Found Climbing Mt katadhin in Maine

[bonedoggle]

Countless climbers had walk right by or over this point. Brutal Climb and what a great surprise to remember it by.

Cheers,

Anyone have any color to add

 

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[Jon Stewart]

Wife and I must have walked passed it also when we climbed Katahdin. You are correct, it was a brutal climb. We spoke to some thru hikers who claimed it was one of the toughest sections of the hike.

 

[Arrow1492]

Actually it's a rock. Doesn't have the working indicative of being a point. I'd pick it up too, but the pics seem to show it being natural.

 

[unclemac]

better pictures that show why you think it is a point would be welcome...the over all shape is meaningless

 

[mn9000]

Material doesn't quite seem correct.

 

[uniface]

Looks pretty unmistakably like one to me -- just of highly eroded material.

FWIW

 

[Gaspipe]

That’s a rock fragment no matter what you hear .

 

[Tdog]

I think it has potential at this point (pic1). More close-ups at various angles needed.

 

[uniface]

FWIW, if you enlarge the final picture all the way you can see that it's like Pennsylvania argillite gets -- flaking evidence is eroded away.

 

[sandchip]

From what I can see, I believe it's natural, too.

 

[arrow86]

FWIW thread is 3 years old

 

[Tdog]

FWIW thread is 3 years old

Good observation. I usually catch these but missed this one.

 

[uniface]

FWIW thread is 3 years old

I wasn't aware that threads had expiration dates.

 

[quito]

I wasn't aware that threads had expiration dates.

They don’t expire, and it’s a nice feature.
i think there’s better evidence of worn flaking in the first pic.

 

[Tdog]

I wasn't aware that threads had expiration dates.

No but after 3 years, the chances of this person monitoring this thread and responding are slim to none.

 

[Relicgrubber]

I’m not saying it’s a piece of fractured rock...

...but it’s a piece of a fractured rock imo.

 

[uniface]

after 3 years, the chances of this person monitoring this thread and responding are slim to none.

And, on the other hand, if he's still here, the chance of him seeing it in the current discussions menu is 100 %.

The main point, IMO, is that it's of general interest. Maybe not to all, but enough of "some."

I’m not saying it’s a piece of fractured rock...

...but it’s a piece of a fractured rock imo.

And if you were from east/central Pennsylvania, and familiar with the way argillite artifacts get after 1500 years of exposure -- deteriorated to the point where the flake scars are indistinguishable and the surfaces look like an old, poorly fired colonial era brick -- you might have a better baseline for comparison than cobble chert & exotic Edwards.

seeing as it IS a piece of fractured rock either way, you're right, of course.

 

[uniface]

Can't copy & paste the image for some reason.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/n.../608585-argillite-lanceolate-blade-maybe.html

https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum...de-md-aa/209570-lockatong-argillite-nj-and-pa

 

[jamus peek]

I think pic 1 shows some edge work worked from both sides. The edge is chipped one side then the other and shows a snake pattern. Just an opinion!