Yep. They are little known. Often confused with Palmillas that they call penny points. These are transitional paleo for sure. Some books call them late archaic but they are not. As far as I know, I'm the only person to ever dig a significant quantity of them in context.
I have done many digs now in a bunch of areas. Currently digging in Angelina Co near Lufkin. I dont post my recent finds. As a matter of fact I just started back posting old finds recently. You can search my threads here and find some but most went away with arrowheadology.
I have literally hunted points all my life and my Dad hunted all his life. It was something we did together and always dreamed of a major excavation. We located and bought a nice site but I was in a corporate job and just never had the time. Then Dad had a massive heart attack. I knew then time was getting away so I started inventing ways to screen dirt with power. Fast forward 25 years and I have it perfected. we did that dig together and found around 30,000 points on 2 acres. The site was close to 15ft deep of layered occupation. What an adventure! Dad is still with me at 84 years old and still digging points. 400 point days are probably average with a few 1000 plus days. I started posting some of the stuff here and, my god, I almost got run out of here on a rail. I just quit posting my daily finds and then I enjoyed the site much more. I'll share type frames for educational value because I feel obligated to share info. Hope this wasnt too long. I started to pm you but figured others may have had the same questions. Thanks for asking, Steve
Hey Garscale, great father son relationship, my dad died young, but met my wife in grade school, was fortunate she was a tomboy, we hunted points for 60 years, been married 63 years, born May 1938, I would still hunt but not many places left around here..Thanks for sharing that piece of your life..Concerning what most folks think about the way we do things ( within reason ) who gives a flip, show and share, we only come this way once.
