Ohio Dovetails

[newnan man]

The smaller Dovetail was found in Coshocton County and is made of Flint Ridge. Found by the farm owners son
The larger one is 4 inches and was found by Martin Bauer on his farm in Scioto County. He had a large collection that was sold when he passed. I was able to purchase some items from his grandson. I'm not sure what the material is.
Both have damage and are good candidates for restoration but I probably won't.

 

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[Relicgrubber]

Nice!

 

[GirlWithWolf]

Nice ones.

 

[antmike915]

I wouldn't restore them either

 

[dirstscratcher]

I think the second one is Upper Mercer but a more in focus photo would be a big help. UM can range from white to black with grays, tans and blues mixed in.
P.S. I wouldn't have them restored either, though if you're adept at digital photo manipulation, you could restore the photo to have a view of what it looked like undamaged.

 

[newnan man]

I think the second one is Upper Mercer but a more in focus photo would be a big help. UM can range from white to black with grays, tans and blues mixed in.
P.S. I wouldn't have them restored either, though if you're adept at digital photo manipulation, you could restore the photo to have a view of what it looked like undamaged.

I not adept at anything digital. I can try and take a better picture of it later. Scioto County is on the Ohio River across from Kentucky and many artifacts made of Kentucky materials have been found there.

 

[CreekSide]

2 beauties
I’ve seen some restorations that you can’t tell where it was repaired. Idk how much it costs and wouldn’t do it unless it was a good find and valuable like yours

 

[choo]

I don’t get any of my artifacts restored I think it devalues your collection when you start restoring artifacts! I keep just the way I found them!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Beautiful points! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations!

 

[dirstscratcher]

I'm not familiar with Kentucky material, so your second could be something other than UM. This is my prize Stillwell (~6" unsharpened) I found way back in the 70's in Fairfield Co, Ohio. The colors in the photo aren't accurate but it's UM with gray, brown, and a few other shades thrown in. It was broken in half and you can see the horizontal glue line by a couple micro chips that are missing. Also missing is an inch or so of one bottom edge. I digitally borrowed a sliver of the undamaged edge and flipped it over the damaged edge to get an idea of what it looked like before the plow strike. The point was in a freshly plowed field and I found the tip sticking up on the surface. The break was fresh, so I dug down with my fingers and found the base in the bottom of the furrow. I was so excited that I didn't think to try finding the missing edge, but it was probably shattered anyway. This Stillwell is the longest by more than an inch ever recorded from Ohio. Fairfield Co would be in the eastern edge of the range for Stillwells.