central Illinois finds.....

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all of these were found in the same creek...
 

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....grinding stones (??)
 

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this grinding stone was a lucky find. a shallow lake dried up during a drought and this was laying by what once was a creek at the lake bottom.
 

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this came out of a plowed field...
 

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Nice artifact's you have there a coiple of nice point's and some good looking blades. That is a nice grinding stone.
 
Thanks flintdigger. the grinding stone is my favorite artifact in the bunch.

illocal said:
Nice finds. where about are you in illinois?

thanks. i live in Sangamon county...you?
 
mope540 said:
Thanks flintdigger. the grinding stone is my favorite artifact in the bunch.

illocal said:
Nice finds. where about are you in illinois?

thanks. i live in Sangamon county...you?

West Central in Knox county around galesburg illinois. Creeks are really low around here too.
 
illocal said:
mope540 said:
Thanks flintdigger. the grinding stone is my favorite artifact in the bunch.

illocal said:
Nice finds. where about are you in illinois?

thanks. i live in Sangamon county...you?

West Central in Knox county around galesburg illinois. Creeks are really low around here too.

you hunt around the Illinois river much?? almost everything pictured came from Cass county, not far from the river.
 
mope540 said:
illocal said:
mope540 said:
Thanks flintdigger. the grinding stone is my favorite artifact in the bunch.

illocal said:
Nice finds. where about are you in illinois?

thanks. i live in Sangamon county...you?

West Central in Knox county around galesburg illinois. Creeks are really low around here too.

you hunt around the Illinois river much?? almost everything pictured came from Cass county, not far from the river.


No but I do a lot of hunting around spoon river and it runs into the illinois river. I don't have anywhere to hunt around illinois river but spoon is pretty good also
 
That's a nice haul. Both rivers mentioned and their drainages should be choked up full of points.
 
Twitch said:
That's a nice haul. Both rivers mentioned and their drainages should be choked up full of points.

thanks!!!


i'll be checking some creeks tomorrow. it's looking to be a good hunt since we have had hardly any rain around here for the last 3-4 weeks
 

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