Creek find

gentleone444 · May 17, 2019

Well I am beyond stoked! I spotted this from 10ft away and couldn't believe my eyes! Now I've been hunting for about 3 years and have only found a handful of scrapers so you could call this my first real "point"! Any help with ID would be great appreciated!

smokeythecat · May 17, 2019

That thing is gorgeous!

old digger · May 17, 2019

That's Cool! It's a bummer the tip is not there.

catherine1 · May 17, 2019

Its a archaic dovetail knife. Killer artifact save........

arrow86 · May 17, 2019

Nice find that’s a sweet knife .... gonna be hard to top that but if that’s in the creek who knows what else is
Is the tip broke or worn down ?

gentleone444 · May 17, 2019

Is it long enough to be a knife?

Tnmountains · May 17, 2019

Heavily used very nice knife. Great save congratulations.

sandchip · May 17, 2019

I agree with Catherine since we don't know what part of the country you're in. Around here it would be something like a Bolen plain. Love the color of the material.

gentleone444 · May 17, 2019

I'm in northwest pa on lake erie

arrow86 · May 17, 2019

Definitely a knife , can you post pic of the tip

welsbury · May 17, 2019

Congrats on your first.Appears to me to have been used as a knife also.But it still could have been used as a projectile as well.

SportsmanAll · May 17, 2019

Gorgeous material.

reuellis · May 17, 2019

Great find! Congrats!

newnan man · May 18, 2019

Not a Dovetail in my opinion. Maybe a Kirk or Meadow wood. Nice.

MAMucker · May 18, 2019

I lean toward Kirk Corner Notched -with that Base and Notching. It’s well worn, but I think I see the remnants of Serrations which, (if present) would support that designation.
Also, it very well could be a knife.

pghDFXer · May 19, 2019

What was this piece?

kinda looks similar material

gentleone444 · May 19, 2019

Good eye! Went back today and grabbed it...maybe just a scaper? The top and bottom pieces look like same material but maybe just waste material or natural. Any thought?

Huzzah! · May 19, 2019

Perhaps waste material since I don't see workings that would indicate it being a scraper...despite that is exactly what I would have saved to make a scraper out of.

Also, awesome knife! People get so focused on finding a 'perfect' point with well-defined tip, but what you found stayed with someone and was used and re-worked which I find more significant. That tool meant something to someone, and now you have it to appreciate.