Found a couple points and a grinder Saturday

[redbeardrelics]

I finally got to go out for a short hunt Saturday, first hunt for me since mid July, and it seemed more like three years than three months. None of the fields I usually walk are getting turned so far this year, so I just went out looking for bare ground where I could find it in unworked fields. The first site didn't have much bare ground showing but I ended up with the base half of a wide stemmed point #238, and the tip fragment of a dark chert serrated point #239.
The next field was in standing corn, with not much bare ground showing either. Grinder #86 looked like a nutting stone from where it lay, but the depression didn't show much sign of being worked, or usage, while the bottom side (the side showing in the photo) is obviously ground almost flat. The only two intact points I found are #87 and #91, both of which have "unfinished bases", with the cobble cortex remaining. These are probably the most common point types in most of the sites I hunt. I generally consider them Lamoka types, and assume they are roughly of the same age as the more northerly Lamoka's.. #90 is a quartzite biface that could be a completed tool of some sort, but with the thick hinge, (which shows near the base in the photo) I suspect it is more likely a rejected preform. Thanks for lookin and HH.

 

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[ncnurseryman]

Good finds. I always like the insitu pics.

 

[painterx7]

Super finds and super needle tip on the one thanks for posting !!!

 

[DigIron2]

nice finds!Looks like you had a great saturday.

 

[theviking]

Nice finds. Looks like a good variety of material in the fields you hunt. Interesting both points have unfinished bases showing cortex.. Thanks for the view and info.

 

[rock]

Always good to be able to go out and look. Why haven't you gotten to go in the past 3 months? I try to go at least once a week. I don't always find anything but the walk is always good. Nice finds

 

[SCrocks]

The one has a nice needle tip on it that looks like it would still hurt. Nice finds there redbeird.

 

[yakker]

Hey Red! So glad you were able to finally get out for a peek. And you got a good assortment- I will miss the beautiful variety of color up there (sigh). Hope all is going better for you now- HH Yak

 

[redbeardrelics]

Always good to be able to go out and look. Why haven't you gotten to go in the past 3 months? I try to go at least once a week. I don't always find anything but the walk is always good. Nice finds

Thanks everybody.
Hey Rock, I wish I could have gotten out some this summer but it was just not to be. Biggest problem was none of the fields I have permission at were walkable because of the growing crops. The secondary problem was health related, I got sick in middle of July, and after some mis-diagnosis, they finally found out I had a case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite, I felt ok after awhile but they had me on antibiotics for over a month, the kind of antibiotics that they want you to stay out of the Sun while on. I tried to stay indoors as much as I could stand, or covered up when I went outside, but still ended up with a bad case of sun burn on my face. All is well now, but still trying to play catch up on all the chores and activities I missed this summer. HH

 

[rock]

Sorry to hear that. Them ticks come in all sizes here but a doctor told me we don't have that spotted fever. So I just yank them off when I see them.

 

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Awesome finds

 

[collector01]

Nice finds! I was thinking they look like the my points and then seen you were from the shore also, so makes since.

 

[monsterrack]

Very good hunt and great finds