Decent week of finds part 2

dognose

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Got out into the field about 11:30, walked 4 hours in the same field. I am getting up there in years. So I took my time.

back in the day I used to ask older fellas at the shows if they still walked the fields and they would give me that look. Now I am that dude and know that look personally. The aches and pains, soreness that goes with age. but a nice hot tub soak after hours walking in the fields feels wonderful.

Anyway I had not looked in this field prior, but the adjacent field some, not found too much. So I felt it had potential and I wanted to take my time for a few reasons. One I was still tired from prior days hunts and working on the farm. Two I did not know when I could get back.

So right off I started funding flake in one location only of the field - so I concentrated my focus there. The flake were decent, but of particular interest were the percussion flakes. I knew these were important over random flaking debitage.

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Found a nice small point

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A very nice dove base


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Thats a smaller point


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Decent point all out there

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Theres another



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That looks like a decent relic

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mmmm. maybe unbroken, hard to tell with the dirt, but still nice.

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Very nicely made bevel knife, and interesting knap job.



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A nice small pink hafted scraper


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Another knife

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Ah there is another point fully exposed
That's the way, uh huh, I like it.

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Yes sir, thats OhTay

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There is a blade tip

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And a nice notched base.

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That base is sweet, I will be looking for the blade
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nice cross section on the cobbs blade
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Interesting in the rear of the blade, does not appear to be a break but intentionally made that manner
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Ground conditions where Very good, ground was moist - not wet, sunny which caused a lot of shadows.

It was a good day in the field.
 

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dts52

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I’d call that a great day! Well done.
dts
 

sandchip

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Great going! The striped Savannah is a nice one. The one between it and the broken notched base shows the shoulder intentionally removed. I've seen that a lot through the years. All I could figure is that it had something to do with use as a knife to distribute the force against the socketed handle to help prevent digging in and splitting the handle as cutting force was applied against the opposite blade edge. It was a controlled knapping process that didn't happen by accident. Anybody else seen this and given it any thought, or do I just look at my arrowheads too much?
 

A2coins

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Great finds like the knives and arrow heads a hunt like that will make you feel young again. Well done
 

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