Had a great day if my goal was to find nothing but broken points

[JC1]

 

[rock]

At least you found some of the bases. Everything I found yesterday was tips and middles. I left most of it.

 

[JC1]

At least you found some of the bases. Everything I found yesterday was tips and middles. I left most of it.

I'm getting better at not bringing home every little piece I think is something. I used to come home with pockets full of stuff.

 

[rock]

I give the almost pieces to my neighbor then he gives them to his boy. He likes them that way they don't go to waist.

 

[unclemac]

here is a good read about brokes...

1st Americans Used Spear-Throwers to Hunt Large Animals

gives me the thought that most of these points were expected to be used just once.

 

[NCPeaches]

I like those but it is disappointing to find the brokes...I'm sure you will find some whole ones soon!

 

[Metal Illness]

That tends to be my luck as well. I have some heart breakers coming from the plowed fields, that's just how it goes sometimes. Seems like I have had more days like that than bringing home 7-8 good ones at a time. Usually it's 5-6 pieces and occasionally a good one. But hey. I keep walking and looking!

 

[rock]

here is a good read about brokes...

1st Americans Used Spear-Throwers to Hunt Large Animals

gives me the thought that most of these points were expected to be used just once.

I agree to a point (pun). Sometimes they are just so perfect makes you wonder then other times they are just sharpened to a nub.

 

[yakker]

Sad... but oddly, I like the brokes as much as the whole ones- at least for myself. Not much fun to show off brokes... But when I find a broken point, I imagine... finding the other part...how it was broken... and I study the knap marks. There's a lot to tell from a broken bit, tho not nearly as satisfying as a whole one, surely. If we were archaeologists, we'd still be cheering The point is (eh- pun okay) brokes tell tales as well as whole points- or close. 'Course the bases are a little better on those lines... unless you know how to read the knap marks.
Maybe I'm just trying to justify the relevance of all the broken ones I've brought home and kept... Yakker

 

[unclemac]

no way i can just leave a broke just SITTING there!

 

[PaDirtDigger]

I dont mind broken pieces either... Tips and points can sometimes be put back together. Ive put together a dovetail in ohio, and another dovetail in kentucky. Both are still missing tips though... But the fields they come out of are friends of mine and no one else looks in them as they are not full of flakes and points everywhere maybe someday those tips will show themselves too!!