I'm losing it!

[sandchip]

My son and I were walking a creek way out in the country. Looking for arrowheads, of course. I was about 20 feet ahead, concentrating on the bottom when he hollers at me. I turn around and head back to where he's standing and he's pointing at this. I had walked right by it, a perfect little Crawford County jug. Oh, the humiliation. Actually, I'm tickled for him. He has looked with me since he was little and never found anything really good. His interest waned in the teen years, but lately at 21, he's shown a bit more interest, so it couldn't have come at a better time to get him all fired up again.

Forgive me for it not being Native American. We were trying. At least I did find the Uglee point.

Today's lesson: Tunnel vision's a b!tch. And sometimes, we can learn from the young'uns.

 

[NCPeaches]

OMG! that jug is a fantastic find and unbroken to boot! congrats to your son and love the funky point too. Ya'll had a great day together!

 

[sandchip]

...and love the funky point too.

You are way too sweet!

 

[jmaschal]

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[coosakid]

Cool finds..... Tunnel vision is bad for snakes too!

 

[Backwoodsbob]

That jugs a find. I will not comment on point because its one of my type.

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[BearCreek]

Love that jug! I have a point that looks very similar to yours, I'll have to hunt through my ever growing pile of "I think this may or may not be an artifact" rocks and post a pic for you. Glad you had a fun day with your son!

 

[creekhunter]

Thanks for the reminder about tunnel vision, what a cool find!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Super cool jug!!

 

[joshuaream]

I generally look at the pictures before I read the post, and I was trying to find the point in the picture and completely missed the jug as well...

Cool find, I'm probably happier when my son finds something than I am when I find a piece.

 

[BagLady]

It's the eyes that go first! What an amazing find!!

 

[sandchip]

...Cool find, I'm probably happier when my son finds something than I am when I find a piece.

Amen that, brother. We've had the fever for a long time. Now, we have to make sure the young folks catch it to keep the hobby going after we're gone.

A friend far more knowledgeable about Crawford County pottery is trying to figure out which potter is likely to have made the piece. I'll let y'all know when I hear back.

The boy was nice enough to tell me to put it in the cabinet with the rest of my junk, so I gave it the front and center spot.

 

[Mrdigz]

That jug is awesome and the point is cool as well!

 

[rock]

Id like to find a whole crockery jug like that nothing but pieces so far for me. Now blow up the jug pic and tell me what the black thing is behind it on the bank?

 

[sandchip]

Hey Rock, this particular creek is slap full of varying sizes of blue marl which, for a clay, is hard as hell and fractures like flint, making it vary difficult and frustrating to spot any flint. I just go along tapping with the machete or stick with a metal tip, listening for that ping that flint or glass produces, and even then, the stuff will almost fool you. This creek is very shallow in most spots, like a couple of inches, which ripples pretty bad as it runs over all the pieces of marl and gravel, making it tough to spot anything and too shallow to use a view box or bucket. It's downstream from an old mill site way out in the country, which probably explains how the jug got there. Something about the area looks primitive as hell which keeps me going back. I can see a Simpson or Clovis coming outta here, although these are the only decent points so far:



There's another small creek less than a mile from this one that drains off the same ridge. Found this in it where a beaver dam had been blown out by heavy rains, and at a later date found what I call a fluted, first-stage Hardaway. Others may differ on the type, but still early stuff coming out of this little branch.

 

[sandchip]

One more thing and I'll leave y'all alone. Also found this Sunday. Luke said it looks like a bottle opener. I got to looking a little closer at it this morning and there's edge work along the incurved part near the tip. Might be an awl or perforator. Guess I'll add it to the growing pile on my desk.

 

[rock]

Worked flake we call them flakers here scraper type of tool.

 

[BearCreek]

I found it!

I finally found the piece that looks similar to yours! The color is actually more like yours. I just couldn't get the pic with the correct color to load. I wonder what on earth they were used for? Very thick pieces of stone.

 

[crj1968]

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Wow...major heartbreaker...the one with the quarter next to it.

Nice find by your son (the jug)....I have a 16 year old that is starting to show interest. I hope I can get him out and that he will find something to put that stamp on his brain like the folks here.

The itch that can't be scratched...