A dandy hunt with my oldest daughter

[TundraPlugger]

My oldest daughter and I went out rock hunting yesterday....at her request [emoji16] (I think I've got her hooked)

It was kind of a crappy day but nothing compared to some of the insane weather I've gone out hunting in.

My goal was for us to walk about 2 miles down to a spot which has kicked out many a fine point but when we got there there was nearly nothing to find.....although my daughter did find her first full point!......the white Swan River chert Duncan/Hanna.
We proceeded to walk back towards the truck.....2 miles north. That's when we started scoring.

Her finds are the bottom row in the picture with 8 pieces in it and the top base in the picture with 3 pieces.......I found all the rest of that stuff.

 

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[MAMucker]

Wow! More Rootbeer! Can’t beat a walk like that.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Wow! More Rootbeer! Can’t beat a walk like that.

Yeah.....that's almost all you find around here.....good stuff though! April was on fire yesterday....best day she ever had.....out of 3 hunts total

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Awesome finds as usual. You have some great places to hunt.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Nice finds and I really like the material you have out there.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Awesome finds as usual. You have some great places to hunt.

Thanks Reaper!

 

[TundraPlugger]

Nice finds and I really like the material you have out there.

Thanks GR! Knife River Flint is some awesome stuff.

 

[sandchip]

Killer all day!

 

[quito]

That’s a great haul! I have a couple of twins to that Besant.

 

[Hawks88]

looks Like both of you did well. Those are some very nice points. Congrats.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Here are a couple close ups of the 2 1/8" Besant

 

[joshuaream]

Here are a couple close ups of the 2 1/8" BesantView attachment 1700670View attachment 1700671

That is a really nice point. I made a couple of trips to Eastern Montana when I lived in Missoula during undergrad, and never found a point quite that nice. (Tough hunting if you don't know where the sites are.)

 

[tomclark]

Absolutely LOVE that scraper!

 

[GB Paleo]

nice finds...............….is that a Paleo scraper or do you find that type of scraper in your area on archaic sites too?

 

[quito]

That is a fairly common scraper type. I think they spanned the ages.

 

[TundraPlugger]

nice finds...............….is that a Paleo scraper or do you find that type of scraper in your area on archaic sites too?

No, I'm sure it is Middle Archaic based on the points I find around there. Pretty much all scrapers, no matter what culture, are the same. A guy can find spurred scrapers with Folsoms sometimes but that's about the only exception.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great bunch of finds, congrats!

 

[gilmerman]

Wish we had that kind of material in our artifacts. We do have some, what I call, unprecedentedly, beautiful clear quartz. Due to the small size of most crystal quartz pieces and the difficulty to work most arrowheads are small to medium size. I personally have never found one over 2". They are still a thrill to hold and own.