More estate points, ID needed

[BosnMate]

In the 1920', early 30's my uncle worked for the Power Company, on a surveying crew that was siting dam sites in the Northern Sierra Nevada high country. My educated guess makes me think these could be from Plumas county, or possibly Sierra or Nevada counties. This is just a guess on my part, but I packed mules in the high country of Placer and El Dorado Counties, and never found a point like these, but there were small power company dams on those hight country lakes. He told me he found an arrowhead at least every day, just hiking down the trail from their camp to the location they were surveying. In those days he didn't bother to keep broken points.


The above two photos are the same point.


Again two sides of the point, which is the same size at the first one.

These are also from his collection. The one on the left is more like what I found further south, but in the high country.
Anyhow I'm interested in finding out particulars if anyone has any ideas. I wonder if on the serrated points if they were using that to hold poison on the point?

 

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[choo]

Nice points! Love the serrations!

 

[southfork]

If from California they look like a Gunther Barbed / Oregon has a serrated point called a CALAPOOYA in the Gunther Cluster also . The side notched point in the last photo looks like a Redding Side Notched in the Desert Side Notched Cluster .

 

[unclemac]

i believe your uncles story all the way. When I used to hunt NV (not BLM mind you!) i figured to find about a point a day too.
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[BosnMate]

i believe your uncles story all the way. When I used to hunt NV (not BLM mind you!) i figured to find about a point a day too.
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I hear you, I used to find lots of points in Nevada, not one every day, but after a rain, I did quite well. It was an 8,000 acre deeded ranch with 250,000 acres of BLM turn out. But the arrowheads were all on both sides of the river on the deeded land. Found a lot of them when horse back, I expect because I covered more ground. The soil was real sandy, and there weren't any rocks large enough to kill a snake, so a guy tended to double check everything. I think that's why I'm not working for that outfit today, because I always kept my eye to the ground instead of looking at the cows.

 

[BosnMate]

I want to thank everyone for the answers, I have a couple of more posts when I get the time. Still curious what the Indian fellow had in mind when he made the serrated points. He must have figured they worked better, or it was hold poison on the tip, but I have no idea.

 

[Tnmountains]

It seems if that serration does not maybe stick better in the wound to cause a bleed out on such a large animal. What do you think?

 

[unclemac]

I hear you, I used to find lots of points in Nevada, not one every day, but after a rain, I did quite well. It was an 8,000 acre deeded ranch with 250,000 acres of BLM turn out. But the arrowheads were all on both sides of the river on the deeded land. Found a lot of them when horse back, I expect because I covered more ground. The soil was real sandy, and there weren't any rocks large enough to kill a snake, so a guy tended to double check everything. I think that's why I'm not working for that outfit today, because I always kept my eye to the ground instead of looking at the cows.

high desert is like beachcombing the worlds largest beach...and the 100 degree heat is no problem when you have 0% humidity. (drink water even if you ain't thirsty so you wont die of course!)

 

[unclemac]

I too would call that one a CALAPOOYA...pretty classic at that.