Frame #17

[H.P.]

if they were in a frame, Florida hard stone celts...Two on bottom are flaked chert, Thanks for lookin.

 

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[antmike915]

Should have saved one for me to find, hardstone that is. Thanks for sharing those Hal.

 

[newnan man]

Wow, those are nice. Where do you think the stone is from originally?

 

[pepperj]

Great looking pic, thanks for sharing once again.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Another fantastic "frame".

I was wondering the same thing about where the hard stone material might have originated?

 

[outlaws15]

Those are cool and I recognized the two on the bottom, actually found one a couple wks ago, but working end was broke off.

 

[H.P.]

Wow, those are nice. Where do you think the stone is from originally?

Most were trade goods from up the Mississippi, traded for shell and other items , most were from Cedar Key Florida, 1970s..top 2 pair central Florida,Greenstone from Georgia,

 

[H.P.]

Wow, those are nice. Where do you think the stone is from originally?

Answer at bottom of thread.

 

[H.P.]

Those are cool and I recognized the two on the bottom, actually found one a couple wks ago, but working end was broke off.

Very scarce in Florida..Those were a cash, so were the two at the top

 

[outlaws15]

The one I found I was told Burlington chert, yours must be a different kind of chert. I saw the word chert and the exact/close to size of mine and thought the same. Mine has a lot of gray in it. Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?
Flaking seems similar. The small found same day same creek, put it in there to c if it was a flake.

Very scarce in Florida..Those were a cash, so were the two at the top

 

[Tdog]

Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?

A Cobbs point and a celt, flaked or pecked & ground, are two completely different tools with different functions. The Cobbs point is hafted as a knife or dart (spear) and used as such while a celt is hafted as a chopping tool and is much more robust; e.g. an axe.

Cobbs Triangular Projectile Point

 

[H.P.]

The one I found I was told Burlington chert, yours must be a different kind of chert. I saw the word chert and the exact/close to size of mine and thought the same. Mine has a lot of gray in it. Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?
Flaking seems similar. The small found same day same creek, put it in there to c if it was a flake

 

[outlaws15]

I really jumped the gun, when I saw those bottom ones.
I reread and also missed the celt reference, when I got fixated on bottom 2.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Winning!!!

 

[newnan man]

I've got quite a few of what I call Turtle Back Scrapers. I'm sure some are blanks, preforms, and real scrapers.
Most show some sharpening/retouch on the edges.

 

[uniface]

I'd check out Hentrix Scrapers in the Early Archaic section of the Peachtree State archaeological soc. site.

FWIW