"The Dino Tooth" paleo knife

[lostlake88]

I found this unique relic about four years ago on a river bank. Of all the times I wish I had a my camera it would have been for this one. The story behind the rock goes like this: I was just crusin along the regular stretch of river bank I usually hunt when a perfectly circular bright red patch of dirt catches my eye. I walk over to this curiousity to investigate what I believed was a red balloon stuck in the mud of this almost vertical river bank, (the relic was recovered no less than 10 feet down in the silt). I find what was a bag of red ochre containing this knife directly in the center, the tip of the knife just visible. If you look closely you can still see red ochre on the surface of the knife. This is the nicest made relic I have ever found. Thanks for looking.

[uniface]

Holy Mackerel, Andy !!!!!!!!

Tennessee ?

And Paoli/Carter County Chert ?

[DemonCatSpaceStar]

Cool!

[RGINN]

Oh man, that's too cool and I wish you would have had your camera. What is the significance of the red ochre? Red ochre was almost at the level of sacred many years ago, due to its scarcity and difficulty to obtain in some areas. And it was a cool bright color. Excellent find.

[sidmind]

That is one fine "tooth"

lucky devil.

[SoIll]

Man that's just bad azz!

[Th3rty7]

Sweet knife, that is a killer artifact! I've got a somewhat similar paleo piece from Tn. that is very close in form, it has a spokeshave about halfway down one blade edge. It's not nearly as nicely worked as that piece though. Thanks for sharing that beauty.

[creek astronaut]

killer piece!thx for letting us see that great knife

[JUNKYARD DOG]

what a prize find....hard to top that one. JYD....

[Charmin]

That is an OUTSTANDING piece, lostlake! I have to keep coming back to this post just to drool. The flaking on it is phenomenal! Great pictures .
regards~~sandcreek

[Tnmountains]

I keep coming back and looking at that artifact, its beautiful. You are right about dino I have a sharks tooth same color man thats beautiful. keep that at the top of the page so we can keep looking at it,,lol thanks

[Muddy Feet]

Sweet find.

[pickaway]

Great find.Congrats.

[Airborne80]

speechless!!!

[Molly.]

Now, that's a beauty. I would be proud to own that blade.
I have something simlar (material) it sure shows the flaking nicely.
Excellent photography too.

Molly.

[lostlake88]

Holy Mackerel, Andy !!!!!!!!

Tennessee ?

And Paoli/Carter County Chert ?

Hello,

It is Paoli (Carter Cave). Thanks.

[lostlake88]

Oh man, that's too cool and I wish you would have had your camera. What is the significance of the red ochre? Red ochre was almost at the level of sacred many years ago, due to its scarcity and difficulty to obtain in some areas. And it was a cool bright color. Excellent find.

Hello,

As you mentioned, red ochre has always been associated ceremonially with man, even the neanderthal. I can only speculate, but like I said I think this relic was placed in a animal skin bag filled with red ochre. I will never know for sure. Thanks.

[buckshot]

Awesome blade!!! I concur that in the context it was found, the knife very well may have been ceremonial. Neat find. Thanks for sharing...

[naturegirl]

it's nice! I'm curious about the red ochre, that makes it an extra nice find, did you bag up the ochre? Was it in a powdery form, or solid? Thanks for the pic,

ng