Another day another hammer.

[quito]

Went back to the field I hit yesterday, 20 yards from the truck this nice segment is laying out.
Looks like an early piece. It was a nice start.

then, flipped this piece over and it turned out to be my second busted grooved maul in two days.


Also found a nice point laying out nicely. I picked up a nice core blank a couple hammer stones also found a decent scraper and an egg stone Lol as well.

 

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[Twistedsifter]

Neat! I am still waiting on my grooved tool. Also- finding a whole triangle point seems to be quite the challenge, I’ve found 5 or 6 in the past week or so, and only one has the tip on it.

 

[Fred250]

You should start arguing in threads about high dollar pieces and see if it works.

 

[quito]

You should start arguing in threads about high dollar pieces and see if it works.

not quite following you here Fred.

I don’t like to argue!

 

[joshuaream]

Nice finds Joel!

 

[quito]

Neat! I am still waiting on my grooved tool. Also- finding a whole triangle point seems to be quite the challenge, I’ve found 5 or 6 in the past week or so, and only one has the tip on it.

yeah those grooved pieces aren’t popping up every day.!

But Hey! At least you are finding something!! And a lot of them!

 

[quito]

Nice finds Joel!

Thanks. It was 94 out with high humidity. Wish I could have hunted longer.

 

[Fred250]

You found an egg right after all the back and forth about them in that thread. Maybe argue too strong a word.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Yer killin' it!

 

[quito]

You found an egg right after all the back and forth about them in that thread. Maybe argue too strong a word.

Just using the term a little loosely I was!!! I don’t know what they are!

 

[Jon Stewart]

Nice finds Joel. Thanks for posting. Us folks in Michigan don;t have the hunting grounds you folks do. Love looking at artifacts.

 

[MAMucker]

Nice artifacts Quito! Can you post a couple detail photos of the triangle and the groove-worked area?

What’s the lithic used on the triangle?

Thanks for posting these.

Also, what’s your flipping stick? A modified golf club?

 

[quito]

Well you nailed the flipping stick! I just knocked the head off an old club and pinched the shaft closed. Works great!

i don’t know the lithic of the triangle. But the core blank is chert from the splitrock formation. Named for one of the creeks I am near.
here are a few more pics. The first hammer I found isn’t grooved as deep but the groove is wider.

 

[Huzzah!]

Great finds--great grooved hammer

 

[MAMucker]

Huh! What do you know -Same brand!

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I cut the end off and glued in a wide flathead deck screw. It makes a great walking stick and can handle my full weight leaning on it. It’s a great help on hillsides.