found something

[Glenn C]

I came across this while digging. It seems only one side was worked on. Happy to come across it

 

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[NC field hunter]

Nice scraper!! I'm sure more are waiting for you!!

 

[Twitch]

I came across this while digging. It seems only one side was worked on. Happy to come across it

Glenn - It's a worked flake tool. The piece is a percussion reduction flake. The bottom of pic 1, right hand corner in slide 2 and the end facing you in slide 3 the struck platform. Then the flake was retouched along the edges and probably served as a flake knife. Cool find. No question to me it's an intentional tool. Being worked on only one side is very common in flake tools like this.

Joe

 

[Glenn C]

Thanks for the Info. Here is a couple pieces I found. I believe one is a broken point.

 

[birdpointgriswold]

I'm gonna say flake also but keep looking in that area!

Johnathan Griswold

 

[NC field hunter]

I am sure they are tools that were used. Looks like an end scraper and another little round scraper that I can't id, other than scraper. Great finds. Nice secondary flaking on the piece that you have siting up in your last pic!!