Two groups of obsidian & Stockton Corner Notch type.

[Missouri Breaks]

-Scrapers,flakes,random stuff I put together but I like how the picture shows different types of obsidian.
-Points,drills/perforators,small blades, I like how this picture captures some of the smaller pieces altogether.
-The Stockton I found as a kid but didn’t realize it was translucent and banded until years later.
~All from the same site, Sonoma,CA.

 

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[MAMucker]

Pretty material!

 

[Older The Better]

I’d love to find some obsidian but it’s gonna be a long shot around here, does it hold an edge or are most dull by the time you pick them up?

 

[Missouri Breaks]

It’s the creek and river tumbled obsidian points that lose their edges and have that smoothed over look. Or you find blades and scrapers that are dulled down out of use. But if it was sharp when left for the last time in a meadow etc, that edge will hold up, apparently for centuries. It’s the basalt points that erode in situ. Chert holds up the same way obsidian does. Seems like some of the materials I see on here, like certain flints and others, get worn down by the elements over time. On the other hand I’ll see these in situ creek find threads where it’s a perfectly preserved piece. That one side of the Stockton was fractured out of use, that’s why it’s smooth like that.

 

[MAMucker]

Thanks for sharing these. I especially like your collection of perforators, etc. Can I ask for a photo of the same tray with a size reference (drop in a penny or something)?

 

[Missouri Breaks]

Here are some in other groupings I did. There’s a houx type and some I think are projectiles on that rock to the right with that one really nice drill. The tool/perforator in the center of the group of three was my sons find and one of my best of this type. The other two I’ve had for many years.

 

[Missouri Breaks]

This was the big tray that had everything I felt was for hand held puncturing/perforating but it’s also been reorganized because I started thinking some of them might be projectile points. I guess also, I like keeping the finer ones with my points/arrowheads anyway😄.

 

[MAMucker]

Very cool!