Got one before the rain

[Older The Better]

The storms are late in arriving today so I thought I’d pop out into the yard and have a look. Wasn’t disappointed. Nice red one, want to say lanceolate but a little preform ish too. The bottom is well formed the tip pretty rough. Either way it’s been a long time since I pulled a full tool. It’s funny how points can pop up in places you’ve walked 100 times.

 

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[Older The Better]

Fits pretty good but still digesting

 

[antmike915]

Nice find, really like the material 👌

 

[CreekSide]

Good color. I like it

 

[Blackfoot58]

Very nice preform.

 

[CreekSide]

That’s a classic impact fracture.

 

[Older The Better]

Yeah it’s an odd duck I’m trying not to fall in love with the idea it’s a paleo lance just incase it’s not… would be my first paleo. I agree it looks like it has an impact fracture.

So I’m thinking on the side of preform, it’s probably more common than a lance point, it doesn’t show a lot of fine edge work and its heat treated usually a later trait

On the side of lance, it has a fairly well defined base, the top is a little wonky but the material also gets a little iffy up top, the impact fracture, and the shape… preforms usually mean notching later, I don’t see how you would notch this not just by shape but by the geometry of it, it’s a pretty thick blade with steep edges, pretty tough to notch
Still thinking on it. sometimes excitement makes it hard to see a piece clearly