Two of my favorite finds - a blast from the past

[smokeythecat]

Here are two of my favorite points, that I got when I was a teenager. Several centuries ago. The first is made out of Flint Ridge, Ohio flint. It was found 400 miles east of Flint Ridge. Does anyone know what point type it is, or is it a cache blade? My archaeologist friend who was with me at the time had a cow! Almost literally! The same day I found a worn out quartz Clovis about 100' away and a HUGE three quarter groove ax. There had been a flood! Oh, those were the days. The color resolution is "off". It shows too much brown, in reality its main color is a light grey-blue. That is typical of Flint Ridge. It is pretty thin in cross section. My archaeologist friend, now long gone, gave me a name. I'll get your opinions and then tell all. Of course I was itsy bitsy back then and not sure I remembered right, but boy, I still have a mental image of that puppy coming out of the ground!



The second is another dovetail. This one is made of (I think) the Coshockton Flint. It was found about 150 miles east of the occurrence of the Conshockton flint in Ohio.

The first one is about 4" long, the dark one about 2.5" long. Let me know if you have any ideas on the first one.

 

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[Tony in SC]

They would have been some of my favorites too!

 

[smokeythecat]

I have had them almost 50 years now. I'll try to get a better daylight picture tomorrow. I always get confused between this point and an almost identical one I have - that one is around here somewhere, but it came from Ohio.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Here in IL that first one would be called a Stanfield. Some think it is the preform for dovetails. Gary

 

[newnan man]

Nice to reminisce & enjoy finding them all over again. I don't think the blade is a preform but I'm not sure. Both are very nice.

 

[smokeythecat]

Ok, now with a couple replies my archaeologist friend thought it was an Adena preform. It is very thin in cross section, so I don't think that's it. That's why I posted this.

 

[smokeythecat]

Here is an outdoor picture.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I'd call it a Stanfield as well. A very nice one too!

 

[Relicgrubber]

Nice! I really like that Blade! Thanks for sharing...

 

[erfranks]

Very Nice,

 

[smokeythecat]

Thanks all. I will have to look up the Stansfield point. Been gone all day.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great looking points Smokey.

 

[smokeythecat]

I looked up the Stanfield point and had a cow. The Stanfields are transitional Paleo. Now that's old! Their range is west and primarily south of here, however, that said, it was found 400 miles from the source of the flint anyway, and we know the Paleo peoples traveled. There were some other points that looked similar. The Adena blade can be ruled out, not even a close match.

 

[Buckleberry]

Nice finds, in Ohio I'd call that blade a Cobbs.

 

[smokeythecat]

I'll look up Cobbs too. Thanks. It is definitely Flint Ridge, Ohio Flint. The Cobbs is different (I looked before I forgot to look), and the Cobbs are a lot cruder and have a beveling this one does not.