got out for awhile

JUNKYARD DOG · Feb 26, 2010

its been a long time since i have been able to get out and do anything, ive been down with my back again and the weather doesnt help much. I made it out to my friends and had a good walk, bean field was drilled with wheat and there is alot of bean litter from combining but I did walk up on this heart breaker. what do you think a knife maybe, it sure is thin for as wide as it is, if it was heavier i would think it was a digger or hoe. Oh well it made my heart race for a minute. then i went down to the creek and walked awhile came up with another broke I cant tell what it was either. Anyway I had a wonderful day just getting out. I have been so sick of sitting in this house and just reading and dreaming of artifact hunting and metal detecting, I would like to say to all you guys that been posting your finds thanks. Its been about the only thing that gets me up, I have read just about everything on this forum at least once. So good luck to you all. JYD... just a few pics of my walk, im going to try again tomorrow. JYD...

naturegirl · Feb 26, 2010

That's a heartbreaker for sure. Looks like a good place to hunt. Get rid of that white stuff though. Tommorrow should be warmer. Good luck!

mainer · Feb 26, 2010

Sure is a heartbreaker. Nice material though. :thumbsup:

joshuaream · Feb 27, 2010

Great piece! Any grinding on the edges?

Although they could just be random flakes, I see a couple of Clovis like hallmarks on that piece (those two outre passe flakes on the one side and what look like isolation flakes on the bottom to set up a nipple.) You might want to pay attention to that spot.

If you haven't seen it, check out a cache of clovis bifaces before they were worked down into the more classic shape.

http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2005mckinniscloviscachepage1.htm

creek astronaut · Feb 27, 2010

nice hunt, and nice pics.that creek sure looks nice. :headbang:

Th3rty7 · Feb 27, 2010

Good to see you back on it JYD. Nice pics man they really make me want to do some creek hunting. I know that outre passe flaking shows up in all periods, but I agree with Joshua about the paleo timeframe, the white piece looks like a paleo biface imo. Good luck on that spot looks promising.

badandy · Feb 28, 2010

All that gravel and no footprints! My eyes would be hurting, but I'd still be hunting! Thanks for the pics.

badandy

Tnmountains · Feb 28, 2010

Man am I glad to see you back in the hunt. :hello2:

Looks like a fun place this summer. Is that up from the old guys house you met last year? Take care JYD !
TnMtns

River Rat · Feb 28, 2010

Nice finds, even the heart breaker is a nice one. Loved the water fall pic.

:wink:

RR

JUNKYARD DOG · Feb 28, 2010

I just wanted to thank you all for the replys and let ya know the next day i was going to get back over there but could barely get out of bed, I need to take it a little slower and not take such a big bite until i get back in the groove.
also(( Joshuaream )) if its ground it wasnt that much by the feel, i appreciate the link on the cache bifaces and blades out of chesterfield, the one I found does have some similarities to those.
((TnMtns)) thanks for the shout, yes this is the same old place but I recieved permission to hunt the fields across the creek from here and as far as I can tell there isnt anyone else hunting this part of the creek for at least a mile both ways. Me and this weather need to get straightened out. then I'm going to find some killers. Thanks again. Wes...