Finally Some Nice Points

Charl · Dec 2, 2015

A slow year. A friend offered to serve as my guide to some RI sites that included Late Paleo/Early Archaic material last weekend. Jumped at the opportunity. He found a nice crystal quartz triangle and a killer paper thin Brewerton Eared Triangle. It was found on edge, so not a true in-situ....

Charl · Dec 2, 2015

Well, I was thinking "oh no, am I going to get skunked again?" Two minutes and not three feet from where he found the Brewerton, I spotted my point of the year. These things are relative. This is a fine point by my standards. I was told it was made of a lithic from Maine called Big Mountain. Never heard of it, but it's a killer Late Archaic Otter Creek...

Charl · Dec 2, 2015

We hunted a Late Paleo/Early Archaic quartzite workshop, and found a couple of lance mid sections. Later, and about 15 minutes after finding the Otter Creek, I found a base which Dr. Gramly told me was an "auriculate fragment, possibly a Dalton". Might be just a base, but Dalton's are as rare as it gets in our parts. The remaining photos are Early lances found at this location by my friend when he was a child. The big one is restored of course....

Americus · Dec 2, 2015

Those are all nice. Thanks for the show!

Reelsnrods · Dec 2, 2015

Lovely finds right there! That little bird head is a beauty...

digger460 · Dec 2, 2015

Nice finds. Congrats

willjo · Dec 2, 2015

Nice finds, looks like the N.A.'s had some rough material to work with there.

creekhunter · Dec 2, 2015

Wow great day!

Charl · Dec 2, 2015

willjo said:
Nice finds, looks like the N.A.'s had some rough material to work with there.

Yeah, that was the case. But I think most collectors learn to like their local and regional lithics and actually favor them. Too much quartz and argillite, though, can make for some crude points. Quartzite dominated at these sites. I like quartzite; they could work it well. All our flints are exotic and sourced from a distance, usually the Hudson Valley. I do wish more flint turned up....

ptsofnc · Dec 2, 2015

The wait was worth it! Very nice!

NCPeaches · Dec 2, 2015

Very nice finds and some real beauties!

justonemore · Dec 2, 2015

Wow, great finds and a cool site, hope you guys get a chance to get out there again and often!

The Grim Reaper · Dec 2, 2015

Great looking finds. That Eared Brewerton is sweet. I really like those types.

I believe this is one as well and from eastern Pa. What do you think?

Mark Todd · Dec 3, 2015

Awesome, bet you could read the newspaper through that quartz crystal triangle. The eared Brewerton looks exceptional for that material as well. Sounds like you had a great time,good for you!

*Molly* · Dec 3, 2015

Nice points guys.

Charl · Dec 3, 2015

The Grim Reaper said:
Great looking finds. That Eared Brewerton is sweet. I really like those types.

I believe this is one as well and from eastern Pa. What do you think?

Looks like either a Brewerton Eared Triangle, or a Brewerton Eared Notched. The ears are less pronounced in the eared-triangle form, sometimes the tiny side notching is all but absent. You know, I might go with Brewerton Eared Notched on that one. It can be a tough call, but the amount of notching visible on yours leans me that way. I often have trouble separating the two types. Here are some Brewerton Eared Triangles and Eared Notched foe comparison with your Brewerton....

Charl · Dec 3, 2015

The Grim Reaper said:
Great looking finds. That Eared Brewerton is sweet. I really like those types.

I believe this is one as well and from eastern Pa. What do you think?

Grim, you can compare to these examples as well. First showing Eared Triangles, then Eared Notched. Because your notchng is slightly more "pronounced", that's why I leaned Eared Notched, but, as said, often a tough call for me.....

Charl · Dec 3, 2015

Mark Todd said:
Awesome, bet you could read the newspaper through that quartz crystal triangle. The eared Brewerton looks exceptional for that material as well. Sounds like you had a great time,good for you!

Thanks, Mark. The quartz was as thin as I've seen. I've got the tip upward in the photo in hand, and it might be a so-called crescent drill, with the one short arm being the business end....