Got any good looking hoes

[CreekSide]

The hoes in my area leave a lot to be desired. This one isn’t terribly ugly but I guess it was good enough to dig with. I have some worse ones. I found this one in a creek. I actually found it a few times trying to decide if it worth bringing home. I finally caved in and brought it back.
So if anyone has found some nice ones I’d be happy to see them.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

The hoes in my area leave a lot to be desired. This one isn’t terribly ugly but I guess it was good enough to dig with. I have some worse ones. I found this one in a creek. I actually found it a few times trying to decide if it worth bringing home. I finally caved in and brought it back.
So if anyone has found some nice ones I’d be happy to see them.

I haven’t found any hoes yet.

 

[newnan man]

Ugly hoes are pretty common.

 

[Up-North]

The good hoes.
In more ways than one.
Are found.
UpNorth

 

[Older The Better]

I’m on the fringe of the prairie, the area was or wasn’t prairie depending on the climate, I suspect the hoes around here were mostly bison scapulas, so I got nothing.

 

[CreekSide]

The good hoes.
In more ways than one.
Are found.
UpNorth

That’s a fine looking hoe Brad. I got lucky last year while walking a creek. Saw the nice notches sticking up and pulled it just to find it snapped in half. I left it for someone else to discover lol. Pushed it back in like I saw it

 

[ToddsPoint]

This is a small Mill Creek hoe from IL.
The working edge has phytolith gloss from use. These Mill Creek hoes were traded widely. It’s 175 mi. from here to the source in Alexander Co. IL near the village of Mill Cr.

 

[CreekSide]

This is a small Mill Creek hoe from IL.
The working edge has phytolith gloss from use. These Mill Creek hoes were traded widely. It’s 175 mi. from here to the source in Alexander Co. IL near the village of Mill Cr.View attachment 2102723View attachment 2102724View attachment 2102725

Nice example from your area

 

[dognose]

This is my best notched hoe.

Flint Notched Hoe, Mississippian with concave base, heavy use polish on bit with patina.
6 /14 inches x 4 3/4 inches, Grey Mill creek Chert.

Old tag reads: Presented to H.M. Whepley St Louis Missouri 1907, found in St. Clair County Illinois by Willy Jefferson.
COA by John Berner 11/29/2002, Owner at COA, Jerry Godbey.

Ben Thompson obtained the notched hoe from Jerry Godbey. I obtained the notched hoe the from Ben Thompson at his home in Kirkwood Missouri 01/16/2006. Ben's catalog tag can be seen with his catalog number 8378.

Pictured in April 2006 Central States Archaeological Societies journal page 76. One of best flint Notched Hoe.

Ben is a past president and editor-in-chief of Central States Archaeological Societies and past publisher of the Who's Who in Indian Relics.
H.M. Whepley was a nationally well-known pharmacist.

 

[dognose]

This notch hoe is 5 1/2 inch length not much use wear on the bit.

 

[CreekSide]

This notch hoe is 5 1/2 inch length not much use wear on the bit.
View attachment 2102851

Beauties. I don’t find any like those

 

[ToddsPoint]

This is another made from Mill Creek flint. I’m not sure if this would be considered a spade or a hoe. I guess it could be either depending on which way the handle was hafted. This one was a gift from a flintknapping buddy that lives in Anna, IL. He found it in a plowed field just north of Jonesboro where the old Trail of Tears crosses Union Co. The source area for this flint is only 10 mi. south of the find site in Alexander Co. The nodules are flat and tabular and not easy to knap. It’s tough and grainy. It has damage on the bit and a small amount of the end is knocked off. Other plow strikes on the edges. I think having the phytolith gloss is the key to identifying spades and hoes. This was caused by the silica in plant matter polishing the rock. It is so highly polished it looks wet. Without the gloss I question whether a large biface or even a large flat rock was used as a spade or hoe.

 

[BennyV]

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[magua]

This is another made from Mill Creek flint. I’m not sure if this would be considered a spade or a hoe. I guess it could be either depending on which way the handle was hafted. This one was a gift from a flintknapping buddy that lives in Anna, IL. He found it in a plowed field just north of Jonesboro where the old Trail of Tears crosses Union Co. The source area for this flint is only 10 mi. south of the find site in Alexander Co. The nodules are flat and tabular and not easy to knap. It’s tough and grainy. It has damage on the bit and a small amount of the end is knocked off. Other plow strikes on the edges. I think having the phytolith gloss is the key to identifying spades and hoes. This was caused by the silica in plant matter polishing the rock. It is so highly polished it looks wet. Without the gloss I question whether a large biface or even a large flat rock was used as a spade or hoe.View attachment 2103521 View attachment 2103523View attachment 2103524View attachment 2103525

Interesting piece! Nice! I agree re: gloss. You can tell this was a frequently used tool. It’s amazing how you can see some and tell they were “used” heavily which attests to the material and craftsmanship…if you can call it that. I saw several over the weekend in really clean condition that came from a village excavation. The gentleman said that he was getting very good offers for it, but it was not going to be sold as he was giving it to the PA state museum once he was done showing it at various shows. He made jokes as to say, it’s amazing that the ones that are worth more money due to condition are frequently the ones that they made, and probably tossed to the side because they didn’t work as well. It was an interesting thought.

 

[dognose]

very nice. I would say it's a spade from the shape and use polish on the bit.