Amazing finds from Washington State

[digordie]

Hey guys I am brand new to the sight but i wanted to post these finds from a friend of mine who just found this large cache of large blades on a river in a northeast wash state. Any help with id would be great. Thanks
NOTE: these are all displayed in the bottom of banana boxes for size comparison. The one large blade was broke in half but measures 6" wide by 18" long.

 

[unclemac]

if you toss your rocks in a goldfish tank for a month you get a very nice "patina"

 

[rock]

right and glass don't patina like flint too.[/QUO

 

[GatorBoy]

Obsidian is volcanic glass "Rock".

 

[NC field hunter]

Isn't obsidian often Black in color?



I think this is obsidian .

 

[natchitoches]

but it is just a rough raw glass
made by mother earth

 

[natchitoches]

comes in many colors

 

[natchitoches]

look here
Volcanic glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass

 

[GatorBoy]

Again.. thanks that's twice You posted the same link I was going to but didn't have to bother because you got it done. LOL.

 

[natchitoches]

lol

 

[rock]

I didnt know that was called glass. Probably cause I have never seen any in hand before. Sorry Nat

 

[Tnmountains]

Isn't obsidian often Black in color?

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I think this is obsidian .

N.c I think yours is dover maybe??

 

[NC field hunter]

N.c I think yours is dover maybe??

Thanks! I'll do a little research right quick.

 

[capsmith]

Thanks! I'll do a little research right quick.

It not dover flint, dover is mostly grey with dark grey blotches and streaks.It looks like it could be obsidian. Where did it come from?

 

[NC field hunter]

It not dover flint, dover is mostly grey with dark grey blotches and streaks.It looks like it could be obsidian. Where did it come from?

VA. Right on the NC line. Exact site, I don't remember. I found this point when I was between 16 to 18 years old. Old girl friend gave me the old "get every thing of yours, and every thing you ever bought me out, and don't forget your old dirty rocks". I had a basket full of points, scrapers, chips ... There, so I took them and hit the road. At that time, I liked to look for points, but did not study any of them. Not long after that, I found a beautiful Folsom . That got me to reading. After learning about the ages of these things, I was really intrigued. I went through all of my stuff, shoe boxes, my old truck had some just up on the dash, and that basket. That is where I refound this beauty. It is obsidian. I only have a couple points made of obsidian and was lucky that this one did not get scarred up in that basket all those years. When held to light, it is not totally transparent, but much more so than Dover chert. Thanks for viewing !!

 

[scepter1]

The volume of obsidian, especially mahogany obsidian is troubling. This material would have to have come from Central Oregon, and the volume of material 'found' is way above what normal trading would involve. Between the Colville, Washington area and the Oregon Obsidian sites are umpteen tons of high quality agatized and opalized petrified wood in Central Washington - I've found over a ton myself with little effort. They would have also have had to cross the Columbia River at least once, and the agate and jasper points found there are some of the highest quality in the world - but the mix of expected materials is not reflected in these banana boxes...

 

[theonlinefisherman]

Many many thousands of dollars. I am looking at a local blade cache. Six blades. Twenty two thousand and counting. God what a find that is. Historical.

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[theonlinefisherman]

And that is all Paleo. I would stash that fast and get ten of them papered. The best ten.

There is a lot of money there, and everybody is right about being careful. That is so much better off with a true passionate collector than on trays in a closed room in a university. That is where those beautiful pieces of art will end up.

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[scepter1]

And that is all Paleo. I would stash that fast and get ten of them papered. The best ten.

There is a lot of money there, and everybody is right about being careful. That is so much better off with a true passionate collector than on trays in a closed room in a university. That is where those beautiful pieces of art will end up.

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Appears to be a lot of Mule Ear's and Plateau's -> Late Prehistoric-Early Historic period. The Classic Period has them a 700 BP.

http://www.arrowheads1.com/artifactinfo/ColumbiaRiverV1.pdf

 

[digordie]

Okay guys here is what youve been wanting. I got him



to send more pics close up. He organized a bunch of pieces into what he thinks was long spears at one time. Like he said before they where all in a pile of flakes and pieces. The ones in a hoard on the plywood are all brokes he said. Enjoy and am looking forward to your thoughts.

 

[rock]

Well thank you for showing them better. We will have to see what everyone says.