Five Hours / Five Points(ish) (Best creek walk ever!!!)

[CodyPratt]

I walked a 1 mile stretch of creek this morning and the spirits must've been loving me, because I found a TON of totally different points!
I think 1 (maybe 2) are a knife, and not a point, but it counts as a point in my book.
I have zero clue about types, so ideas and opinions are welcome and wanted! (I'm especially interested in the leaf shaped one.)
All were found in a creek/river in Southeast Nebraska.

 

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[Wildcat1750]

Beautiful finds!

 

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[CodyPratt]

These are the little flake blades. (Idk what the big orange triangle is, I assumed uniface scraper, but the edge is not anywhere near a smooth curve, so idk.) I'll try to photo some more of the stuff in the morning. I got a few nice little U-channel scrapers (idk the proper term), and a fist sized chert block that has a beveled and worked edge that seems to be some sort of bone crusher, or something of the sort.

**Edit** Sorry about the grey one being upside down relative to the others. I photograph in the dark. lol

 

[Tdog]

The one beside the quarter is my fav. Thanks.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Awesome finds.
How long is the creek you are searching?
Be sure to check downstream where the creek connects to the larger stream bed. Better yet, a boogey board and wet suit lets you get up close and not miss anything! If it's deep, you may need to take up snorkeling.

 

[CodyPratt]

Awesome finds.
How long is the creek you are searching?
Be sure to check downstream where the creek connects to the larger stream bed. Better yet, a boogey board and wet suit lets you get up close and not miss anything! If it's deep, you may need to take up snorkeling.

I'm not sure. The plan has been to keep walking it in one direction and get picked up downstream the past 5x I've gone,. But, I keep getting stuck in the same 1 mile stretch all day because theres so much I keep finding. Lol Fortunately the water right now is crystal clear and maybe 8inches deep on average. There are a few ~3-4ft deep spots, but mostly the water is super low. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning to make the trek from one access point to the next, so we'll see how it goes. Lol

 

[smallfoot]

You're doing fine in that section of the creek. It's always iffy to leave a producing area in search of better, but we all do it occasionally! Creeks will constantly change if water is moving. I don't think I'd leave that area until I stopped picking them up.

 

[Sidevalve45]

Wow! You had a great day for sure. That second blade is really nice.

 

[CodyPratt]

Is the leaf shaped one Knife River flint??

 

[Tdog]

Is the leaf shaped one Knife River flint??

It certainly looks like it!

 

[Tdog]

I got a few nice little U-channel scrapers (idk the proper term)

Spokeshaves if I understand what you mean.

 

[CodyPratt]

Yes, spokeshaves! (I'll try to get those next.)
Sorry for the slowness. It's hard to convince myself to take photos rather than explore or research. lol Here is another couple of the knives from the 5 point day. I'll try to get more of the stuff from that day uploaded here on Wednesday when I'll have an hour or so to sit down and photograph. (The second one has this super gnarly and wavy ventral face, but they still used it!) lol

 

[CodyPratt]

Side Note: I think the red one was re-worked into a scraper a few thousand years after being made on that top left edge, taking advantage of the uniface bottom. Most of the surfaces in the blade edges themselves have significant patina and were made by a larger tool, while that edge is fairly patina free, and looks to be worked by a much smaller tool. Just a hypothesis though.

 

[MAMucker]

You killed it! That may be a year’s worth of surface hunting for some of us. Top it off with a couple year makers too!

The leaf-blade is a stunner. Is there any ground edges on the basal end? It seems that the widest portion is above the mid-section.

 

[CodyPratt]

You killed it! That may be a year’s worth of surface hunting for some of us. Top it off with a couple year makers too!

The leaf-blade is a stunner. Is there any ground edges on the basal end? It seems that the widest portion is above the mid-section.

The widest part is definitely at about 2/3 of the height. I'm super new to this, but as far as I can tell there isn't any significant basal grinding. All of the edges look fairly similarly knapped, althought below the widest portion does feel ever so slightly less sharp than the top 1/3, and the top 1/3 seems to have a slightly thinner cross section.

 

[MosesOfTheSouth]

awesome stuff dude! that leaf blade is killer. you have a honey hole there. if there are any areas close to your hot spot with exposed bedrock cracks, you might consider cleaning them out. from my experience, if you are on that much stuff, either you are close to the bank/s that the artifacts are eroding from. or you've hit a sweet spot in the river that for whatever reason, holds more.

i found a spot like that a few years back. i had a semi-dry wet suit on and a face mask because the water was so cold. over a period of a couple weekends i found hundreds of artifacts fanning out bedrock cracks. most were in perfect condition because they had been trapped in the bedrock crack close to where they eroded out.. found some old lead pistol balls as well.

 

[unclemac]

don't stop now...you got a nice secret stretch of good producing creek...more to be found...wait for a good hard rain or two...and keep your mouth shut!

 

[Fat]

I just said that to someone too lol..