AWESOME Ross County, Ohio Dovetail!!!!

[specwar]

Found this after walking corn stubble for and hour! Absolutely nothing else in the field, not even a flake. It was less than 20 ft. from where I parked my truck and found when walking out. One of my best in 20 yrs of hunting! Also a few other finds for you to enjoy. I rarely post anything on here and welcome any feedback.

Thanks!

 

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[rock]

They all look nice but I can enlarge the pics

 

[jamey]

beautiful ones for sure

 

[arrow86]

Very nice... Well worth the walk

 

[unclemac]

that whole frame looks great,,,all from the same area?

 

[Mark Todd]

Thanks for showing your collection.
Your recent find is real nice, not so sure it's a dovetail, but that takes nothing away from it.
Before many resharpenings it would have been much larger, real nice find, congrats!!!

 

[Tony in SC]

Great points! If I had stuff like that in my fields, I never would come home. Tony

 

[creekhunter]

WORTH THE WALK ANY DAY!

 

[willjo]

Those are some fine examples and the one was well worth an hour walk.

 

[Americus]

Wow! Nice finds. Thanks for sharing.

 

[catherine1]

Great artifact SAVES......

 

[specwar]

Mark, what do you think it is if it's not a dovetail? Thanks!

 

[painterx7]

Those are as good as it gets !!!

 

[Mark Todd]

"Specwar" , where I'm from we'd call it a "plevna"; an archaic variant of the same period as the dovetail.
They're notched like a dovetail, but on a sharper cornered base as compared to the ovate base that gives the latter it's classic basal curve. I'll try to find a picture showing the difference.
In your area they may get lumped together, don't know.
Typing points can differ a lot from one region to another.
Regardless it's a nice one!

 

[Mark Todd]

Here's a picture that contrasts the two types: the second and fourth are plevnas with the straighter base line (tail), but they're are smaller than your piece.