Missouri Clovis

[rockman0_12]

I'm new to this forum so for my first post I would like to share my best personal find in over 30 years of surface collecting.
I found this Clovis on June 14th of this year and I'm still flying high off this one!! Enjoy the pics and thanks for looking.

 

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[rockman0_12]

sweet i have never seen a clovis found on land we always find them in the river and i have only seen a hand full of them along with some suwannee points that is a once in a life time find man great job i am just amazed by it

Thanks Rockhound, I let a bulldozer do all the work, he took out about 3 foot of dirt to level out a spot for a parking lot, got 5 inches of rain the next day so I thought might as well give that spot a look, never been out there before but figured with all that dirt getting moved
if there was anything out there this would bring it up and it was just laying there fully exposed, nothing else around, just a few flakes. There is a natural spring about 50 yards from I found it. I hunted it several times a week right up until they spread the gravel over the area. Not many Clovis found around here. I've seen one other one and heard of 2 more from this county. The other one I saw was a river find, it was a little rough from tumbling around in the river. I was very fortunate to find it and thankful for such a day of good luck.

 

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[rockman0_12]

Very nice rockman welcome to the board.That is a swweeeeeet clovis thanks for the view

Thanks Creekdog, I appreciate the compliment!!

 

[capgun]

nice do you have any pictures before you picked it up?

 

[rockman0_12]

I don't have any pictures before I picked it up. I started hunting back in the 70's and it was unheard of to take along a camera. I've never picked up on that aspect of the hobby. Personally I'm a bit superstitious and afraid a camera might jinx the hunt. The image of it just
laying there is forever burned in my mind.

 

[gilmerman]

It may be downhill the rest of the way but at least got to the top

 

[rockman0_12]

It may be downhill the rest of the way but at least got to the top

I'm afraid it is all downhill from here but I'm A OK with it!! I burned a big load of luck on this one but I'll keep looking 'cause you never know. I've found a couple of whole blades and a bunch of broken pieces since but nothing great.

 

[NGE]

Curiosity has got me going, how rare is that thing? And how much would something like that be worth, if it is alot, would there be any dyed in the wool collectors willing to pay, fair market value? When I find a 20,000 dollar artifact, it will be up for grabs, be it coin, CW relic, or made of rare materials..... Sorry, but I have to pay my summer taxes yet, and like most people in these Wonderful United States, I live from day to day..........NGE (T)

 

[EuropeonX]

Congrats !!

Now that is a treasure in it's own right,
Thankyou for sharing it.

 

[rockman0_12]

Curiosity has got me going, how rare is that thing? And how much would something like that be worth, if it is alot, would there be any dyed in the wool collectors willing to pay, fair market value? When I find a 20,000 dollar artifact, it will be up for grabs, be it coin, CW relic, or made of rare materials..... Sorry, but I have to pay my summer taxes yet, and like most people in these Wonderful United States, I live from day to day..........NGE (T)

It's a rare item, lots of people hunt a lifetime and never find one. It's not anywhere even remotely close to 20K rare. If it was 5 1/2" long it would be approaching that level. I have no plans on ever selling it. Finding it was a realization of a life long goal/dream. It was a pure stroke of luck. The sequence of events over the past 10 years that brought me to live near where I found this Clovis are pretty amazing so I'm beginning to be a believer in destiny. Thanks to all for your compliments and comments.

 

[spot]

I'm still impressed with this stunning point; great shape and color.

Thanks for showing,

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[SouthernGirl]

WOW! I think I would faint if I found a beauty like that.

 

[WhiteCountyPaleo]

Congrats on your January CSASI article!

 

[DemonCatSpaceStar]

WOW! that is 1 SWEEEEET point! I like the bands in it! Very nice!

 

[rockman0_12]

Congrats on your January CSASI article!

Thanks Dollarzero! I'm proud to have it in the Journal.

 

[rockman0_12]

WOW! that is 1 SWEEEEET point! I like the bands in it! Very nice!

Thanks DemonCatSpace !!