Digging weekend in Frenchburg, KY 8/20/11 - 8/22/2011

[Flint-seeker]

Trevmma and I decided to dig in KY. Well, our inaugural digging weekend in Frenchburg, Kentucky turned out to be alot of fun. Our hosts were top notch. Every night we had freshly smoked/chargrilled steaks and chicken.

I learned many valuable lessons last weekend, including the need to pack a LARGE bottle of ibuprofen!

Here's a pic of my buddy trevmma at the cabin finishing up a sifter build the morning before the dig:

Here's a couple shots of the rock shelter we dug at (yes, on private land):

Sifting all day long!

Our gracious hosts:

Digging in a small hole of the shelter:

Here's a rock formation we nicknamed "Balancing Rock":

Our first dug find, a broken blade of some sort:

A group shot of all of our finds from the rock shelter:

Close-ups:

This broken point would have been thinner than a saltine cracker if completed!

On Monday morning, we left the dig site and headed to Northern Kentucky. Here's a few pics of the field and our finds...

Cleaned up field finds:

All in all, a great weekend filled with comradery, great food, cool finds and great weather... The flint is amazing in Kentucky. We have a bucket full of flakes to prove it!

Let me know if you want better pics of any pieces!

Thanks for taking a look,

Shane

 

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[1320]

Shane, I'm glad that you and "T" took me up on the offer! You guys worked your butts off in that shelter, I was surprised. Humidity and Horse Flys...wow, you guys really showed me and my brother up. I realize alot of folks don't like to share their sites and I understand to an extent but, I learned some great ideas and techniques...well worth sharing the shelter and I look forward to sharing more with both of you. You guys "ROCK"

Jamie

 

[WV sifter]

Nice levanna/madison,along with some other promising stuff! ,gotta love those shelters,digging local sandstone overhangs with my dad years ago is what got me into indian artifacts, that shelter holds potential ,with that said I hope you do go back there as there are complete points to be unearthed under that shelter(and who knows what other type artifacts) ,I can almost guarantee it,happy siftings man!

 

[Flint-seeker]

Here's a little video I made:

 

[1320]

Wonder if that white T-shirt made it back into circulation?

 

[WV sifter]

Now thats what I call a trench!,alot of hard work and dedication ,believe me I know how these shelters can be.

 

[LookN4pnts]

Awesome thread. Not many rock shelters here in the sandhills of NC.

 

[WV sifter]

hope they dont get that vote!