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Smilodon · Aug 27, 2011

Went metal detecting today and found this will digging a piece of copper. Any idea what this point is or value? I believe it is coral as it is translucent

fyrffytr1 · Aug 27, 2011

Nice point. You should post it in the American Indian Artifacts thread. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,89.0.html They will tell you all about it. Please include the part of our country it came from.

TommNJ · Aug 27, 2011

Nice Arrowhead!

TommNJ

High Plains Digger · Aug 27, 2011

I have never tried to work coral, but I really doubt it would have concoidal chippping like that. Could be made of anything from quartz, agate, chert , flint or jasper. Almost looks like what I call "sweetwater agate" that we find in No. Colorado and around Wyoming. Any of these can be translucent, easily.

kevkirki · Aug 27, 2011

WOW....very cool find :icon_thumright:

plymouthian12 · Aug 28, 2011

great point

Theakiki · Aug 28, 2011

Nice. Hard to tell, but it looks huge compared with the fingers.

jewelerguy · Aug 28, 2011

based on size in relation to your fingers in the second pic, it looks to be a spear head :headbang:

Smilodon · Aug 28, 2011

Hello, I forgot to mention the size is just shy of 4". Any idea on the name of this point or age? Thanks for the help

Stephen

jewelerguy · Aug 28, 2011

Smilodon said:
Hello, I forgot to mention the size is just shy of 4". Any idea on the name of this point or age? Thanks for the help

Stephen

here's a good reference site... http://www.overstreetid.com/

moah4me · Aug 30, 2011

Hello great find by the way as far as names it mostly depends on the area were it was found. I am from New York and we call points of that shape Adena

stefen · Aug 30, 2011

Smilodon said:
Went metal detecting today and found this will digging a piece of copper. Any idea what this point is or value? I believe it is coral as it is translucent

I was of the impression that coral was in the orange to red color range and is solid and not translucent! Possibly what you found is made from quartz.

High Plains Digger · Aug 30, 2011

They used to find some agate filled coral pieces off the Fla coast (Ft. Lauderdale??) that had a lot of color, and as I remember, a lot of banding. Smilodon: other than being translucent, are there other reasons you think this may be agatized coral?