A friends Pa. finds

[MadisonMike]

Thought I would share a few of my buddys finds.He has some really nice pieces and most of them he picked up while surface hunting with me.

 

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[jamey]

really nice thanks for sharing,really like the small celt,well i like all of it killer points too.

 

[MadisonMike]

Strange,when I pre viewed it no pics showed up.

 

[jamey]

well the celts gone now

 

[jamey]

all the ashtray pics are gone also

 

[jamey]

just saw alot of photobucket shots snakes dead foxes, coons, guns tats strange

 

[MadisonMike]

just saw alot of photobucket shots snakes dead foxes, coons, guns tats strange

Yea,weird.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Hello there, and welcome MadisonMike. I see photos of four VERY nice points. To me, the top one looks to be a Mid archaic St. Albans type B, serrated bifurcate point. The next dark notched point looks to be an early archaic Kirk corner notched. The third one down looks to be a late archaic, jasper Susquehanna broadspear. The last photo looks to be a late archaic/early woodland Hellgramite point. All really nice top notch examples. I love seeing PA,NJ,MD, DE,VA & NC points, thanks for showing them, and good luck to you and your bud on future hunts.

 

[rock]

Some nice eye candy thanks for the show and welcome to the site.

 

[MadisonMike]

Hello there, and welcome MadisonMike. I see photos of four VERY nice points. To me, the top one looks to be a Mid archaic St. Albans type B, serrated bifurcate point. The next dark notched point looks to be an early archaic Kirk corner notched. The third one down looks to be a late archaic, jasper Susquehanna broadspear. The last photo looks to be a late archaic/early woodland Hellgramite point. All really nice top notch examples. I love seeing PA,NJ,MD, DE,VA & NC points, thanks for showing them, and good luck to you and your bud on future hunts.

I think you are spot on with the types.Care to put a type to this point I found a few weeks ago?

 

[rock]

Big Sandy I do believe. I could be wrong though. I like finding them more than putting a label on them. Its a real beauty

 

[redbeardrelics]

I think you are spot on with the types.Care to put a type to this point I found a few weeks ago?

It is a very nice point no matter what we call it ! My first knee jerk reaction would have been Kirk Corner notched, but my hunting buddy reminds me that my first reactions have often been embarrassingly wrong. I think Rock may have nailed it as an Otter Creek. I am not really familiar with Otter Creeks because I don't think many show up in my area, but the non symmetrical notches are really interesting. I am not sure what part of PA you found it in, but if in the western part, and I had to posit a "final answer". I might go with Otter Creek / Thebes hybrid? I assume it has a ground base?

 

[redbeardrelics]

Ohh, I forgot to mention that I think my first guess on the one I called a Susquehanna Broadspear may also be wrong. I was looking at one of the later Overstreet's Guides last night, and I now think that point may be a Frost Island??

 

[Ocean7]

very cool finds Mike! I found a fern fossil in the woods of Pa but haven't really hunted the plowed fields looking for arrow heads. Imagine how long ago the Indians made that!

 

[MadisonMike]

It is a very nice point no matter what we call it ! My first knee jerk reaction would have been Kirk Corner notched, but my hunting buddy reminds me that my first reactions have often been embarrassingly wrong. I think Rock may have nailed it as an Otter Creek. I am not really familiar with Otter Creeks because I don't think many show up in my area, but the non symmetrical notches are really interesting. I am not sure what part of PA you found it in, but if in the western part, and I had to posit a "final answer". I might go with Otter Creek / Thebes hybrid? I assume it has a ground base?

Lycoming county Pa.find.The base is lightly ground.Several people have mentioned it may be a first stage thebes.Just seems a bit far east for thebes and a bit far north for big sandy.