Lone Star
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Can't remember if I ever posted this so I'm gonna do it now.
Several years ago while doing some early spring maintenance on our fishing cabin on Trinity Bay, I decided to check my closest midden site before I drove home. It was a blustery cloudy day with a ripping se wind and the spring tide was high. Probably a foot or so over the normal high tide line. This means the water would cover most of the exposed shell midden and be lapping at the clay bank and tree line. The water was just warm enough to wade in but not by much. If I walked there I'd have to go thru flooded wetland for about 1/2 mile. The thought of snakes and spring gators told me I better take the boat.
I motored over to the shoreline and just like I suspected, the tide covered everything in sight with one little 4 square foot shell hill near the bank sticking out of the water. This little hill was a result of the wind and waves washing around a concrete barrier, and it created a slight hill on the beach at the end of it. The last two times I came here I found points on that slight hill. One was a worn knife form and one was a red/purple Catahoula birdy. The wind was humping straight in and it was rough as hell.
Well, curiosity got the better of me, and I dropped the anchor as shallow as I could from the bow and let the stern go in as shallow as I could. I hopped out and wadded to the shoreline to see if I could find anything thru the water. Not seeing anything but pottery shards I made my way over to the little shell hill. This little point was sitting smack on top of the shell asking to be saved. In all my years I've never seen a carved shell point until now. Also finding three points in a row at the same 4 square foot square area is unheard of. Been back 100 times since, haven't found any more right there.
Several years ago while doing some early spring maintenance on our fishing cabin on Trinity Bay, I decided to check my closest midden site before I drove home. It was a blustery cloudy day with a ripping se wind and the spring tide was high. Probably a foot or so over the normal high tide line. This means the water would cover most of the exposed shell midden and be lapping at the clay bank and tree line. The water was just warm enough to wade in but not by much. If I walked there I'd have to go thru flooded wetland for about 1/2 mile. The thought of snakes and spring gators told me I better take the boat.
I motored over to the shoreline and just like I suspected, the tide covered everything in sight with one little 4 square foot shell hill near the bank sticking out of the water. This little hill was a result of the wind and waves washing around a concrete barrier, and it created a slight hill on the beach at the end of it. The last two times I came here I found points on that slight hill. One was a worn knife form and one was a red/purple Catahoula birdy. The wind was humping straight in and it was rough as hell.
Well, curiosity got the better of me, and I dropped the anchor as shallow as I could from the bow and let the stern go in as shallow as I could. I hopped out and wadded to the shoreline to see if I could find anything thru the water. Not seeing anything but pottery shards I made my way over to the little shell hill. This little point was sitting smack on top of the shell asking to be saved. In all my years I've never seen a carved shell point until now. Also finding three points in a row at the same 4 square foot square area is unheard of. Been back 100 times since, haven't found any more right there.
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