Last finds for 2023

[CreekSide]

Finally got enough rain to wash most of the leaves away. Still need one of those floods that go over the banks. But I walked anyway and did pretty good. Top is a scraper, below left is a tip of a quartzite blade, other quartz is a base to a beat up Dalton. Below that is a nice blade/knife, little point in the middle made from a flake, nice example of a flake blade next to the point and below row is pottery sherds. Found some worked chert and flakes that I didn’t keep. But it was a good walk. Always nice to get out and it was cold. See if you can spot the knife in the water 😃 poor little frog must of froze.

 

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[pepperj]

I see it in the water, not easily though, good eye.
Wonder if the frog is just in deep hibernation-hopeful thinking.
Wonderful creatures, bury themselves in the mud under water
Stay like that for 4-5 months, wake up, eat, repeat the next season.

 

[Older The Better]

Nice little blade, I’m not a water hunter so I don’t think of it but I bet wet and cold don’t make for short trips this time of year.

 

[antmike915]

Nice day out. I went on a hunt today and found absolutely nothing 👍

 

[CreekSide]

Nice day out. I went on a hunt today and found absolutely nothing 👍

Thanks Mike I see a cleaning in the future for that blade.

 

[dognose]

Good day in the field, nice finds

 

[ToddsPoint]

I see that adena looking dark one I circled at top. It almost looks like a Clovis base circled below. Did you look at it?

 

[CreekSide]

I see that adena looking dark one I circled at top. It almost looks like a Clovis base circled below. Did you look at it?View attachment 2123007k

I took a few passes after finding the blade. Nothing but rocks but I did find the tip and flake blade and debitage nothing else. That’s just another rock in your 2nd pic I saw millions just like it 😃

 

[CreekSide]

Nice day out. I went on a hunt today and found absolutely nothing 👍

Sorry you didn’t find anything Mike

 

[CreekSide]

Nice little blade, I’m not a water hunter so I don’t think of it but I bet wet and cold don’t make for short trips this time of year.

They are soaking in vinegar right now. Hopefully they will come back nicer and not uglier

 

[pepperj]

They are soaking in vinegar right now. Hopefully they will come back nicer and not uglier

Query: Have you ever used Muriatic acid or hydrogen Peroxide for cleaning off the organic?

 

[antmike915]

Sorry you didn’t find anything Mike

I was testing new areas; somewhat local near one of my "quartz" sites. Plenty of quartz but nothing worked.

 

[CreekSide]

Query: Have you ever used Muriatic acid or hydrogen Peroxide for cleaning off the organic?

No it’s the stain I’m trying to remove. Once I cleaned a black point and it was actually white quartz underneath the stain. I’ve found some blue stone artifacts in that creek with stripes. I’m hoping for something like that. Has inclusions in the stone but we will see how it turns out. I will do a before and after post when it’s done

 

[CreekSide]

I was testing new areas; somewhat local near one of my "quartz" sites. Plenty of quartz but nothing worked.

Never know until you look. Sometimes when they turn the soil one year you will find good ones and the next soil turn you find nothing. Then another turn and they pop back up.