Hello new here first nice find

[kraftdda]

My 10 yo son and I have only gone hunting 2 times. This was about 20 minutes into our second trip. Looks nice to me but we really dont know much about them yet. I have a lot of other pieces I would like to post for some input if you all dont care. This was found by a lake in north central Iowa. Most everything else we have found is either nothing or broken. I may try to post some pics of that stuff later. Thanks any input on this point would be appreciated.

[Hill Billy]

Looks like a Hemphill or an Oseola not sure about artifacts from your area.Miidle to late archaic 7000-5000BP.Does the base of the point have any grinding? Aground base is found on the Osceola.Nice find by the way....

[newnan man]

I agree with the Hemphill. Really nice one too! Thanks

[River Rat]

Welcome to T-Net! Your 1st find is a beauty. Looking forward to seeing more of your finds.

RR

[Johnny X]

Beautiful find! I'm going to put my vote down for hemphill as well.

I would love to see your other finds..

xstevenx

[undertaker]

Top notch point , worthy to be in the finest collections...great start for only your second time out. Keep them coming.

[Abbey]

VERY nice find! I love the 'stripe' marks/bands-- it's just beautiful! Good work. Just a thought- because everyone else does this... Put a ruler or something-or-other in the picture so we can see the relative size of your point. Happy Hunting!!!

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Congratulations she's a beauty! We'd love to see the rest.

[tomsneck]

I agree with all said above. Welcome, and would love to see anything you have. Nice point!!!

colin

[badandy]

I see an archaic flute on that piece and it's a real nice point. It could be either point type, so I will just call it an archaic side notch point. Either way you go like I said it's still a nice point!
badandy

[newnan man]

Talking about the flute on that point, I saw an interesting picture once. It was a Clovis point recovered by a later culture and then side notched for hafting. I had it saved but somehow it is no longer in my computer.

[badandy]

I have seen afew of those points, rare, but they are out there. One of my buddies found one in S.IL and boy is it a neat point. I'll try and get a pic. of it for you all.
badandy