What is this little fella??

[NC field hunter]

It's been a good while since my last post. I guess I'll pile my summer finds up and make one big thread. I couldn't wait for this one, however. I'm not sure if this is a point, scraper, preform, or a super small guilford axe. I'll show pics. Before I say any thing else.































It is utilized around the entire point, but way to thick at the point to be a projectile. It has one face that is flatter than the other, a common characteristic on axe heads. Any thoughts on this piece are appreciated!

 

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[Tnmountains]

Might have been discarded during manufacture and never used. I sometimes find things where something was not working out and they just chunked them.

 

[GatorBoy]

Honestly it looks like just a super thick little bifurcated point.. Some might call a "duck stunner" in slang. A sort of blunt.
Or maybe never finished...but it looks done to me...it was probably resharpened down to that nub.

 

[NC field hunter]

Honestly it looks like just a super thick little bifurcated point.. Some might call a "duck stunner" in slang. A sort of blunt. Or maybe never finished...but it looks done to me...it was probably resharpened down to that nub.

Looks done to me also. Reminds me of this axe that my dad found.















Could it be a kids toy axe? Unlikely, huh? Lol! It's a neat little find!

 

[redbeardrelics]

I am thinking along the same lines as Tnmountains and GatorBoy on this one. I would guess it was intended to be a bifurcate era point that just didn't knap down to the usual thinness, at which time they either discarded it in favor of another attempt with a new piece of material, or used it as a hafted blunt / scraper. Looks like there are some stacks, hinges, and poorer material on one blade edge that discouraged further effort with it, and may be why the notches were not knapped deeper as seen on most bifurcates. If the blade edges or tip show use wear, that may indicate it was repurposed as a blunt or scraper, and if not, it may indicate it was rejected or discarded. It think it is too small to have been used as an axe or chopper. I think a large percentage of the artifacts I find here are discards and rejects, rather than used points or tools. There must have been a lot of trial, error and practice involved in learning to knap stone, and thus lots of trial, error and practice pieces left for us to find. JMO of course. HH

 

[rock]

I thought LeCroy when I first saw it. They might of changed it to a scraper instead of a point. I find all kinds of strange rocks with work done on them that don't look finished. Never know what some things were used for or just tossed. Interesting find

 

[SCrocks]

I go along with Gator. At one point a much larger bifurcated point that has been resharpened to a nub.

 

[DigIron2]

I like it,neat piece

 

[CoonHuntenTN]

Rock got it an old beat up Lecroy

 

[NC field hunter]

Rock got it an old beat up Lecroy

I see where you guys come up with Lecroy. I find Lecroy points in the field that this piece came from. Every last Lecroy that I've seen found in my area was almost paper thin and had more definition in bifurcation. I appreciate your voice, but it's hard for me to agree with lecroy. It's not really beat up either.

 

[Tnmountains]

pic #4 looks like some kinda weird cortex on the tip that was left there. Good news is they were thinking bifurcate on your site.

 

[NC field hunter]

pic #4 looks like some kinda weird cortex on the tip that was left there. Good news is they were thinking bifurcate on your site.

I find lots of bifurcated pieces in this field. Lots of big sandy, guilford, Savannah river, Stanley, morrow mt. And drills. It's a nice spot. This little piece is an odd one. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a toss out. It's utilized along the entire tip. One face has large reduction flakes and the other small detailed reduction. It may be an old school "rubber bullet" or "stunner". It could also be a bifurcate that was salvaged and used as a hafted scraper..... I think. I have never seen another piece like this one. Not that it's all that, it's just strange!

 

[rock]

Very possible on the end scraper. I find allot of hafted scrapers and all of them use to be bifurcated before. You can see where the little legs use to be on the hafting end. Like this Heart Breaker I found the other day.

 

[NC field hunter]

Very possible on the end scraper. I find allot of hafted scrapers and all of them use to be bifurcated before. You can see where the little legs use to be on the hafting end. Like this Heart Breaker I found the other day.

I do not doubt you for one minute Rock. That piece, with it's width and thinness, reminds me of paleo era. By "all were once bifurcated", you mean on certain sites, right? I have a Stanley rework found in the field with this piece. I need to add a pic of it here. It's a stemmed bifurcate. Thanks for the backing Rock! You have had a sweet summer. You have posted some nice stuff!

 

[rock]

I do not doubt you for one minute Rock. That piece, with it's width and thinness, reminds me of paleo era. By "all were once bifurcated", you mean on certain sites, right? I have a Stanley rework found in the field with this piece. I need to add a pic of it here. It's a stemmed bifurcate. Thanks for the backing Rock! You have had a sweet summer. You have posted some nice stuff!

Thanks I need to find some more, lol. Just been so darn hot this summer I hope the winter is mild. But if its to mild then the fields will grow back quick. Its hard to walk 20 fields all at the same time before the green grows over them.