Great Hunt Today

[The Grim Reaper]

I hit two different sites today, one Ft Ancient and one mostly Archaic. Did well at both.

The Ft Ancient site gave up a really nice Sandstone Disc, a Pottery Disc, two Shell Disc Beads, two Bone Beads, three Points, and some Pottery.

The Archaic site gave up a really nice Side Notch type and a couple decent field grade pieces plus a Scraper.

Picture 7 shows what I was looking through. I almost walked right past the second Disc Bead.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

A few more pictures.

 

[tomclark]

Schweet!

 

[Tdog]

You scored big Steve. Glad someone is doing it! Congrats.

 

[Twistedsifter]

Love it. What were the discs used for I wonder? The beads are awesome!

 

[southfork]

nice day great beads .

 

[Out Of Time]

Fantastic!

You must be buzzing...

 

[newnan man]

Great finds! I really like those tube beads.

 

[MAMucker]

Great Hunt for sure!

Very nice finds.

The long bone beads resemble the broken stems of colonial clay pipes that I see frequently on my walks. Sometimes I pick them up. I hope I haven’t walked past bone beads. Can you post more photos of these?

Not sure, but Is there cortex on the blade face of side-notched point, or does the base look like a salvaged or reworked point?
Your thoughts?

 

[tnmudman]

Wow! I know im stating the obvious, but those beads and discs are rare finds. The side notch point is really nice also.I love the bands in it.

 

[ptsofnc]

Great Hunt for sure!

Very nice finds.

The long bone beads resemble the broken stems of colonial clay pipes that I see frequently on my walks. Sometimes I pick them up. I hope I haven’t walk past bone beads. Can you post more photos of these?

Not sure, but Is there cortex on the blade face of side-notched point, or does the base look a salvaged or reworked point?
Your thoughts?

Great looking hunt! I found a long time ago what looks like your "long bone beads" but mine appears to be clay. I never knew but thought it might be a pipe stem.

 

[smokeythecat]

That makes for a great day.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I'm ready for a day like that. Nice finds.

 

[old digger]

Very Nice! It's really interesting the way that you find the points in a unique position on the ground. Pretty little side notch.

 

[welsbury]

Good hunt for sure. I like the little flat round beads. Was that side notcher on the side of that clod when you found it? Cool

 

[GB Paleo]

Nice day of hunting for you Steve. Some really nice finds in there....congrats!!

 

[arrow86]

Nice finds , really like that side notch with the band running thru it

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Love it. What were the discs used for I wonder? The beads are awesome!

The two most popular theories are Game Pieces and Pot Lids.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Fantastic!

You must be buzzing...

I definitely was while hunting.

Wink wink, nudge nudge!!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Very Nice! It's really interesting the way that you find the points in a unique position on the ground. Pretty little side notch.

It was on the side of the dirt clod so I put the phone down by the ground when I took the picture. You can see my buddies shoe in the background. I was leaving and had just told my buddy bye and turned and there it was. If I hadn't stopped to tell him bye I would have walked right by on the other side.