Couple Tennessee 09 finds

[Tnmountains]

Hello
I have sure enjoyed seeing everyones artifacts and reading their storys. Am new on here and have learned a lot. I have been ewwing and awwing so many good post that I thought that I should start posting some recent finds of my own before I put them in those dreaded frames. These are surface finds from the creek but they were 50 miles apart.The light colored one was from a Dallas era site..(not sure type yet maybe hamilton stemmed) The one on the right was from a collapsed bank. I think its a lost lake sun fish style. The small one on bottom is a guntersville. Please correct me if I am wrong on these cause in this hobby its hard to be right.
Bottom pic is a bummer. Broken birdstone effigy but still pretty cool.
Thanks for looking,
TnMountains

 

[am-ark]

very nice....thanks for showing

 

[central MO rock stars]

sweet finds you got some nice stuff in Tennessee. Thanks 4 your input on our stuff. thanks a lot. CMRS

 

[Pinellas Man]

Nice finds 8) Thanks for sharing.

 

[jamey]

those sure are some good ones pretty good shape too.i cant wait till i feel good enough to try to type one.the merc is great also did you find it with your detecter?i think i would of missed the bird,good eye you got there jamey oh keep looking and posting as i not sure if ill ever make it to the tenn. river

 

[silvercop]

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks silvercop,Pinellas Man, am -ark ,Jamey and central Mo rock stars. I really got fired up seeing Jamey pull out that stuff from across the mtn. Have enjoyed seeing all ya"lls finds. Will post some more as I get time and appreciate your kind comments. You guys keep posting too
TnMountains
P.s yep merc is from my front yard dug long time ago have dug 18 CW bullets out of it so far . Cant decide wether to MDetect or hunt artifacts !

 

[creek astronaut]

nice finds,yea i hate finding something that i have to put in those dreaded frames!LOL.

 

[Muddy Feet]

Very nice points.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice finds Tnmountain. Let's see some more of your collection.

 

[Tnmountains]

Ok here is something that probably has no value but to me was a great find. It was under a cliff overhang.In the back of the shelter was a very old spring that bubbled out. I crawled back there to clean it out to get the water flowing and picked up a moss covered rock and started digging away with it. This is what I had in my hand. I guess the guys that lived there used it for the same thing. It is old. I think I can safely classify it as a digger !!! Hope you enjoy.

 

[WhiteCountyPaleo]

BIG!

 

[Tnmountains]

BIG!

I wish I had of seen it before I started digging with it. The patina is really good.
Thanks for looking.

 

[BamaBill]

That's actually a blade blank. The native american that fashioned that probably had a stash of them in that shelter he was using as he needed. Probably moved to better hunting grounds and forgot it. They would have or find a good rock outcropping of flint or flint-like material and break off chunks that were from apple to grapefruit size and carry to convenient spot to break off blanks, then carry the blanks back to their home camp, where they would sit around fashioning points, knives, scrapers, and axes/hand tools. When a point or larger blade broke they would "resharpen/reshape" the broken blade into a scraper or other tool.

 

[Tnmountains]

That's actually a blade blank. The native american that fashioned that probably had a stash of them in that shelter he was using as he needed. Probably moved to better hunting grounds and forgot it. They would have or find a good rock outcropping of flint or flint-like material and break off chunks that were from apple to grapefruit size and carry to convenient spot to break off blanks, then carry the blanks back to their home camp, where they would sit around fashioning points, knives, scrapers, and axes/hand tools. When a point or larger blade broke they would "resharpen/reshape" the broken blade into a scraper or other tool.

I wish I had of found some more blanks in that shelter. BamaBill do you hunt in Guntersville much?
TnMountains

 

[BamaBill]

Actually, I've never hunted around Guntersville. Probably 'cause I don't know anyone over that way.

 

[Th3rty7]

nice finds, talk about a heartbreaker!

 

[Mentalfloss]

very nice

 

[Airborne80]

sweeeeeet!

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks for the comments and words of wisdom. We are about ready to go under water with all this rain here in Tennessee. Hopefully will find some stuff when the water goes back down.