Point found in Maryland today

BrettCo124 · Mar 25, 2018

Hi all,

Found this point in Maryland today. Had a question for you all: it has some kind of conglomerate rock stuck to the tail end of it. Do I:

A) Remove it
B) Keep it on there

If the consensus is to leave it, what is your reasoning behind it?

If you think I should remove it, how do I carefully do so without messing up the artifact?

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do you think the last group of pics is a scraper? Or nothing?

Thanks all.

BrettCo

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arrow86 · Mar 25, 2018

That’s crazy the way that point is stuck in there can’t say Iv ever had that issue before , I don’t know if I would remove or not it’s pretty unique how it is but if you do looks like the cobble isn’t very hard I’m sure it could be removed easily

tnmudman · Mar 25, 2018

Nice finds white distilled vinegar will take that stuff off and it has never damaged any points that I have used it on I try to leave some of the buildup on there myself

BrettCo124 · Mar 25, 2018

arrow86 said:
That’s crazy the way that point is stuck in there can’t say Iv ever had that issue before , I don’t know if I would remove or not it’s pretty unique how it is but if you do looks like the cobble isn’t very hard I’m sure it could be removed easily

Its unique, but it’s clunky because all of the weight is on that weird stuff. I think I want to remove it, but others have said it would depreciate the value of it, not in the sense of selling it. Just all around. I don’t know what to do!!! Haha

BrettCo124 · Mar 25, 2018

tnmudman said:
Nice finds white distilled vinegar will take that stuff off and it has never damaged any points that I have used it on I try to leave some of the buildup on there myself

Thank you! I will try that if simple warm soap and water doesn’t work. How long do you leave if for, and do you soak the clump only, completely submerged?

arrow86 · Mar 25, 2018

BrettCo124 said:
Its unique, but it’s clunky because all of the weight is on that weird stuff. I think I want to remove it, but others have said it would depreciate the value of it, not in the sense of selling it. Just all around. I don’t know what to do!!! Haha

Not sure about anything to do with depreciation I have used vinegar to clean points submerging the entire point but even left overnight I still had to scrub it with a toothbrush to get river stain off , I think I would try really hot water maybe set in sink and let hot water hit it for 10 min or so and see if just a gentle pull does anything.
If you found it on or near the Bohemia river it’s prob an iron build up attached to point that’s stuff is everywhere but it usually breaks easy

BrettCo124 · Mar 25, 2018

arrow86 said:
Not sure about anything to do with depreciation I have used vinegar to clean points submerging the entire point but even left overnight I still had to scrub it with a toothbrush to get river stain off , I think I would try really hot water maybe set in sink and let hot water hit it for 10 min or so and see if just a gentle pull does anything.
If you found it on or near the Bohemia river it’s prob an iron build up attached to point that’s stuff is everywhere but it usually breaks easy

I just soaked it in some vinegar. I’ll take a look in a half hour and see if it’s any easier. I will never sell my points, so I’d rather remove it. It’s definitely that stuff that comes in bush river and Bohemia. I see it all the time. I guess it decided to cling to an artifact lol. I hope it comes off. If not, I’ll continue to chip away at it with my knife, obviously being extremely careful.

Shorewalker · Mar 25, 2018

Congrats Brett! Nice point!

quito · Mar 25, 2018

Soak it overnight it will be ok.

NCPeaches · Mar 25, 2018

Super nice find even with the thingie attached lol

BrettCo124 · Mar 26, 2018

Thanks everyone! I knocked off that piece successfully.

Any idea what the other find is/was?

hucklburry · Mar 26, 2018

I think it was the remnants of a mastodon that they killed with the point and was a priceless treasure until you removed it.

Haha, just kidding, I have no clue, nice find, I hope I am wrong on the above.

Shorewalker · Mar 26, 2018

BrettCo124 said:
Thanks everyone! I knocked off that piece successfully.

Any idea what the other find is/was?

I can't tell. Looks like a flake to me. Is it worked? I have a ton of stuff that I think are tools but they may just be flakes/spalls. I find this tool business difficult.

BrettCo124 · Mar 26, 2018

lol I checked it carefully that it didn’t have any mastodon remanence. I think I’m ok lol.

What is a spall? Tried googling it before having to ask. I got nothing. I don’t see flaking on it, but it just has a really interesting look to it, and has edges... usually I wouldn’t even waste time asking, but I think it’s something. I’ll post additional photos of it now. Next post will be PICTURE HEAVY of the same potential artifact. thanks for helping to ID.