Its been a while, finally went out and found something need help with ID

[blueracer]

So this is a central florida find. it came from an area that I believe was in use for a very long time. with various ages of artifacts. @Gatorboy, You were a huge help in the past. Could you (or anyone else) enlighten me please? These are my questions:
1. How old might this be judging by its look?
2. Is it a point? or something else?
showing pictures of both sides. both sides are worked.

 

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[monsterrack]

It's a blade of some sort or may be a preform. Nice find

 

[blueracer]

Dang. I was hoping it was a point. could this be paleo?

 

[larson1951]

Dang. I was hoping it was a point. could this be paleo?

fwiw......where i am at a blade is regarded even higher that most points and a lot of the time more rare and cool just sayin'

i would not be disappointed one bit if i had found that......nice find

welcome to the tnet

 

[GatorBoy]

With what I see as at least one resharpening I would definitely say it is A knife / blade form... if I were to put a name to it ...it would probably be a Tampa; that dates back to the Alachua tradition but could be all the way up to contact.. It's got some patina so I would say there's a good chance it's got some years

 

[blueracer]

Thanks for the info guys. Larson, I have yet to find an unbroken point here so I was hoping it might have been one, but im happy to find it anyway. what might a blade this small be used for?

 

[GatorBoy]

Cutting..lol

 

[GatorBoy]

Don't feel like you didn't find a nice piece because you did a large portion of what people consider projectile points were actually used as blades.
Yours could just be considered a Florida blade similar ones have been found going way way back

 

[blueracer]

cutting would make sense. Im just happy its not broken

 

[larson1951]

hey hey at least if you are finding points with damage you can still study them and learn from them?