Got a few last nite

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

I bought a small collection from a guy that lives here in my home town. He found these some 40 years ago On his familys farm. Most of my sites are right around this area. He brought them over in an old shoe box, and said that they had been in his attic for years.I ended up with some 50 or so, some are not to bad. I will really enjoy them. They are all same site finds from Lincoln county, Mo. I having trouble typing the point in the first 2 pics, I was thinking it could be a Hardin Point. Anybody? John

 

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[badandy]

Ol' boy was on a nice early archaic site John! You know that's a Hardin in the first two pics., bud and a nice one at that. Wish it had the long base on it like the other. Maybe a dalton sloan in there too, but not sure. I'd say you did real good, and local finds as well, Congrats my friend!

badandy

 

[rockman0_12]

John,
The flaking on the point in the first two pics looks more mid to late archaic than early archaic. I'm guessing Etley.
What ever it is it's a very nice point. Congrats on the collection, you hit a good lick that time! Nice group of points.
Rob C.

 

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

Roc made me think about it, Etley? I find quite of few of those around here. This point has secondary flaking on it and almost a bevel on the left side, The other Hardins are worked down, and have the very distint bevel(left side) . I think it is a Hardin first stage. Thanks guys, and believe me I don't know half of what I should. Thanks for your input,,,,, Happy New Year, be safe. John

 

[Carolina Points]

Very nice artifacts you got there I like the the 2 points with the variations of color. Thanks for showing.
Clint

 

[crazyjarhead]

Those are really cool and in good shape too

 

[fossis]

Good buy

Fossis..............

 

[jeff a]

nice, whats the material on the big red blade

 

[pickaway]

Great collection

 

[The Grim Reaper]

That site was definitely occupied for quite some time with the Early Archaic to Middle Woodland types in that assemblage. Very nice points you got there John. The first point does have a Hardin look to it and just may be a first stage Hardin since you have others from the same site. Nice Snyders in there as well. Is the one red/cream colored Knife made from Horsecreek Chert? It sure looks like it is.

Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

 

[seger98]

Nice! Simply nice!

 

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

Steve, and Jeff a. I am not sure on the material, I had my busted piece with me, and no one would give me an answer at the last couple shows. HMMM. Steve(dorkfish) you may be right . Most of the horse creek i find is black and red tho. I bet you got it. Thanks to everyone. The pic shown are the blade, and my heart breaker. Its the same material. ( Horse Creek more than likely)

 

[Flintfinder of Mo.]

OOps

 

[jmfg222]

those are nice.the colors are very nice.

 

[Hippy]

That site was definitely occupied for quite some time with the Early Archaic to Middle Woodland types in that assemblage. Very nice points you got there John. The first point does have a Hardin look to it and just may be a first stage Hardin since you have others from the same site. Nice Snyders in there as well. Is the one red/cream colored Knife made from Horsecreek Chert? It sure looks like it is.

Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

Steve,

I believe that colorful material is most likely Reed Springs chert from southwest Missouri. It's relatively common in Missouri and much closer to home than Horse Creek (an Alabama/Tennessee chert).

Here's a link to one of the best pieces of Reed Springs Chert ever found. A friend of mine now owns this point so I got to play with it for a while. It's probably one of the finest pieces that Illinois has ever yielded. This thing is inbelievably thin and well made and is probably more of a Ross Blade than a Dickson because the little barbs are fractured off.

http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/dicksonedwardstriplelarge.htm

Hippy

P.S. Those are really nice additions John. Good way to tell if that piece is an Etley or Hardin is to see if the base is ground. The flaking looks hardin but tip looks really etley like also. It's always nice to pick up some local material.