i was born at stones river hospital. the second looks adena cluster, maybe? . on the first' overshot flaking is beautiful along with the creek wear. beautiful knife or preform. nice finds. i'm just east of you.
the original picture he posted was from july 16th according to the metadata scrubber. so there's a two month spread without returning. Supposedly he was on a jet ski and hunts artifacts, doesn't really make sense not riding up to ??
since the area he is posting from and his other posts seem to...
https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/chickamauga
i seem to remember an article or two from a while back of the tva police being pretty active down in the Chickamauga/ hiawasse area (maybe it was a different reservoir) taking peoples boats and trucks.
also to the mod who changed the thread title from "who wants a mustache ride" to it's current moniker. i'm not bitter.
if more pictures are needed jut let me know, for better appraisal.
what does the bottom part of the base look like? is it squared off from ancient or more recent breakage? could be an Adena or variants ( wells, waubsea) with the blade side well used.
there are some gary subtypes that could fall in maybe as well.
sorry for the late response jamey. rude of me.
here's a quick cell pic. all missing one ear. the two later stage ones (left) have crazy bevel that the crappy shot doesn't pick up. i'll have to hunt down the insitu of the serrated one in the middle where the broken ear was hiding under mud...
also isn't this the same one from a few years ago? same title "hello"/?
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-indian-artifacts/606295-hello.html
this. i'm in tn not texas. high spots out of the flood plain on bends.
look at topo maps and try to get a feel for how long the area has had good water. if you find a land owner that is willing to lease/and or other on said area...
as always awesome stuff gar.
think i've seen the pattern before as well associated with a bottle/trash dump from a gas station/repair shop getting eroded out by high generation in a tva dam controlled river. early to mid - 20th century . some quality pictures from all the angles with something to scale it by would help.