6/12 ohio field hunt

[creek astronaut]

pickaway and i ended up meetn up at our favorite spot and had a good ole hunt in the mud,it wasnt too bad just had to dodge the low areas.it rained here 2 inches yesterday.lets see those pics your hiding pickaway

broken drill made of moss agate serious heartbreaker and the blade,missing a little of the base

neat little blade,incredible flaking and finely serrated,

3 knives found within 30 ft of each other

archaic cornernotch,little damge,bummer

2 good example of a paleo scraper,nice spurs/spokeshavers

todays haul

brokes

 

[uniface]

Nice stuff and a lot of it, G-R !!!

Ah, to live in Ohio !!

Can you put a name on the rootbeer-colored chalcedony with the white patches (pic. #8) ?
Flintridge ? Ultra-highgrade Coshocton ?

 

[creek astronaut]

yea uniface,the piece in pic 8 & pic 9 are the same piece and the material is flint ridge moss agate.

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice haul Greg, lots of interesting pieces and materials there. The drill would have been a killer. I like the paleo scrapers with gravers, ever find and paleo points at that multicomponent spot?

 

[creek astronaut]

hey thirty7,yes its funny you should ask.pickaway and i have two spots at this site that we call paleo hill.i was just getting ready to ask what your opinion was of this piece ?i found it today but forgot to add the pic in this post.the second pic is to answer your question,i found this, this year.Pickaway and i have found other early pieces in this spot.mostly broken.

 

[Tnmountains]

Man you guys have the points. Another great hunt and post. Those gravers are classics. You need to jump over to Bravowhiskeys thread btw.

 

[Th3rty7]

Sweeet little paleo lanceolate, a killer! May even be a small Plainview. Any flutes on the Mercer paleo above it? If not it looks like a resharpened unfluted fluted type, possible Hi-Lo? nice piece. Just my opinions , I'm no expert but I'm a geek when it comes to research and identification.

 

[creek astronaut]

thanks thiry7, tn mts and uniface.yea it does have a flute and it does have a slightly ground base.the thing about the flute is that it goes at an angle from the center of the base to the blade edge 2/3 the way up the blade.maybe the maker messed up when putting in the flute chnnl?it isnt fluted on the other side.yea i am an typology geek also.i thought the hi-lo type also but the reference i am using says they are not flutedwill get a better pic up tommorrow.

 

[Th3rty7]

thanks thiry7, tn mts and uniface.yea it does have a flute and it does have a slightly ground base.the thing about the flute is that it goes at an angle from the center of the base to the blade edge 2/3 the way up the blade.maybe the maker messed up when putting in the flute chnnl?it isnt fluted on the other side.yea i am an typology geek also.i thought the hi-lo type also but the reference i am using says they are not flutedwill get a better pic up tommorrow.

It may be a Clovis ? Overstreet 10th edition has a picture of a fluted Hi Lo from Ky, but I think it's not typical of the type. I've got a point that is fluted like that, starts in the middle of the base and goes left towards the blade edge.

 

[creek astronaut]

i have overstreet 10th also and i just got it out,you could be rite.i was looking in an old Hothem ohio guide,have had it for 20+ years and its still my favorite ohio guide.would totally crap if it were a clovis.

 

[seeker41]

awesome finds guys, i was out in the rain and the mud checking a spot on thursday.

 

[pickaway]

Nice finds man... That CN is really neat piece to find one that size.gettn ready to go creekn soon as i finish this am brewsky...

 

[bravowhiskey]

Are you sure your tag isn't...Greg Finds A Lotta Nice Rocks!!

Great hunt, (bet your back is feeling it now) but well worth it.

 

[creek astronaut]

thx pick,bravo i kind of like your version for my handle.Probably would curse me if i did.lol.thx for the comments.

 

[uniface]

It might very well be paleo, though there were points like that made in some places (like Mo.) (which I'm not familiar with) later.

Tony Baker has floated an interesting speculation that at least some of these are salvaged Agate Basin point blade sections.

Makes as much sense as anything.

 

[Pinellas Man]

Wow!! Looks like ya'll had a fine day.