Lot of work, little reward

[Older The Better]

Tried for 11 hours the other day and about 5 different spots and just couldn’t find the big prize but here’s a few things, not super exciting but it is something new. My contribution to t-net

I kind of broke up the flakes from two sites, it’s interesting to see the difference in what material they preferred

I did get a little piece of pottery which is very rare but as far as fragments go it’s pretty unremarkable

Some cut marks on burnt bone

What I’m fairly confident is a hand forged nail from my 1830 trade site

A corner of some kind of point

And finally a big fragment, I’m between quarry blank, or maybe a broken hoe considering it was found within a couple feet of the grinding stone I found, maybe an axe… not sure but if anyone recognizes the material I’d love to know, it pops up time to time but not very common

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Those flakes are what keep me going, on any given day. The last one looks like a gray chert/flint IMO.👍🏼

 

[Older The Better]

Flint/chert it is. it’s kind of a salt a pepper with just a hint of blue that never shows in pics. I like to try to identify where certain materials come from so I can get an idea of trade networks/ ranges of the natives in the area. It doesn’t show up in the Kansas section of materials on projectile points… atleast not one with pictures