Maine knife

[mainejman]

We had a little February thaw so I got out a little today...There's usually some open ground along the penabscot river due to the rocks holding heat...Well I didn't exactly tear it up.I did one unique knife though.I'm not sure if it's slate or not .It has been flaked so maybe not.She's well worn....mjm

 

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[quito]

Nice you could get out!

Though the material may be kind of plain, I like the size of the pieces you often find over there.

 

[mainejman]

Thanks Quito the weather has been see-sawing lately forties yesterday twenties today and almost sixty by Thursday..such is Maine....yes our usual stone of choice is Mt.Kineo ryholite .We have nice cheers but their source is about 150 miles to the north of us.It is alot nicer stone.Plus we get the occasional unique stuff from neighboring states...This piece is a first for me in both design and material...mjm

 

[dts52]

MJM - Get any quartz points up there? Quartz is, by far, the most common material here in CT (or at least it is the most recovered - maybe because usually it's easier to spot). Nice find for mid-February. I walked a couple of small streams without any luck this weekend but it was sure nice to get out.
HH

 

[mainejman]

Yes the quartz points are here.I've only found a couple brokes though.I think I might have a scraper or two....you see where they have been working with it in most of my sites but they are few and far between in this neck of the woods ...mjm

 

[rock]

Nice knife

 

[mainejman]

Thanks rock! That is what I like to call a sucker rock....as my hunting partner Will....walked right over that sucker....mjm

 

[Get-the-point]

Nice knife MJM....found a heartbreaker yesterday.. A beautiful Rose quartz knife broken in half. I have the tip part. Wish it was whole. Rose quartz pieces in my area are rare but awesome to find......

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

That's a nice knife! Quartz, quartzite and Normanskill chert are the majority of what I find in the CT River valley in MA. Occasionally some rhyolite, slate or basalt tools turn up.

 

[old digger]

Beautiful Knife! Not bad for an early find.

 

[mainejman]

Oxbow.....I'm into slate do you have anything made of it...or any tools...mjm

 

[rock]

Thanks rock! That is what I like to call a sucker rock....as my hunting partner Will....walked right over that sucker....mjm

I love when that happens then you can rub it in the whole trip. I have noticed some take it better than others do.

 

[Charl]

Maybe it's a variety of argillite similar to that found in southern New England. Called argillite here, but technically it's argillaceous slate. Looks like that and patinates shades of green most of the time. That's a darker shade of green then I'm used to; otherwise it sure looks like argillaceous slate....

 

[Charl]

For comparison, this is argillaceous slate from RI. Second most common lithic, after quartz, in RI and SE Ma. Unfortunately, since it's just not quality stuff. Your knife looks like argillaceous slate; just a different shade of patina. Patinated New England argillite looks a lot like the slate from the Southeastern slate belt...

 

[Charl]

mjm, this piece of New England argillite clearly shows how much it resembles what it actually is, namely, slate. As in argillaceous slate, but slate by any other name. So, yes, slate in this form was often chosen for flaked artifacts. Sometimes I wonder how they survived at all, with lithics like this....

 

[mainejman]

I believe your right charl.Not used to seeing that slatey stuff flaked....mjm

 

[Get-the-point]

MJM, I have points albeit not whole and knives made of it. PM if interested in trades...