Got over some Paleo today

[TundraPlugger]

A friend and I went out for a bit today to see what we could find. It was what I call Paleo hunting because the finds tend to be fewer but you have a better chance of scoring something really old.
At the first spot we didn't find much other than I found the striking platform part of a Folsom channel flake.
We went to the next spot about a half mile away and he started it off with a nice Midland base! I was a bit jealous I have to say so I really got my nose to the ground and came across a big Goshen base about 80' away!
It was quite hot out so we piddled around a little longer and then called it a day.....100⁰ is too hot for us North Dakotans!

Both are Knife River Flint both found in Mountrail County, ND.
After a bit I'll add a picture of the channel flake and a few of the other things I found.

 

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[Relicgrubber]

That’s some sweet looking candy. Congrats!

 

[Garscale]

Gotta love the oldies. That dang knife river is fine stuff.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Here are a few of the other finds. The channel flake and heavily patinated spokeshave came from my Folsom/Midland site. The channel flake has heavy grinding on the striking platform.
The scraper was a random find from the second spot we looked at.

 

[TundraPlugger]

That?s some sweet looking candy. Congrats!

Thanks grubber!

 

[old digger]

Those are quite nice finds. You can tell that, that flake has been sitting in the sun for quite a while.

 

[newnan man]

Nice old finds!

 

[joshuaream]

Awesome finds from beautiful country. I enjoy walking and hiking, but I couldn't imagine how much ground those old boys had to cover between getting water, getting raw material, finding game, etc.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Those are quite nice finds. You can tell that, that flake has been sitting in the sun for quite a while.

Thanks digger! It's actually the minerals in the ground that give the pieces patina. Some areas I go to everything has some degree of white patina whether the point is 300 years old or 10,000 years old. Other places all you'll find is artifacts with no patina what so ever. 300 years old points will be totally brown with no white patina as well as 10,000 year old points.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Nice old finds!

Thanks newnan! I love the OLD stuff!

 

[TundraPlugger]

Awesome finds from beautiful country. I enjoy walking and hiking, but I couldn't imagine how much ground those old boys had to cover between getting water, getting raw material, finding game, etc.

Thanks josh! I bet they put on some miles back in those days!

 

[Garscale]

Thanks digger! It's actually the minerals in the ground that give the pieces patina. Some areas I go to everything has some degree of white patina whether the point is 300 years old or 10,000 years old. Other places all you'll find is artifacts with no patina what so ever. 300 years old points will be totally brown with no white patina as well as 10,000 year old points.

Just a few feet between items can exhibit a drastic difference in patina. I have reunited many ancient breaks. Some were so drastically different colors that I had no clue they were the same material much less the same artifact .