opinions if these are tools or flakes.

[ncnurseryman]

Need some opinions guys. Do these look like tools or just flakes or maybe unfinished pieces? I don't know much about thumb scrapers but is the first two pics one, maybe?? Also, maybe the others are some kind of basic tool or not. What you think.

 

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[ncnurseryman]

Well, my pic aren't loading. Will try again.

 

[SCrocks]

My opinion is they are waste flakes. Always a chance they may have used them and never resharpened them. Check out someone knapping flint and see how much waste there is. Some camp sites you can fill up a bucket pretty quick with flakes. On the right spot though.

 

[ncnurseryman]

That's kind of what I was thinking too, sometimes I just can't tell. There was tons of this stuff everywhere. It's where I found the broken points I posted a couple days ago. Can't wait to get back there.

 

[quito]

The first pic looks like a common utilized flake to me.

 

[ncnurseryman]

So is that a general purpose tool of sort?

 

[painterx7]

I agree with Quito if they have one series of edge work then that is the theory in my eyes

 

[Tnmountains]

Problem I am seeing is the breaks look recent on the last one. They may have been formed in a creek. The chipped area's patina is much fresher then the patina of the actual piece. I have a creek that tumbles boulders and shatters things that look like that. Looks fresh if that makes sense?
But if water found it could look like it was made yesterday

 

[painterx7]

So is that a general purpose tool of sort?

They would knock a flake off touch it up do the job at hand and toss it kinda like disposable knives ... TN does have a point about the patina but I do know one thing your in the right spot for sure

 

[ncnurseryman]

Thanks guys. They were found in a tobacco field that just got turned so maybe it got hit by the disc.

 

[outlawatheart]

good answer

Problem I am seeing is the breaks look recent on the last one. They may have been formed in a creek. The chipped area's patina is much fresher then the patina of the actual piece. I have a creek that tumbles boulders and shatters things that look like that. Looks fresh if that makes sense?
But if water found it could look like it was made yesterday

 

[monsterrack]

They are a good find even if they are just tools for the moment or flakes

 

[NC field hunter]

I think those are all flakes or broken artifacts. I'm drawn like a magnet to these type of finds. I have been looking water and road beds lately. I looked one broken field but it was to fresh. Needs a little rain and going over again. In a few weeks hunting will be great!!