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[drsno1]

Any input would help. I bought around 10 more but these were my favorites. Kinds and value?

 

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[Charl]

The item in the first photo is a flint fishhook. They show up with some frequency on all the artifact forums and experienced collectors will tell you none has ever been found in a controlled dig, or in context. Collectors universally regard them as modern. Native American fishhooks were made of bone, one piece or sometimes two. The subject gets debated a lot on the boards, but the consensus is that flint fishhooks are not ancient artifacts. Sorry for that bit of bad news.

Regarding the other items, My eyes are telling me modern for those as well, but it's tough to qualify, just decades of looking at artifacts renders a gut feeling, which isn't much to go by, especially from photos alone. And it's just an opinion.
In the case of the fishhook, though, the consensus in the collecting community is that they are modern.

 

[SCrocks]

I believe they are modern re-productions

 

[trevmma]

yep all repro

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Sorry to say, but all of those are modern reproductions. If those 4 are then it's a good bet all 10 are. Post the rest and let us see if they are.

 

[monsterrack]

I have to go along with the others on modern and all the reason they gave plus one of my own and that is they all look like they were made from the same stone type. If you didn't pay to much you have some nice repo. stuff to compare real stuff too.

 

[Red Earth]

I know a fella who found a flint fish hook. The guy is a farmer and thinks the artifacts are cool to find when he climbs off the tractor to get them. He wouldn't ever fake a piece since he holds minor interest in them. Take them to a museum and see what they say. Pictures are deceiving.
Not long ago on this site, a man posted 4 or 5 pics of fake relics and told all of us to guess what was fake. As everyone chose 1-5 it ended up being all of them that were fakes. No one got it correct. So take them to someone who can handle them and tell you about them

 

[rock]

Seeing the flint is white and of course not all white flint is but most reproduction pieces are made from the while flint. It is harder to see the modern chips on the white flint and that is the reason they use it. GL and I hope they are real.