Harrison county relic patina

[dognose]

I found this relic back in 1989, a while back, when deep moldboard plowing was common.
This field has consistently produced hardstone axes and pestles, a few broken banner stone parts, Thebes, Decators and the like.
I do still find these sorts of relics in the adjacent fields but not as common due to tilling styles. Flint types found include Harrison County, flint ridge, Burlington, Laurel, and Jeffersonville.
Big time serious bummer since it's no longer tilled.

Note the dark interior to the relic showing the natural color of the Harrison County flint. While the surface has a nice chocolate brown color. You can see some white spots in the relic, this often seen in the flint. Why this did not patina I can't say. Possibly due the minerals present in the flint is different from the blueish black natural to the white.

But this relic shows the difference in color well.

 

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[dirstscratcher]

This Hopewell disc was found when a barn was torn down in NW Ohio several years ago. It has a couple dings that show the same color difference between the patina and core. It also shows the bullseye peeking through the patina.

 

[Older The Better]

Interesting… wonder if the spots have a finer grain or more solid … structure?… so weathering and mineral deposits more or less slide off

 

[Tnmountains]

Just as we find arrow heads I think they did as well. I wonder what they thought and if they picked them up and reworked them or maybe tested the material to see what it was. I am sure they had like a local mental library of lithics of what was good and better. Generational knowledge is pretty fragile.