cobbs or a scaper?

[dognose]

over the years of hunting relics I have picked up a number of cobbs blades. during the 2020 season I picked up 8.

some of the nicer "duckbill" scrapers I have found are made of higher quality flint, like this relic. most I found have been Harrison County, but I have at least 3 made of flintridge.

all exhibit a similar trait, the large curved flake, well worked on the topside.

this relic has similar working of both.

It more like a cobbs though than

scraper.
comments?

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

I think it is a Cobb,.... Nice

 

[CreekSide]

I’ve never seen a scraper that nice. For some reason they left the end like that. I have a small Cobbs with a removed flake on the end looks like a chip but isn’t maybe it’s a trait they used.

 

[antmike915]

Looks like a Cobbs and a nice one; I need to find one 👍

 

[newnan man]

Good looking Cobbs.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Very nice workmanship on that. Great find.👍🏼

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

Looks killer. Can someone tell me what a Cobbs is?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Looks killer. Can someone tell me what a Cobbs is?

They are early to middle archaic blades, general consensus is they were used as knives although some have said preforms, for me, I've seen to many with secondary flaking to be a preform.

Cobbs Triangular

 

[Marino13]

That's a beauty. 🤩

 

[pepperj]

Well found, it's a beauty.

 

[dirstscratcher]

What ever it is it appears to have been made on an overshot blade, which left the weird upturn on the wide end.

 

[Jorgeke]

over the years of hunting relics I have picked up a number of cobbs blades. during the 2020 season I picked up 8.

some of the nicer "duckbill" scrapers I have found are made of higher quality flint, like this relic. most I found have been Harrison County, but I have at least 3 made of flintridge.

all exhibit a similar trait, the large curved flake, well worked on the topside.

this relic has similar working of both.

It more like a cobbs though than View attachment 2145521 scraper.
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Very nice,

How many in total do you have?

It is perfect

 

[Mortenson]

That's amazing. What kind of spot would a guy need to be looking at to find something like this? We walk mostly in our tilled farm fields, but I think there's no chance of finding something so large and thin. Years of implement abuse seems to have the big stuff all broke into halves if not quarters or worse.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

That's amazing. What kind of spot would a guy need to be looking at to find something like this? We walk mostly in our tilled farm fields, but I think there's no chance of finding something so large and thin. Years of implement abuse seems to have the big stuff all broke into halves if not quarters or worse.

I had by far my best luck walking creeks, streams and rivers. Due to erosion from rain snd high water the banks crumble into the waterway and artifacts are washed downstream from the current and heavy rains.

Village were built along the waterways, they needed constant supply of fresh water, for me spring fed creeks and streams produce the most and sandbars in rivers were also good.

 

[newnan man]

They are early to middle archaic blades, general consensus is they were used as knives although some have said preforms, for me, I've seen to many with secondary flaking to be a preform.

Cobbs Triangular

Many are steeply beveled, definitely not a preform.

 

[Older The Better]

Don’t know if it’s the angle but that little lip on what would be the leading edge of the scraper would probably make it less functional, I’d go cobbs too but i definitely see where you’re coming from.