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Anyone have a nice knife form they would like to show?

This piece was laying on a table at a local farm retirement auction 3 miles from me a few years ago. It’s just over 4.5 inches long.
The home place was in a very desirable location right above a creek. I asked the owner about it, he said he found it nearby. Only artifact he had ever picked up. I suspect the place holds much more. It’s along the same creek most of the sites I hunt are on.
i couldn’t stay long enough for it to sell so I left a little cash with a friend and got it.

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T.C. said:
We're pretty close on weather, I worked with a "kid" from Rapid City, about 40 years ago. The only thing different is we don't get freezing at 4+ feet...that's pretty deep! We may have different soil as well.
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No doubt Dakotas get some extra brutal cold.If a piece happened to be up against something solid when ground heaved it would surely break it.Beads,pipes, mortars anything that could be packed with wet dirt could suffer freeze breaks.Over here a little frost heaving on camps brings stuff up.
 

welsbury said:
No doubt Dakotas get some extra brutal cold.If a piece happened to be up against something solid when ground heaved it would surely break it.Beads,pipes, mortars anything that could be packed with wet dirt could suffer freeze breaks.Over here a little frost heaving on camps brings stuff up.
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"Over here a little frost heaving on camps brings stuff up."

I've heard the same thing...freezing and thawing pushes them up to the surface! Who knows:dontknow:
 

T.C. said:
"Over here a little frost heaving on camps brings stuff up."

I've heard the same thing...freezing and thawing pushes them up to the surface! Who knows:dontknow:
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It's common knowledge that the freeze action pushes rocks up year after year, Big and small.... You can see a decent sized rock pile quite often on the edge of many farmed fields up here. The typical natural shaped field stone can handle the push much better than examples such as we have seen imho.
 

quito said:
It's common knowledge that the freeze action pushes rocks up year after year, Big and small.... You can see a decent sized rock pile quite often on the edge of many farmed fields up here. The typical natural shaped field stone can handle the push much better than examples such as we have seen imho.
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On the one hand, this frost-heave theory holds some credence. On the other, stratigraphic layering is critical to age and cultural identification.

Houston, we have a problem. (here it comes)
 

MAMucker said:
On the one hand, this frost-heave theory holds some credence. On the other, stratigraphic layering is critical to age and cultural identification.

Houston, we have a problem. (here it comes)
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And throw in some burrowing creatures over time to mix things up.
 

Here’s a Cobbs and I think a Stanfield. The Cobbs is fron SE Nebraska and the smoker Stanfield is from SW IowaImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1558933944.538953.jpgImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1558934103.972716.jpg
 

There has to be more knives out there. Let's keep it going, guys. Here's my contribution for the day:

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Leavin' me speechless, guys. Great stuff, everybody!
 

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