One from last spring would appreciate some input.

[Nwohseeker]

Picked this one up last spring has a horseshoe base and looks like a flute on the one side for sure but it's not parallel flaked. No one I've shown it to gets very excited when I've shown to anyone but I've kinda noticed people around here only get excited about their finds not anyone else's. Thanks for any thoughts or opinions.

 

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[GatorBoy]

I think you have a hand tool there something along the lines of a double spurred graver

 

[arrow86]

Definitely some nice flaking on it. Looks like the ear is broke on the one side . Could have been a small knife or scraper . Still looks pretty sharp

 

[Nwohseeker]

Thank you both for the reply. Yes sadly one ear is broken off and it it still very sharp.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[rock]

Well with that flat spot on the side if you were to hold it so the flat spot faces up it could be a base of a large drill. But I have read some books that they believe when tools or points broke they would then use the ends for other tools like scrapers and gravers. I know they did on points that lost the tips. Nice find

 

[Nwohseeker]

I think the orientation of the pics may be a little misleading. I'll try another pic to see if it looks better. The broken ear side looks resharpened to me by the hook in the "blade" and the other side and in the horseshoe appear lightly ground. I never thought to look at it as a drill base if you turn it that way I could see it as a "t" base drill but the rest is so sharp as compared to other t drills I have seen in others collections. Just another rock I've picked up that I tell people " I don't know what it is but it's something, and I wasn't gonna leave it lay". We have had about 4 inches of rain this weekend so I have about a week left to hunt before the corn gets too tall to walk.

 

[rock]

Probably a multi purpose tool then. Scraper with a spokeshave. I like tools and its a good looking piece. You will have to find a creek to jump in after the corn gets tall.

 

[Nwohseeker]

How does one hunt a creek? We have plenty of them around here as there's a pretty old river that runs through the town I live in. There was a reservation here till the late 1800's so we have lots of artifact rich areas from all time periods. The river also floods quite regularly which washes out new soil all the time in certain spots along the river. So creeks would be a productive effort around here I would think. There are probably three or four major river/ creek confluences in my county. So there are many smaller creeks/ tributaries. Does one need permission to hunt a waterway or creek like I would for a farm field?

 

[rock]

Is any of the farm fields have a creek on the owners property? The creeks I hunt on are part of the owners land. Also here the creeks are 4 inches to 4 ft deep. You can look up the rules on your states DNR web site to see the rules. Im sure each state is different. Here it is legal if its on private property. You would have to look to see if there is any gravel bars on them and if the water is clear. Here is a example of what you are looking for in a good creek.

 

[rock]

Looks like a river doesn't it? They are called creeks here. If you find one like this look at the bends where the water runs over the gravel. The artifacts will get stuck in the rocks while they tumble over them.

 

[Nwohseeker]

Ya the "creeks" around here I can touch both banks with outstretched arms in most of them. But the river that I hunt the fields around has some areas that look like your pics gravel bars and sand bars. I do know in ohio with the mound building cultures that were here its illegal to artifact hunt on state property so I'll have to study my plat book to find some areas that are private property. One of my current spots does have a creek through it about a mile from the confluence of our main river and right at the confluence there have been amazing things found but the farmers on both sides don't allow people on it. So my spot should hold some treasures in the creek. Thank you for the info, now I need to start doing some homework to find a few spots to poke around in.

 

[rock]

Ya the "creeks" around here I can touch both banks with outstretched arms in most of them. But the river that I hunt the fields around has some areas that look like your pics gravel bars and sand bars. I do know in ohio with the mound building cultures that were here its illegal to artifact hunt on state property so I'll have to study my plat book to find some areas that are private property. One of my current spots does have a creek through it about a mile from the confluence of our main river and right at the confluence there have been amazing things found but the farmers on both sides don't allow people on it. So my spot should hold some treasures in the creek. Thank you for the info, now I need to start doing some homework to find a few spots to poke around in.

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