Took this pic awhile ago, so thought i'd share it. This is a pic of some of the recent birdies that I've found this year. This isn't all of the birdies from this year, but are the arrow points from two sites. To the left are Maud, Notched Maud and Washita focus points mainly. To the right are Sequoyah and mainly stemmed arrow points from a different site. The large item to the left is a bear tooth that I found a week or two ago. It's larger than a modern black bear and would have been well over 3 1/4" long (enamel end is missing). I found the jaw to the bear earlier this year and gave it away from there. The small item to the bottom left is a bone bead. When I found it, it was complete. I stuck it in my pocket, forgot about it, kept putting points in my pocket and accidentally broke it. Bummer! If I take a pic of the recent larger points later, I'll try to remember to post them also.
Awesome finds!!! Its took me five years to find that many nice points. My friend found a new site. Four wheelers were kicking up the dirt near a creek and he noticed chips. He started raking sods of moss and unearthed about 200 perfect points most just inside the moss and at least 300 to 400 broken ones. He said it was a chipping station were points were made and repaired. All the time he was working this site I was wishing for a invite...But he said the landowner who gave him permission didnt want alot of people there. He found more nice points at that site than I will find in my entire life time.
Some beautiful points you have there.....I don't normally call a 3" point a bird point though.....more like half inch ones....lol One year you say....you have some remarkable sites to search. Keep up the good work. I know you must enjoy finding stuff in that volume. Keep those photos coming, I want to see your larger points.
Atlantis, less than a year (9 months or so) and I found more than this. This isn't uncommon for here, at all. The typical arrow point here is 1" or less in length. The longest one you see in the top right corner is an oddity that apparently they used as a drill (has sequoyah base). Only very few arrow points can or will attain 2"+ lengths, Sequoyah is one of them, along with Agee, Homan, Hayes, etc.
I'll see if I can't toss together some of the recent find larger points later for a photo if I can get time. I have almost wore out a new camera this year getting in-situ shots of some of the finds, have taken over 800 in-situ photos this year..lol. Unfortunately, you can't get pics of them all though.
We find quite a few Homans here....a Hayes now and then......There are sites with Agee points, but they are pretty rare and even rarer to find one whole...so fragile they are. In my book there are few points...if any...to reach the beauty and required manufacturing skill of a good sized and formed Agee point...they are tops. I have a couple, but mine all have something broken off them...wing, base, tip....someting.
I love seeing in-situ shots....my problem is this...every time I take the camera, I don't find anything...its when I fail to take it I find something good, so I don't want to jinx myself by tagging along a camera.....make sense?? Anywho...I am enjoying looking at your stuff...If you don't mind me asking, where are you located.....many of those point types are Southern.
Northeast Oklahoma Atlantis. I agree with you on the Agee, one of the most beautiful point types. Unfortunately most of them out on the market are modern which makes it hard to acquire a real one. They are reproduced in high numbers. Many well known older collections were littered with them, etc. Every now and then they occur up here, but VERY rarely. The trade system of the caddo was incredible. Recently, I have been finding and trying to piece together a Caddoan Spiro Curvilinear bowl. It astounding, finding it up here, but with their trade system, not altogether unheard of. However, this is the furthest north that I know of this occuring. It's well north of the Harlan & Norman sites, where you could expect to find such items. The Spiro Curvilinear is one of the more rare Caddo vessels, so I'm very excited to try and find more of it. There also was a friendhsip bowl shard found in the immediate vicinity.
I'd love to see some of your Agees, Homan and Hayes, broken or not.
I posted a few in-situ shots on the board on my site, but not very many. I'll post a link to the site and you can view them on the board if you want. I really need to post more of the pictures, but simply am a bit lazy at times. LOL. Talk to ya later.
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