🥇 BANNER CLOVIS! My Oldest Find EVER!

[oxbowbarefoot]

Two days later and I'm still just as giddy as when I found this.

Monday after work I decided to take a little drive down to Massachusetts to a colonial farm site along the Connecticut River where I have had some luck with my detector. After swinging the coil for a while in a lower field and only turing up a few flat buttons, I decided to try my luck in the upper field which had recently been turned over. The soil was really dry and the dust was awful. Disgruntled, I figured I would do one more pass hoping to dig at least one good keeper for the day. I always look down when I'm detecting, so its not uncommon for me to find the occasional arrowhead or flake, but what I saw laying on the ground shocked me. Staring up from the dusty earth was the most perfect point I had ever seen. I just about through my detector and shovel in excitement. I didn't even think to take an in-situ picture, I just picked it up and kept saying "oh my god, oh my god." In my hand I held my very first Paleo point, this wonderfully fluted Clovis! The point is 4 1/8" long, 1 1/2" wide. I can't wait to get back there and search for more!

 

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[oxbowbarefoot]

If I knew you were coming..I would have baked a cake
Was with you when you found a few of your other nice indian artifacts
but indeed this is your finest

Thanks Casper, You'll have to swing up this way some time. Ive got some pretty good cellar holes that I don't think have been hit too hard. I didn't get out much during the summer, the heat was a little much. I'm ready now that the cool weather is rolling in.

 

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[rock]

Amazing find, once in a lifetime.

 

[Jyverb64]

Congrats on a real beauty

 

[d2]

As great shape as that one was in I wouldn't be surprised if there were some more there close...d2

 

[corpsman]

awesome find! congratulations!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Beautiful Clovis!

Thread will be moved to our Indian Artifact forum tomorrow...

 

[firemac]

Oh man! That's fantastic, yes banner.

 

[46Wheat]

What a beautiful clovis point

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Beautiful Clovis!

Thread will be moved to our Indian Artifact forum tomorrow...

I posted it there as well, perhaps you can consolidate the threads?

 

[Michiganne]

Wow, congrats on saving that beauty! WTG on the Banner, too!

HH

 

[tomhighland]

Awesome! Way to go.

 

[RelicMedic]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!!!!!

 

[BigWaveDave]

I was running the XP Deus in my top secret ancient stone tool mode

Gotta get me one of those XP Dues's .....

great find and congrats on the Banner

 

[greatwun]

You are so lucky!

 

[sutphin]

I MAY NOT KNOW WHAT POINT AND FLUTE DEFINES BUT I DO KNOW A FINE SPECIMEN WHEN I SEE IT , DANG COOL AS HAEL FIND ....

 

[pepperj]

Now that's one great piece of eye candy you have in your hand, congrats on the find and being up on the banner as it really is something special and so perfect. It's just one of those finds where you can just pick up time and time again and each time feel the rush, that is what it's all about!

 

[ClovisOak]

Awesome find and congrats!

 

[GaRebel1861]

You found "the" point we've all been looking for! Congratulations on the find and making the banner!

 

[cjon455]

very cool, man the things that baby has seen!, this to me is better than any coin, relic, etc!

congratulations!

 

[swamp yankee]

Big Congrats on the find of anyone's lifetime!!! I'm 67yo and have only seen one even close to as good!!! The "detecting gods" really smiled on you.....