First projectile point ever found

[Hog2080]

Can anyone tell me the type of projectile point this is and how old.
It was found in a creek by my house in Will County Illinois near a known Indian village. Will post more pics with measurements.



thx
Hog2080

 

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[Older The Better]

With that base could be very old, like 10,000 years. Is the base ground? Different areas have different groups of points so I’m no help with id might have better luck in the na artifact forum

 

[Hog2080]

Hers are some more pics also I attached pic of the tail under a microscope

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice point!! I'd say paleo(old) maybe clovis?

 

[Hog2080]

Wow that's amazing!! I can't believe I had found it completely intact.

 

[lairmo]

Not Clovis but nice!

 

[Older The Better]

I Second not Clovis most are fluted and none to my knowledge have any form of shoulders but a real possibility it’s a contemporary of Clovis.

 

[CaptEsteban]

If that is the first one you have ever found,,,, you sure hit a " home run !"

 

[Hog2080]

Mind if I ask what contemporary Clovis is?

 

[Ryanblood1]

This website will help identifying it. You can select the state that you found the point and it has a complete list with pictures of all types and the time periods.

https://www.projectilepoints.net/Search/State_Search.html

This is probably the right one

 

[Older The Better]

Anything paleo indian- trasitional paleo. There’s many names for many similar points. in my area Folsom, plainview, Scott’s bluff, Allen, Holland, dalton, packard, agate basin, angostura... probably forgetting a bunch just going off the top of my head... overstreet is a good place to look too. The reason I think it is old is the auriculate base. And a hunch. Basal grinding is a good sign too. Are the edges around the base dull compared to higher up?

 

[Hog2080]

To me it definitely gets sharper as it works it’s way up. Looks like it may have been reworked?

 

[Older The Better]

That’s basal grinding a trait common on paleo points, they dulled the part that was attached to the stick so it wouldn’t cut the binding.

 

[Hog2080]

Wow that is so interesting. I just started getting into this about a month ago. Maybe been out 6 times one hr each time because I had spine surgery and couldn't search for very long. I actually found it while I was resting. It was just sitting next to me. Boy did I get excited. I know very little about point hunting and identification. I find it extremely fascinating though. Thanks for the info.