NW Wisconsin point find

ducktrapper

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Found this in my cornfield in extreme NW Wisconsin while looking for coyote sign. I know next to nothing about these, so looking for clues as to what it was (too large to be an arrow-head?), what group might have produced it and how old it might be. It was my first find, I flicked at the odd-looking stone and when it was exposed, my knees just about buckled. I felt I was likely holding something that had last been touched by a native that trod this land generations (maybe longer?) ago.
 

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Sidevalve45

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Hello,
Looks like a Stueben expanded stem point made out of some kind of chert. Maybe Chocrane chert. 1500 to 1700 years old and usually not found that far north. I got this information from a book called " A projectile point guide for the upper mississippi river valley" by Robert F. Boszhardt. Just my opionion though. By the way I'm from Black River Falls.

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ducktrapper

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Thanks Sidevalve, I would have no clue where to begin. As someone just getting started without a mentor, this can be a confusing topic. And that figures, with stone tools being produced by most every group that lived all over the earth for way longer than "civilization" has been around, there is alot to learn.

This point was found in Grantsburg, WI.
 

Airborne80

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Man.... that is a great find no matter what it is!! :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft: Thanks for sharing and good luck in the never ending hunt :wink:
 

uniface

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It certainly does something to you when you find a nice one like that.

Time stands still and you're in some other place for a moment :laughing7:
 

Newt

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ducktrapper said:
Found this in my cornfield in extreme NW Wisconsin while looking for coyote sign. I know next to nothing about these, so looking for clues as to what it was (too large to be an arrow-head?), what group might have produced it and how old it might be. It was my first find, I flicked at the odd-looking stone and when it was exposed, my knees just about buckled. I felt I was likely holding something that had last been touched by a native that trod this land generations (maybe longer?) ago.

So long there was lost lineage.
Newt
 

Tnmountains

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Great history there. Neat feeling to be the first person in thousands of years to pick up and appreciate the craft of long ago. Thanks for sharing.Hope you find buckets full.
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Road Dog

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Nice point. I like Wisconsin stuff since my family is from there. The Indian (Sauk) side of the family has ben traced back 400 years.
 

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