First Blade

[LandSeig]

I found my first blade last week, I was sifting gravel in a creek late in the day and put it with the possibles pile. I got to looking at it later and spotted the flaking. It’s a type petrified wood which is very difficult to knap (it splinters mostly), it’s rough but I guess it worked for them. Last pic is all my finds so far in this creek through the years.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

I don’t think that is flint and I don’t think it’s an artifact either. TX has tons of wonderful flint but that doesn’t look like any I’ve seen. The last pic has some artifacts for sure.👍🏻

 

[LandSeig]

The blade is made of petrified wood, it’s very common in east Texas. That particular type doesn’t knap very well. I have tried heat treating it but it splinters out really bad and is usually found naturally in squared off pieces. There are some darker colors that knap well. It’s very crude but it’s definitely an artifact. The color isn’t great on showing detail either. The unnatural shape is what caught my eye and I had to get it under better light to see the flake pattern.

Here is one I made from another type of local petrified wood that I heat treated, it knaps very well.

 

[dognose]

Nice finds!

 

[Older The Better]

Nice save, that one would be easy to miss

 

[MAMucker]

It's hard to see the flaking. That material doesn't cooperate with the camera either.

Good find!