Coshocton Flint

Kantuckkeean

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Howdy Y'all,

My father-in-law found the first piece this fall while I was working the dirt to prepare for drilling wheat. Think that it's fully intact. Even though a couple of places are notched oddly, I think that they happened long ago. The second piece is one that I found last summer but I don't think that I ever got around to posting it. A friend said that it's a Kirk snapped base, although I guess some folks don't recognize those as valid types. They were both found in south-central Indiana about a half-mile apart. I think that they're Coshocton Flint. My father-in-law says that the material isn't very common around here. We got the wheat in fairly late, so it's still small enough that I may go looking after some more rains, on nice days when the ground is dry. I can't wait for late winter, early spring, when all of the fields have been worked and I can go walking around, looking at rocks again.

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Kindest regards,
Kantuck
 

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ToddsPoint

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I read somewhere that Coshocton flint has the highest silica content of any "chert" in the US. Very nice material. I've never seen a Coshocton point that was found here in IL. A little too far away. Gary
 

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Kantuckkeean

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Do you think this one is Coshocton Flint, too?

Looks like it to me, but I’m no expert. Where was the point found. Perhaps one of the Ohio folks will weigh in.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck
 

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Pretty sure I find that here love that color my favorite
 

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