding on mine. The notches are well ground, and the base lightly ground. Where does yours hail from, and do you have an opinion on type, or use?

This is a central Nebraska KRF specimen. I have looked through most all of my references and am having trouble putting a name on it. It's fairly symmetrical and appears to be a projectile but one edge shows what may be some use-wear. Since this one is a streambed find, what I perceive as use-wear could be water wear. The tip has some damage, upon looking closely at the tip damage I would say there is a good chance it is impact damage.
It may be an unnamed projectile type.

11KBP

 

[quito]

Seeing that Mr. Larson just posted a pic of a couple more of them, they must be somewhat common. I am surprised there isn't something in the books we can find on them.

I just love that darker KRf like your point is made of. Very Nice.

Joel

 

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