My wife's collection!

[diggingthe1]

We would take long walks with our dogs. She was lucky to find these and was overextatic when she did. We have found a few over the last 17 years but these are all from earlier in Southern Colorado when we lived there. All inputs welcome, I love learning about them. The bead/ scraper is worn on one side from scraping. One piece of pottery and a piece of metate. Thanks for looking. I sure miss hunting. No time anymore it seems. I sure love the stuff you all post! The crystal pocket one was sure a heartbreaker!!

 

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[willjo]

Nice points nice material

 

[RGINN]

Cool. Some of that Trout Creek Pass jasper in there.

 

[diggingthe1]

Thanks, is the stuff from trout creek the white or the red? I've been over that pass so many times and always wondered where the location was. You can find a lot of white agate in South Park so I assume it us the white material.

 

[arrow86]

Nice finds thanks for posting , that piece with the small hole in it is really cool does it looked drilled?

 

[diggingthe1]

Nice finds thanks for posting , that piece with the small hole in it is really cool does it looked drilled?

I can't tell. It is concave or bowl shaped on each side. I would have no clue how they would do it. There is an obsidian site near where the obsidian has white dots. Maybe they used that material but it is a lot more spotted.

 

[NCPeaches]

Amazing finds, she did good and I bet ya'll do miss hunting for them.

 

[sandchip]

Very nice finds and beautiful material. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[arrow86]

I meant this piece ....

But that ones cool too

 

[diggingthe1]

I meant this piece ....
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But that ones cool too

Thanks Arrow, sorry for the confusion. I was just posting a picture of the obsidian I have found with the white dots. Maybe the bead had a dot or defect that they were able to drill. The bead shows concave marks on each side. It is an interesting piece for sure.

 

[diggingthe1]

Amazing finds, she did good and I bet ya'll do miss hunting for them.

Thanks NCpeaches, it is more fun to hunt with someone. We do miss the peacefulness!!!

 

[diggingthe1]

Very nice finds and beautiful material. Thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks Sandchip, I'll share more if I ever find the key to my case. It is driving me crazy, I am about to drill it out

 

[rock]

Nice pieces you 2 have found. I have to go by myself most of the owners only want me on their properties and Im not allowed to tell others where I find them at. They are afraid other people will come without permission and thats very likely I have found in my area most of the people lose permission due to others leaving trash. Its a shame cause I would like to have company sometimes.

 

[diggingthe1]

I recently talked to some friends who are now ranch managers. They know all the big ranchers down there, and have access to some incredible places. I am so jealous and have been trying to find time to go hunt with them. I will try to get some pictures of their collections when I get down there. Trash and trespassers is a hard problem to deal with I am sure for big ranches.

 

[RGINN]

Thanks, is the stuff from trout creek the white or the red? I've been over that pass so many times and always wondered where the location was. You can find a lot of white agate in South Park so I assume it us the white material.

Red and yellow is what I see around Trout Creek. I've heard of a prehistoric quarry between the pass and Buena Vista but haven't been there to look it over. There's another prehistoric quarry for white quartz material south of Fairplay.

 

[diggingthe1]

Thanks Rginn for the great information. We go down shelf road and phantom canyon, at the end of the canyons, at the little tops of the hills they are full of a pinkish yellowish chert. You can sure tell they were using that material. It is thick in some places. You sure have to fight the cactus to get back in there!!!