Christmas Eve Find

[cloudboy]

Went for a Christmas Eve morning walk and found this! At my usual hotspot, dirt road along a branch in a creek bottom.

Was not far from this point I'd found there: https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/second-broken-point-along-dirt-road.672631/ and it seems to be the same flint material. I wonder if these points were created by the same people around the same time?

Possibly a Bakers' Creek Point?

It's in Western KY

 

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[Gene Mean]

Wow! Just laying there for you. Congrats! Merry Christmas!

 

[cloudboy]

Just looking at the first point I found and linked in the initial post. If it's a Camp Creek and this is a Bakers' Creek, that would date them to about the same time, 500 BC - 500 AD. They are the same flint material and were found quite close to each other, along with lots of debitage with the same coloration and spotting.

 

[antmike915]

That one didn't even bother to hide 👍

 

[ToddsPoint]

I see you’re in WK. Not many places better than that to find arrowheads. Good flint sources mean good artifacts.

 

[Blackfoot58]

1st picture, far right edge. Looks like a rock with a round hole drilled in it.
Probably nothing. Just thought I’d point it out. Possibly just the camera angle made it look good.
Nice point find.

 

[pickaway]

Nice find...

 

[CreekSide]

Nice and clean. Must of been sitting there quite a while. Most of the ones I find are covered with creek dust. Good find

 

[cloudboy]

Nice and clean. Must of been sitting there quite a while. Most of the ones I find are covered with creek dust. Good find

I've looked this area over a few times but it's sort of a long road (was used for cattle for decades) and the rain keeps washing out more and more of the bank of it, exposing new rocks constantly. It's rained quite a bit lately so the rocks were all really clean. I was tickled pink to find it. If I've found dozens of shards and 3 points on 1 narrow road, there's no telling what's in the adjacent field. I really need to plow it up.

 

[CreekSide]

I've looked this area over a few times but it's sort of a long road (was used for cattle for decades) and the rain keeps washing out more and more of the bank of it, exposing new rocks constantly. It's rained quite a bit lately so the rocks were all really clean. I was tickled pink to find it. If I've found dozens of shards and 3 points on 1 narrow road, there's no telling what's in the adjacent field. I really need to plow it up.

Just so you know what to look for on a point before the rain washes them off. This is what I look for. It’s tough when all of the rocks and points are the same color. Before and after the wash

 

[cloudboy]

I was also looking in the branch nearby and found some rocks which are really red. I use similar creek rocks for my own campfires and notice the same reddening effect on them. I wonder if these rocks could have been heated? The one on the right in this image is the most visible.

 

[CreekSide]

I was also looking in the branch nearby and found some rocks which are really red. I use similar creek rocks for my own campfires and notice the same reddening effect on them. I wonder if these rocks could have been heated? The one on the right in this image is the most visible.

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Yes I find burnt rocks once in a while in the creeks but mostly in the fields. It’s a campsite thing.

 

[CreekSide]

We just had the rain I’ve been waiting for. Won’t be anymore leaves by the time I get back to the creek.