Halfted Scraper Thread

[antmike915]

Anyone feel free to post some pictures if you have any. All of these are personal finds from Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

 

[Relicgrubber]

remember too.... back in the '60's we were told "bird points" were made for birds...

Never heard of bird points till I moved to Texas in 78'. We always called them Arrowheads and the larger ones spears.
So there is that...

 

[CreekSide]

I had posted I had a whole frame of scrapers to share. Well I have them but they aren’t Hafted they are slug style early archaic style.

 

[fishstick]

I had posted I had a whole frame of scrapers to share. Well I have them but they aren’t Hafted they are slug style early archaic style.

What are you meaning by slug style?

 

[CreekSide]

What are you meaning by slug style?

They don’t have notches but we’re hafted into a bone handle with probably pitch

 

[fishstick]

They don’t have notches but we’re hafted into a bone handle with probably pitch

Well they're still hafted so let's see them

 

[OntarioArch]

Here is my favorite hafted scraper, probably an Otter Creek, from here in Central NY. I've also posted differing views of a strange hafted scraper found in Ontario, Canada. I exhibits unusual 'beveling' of the sharpend blade and edge, an unusual 'angle' I guess is how best I'd describe it.

 

[unclemac]

that second one is classic!

 

[antmike915]

Here is my favorite hafted scraper, probably an Otter Creek, from here in Central NY. I've also posted differing views of a strange hafted scraper found in Ontario, Canada. I exhibits unusual 'beveling' of the sharpend blade and edge, an unusual 'angle' I guess is how best I'd describe it.

Both are nice 👌

 

[dognose]

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Here is a halted knife found by a plumber digging a sewer line near the St. John's River in Seminole County.

Very nice, a rare find.

 

[dognose]

Here is a Thebes hafted scraper from one of my Thebes frames.

This relic is 2 inches in length. Made of Burlington Chert.

 

[CreekSide]

Here’s one I found yesterday. I’ve found others in Woodland sites over the years. Idk why they liked quartz for their scrapers.

 

[antmike915]

Here’s one I found yesterday. I’ve found others in Woodland sites over the years. Idk why they liked quartz for their scrapers.

Nice; I have a few quartz but not many.

 

[CreekSide]

Nice; I have a few quartz but not many.

Going to be a hot day but I’m walking the field again on my next day off. Heat index today is 110 hopefully not when I go

 

[Garscale]

Cool tread. I'll drop a few from east tx

 

[CreekSide]

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I didn’t know Paleo came like those Gar

 

[fishstick]

Cool tread. I'll drop a few from east txView attachment 2099476View attachment 2099475View attachment 2099477View attachment 2099478

HOLY MOLY!!!!! Never seen a Clovis hafted scraper before. That's SIC!!!!! Thx for jumping in

 

[CreekSide]

I hate to come in behind Gar after he posted those but here you go. End Scrapers and unifsced blades. A lot of the pictures didn’t come through as in hand singles. Most of these are from Kentucky. Some nice material in this frame.

 

[fishstick]

I hate to come in behind Gar after he posted those but here you go. End Scrapers and unifsced blades. A lot of the pictures didn’t come through as in hand singles. Most of these are from Kentucky. Some nice material in this frame.

Great stuff there CS

 

[antmike915]

I hate to come in behind Gar after he posted those but here you go. End Scrapers and unifsced blades. A lot of the pictures didn’t come through as in hand singles. Most of these are from Kentucky. Some nice material in this frame.

Nice group; love the colors 👍

 

[Garscale]

Fish Stick, you are correct about all those blunts being dart points. I suspect most were projectile points hafted to a stout dart. As they got damaged or worked down, they were repurchased to an end scraper . I am sure that is the case with the paleo examples i posted.
That said, Friley points are a true archery point that often made wide points obviously intended make a broad cut and limit penetration. These are an East Tx type from a heavily wooded area. I have heard it speculated that they were for squirrel hunting in trees. A miss would not likely leave the arrow stuck high in a tree yet would certainly cut a hole on a squirrel.