Found A Few 5/29/10

[Th3rty7]

Walked a dry dusty field and found a few keepers this afternoon. Four whole points, two heartbreakers, three manos, and a couple scrapers and a snapped uniface knife. Also found a buffalo tooth? Thanks for looking, HH

 

[ohio]

Just curious, how did you determine that it is a buffalo and not a cow? Really cool man.

Chuck

 

[Tnmountains]

You had a good day with a lot of good finds. 4 whole ones is great. Looks like the plow took on those river cobbles/tools. Buffalo? No way,,,,I thought I was on Mr.Larsons thread for a moment!!
Nice hunt thirty7. This weather is perfect. One Holiday I am thankful for

 

[GroundS.KeepeR]

Nice finds

 

[Th3rty7]

I'm not 100% sure, It looks just like some buffalo tooth pics on google images, and some examples I've seen on another artifact message board discussing buffalo teeth. I think the main reason I think it's a buffalo is because of the size of bones around it and the artifacts that are coming out of the same horizon beside it. The creek beside this field is called Lick Creek, because it has natural salt licks that brought in the large game and buffalo in prehistoric times.

Still though it's quite possibly a cow tooth. Anyone know the differences between a buffalo tooth and a cow tooth?

 

[Th3rty7]

You had a good day with a lot of good finds. 4 whole ones is great. Looks like the plow took on those river cobbles/tools. Buffalo? No way,,,,I thought I was on Mr.Larsons thread for a moment!!
Nice hunt thirty7. This weather is perfect. One Holiday I am thankful for

Thanks Tn., I think some are plow dings , the center stone has three nearly symmetrical grooves across one side? I don't think those are plow damage, another has a groove that looks like a bone sharpening function.

Thanks Grounds Keeper...Have a good memorial day weekend everyone.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I'm not 100% sure, It looks just like some buffalo tooth pics on google images, and some examples I've seen on another artifact message board discussing buffalo teeth. I think the main reason I think it's a buffalo is because of the size of bones around it and the artifacts that are coming out of the same horizon beside it. The creek beside this field is called Lick Creek, because it has natural salt licks that brought in the large game and buffalo in prehistoric times.

Still though it's quite possibly a cow tooth. Anyone know the differences between a buffalo tooth and a cow tooth?

Yeah, one is in a cows mouth and the other is in a buffalos mouth.





























Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[larson1951]

yes thirty7 i think it's a buffalo tooth
i'm not sure if it is upper or lower
i will try to get a picture for comparison

btw, glad you had good hunt
it looks like the tips are still pretty sharp on those points in the first image
thanks for sharing
larson1951

 

[theviking]

Four points in one hunt, very nice! Cool manos.. Great day.

 

[chong2]

cool stuff, man you get alot of the manos where they also used as a sharpener/ lithic grinding tool. more common over there i suppose

 

[Th3rty7]

Thanks Viking and Larson for the comments.

Lars, It would be great to see some examples of buffalo teeth, appreciate the help. feel free to post them in here.

 

[Th3rty7]

cool stuff, man you get alot of the manos where they also used as a sharpener/ lithic grinding tool. more common over there i suppose

Thanks Chong. For whatever reason this spot is full of manos and grinding stones. They seem to be scarce in the other spots I hunt. My best guess on this is that many cultures throughout time lived here, paleo through mississippian.

 

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

Good Job.....

 

[larson1951]

thirty7
Ask and you shall receive

they are prolific in my field
these teeth and broken scapula hoes/shovels were picked up this morning in 10 minutes

lars

 

[larson1951]

hey thirty7
did you compare your teeth to the pictures yet?
just curious of your opinion
lars

 

[cthulhu]

I'm going to say cow. You should post the chewing surface, not the sides/roots of the teeth for better ID.

 

[larson1951]

which ones are you calling cow teeth ?
thanks,
lars

 

[Th3rty7]

Thanks for posting those teeth Lars, they sure look similar. I'm still leaning towards buffalo because of the very large bones scattered beside it and the artifacts found close by. Projectile points, scrapers, and uniface knives. Next time I'm there I'll take some pics of the large bones...might add some more clues to id. Thanks again.

 

[larson1951]

here is a top view for you to compare
lars

 

[creek astronaut]

great day dude!!!