Prime_Focus
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Yesterday, I was searching along a large creek, just up from where it dumps into a main river. I stayed down on the creekbed for the most part but I noticed a high bench up off the creek that had eroded on the creekside during really high water. There was some vegetation growing back after the floods last year but a lot of bare dirt showing at the high water mark. As I worked my way along the edge, I came across a small group of fractured rocks being washed out of the bank. There were no other rocks anywhere along the bank so I suspected it was an old firepit and crawled down over the bank to check closer. Within 30 yards of the first pit, I found two more exposed groups of the same fractured rocks. I also started finding very small pieces of pottery all along the bank and a few larger pieces. I also spotted what would have been a really beautiful point had it not been broken.
The first three pictures below show the firepits. They're a little tough to pick out because of all the other debris on the ground. Again, the bank is completely barren of rocks except in these three 6-7 foot circles.
The first three pictures below show the firepits. They're a little tough to pick out because of all the other debris on the ground. Again, the bank is completely barren of rocks except in these three 6-7 foot circles.
![firepit1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Ffirepit1.jpg&hash=c12428a0ac22616c7081be733d110d72)
![firepit2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Ffirepit2.jpg&hash=fc706e3e1f6d1e3ca7b8db020254d5fe)
![firepit3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Ffirepit3.jpg&hash=e5c629222a4391edbbefa2bee7f4ecb6)
![shard1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard1.jpg&hash=e0cf69a85139be438a54b5c9ba5e5370)
![shard2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard2.jpg&hash=d20e5e1d3fc1103d2b82fcb65dea70ab)
![shard3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard3.jpg&hash=3e844e490675ecfb07fdb8c94edb44fa)
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![shard3a.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard3a.jpg&hash=ab42d1fe44104322c23310561df0faab)
![shard3b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard3b.jpg&hash=74f102c6a9cbcaf43378bd36f4110e11)
![shard3c.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fshard3c.jpg&hash=a7e43c8ec628925b379872d0546ae14d)
![point1a.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fpoint1a.jpg&hash=6db348c67ea5256385955137c178e769)
![point1b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fpoint1b.jpg&hash=59cf3f48b564000c6df6332177e2741e)
![point1c.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi574.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss188%2FPrime_Focus%2F3-30-11%2520Artifacts%2Fpoint1c.jpg&hash=5352fb4d9d95a8d2d0853109a854489e)