I'm only guessing in scale, pretty small? You refer to it as 'bird point'. The serrated edges suggest small game, even fish. You said, "Thought I knew what is was not sure now." What do you think?
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I'd say either a hamilton or fort ancient triangle. The term 'Bird point ' is collectors slang, a falsity. That's a true arrowhead point, maybe even a warpoint. Square notched triangles are rare, that's a heck of a find.
I'm only guessing in scale, pretty small? You refer to it as 'bird point'. The serrated edges suggest small game, even fish. You said, "Thought I knew what is was not sure now." What do you think?
I had thought hamilton at first but the serrated edge kinda threw me off. It was found at a site where hamiltons come from.
Originally Posted by thirty7
I'd say either a hamilton or fort ancient triangle. The term 'Bird point ' is collectors slang, a falsity. That's a true arrowhead point, maybe even a warpoint. Square notched triangles are rare, that's a heck of a find.
Thanks thirty7
Square notched triangles are what this area produces. Some square or a little concave. You are right on them being war or fighting points. They are sharp as glass. I think it may be a fort ancient also. It does not seem to fit with my hamiltons. I had not considered fort ancient till I read some post on here and looked up the style and remembered this one. I know we call them bird points but the phrase is kinda hard to break. Thank you for your help.
Originally Posted by jamey
Haaaa No Jamey have not been to your neck of the woods but seeing your finds I am tempted to make a journey back to my childhood fishing hole for a looksy. Hunted Saturday and someone had beat me to the fields .Found some killer broke blades is all. Mostly woodland sites.
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that is a killer point tn mountain,been around middle tenn? jamey
yeah, I kind of misworded that last post, I meant to say the squared serrations on fort ancient triangles, not the base. These squarely serrated ft. ancient triangles are very rare according to Overstreet.
yeah, I kind of misworded that last post, I meant to say the squared serrations on fort ancient triangles, not the base. These squarely serrated ft. ancient triangles are very rare according to Overstreet.
I have to tell you. I am glad I found this site. I have dug out frames I have not seen in awhile after reading some of these post. Was responding to Jamey on here to see if a broke point had been turned into a scrapper and he said no. i was looking at some stone tools I have and for the first time noticed now get this a broke arrow head turned into scrapper with a flute on one side.Lol I never noticed it before and am sure I have never ever seen anything like it. It has a stemmed base so it does not make sense !!!
I would love the one in the pic to be a fort ancient serrated. They are in this area according to overstreet.
Thank you for your help.
TnMountains
That stemmed, fluted , scraper piece your describing sounds to me like a fluted paleo piece reworked by a later culture. One of my hunting buddies found an adena with a 3.5 inch flute on one side, it was most likely a clovis picked up and reworked by adena culture. It's an absolutely stunning point with paleo and woodland flaking.
Tnmountains, if I found that point in my area I would definitely classify it as a Ft Ancient Serrated Triangle. Ours are all dated from 950 to 1650 AD on our Ft Ancient sites and I would guess yours is from the same era. Nice point. Thanks for the pictures.
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Thank you R-t-fact hunter and RobKruzan. I have enjoyed seeing your finds as well. Thank you Dorkfish. Your link that I read on your post made me go back and pull it out and look at it again. I seem to want to identify it or put it with ones like the ones listed posted below. This site is a great learning experience. I appreciate everyones time and experience.
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