flintdigger
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- Jul 15, 2010
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Does Anyone Collect Any Other Type Of Artifact's Beside's Point's
I was wondering if any of you on the forum have any sub-collection's of artifacts beside's point's. I have collected points for yrs. But I also collect stone tool's and have a seperate collection of scraper's and other stone blade's. I remember one spot where I used to hunt there were other people that hunted there all the time, sort of a public hunting area that a good many knew about. and you could find all the tools you wanted but couldn't find any points. I ran into a fellow that I knew there, and we started talking and he told me that he hunted there with several friends and they just hunted points and were not interested in tools, so when they found any they just left them laying there. That was why I found so many tool's, and scrapers at this one spot. So that was why I started an seperate collection for scrapers and tool's.
I was wondering if any of you on the forum have any sub-collection's of artifacts beside's point's. I have collected points for yrs. But I also collect stone tool's and have a seperate collection of scraper's and other stone blade's. I remember one spot where I used to hunt there were other people that hunted there all the time, sort of a public hunting area that a good many knew about. and you could find all the tools you wanted but couldn't find any points. I ran into a fellow that I knew there, and we started talking and he told me that he hunted there with several friends and they just hunted points and were not interested in tools, so when they found any they just left them laying there. That was why I found so many tool's, and scrapers at this one spot. So that was why I started an seperate collection for scrapers and tool's.
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Some tools I found when I first started collecting I don't learn the true use or I.D. until years later. I have a friend I hunt with often that had been throwing back tools for years too. (before we hunted together) He took a hand held Metate (he was gonna throw back) to the Temple Show with me a couple of months back... He traded his metate for a nice spear point. He's still a point / blade man, but he don't throw tools back no more 
I put Bad a__ drills and nice blades with my whole points in the same frame, whole neat tools go in the tool box and manos and smashin rocks busted worked flint go in the midden pile in my garden. Nothing get's left behind. ( Despite what the warden say's ) You never can have too many early American artifacts. 
