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if they were in a frame, Florida hard stone celts...Two on bottom are flaked chert, Thanks for lookin. FD3BDC7A-CB98-4679-B9C7-65AB4088856E.webp
 

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Should have saved one for me to find, hardstone that is. Thanks for sharing those Hal.
 

Wow, those are nice. Where do you think the stone is from originally?
 

Great looking pic, thanks for sharing once again.
 

Another fantastic "frame".

I was wondering the same thing about where the hard stone material might have originated?
 

Those are cool and I recognized the two on the bottom, actually found one a couple wks ago, but working end was broke off.
 

Wow, those are nice. Where do you think the stone is from originally?
Most were trade goods from up the Mississippi, traded for shell and other items , most were from Cedar Key Florida, 1970s..top 2 pair central Florida,Greenstone from Georgia,
 

Those are cool and I recognized the two on the bottom, actually found one a couple wks ago, but working end was broke off.
Very scarce in Florida..Those were a cash, so were the two at the top
 

The one I found I was told Burlington chert, yours must be a different kind of chert. I saw the word chert and the exact/close to size of mine and thought the same. Mine has a lot of gray in it. Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?
Flaking seems similar. The small found same day same creek, put it in there to c if it was a flake.


Very scarce in Florida..Those were a cash, so were the two at the top
 

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Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?

A Cobbs point and a celt, flaked or pecked & ground, are two completely different tools with different functions. The Cobbs point is hafted as a knife or dart (spear) and used as such while a celt is hafted as a chopping tool and is much more robust; e.g. an axe.

Cobbs Triangular Projectile Point
 

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The one I found I was told Burlington chert, yours must be a different kind of chert. I saw the word chert and the exact/close to size of mine and thought the same. Mine has a lot of gray in it. Also mine im told is a cobb, would that go for those two on bottom also cobb?
Flaking seems similar. The small found same day same creek, put it in there to c if it was a flake
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I really jumped the gun, when I saw those bottom ones.
I reread and also missed the celt reference, when I got fixated on bottom 2.
 

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I've got quite a few of what I call Turtle Back Scrapers. I'm sure some are blanks, preforms, and real scrapers.
Most show some sharpening/retouch on the edges.
 

I'd check out Hentrix Scrapers in the Early Archaic section of the Peachtree State archaeological soc. site.

FWIW
 

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