Rainy after work hunt

[arrow86]

I got off work early today and had the itch to look for some arrowheads , I almost turned around half way to the spot I launched kayak from due to rain but
Figured I would chance it and glad I did. Still got soaked on the way back to boat ramp but found a few decent pieces so definitely worth it.
I found a few broken bases one that would have been pretty big and also found this odd diamond shape piece that it worked all the way around and on one side has a smooth ridge worked into it.
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Also found this crystal quartz oval shaped scraper that has some really nice flaking on it for a scraper and is translucent
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Found a nice tip that has a really sharp edge on it

This one was laying by itself in the sand ,was hard to miss and has an odd shape to it

Also found this little quartz point in where the reeds are starting to push thru the sand .... I have had good luck checking this area this spring

Find of the day was this small point which had me shaking my head because it’s the same material and style of a point that was just talked about in the past few days under Brettco’s post identified by Charl , pretty crazy .... what’s the chances of hat happening nicest one I have found made from this material and almost walked rite by , it was camouflaged pretty good

Edit : forgot to add these , not sure if it’s anything or not I have no idea how you could tell if a hole in a shell is natural or drilled in ... I’m leaning towards natural but picked it up anyways and the item I believe is bone ... not sure what to make of it after spraying dirt out of the center you can see marks on the inside but wouldn’t surprise me if just natural as well.

 

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[choo]

Nice finds! That little black one is really cool!

 

[quito]

Looks like it was a productive outing!!

Good job!

 

[Shorewalker]

Great finds!

 

[BrettCo124]

Amazing finds arrow. I never pass up on looking through the reeds whenever I search. Your top photos won’t load for me for some reason. Not sure if it’s my phone or not.

Great work as usual!

 

[Shorewalker]

The bone-looking item sure looks like a piece of stem from a colonial clay pipe.

 

[willjo]

Nice finds, the shell is really interesting and other piece looks like an old pipe stem

 

[jamey]

great hunt the shell looks like it was drilled

 

[Charl]

Well, that was a productive hunt. That first complete quartz point looks like it might best fit in the Lamoka type.

Your best point, that dark one, has a longer stem then you normally see on a Stark point. To my eyes at least, it looks like a Poplar Island. They can have weak shoulders, or no shoulders at all. This Maryland typology is handy:

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

And here:

Poplar Island Projectile Point

Here's my best Poplar Island, not a personal find, and from central Ma.

 

[Charl]

Here's the front page of that Maryland typology:

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

And the entry for Lamoka:

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

 

[arrow86]

Here's the front page of that Maryland typology:

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

And the entry for Lamoka:

Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

Thanks for the good input and info

 

[arrow86]

great hunt the shell looks like it was drilled

I’m not sure how to tell it’s a nice symmetrical circle but the shell is so thin no marks are visible. I also wasn’t sure if this occurs naturally due to fossils?

 

[arrow86]

The bone-looking item sure looks like a piece of stem from a colonial clay pipe.

I thought that was a possibility but wasn’t sure , if it is piece of a pipe it’s only the second one Iv ever found and the other was found not too far from this one.

 

[americanartifacts33]

Very nice finds!!!

 

[rock]

Nice ones arrow they just keep popping for you. We just keep getting rain I went out yesterday and it was Skunk City for me. I just cant shake the skunk this year