Found a point cache today!! Help with I.D. Please...

Jon Phillips

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Hello everyone...I have never had a cause to post in this forum before, as I had never found a complete point, but today was just unbelievable. I'm still in shock!

Here is the link to the whole story:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...eal-day-relics-13-projectile-point-cache.html


What I would like to know is....Are these Hillsborough Points?

I found 10 nice ones, and 3 broken tips in a hole while digging a piece of buckshot.


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That's a quarter in those shots, if you can't tell....

Thanks alot for any help anyone can give me on these........


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ChargerGuy

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Impressive finds! You'll have to get a nice frame made for those beauties.
 

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What a fantastic find. A cache. What is the ago on these and were they often done in caches like adena? I would post some really cleaned up pictures of all of them together. Love to see them.
Congratulations on a great hunt and discovery.
 

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What a fantastic find. A cache. What is the ago on these and were they often done in caches like adena? I would post some really cleaned up pictures of all of them together. Love to see them.
Congratulations on a great hunt and discovery.

Middle archaic
 

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Man you done good. Only once in my life I found two points together. Awesome finds and lottery winning kind of luck.
 

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Man you done good. Only once in my life I found two points together. Awesome finds and lottery winning kind of luck.

Not going to hijack but my massive cache was 3 items together made by the same guy. You finds are stellar sir.
 

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dlos

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Wow!! I'm gearing up to go out today but now thinking I should just stay home since I won't have a day like that! It would be awesome to find just one of those alone, it's incredible to find them all together! Good job!
 

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Jon Phillips

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Thanks so much everyone!

I plan on cleaning them up today, and posting some updated pics....plus loading some to Photobucket for large images if they don't show up big from the Tnet upload.
 

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gotta keep coming back for another view

sure hope we see them on the banner
lotta nice coins up there but no blades or points
a once in a lifetime find
must have took the maker all day to make those, or longer?
 

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Yikes!!!! Such big points and lots of them!
 

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Honest! I came to tnet this morning with the intention of posting a comment about how long it has been since a truly ancient artifact has been on the banner, and how even though MY hunting chances are slim till we get rain, I was hoping someone else could make a banner find! again, Congratulations Jon! what a way to end the year!:hello2:
 

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OUTSTANDING. You can really see the close relationship to the Newnan point type with that many examples in one photo.
 

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