Found something...

[Kantuckkeean]

This week and last, we disked up some ground to put in wheat. Conditions were horrible for hunting a couple of days ago because of all the plant residues on the surface and it hadn't rained to wash off the rocks, but I decided to kick around some dirt clods anyway, because you never know... Within the first 5 minutes of looking, I found this little "shark tooth effigy"...
pictured next to a shark tooth fossil that we found at Folly Beach this past summer.

I didn't find anything else, but we're getting a couple of inches today, so after the fields firm up, I'll probably spend a little more time walking.

What would you all call this? It's the first triangle point that we've found. Is it a Fort Ancient? Worn down drill? I bought Overstreet's 15th edition, based on all of the recommendations on here, hoping that it would help me identify age/culture of the artifacts that I'm finding, but I still suck at determining what type it is. It was found, as usual, in south central Indiana in an area where we've found several archaic points, the banded slate full-groove axe, broken bannerstone, and other artifacts.

I really like this material. I've found two hafted scrapers and this point that are made from the same or very similar material. They are slick and come out of the ground clean because the dirt and mud doesn't seem to want to stick to it. Here's a different point that I found this past spring and it's made from similar material. I can't remember if I posted this one before or not...
This one is really thick, highly beveled, slightly serrated, and has a well ground base. Not sure what type it is either. Looks like a Meadowwood, but not really sure.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

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[Kantuckkeean]

Not sure why the photo of the ground conditions is still there. I tried to delete it. We usually don't drill wheat after corn, just after soybeans, but most of the soybeans weren't quite ready to be harvested since we had a wet spring and the beans got put out so late. The corn residue makes hunting particularly hard. There are a lot of fakers made from broken stalks.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Sunny Side]

Neat finds. It is possible the maker created the triangular knife in the likeness of the sharks tooth, but more likely it is coincidence. It does appear to be Fort Ancient in nature. The other one looks like a mid to late woodland point made of “KY blue” as we used to call it. It’s actually a variety of HORNSTONE that outcrops in the pennyroyal.

 

[smokeythecat]

It's a Woodland Period triangular point. A lot of them out east here are called Madisons. Not sure the term in your area.

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Thanks. It's rather thick and I was just kidding about the "shark tooth effigy." I know that it was just a coincidence. The rain seems to have stopped and should for a few days. I might get out on Monday and take a look around.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck