two broken gorgets

[tnmudman]

i found these yesterday evening after work its the first peice of gorgets ive ever found .I was stoked to find them even being broken.I also found an oblong peice which appears to be polished somewhat not sure what it is maybe just a rock but i believe it was used in some way.I found all of these in about 2 hours in a field which hasnt been worked in about 2 years but it has had a whole bunch of rain on it in that time lots of grass and weeds but also some patches of bare ground

 

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[arrow86]

Really nice finds .... Crazy you never found one than 2 in one day. That red and tan point is killer. What do you think the big brown one was looks like it's broke on the one side .... Could it have been a small axe that broke in half?

 

[tnmudman]

yeah it was one of the best hunts have had i think its just a crude knife of some sort the one you asked about

 

[sandchip]

Nice finds, Mud! Shame on the gorgets, but that's been the story of my life on those things.

 

[crj1968]

Wow you are in a nice spot there- cool finds ! What is the thing with the notch? Or is that a broken in half hole?


Must of been a long time camp with all those materials in the same place

 

[tnmudman]

there is a slate pendant broken in half with half the hole showing yeah this lpace was inhabited for a long time much of the stuff you find is made out of material which they got from a creek adjacent yo the site

 

[crj1968]

I see- very cool to find a pendant. Would be awesome to find one you could wear.

 

[monsterrack]

Nice finds and has to be a good spot. The item that you wondered about could have been used for something but I know it was near a fire at one time due to the red color on the end.

 

[rock]

Pic 3 to me would make sense as a boiling stone for heating a pot of water or stew. The other is a broken Gorget as you can tell by the tally marks. Great hunt

 

[tnmudman]

thanks for the comments.The red color really stood out to me.I was wondering what the cause of that was i just atributed it to use of some kind .Where it was found means a lot.

 

[jamey]

thats a really good hunt,

 

[BearCreek]

You had a great day! Congratulations on your awesome finds! I'm fairly new to this and have two questions. What is a gorget and what do the tally marks mean or represent? On the point with the red tip - what is the type of flaking on it? It appears to go all the way across the stone. Very pretty point!

 

[sandchip]

If you have time, a picture of the other side of the yellow/red point would be nice.

 

[sandchip]

If you have time, could you post a picture of the other side of the yellow/red point?

 

[dts52]

Beautiful finds, congratulations!
HH
dts

 

[tnmudman]

bear creek a gorget is an ornament im not sure that is the correct term to describe the pieces i found they may be called pendants im not sure as for the rally marks i dont know other than they are commonly found in these type artifacts here is the other side sandchip

 

[tnmudman]

this point has large flakes taken off it i guess that was just the makers style may have been hard material to work with

 

[rock]

To me the point looks to of had a large stack the maker was trying to get rid of and was working around it. Must of liked the material cause he or she could of gotten a new rock if they wanted to. Probably just decided to make a knife out of it instead of a projectile point. It tells a interesting story.

 

[tnmudman]

yeah rock i think that is right on i guess it still served its purpose .

 

[fishstick]

Nice finds mud!! Question, on the slate piece are you sure that's a second drill hole? The tally marks would be on the outer edge so why would there be a hole on the edge. Could've been a repair job, hard to say. What is the material of the other drilled piece, how thick is it?