SHOW US YOUR SCRAPERS!!!

SouthTexasFinds · Jan 15, 2014

Pull some out!!

pickaway · Jan 29, 2014

Some I've found in Ohio.

Harry Pristis · Jan 29, 2014

Here is a fairly common tool type in Florida, the Hendrix scraper. According to Purdy, an examination of 33 of these tools showed that all had been used for scraping, but 5 of them had also been used for piercing and cutting. While these tools resemble some side scrapers found elsewhere, the Florida examples were used on all edges.

BJH62 · Jan 29, 2014

I found this one in Minnesota . I thought it was kind of a neat material .

GatorBoy · Jan 29, 2014

Those are great examples Harry.
Like that one too BJ

rock · Jan 29, 2014

Got some more scrapers. Some crude ones and some I believe were scrapers on 1 end and tool on the other. Hope you like.

GatorBoy · Jan 29, 2014

Found this at a site that has turned up some very oooold artifacts.
The material itself is quite orange only a little bit is visible through the patina.

The Grim Reaper · Jan 29, 2014

I had a lot of really good photos of my Scrapers and Flake Tools but lost them all when my flash drive became corrupted. This is all the pictures I have now of my personally found Scrapers.

The Grim Reaper · Jan 29, 2014

These Tools and Scrapers are all from Nebraska.

SouthTexasFinds · Jan 29, 2014

Awesome collection grim! Do you think the hafted scrappers were particular to a certain area or time period? I have found a bunch of scrappers but never any hafted with the wings.

The Grim Reaper · Jan 29, 2014

The are all from North Dakota and are some of the finest Scrapers I have ever seen. Very nice materials too. Agate, Knife River Chert, TRSS, etc.

The Grim Reaper · Jan 29, 2014

These are the last two Scraper pics I can find. This a really nice one made from Alibates and from Kansas.

quito · Jan 29, 2014

The Grim Reaper said:
The are all from North Dakota and are some of the finest Scrapers I have ever seen. Very nice materials too. Agate, Knife River Chert, TRSS, etc.

Yes sir, those guys made some mighty fine scrapers from some great materials, and your collection shows that Grim. I just wanna say that even the scrapers from the so-so materials out here show the same fine workmanship. There are some amazing examples of such a basic simple tool out there, they are very worthy of collecting.

NC field hunter · Jan 29, 2014

Sorry if I posted some multiple times! I lost count. I pulled my best out. I have soooo many scrapers of all sorts. Painter, you said you rarely find them. If you would like a few nice ones for study, let me know. Larson sent me some beauties that I didn't post here. Ps. The N. Dakota scrapers aren't in the offering. NC and VA. Scrapers, I need to find happy homes for some of mine!