Rare find for my location

[Atlantis0077]

Morning,

Finally braved the wet and cold weather and did a little digging. I found what appears to be a crystal arrowhead. Crystal or "clear rock" as most people here would call it is rather rare for this neck of the woods.

Upon close inspection, there are three lines running parallel to one another on this piece...these have some dirt and inclusions in them. There is a chance that this is a piece of really clear agatized palmwood and those lines are 'grain' in the wood. I will put a magnifying glass to it and see what I can figure out later. Anyhow it was a really nice find and a first for me. I have 'clear' points that are colored...red, topaz, and pink...mostly of agatized petrified wood, but no clear ones.

I also found about 90% of a pot about a foot away from the point. The odd thing about that is this is a mostly paleo site....very little pottery ever found there. Seems another component to this site has appeared...

Happy Hunting,

Atlantis

 

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[treasurejack]

Thanks Tony. I think I'll post that one on my website!

 

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[TreasureTales]

Bummer, Tony, I thought those points were yours.

 

[Angelo]

Bummer, Tony, I thought those points were yours.

Are you kidding? I can go to a rifle range and not find a bullet or casing. Much less an arrowhead in the whole state of Idaho.

But, thanks for the thought.

Tony.

ATLANTIS:

Here's a site on your neck of the woods.

http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplelouisiana1.html

 

[treasurejack]

Angelo,
Do you happen to know of a similar site in Indiana or the Midwest?

 

[Angelo]

Here's one for starters

http://www.native-languages.org/indiana.htm

Or do a Google search: american indians indiana

Tony

 

[Adena_man]

That is awesome! You must have very good eyes.

 

[atifact]

The point you have is an archaic point,looks to be heat treated agate.I believe this because I was a collector for 40 yrs (indiana)and flint knapper for 30.But I could be wrong just by looking at picture.Very nice find!

 

[lincha]

Could be made out of mica, looks like settlers in the old days also used this material to make window panes.

 

[Gecko]

Aloha Atlantis,

GREAT FIND!!!!

What state did you find it in? This point really looks like it is made from a piece of Montana Moss Agate. I have found a couple of points similar to this while rockhounding, both points were only partial but one of them had dark lines through it similar to yours. the other partial point had a "moss blossom' in it. My hubby is a flint knapper and has made many points out of heat-treated Montana Moss and it has that same translucency. what a beautiful point. good luck with the pot,bye the way

 

[Atlantis0077]

Hey Gecko,

The point was found in NW Louisiana.....a little away from Montana. I have about decided through inspection and some many expert opinions on here that its indeed agatized petrified palm wood. Some of that stuff is nearly clear while some has a hue of yellow, pink or red. Its a rare material...the palm wood is not so rare, but the clear agatized kind is. Here is a couple of photos of palm wood....I have posted these before, but just wanted to show what palm wood normally looks like.

The first photo is a pretty little beveled pt. Classic golden palm wood. The second photo shows some assorted points the the top two on the left are palm wood....a second shot of the beveled and one with more pink on it. Palm wood points can be chipped across the grain giving a dalmation or polka dot appearance or with the grain giving the long string appearing point like the first one. I have a dozen or so palm points, and need to make some better photos of them. Have one white spear point made from palm wood...you find more of them to my south.

Atlantis

 

[bean man]

That golden palmwood point is bada$$!

 

[Adena_man]

That is absolutely awesome! A point made of material that clear is very rare! I like how it has that ore vein running through it. Almost like detail striping!

Very nice find Atlantis!

 

[saftgeek]

That is really cool and brings back some memories. When I was a teenager I was into flint-knapping for awhile. I could make some points out of glass, but only the bottoms of a Mason jar. The newer glass was too brittle and it would break. The only way to notch it was if it was a really shallow, dull notch. I could never get both sides to take a deep notch, the point would always break.

Anyway, I thought I'd post some of the points I have left. I gave most of them away to family and friends... I even bought a good grade in Mo History with one to a very appreciative teacher.

I'm not saying that your find is glass, I'm just saying thanks for posting... it brought back some very cool memories...

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Atlantis:

you may be interested in this post I saw on another forum...


http://www.findmall.com/read.php?30,503157,503157#msg-503157

 

[Southern Points]

Atlantis, Your collection, what I've seen so far is Sweeeeeeet. Keep'um comin...."D"

 

[Urban Grund]

Awesome!

 

[steve71]

petrified wood sweeeeettttttttt

 

[Airborne80]

That is beyond words!!! The find of a lifetime Speaking of glass.... at the spot where I find 99% of my points, I keep finding glass that is absolutely shaped like arrowheads. I am new at this and always leave them there, thinking... how could they be arrowheads. Now I am wondering.... did the late period Indians find and use glass to make points? If so, I have to get back and pick these things up!

 

[easom]

Re: Fellow Idahoan and Pointseeker

Hey there, I am also from Idaho and do a lot of hunting near Boise and surrounding area. If you ever want to go out hunting together let me know. Great point by the way. Without disclosing to much what part of ID was it from? CODY

 

[Jonnyreb]

Love that point!! Congrats too on your pot!! Its my experience that most sites in E.Texas, SW Arkansas, E. Oklahoma, and N. Louisiana are gonna be "multi component" sites. Looks to me to be a San Patrice variant? I've only found a couple of crystal points, but none as nice as that!! I do think that is quartz crystal traded in from the Ouachita Mts of Arkansas!
Congrats again.