Cobbs?

[Cosmo]

That's what I'm thinking .

 

[quito]

Be my guess! NICE ONE!!!

 

[rock]

Well in some states they call them preforms so it depends on where it was found.

 

[fishstick]

Let's here the story.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Cobb's alright....

 

[monsterrack]

That is a finished piece of work and a Cobbs for sure

 

[sandchip]

It's a beautiful blade whatever it is, but I agree with Rock that it depends on what part of the country it was found. It's a little wider than what we normally see in Cobbs in these parts. Is it beveled?

 

[SoIll]

North blade aka un-notched Snyders.

 

[welsbury]

Nicely made piece for sure. Did you find it?

 

[Cosmo]

A guy who knew,I liked artifacts showed me his frame the cobbs was in the middle surrounded by a weathered drill,heartbreaker blade,scraper and about 8 natural rocks. He called the cobbs an adena. I told him I thought is was Cobb,but would ask the guys on the artifact forum board for him. He found it in a field in Calhoun county Illinois. Thanks for opinions guys.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

A guy who knew,I liked artifacts showed me his frame the cobbs was in the middle surrounded by a weathered drill,heartbreaker blade,scraper and about 8 natural rocks. He called the cobbs an adena. I told him I thought is was Cobb,but would ask the guys on the artifact forum board for him. He found it in a field in Calhoun county Illinois. Thanks for opinions guys.

A lot of Cobs have been found in Illinois and Missouri....

 

[chase2]

Well in some states they call them preforms so it depends on where it was found.

Rock, That looks like a Cobbs to me. Preforms are different, but a term used out west. My take between the two one such as a knife vs a preform is more of the refinement. The preform is more of a rough form meant for travel. Less weight, but still not refined enough for a tool. JMO

That is a a nice find! thanks for sharing.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

It could be an early stage Cobbs knife, it would be more 'classic' if it had some steep beveling from be resharpened. There is a key to this being a Cobbs though that has not been mentioned yet and that is if the base, or widest part of the blade, has been ground or polished... If so, then yes, it is finished as is and an early stage which is more uncommon.
If it isnt heavily ground, then i would go with it being a North blade or possibly a cache blade, but its awful nice for a cache blade. The Adena culture had some super nice, thin and finely made blades too...

Dandy blade no matter who says what about it!!!!

 

[Americus]

That is a very nice find. Thanks for the look.

 

[Twitch]

From just the pics it seems to have more North blade (Hopewell related, middle Woodland, often preform to Snyders). As everyone said, very nice point.

 

[quito]

North Blade was one of my first thoughts, but a quick search shows North blades have a round base, cobbs usually not, they are straight like this one.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

Cobbs and Stanfield blades are very similar... I believe both of these are ground on the base. But the north blades I have examined were not ground. I'm leaning towards a North blade still.

 

[Twitch]

I'm with Mr Dirt Digger on this one. North blades very often have round bases but they also can come with straight bases. I hunt a site in Pike Co IL that was surveyed by Perino as a single component, middle woodland site and this point, if it were made out of Burlington, could have easily come off that site. I have several dozen (mostly all broken) that have the exact form, flaking, etc.

 

[Mrdigz]

Very nice find!

 

[tamrock]

That's really nice.