Diggin a sewer line

[painterx7]

I found the first piece with the track hoe today digging a septic . I'm glad the hoe didn't break it. Now this is what rack was referring to as a quick knife to use and toss when done using . The second I found in my honey hole it is a large side scraper pretty piece color wise

 

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[monsterrack]

Very nice finds,How deep are most of your stuff found

 

[painterx7]

That flake was found about 18 inches give or take 4 or 5 inches the other was a wash out from the bank in a creek I find them that color around 24 to 32 inches depending on the bank and lay of the land I find this color and stain from 16 to 20 inches ... It's crazy they normally are orange with black stains and it's the same in two different creek coincidence

 

[jamey]

looks like you came out smelling like a rose

 

[Jon Stewart]

Holy crap, no pun intended!!! Nice finds

 

[bravowhiskey]

nice to be able to make some finds while at work. Those are some sweet looking tools. The 3rd pic looks kinda familiar....

 

[painterx7]

Atleast this time it's a new home no crap haha yes it does look like that piece have you found out what time period yours is ?? Thanks all for the comments I can't wait to dig some more tomorrow hope something else pops out

 

[painterx7]

nice to be able to make some finds while at work. Those are some sweet looking tools. The 3rd pic looks kinda familiar.... <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=912197"/>

That piece is very pretty !!!

 

[bravowhiskey]

no idea. Be interesting what else you unearth.

 

[painterx7]

My excitement is also full of worries I always know that the possibility of breakage is there that flake really got lucky

 

[outlawatheart]

GOOD stuff!!

 

[rock]

I have heard of people digging 16 ft deep in TN and finding artifacts. Just through other people that have family living there.

 

[painterx7]

I have found facts pretty deep over 5 6 feet in the red dirt and flint zone I hit it sometimes at just one ft and other places over 7 or 8 feet deep I put the tank in today my hole was 7 ft deep I hit red at 2 feet and in the red you will find the flint nodules I will get a picture tomorrow before I cover it

 

[monsterrack]

Is that a red clay with small gravel or a red dirt

 

[painterx7]

It's like clay and dirt I don't really know witch so I am gonna have to research it I do know there are not many small rocks just large round nodules

 

[painterx7]

There is more flint here than you could imagine . If you told me to stop in any spot and dig I would have no problem hitting some flint 80 percent of the time

 

[painterx7]

Here is the only other piece I found at the sewer sight

 

[GatorBoy]

Your area is like one gigantic quarry site. That stuff was being mined for thousands of years there it's everywhere isn't it?
Hardly a piece that hasn't had some flakes knocked off of it at one time from what it looks like.
I would imagine on many occasions the same piece of stone had chips removed by a native hundreds if not thousands of years apart.
Do you find any with substantially different looking patina in different areas that have been chipped?

 

[ncnurseryman]

That area must have been the Walmart of the ages. Seems like everyone went there at one time or another for material.

 

[painterx7]

For sure gator many pieces have different patina I found this 10 minutes before dark in my creek as you can see the different colors in patina
I also have several points that have been reworked as well