Two Beads And A Point

[Th3rty7]

I got out this afternoon for a short hunt. I had a small window between storms to look, about 15 - 20 minutes. I found five shell beads, three were broken partials and a broken triangle and a needle tipped Jacks Reef or Pentagonal. HH

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[flintdigger]

That needle tip point is great. Those beads are very interesting. Congratulatuations on a short but sucessfull hunt.

 

[in.rockhntr]

Dang. What would you have found if you'd had an hour! Nice finds.

 

[ohio]

Man you've been doing really well lately to say the least. Id say yer right on the money with Jacks pentagonal.

Take it easy man,
Chuck

 

[Th3rty7]

Thanks fellas , appreciate the comments.

 

[tmodel]

that pretty point looks like it was turned in to a prettyer drill for those shell beeds would you drop one of the beeds over the point and look where it stops for use ware as a drill.. please! Terry

 

[1320]

Very nice...times three! Any lightening close by on this hunt?!

 

[marinedad]

nice point, beads look like a lifesaver mint.

 

[Felinepeachy]

WTG!! It seems like you never go home empty handed. Nice point!

About the shell beads, how can you tell it's a shell bead as opposed to just a segment of a crinoid, which I find everywhere here in Kentucky.

 

[Th3rty7]

WTG!! It seems like you never go home empty handed. Nice point!

About the shell beads, how can you tell it's a shell bead as opposed to just a segment of a crinoid, which I find everywhere here in Kentucky.

Color and texture basically. Most shell beads are a bright bleached white. Shell beads have manufactured and usewear characteristics. Polish and tiny scratches or grinding lines from being ground or shaped into bead form. The drilled area usually has alot of usewear polish.

Shell beads on the left, crinoid segment on the right.

 

[choo]

Nice finds those beads are Killller!

 

[Felinepeachy]

Thanks 37

 

[Th3rty7]

that pretty point looks like it was turned in to a prettyer drill for those shell beeds would you drop one of the beeds over the point and look where it stops for use ware as a drill.. please! Terry

Thanks Terry, I see what you're saying but imo these Jacks Reef types were made very thin and with needle tips to penetrate game, they are some of the very first arrowpoint types used with the bow. Here are two more with similar distal ends.

 

[creek astronaut]

nice stuff dude,thought i would comment on the other post you have up while im here,you hauled it in dude.great pics!!!!