A Few Recent Flea Market Finds

[The Grim Reaper]

Since I haven't been able to hunt for a while because of my knee surgery I went to the local Flea Market and once again I was able to prove that if you know what to look for you can get some great deals at Flea Markets. There has been a guy there the past few Thursdays that has had a bunch of field grade local pieces for really cheap prices.

The first picture is what I bought from him the first time. Just the small Points at the top. All 5 for $10. The Cobbs I got from my brother.

The other pics are what I got on Thursday. I saw the Cobbs as I was walking up and he had $15 on it. I got it out and looked at with my scope and knew it was good so I asked what was the least he would take. I know $15 was really cheap, but it never hurts to ask. He says he'll take $8 for it and I ended up getting the Stemmed Point made from Boyle Chert, the really nice Scraper made from Carter Cave, and the little Dalton made from Quartz for $20. The small Archaic Side Notch I got from another guy for $10 and it is sweet. Very heavily ground.

The Cobbs is from my county, Scioto county Ohio and is 5 inches long. The Stemmed Point and the Scraper are from Carter county Ky, the Side Notch is from Pike county Ohio, and the Dalton was from Missouri. He had a bunch of other nice field grade or a little better pieces that I will keep an eye on.

 

[quito]

Nice finds Steve! Like you said, if you know what you are looking for, some great deals are out there.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Really nice pieces, congrats.

 

[southfork]

Nice flea market hunt .

 

[San Antone]

Very nice. Have not seen to many in flea markets down here. At least not ones that are that nice.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Thanks guys. There area a couple guys that are usually there on Thursday that have good locally found pieces and I can usually get some decent pieces from them. There are also the usual fakes around as well. One guy has a 9 inch "Spear Point" that he swears his buddy found in Hillsboro Ohio and it's a classic Grey Ghost and even made from Edwards Chert. I tried to tell him this and he refuses to listen. He also has two Clovis Points that I wouldn't give $5 each for. You have to know what to look for like local types made from local materials.

 

[rock]

Nice saves

 

[San Antone]

I saw some really nice "fish hooks" at one down here awhile back.