Perfect Goshen point and half of a Folsom

[TundraPlugger]

I went out yesterday for a few hours to do some more of what I call "Paleo hunting". There are only certain places i can find Paleo points at but it is tougher looking but the pay off is better.
But anyway, I went to my usual streambed where my Folsom site is located and another productive Paleo site that produces from time to time.
At the Folsom site all I was finding at first were some scrapers and tools. Right before I was about to leave I came across half of a tiny broken Folsom point that had been resharpened to death.
After that I went to my other Paleo spot which wasn't giving up anything to begin with. I was losing hope when I came across what I thought was merely a Goshen base. I was quite surprised when I went to pick it up and the whole thing was there. 1⅝" Goshen point, Knife River Flint with grinding a short distance up from the base and quite thin.

And can't forget the tiny triangle I found earlier that day at a different spot.

All from
Mountrail County, ND

 

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[TundraPlugger]

Nice find on the Goshen. Love those wide flake removal scars and the material. Congrats!

Thanks Relic! The one face has very nice collateral flaking and the other isn't quite as nice but still very well made.

 

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[TundraPlugger]

Not sure where you found the little triangle but it could be a worn out midland as well. It had some really nice work.

The triangle came from a site I hunt that only produces Late to Middle Archaic material....mostly smaller arrowpoints. It is a late Archaic camp site. Lots of smaller points come from there.

 

[TundraPlugger]

I keep coming back and looking at that Goshen, what a great example. The base is very similar to the unique squared ear Goshens from the Mill Iron site. (Near Mt's eastern border, so relatively close to you in Paleo distances.)

I used to hunt points out near the Mill Iron site area....lots of cool stuff to find out there, including a considerable amount of Paleo. Lots of Dino bones as well. The point I found looks a lot like one of the larger complete points from Mill Iron that was excavated. They both have a base that is slightly wider than the blade edges giving them a triangular shape.

 

[sandchip]

Wow, wow, wow. Great finds as usual!

 

[smallfoot]

Those are some beautiful finds there...

 

[TundraPlugger]

Wow, wow, wow. Great finds as usual!

Thanks chip!

 

[TundraPlugger]

Those are some beautiful finds there...

Thanks smallfoot!

 

[Jeff H]

Oh man, those are just beautiful Plugger. For our sake, I hope you get a lot of rain for the rest of the summer.

 

[scruggs]

Very nice points and material!

 

[Garscale]

If that assemblage is ever for sale , please let me know. Fantastic study frame.

 

[MAMucker]

That?s a beautiful material. Is it abundant or scarce?
Beautiful point too. Curious some have patina, some do not. We have a Rhyolite on the east coast that has that varying quality called Marblehead Rhyolite.

 

[Tnmountains]

It is nice to see that knife river material posted once again and old ones at that! Very nice.