He also found a piece of glass with an edge flaked for use as a knife

[larson1951]

This can't be much older than 325-375 yrs old, right?

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Makes you wonder if both are modern. I dunno.

 

[jamey]

wow interesting,jamey

 

[Muddy Feet]

We find that worked glass here in Minnesota too. My buddy took some to an archaeologist at a show here and was told it was pretty uncommon.

 

[quito]

Well it is post contact for sure.

 

[newnan man]

Historic period use probably. I saw an Austrailian spearpoint made from a blue glass electric pole wire insulator on some website a while back. It was pretty cool.

 

[larson1951]

the same friend has about 2 or 3 more pcs of worked glass only from the Glen Ullin or Hebron North Dakota area
I have never hunted there before
I will ask him to dig them up from his stuff so I can photograph them and post them
I believe one piece was made from blue glass
would the forum members be interested??
I am thinking post contact and super rare also
Thankyou for all of the response on my posts, it is very helpful

 

[trevmma]

i think through the years people tend to pic up some glass and knapp it for the heck of it. i have found a few where people park in the fields,

 

[larson1951]

these were found in places where nobody was before(except for indians)

I believe what you say and I appreciate it trevmma, but it would not apply in this case

I believe one of the pieces was made into a spokeshave, but I will find out
also my friend bruce found artifacts among the flaked glass
now would it make sense that someone made some flaked glass and placed it with artifacts in a farmers field and left the points lay??

now why would someone do that? this is why your idea puzzles me, but I still value and thank you for your opinion

 

[Neanderthal]

Historic glass "arrow" points and tools do occur with some frequency. We have a few glass arrow points at the museum that are Calapooya, and a few Gunther Triangulars. They are a few hundred years old and were collected by the Kenworthy family in coastal California in the early 1900's. Glass scrapers and tools are pretty common on very late historic native sites. When doing the Arch. Site survey at the Saline site here in Mayes Co., OK, I found a few nice glass scrapers, etc.

 

[pronghorn]

these were found in places where nobody was before(except for indians)

I believe what you say and I appreciate it trevmma, but it would not apply in this case

I believe one of the pieces was made into a spokeshave, but I will find out
also my friend bruce found artifacts among the flaked glass
now would it make sense that someone made some flaked glass and placed it with artifacts in a farmers field and left the points lay??

now why would someone do that? this is why your idea puzzles me, but I still value and thank you for your opinion

these were found in places where nobody was before(except for indians)

don't get mad but no one can accurately make that statement.
How can anyone know who exactly passed that place?
Deer hunters, artifact hunters, metal detectors, hikers, surveyors,
lost people, explorers from 50 years ago or 250 years ago.
The stuff looks authentic and I am not questioning that, just wondering why you
think no one else ever "was before" at that place.
What makes you think nobody was there before?

Also, what if someone left the glass "and" the pieces (artifacts) there instead of leaving
the glass amongst the artifacts. Again, don't get me wrong, I am not questioning
the authenticity of your finds, just trying to show there are many ways to look at
a situation. I think those finds are authentic and impressive.

 

[Tnmountains]

the same friend has about 2 or 3 more pcs of worked glass only from the Glen Ullin or Hebron North Dakota area
I have never hunted there before
I will ask him to dig them up from his stuff so I can photograph them and post them
I believe one piece was made from blue glass
would the forum members be interested??
I am thinking post contact and super rare also
Thankyou for all of the response on my posts, it is very helpful

Yes I would enjoy seeing them as I have all of your very interesting finds.Thanks for sharing Larson.
TnMountains

 

[coteau]

A friend of mine has a frame of personally found worked glass artifacts from the Hettinger, North Dakota area. He also found some blue and white tiny glass trade seed beads in the same spot, the beads date to the mid 1800's.

 

[larson1951]

runtee, it would be nice if you could post a picture of the glass artifacts, sounds cool to me