Another Salt Water Point!!

[MAMucker]

I thought I’d take advantage of the low tide today and took the hunt to a stretch of rocky beach in Plymouth Harbor. It has the right native lithics present and it is in a good historical NA region. I’ve found a few points further upland on dry land, so I had suspected that artifacts could be found in the water. But, I have seen northeast storms beat the hell out of those rocks. That has kept me from giving it a serious look.

Last week (on a whim) I investigated an area of that beach about a few hundred yards away and found my first salt water arrowhead (which I posted). That was enough to inspire a deliberate planned hunt. So I took another walk today.



This is a large Archaic Quartz Lanceolate Blade most likely a variety of the Squibnocket Complex. It’s thick and battered, but I’m excited about finding this one.

Here’s the Clean Up:

 

[arrow86]

Nice find , looks a cool place to hunt but I’m sure difficult to scan all those rocks

 

[MAMucker]

Nice find , looks a cool place to hunt but I’m sure difficult to scan all those rocks

Thanks Arrow86,

It’s brutal. But, I don’t mind, as long as the hunting is successful. Every piece tells a part of the story, right?

 

[dts52]

Great find.
HH
dts

 

[Out Of Time]

Love the seaweed growing on the quartz.

I have never hunted an ocean beach but feel inspired.

Your beach looks full of potential.

Curious about the ratio of finds that are partially buried verses lodged between rocks?

 

[scepter1]

I only hunt on a saltwater beach. Sometimes artifacts will have a barnacles on them

 

[gilmerman]

Mr. Scepter that is a terrific Triangle Point. Very visible beveled sides. A great day to only find one of this quality. Please post more of your finds. Excellent example of salt water hunting. Best I've seen.

 

[MAMucker]

I only hunt on a saltwater beach. Sometimes artifacts will have a barnacles on them

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When I saw that, I had to chuckle.

Looks like Black Argillite. A really nice Salt Water Point!

 

[scepter1]

When I saw that, I had to chuckle.

Looks like Black Argillite. A really nice Salt Water Point!

Thanks! Probably 70 % of artifacts here are made from basalt, and this is one of them.