Interesting Material

[Americus]

I was out of town for a week on vacation and got back to town Sunday afternoon. Monday I found these. The first two are out of nice material. I have never found any material like this before. The broken one would have been really nice.








These have fought with the plow.

 

[painterx7]

Looks like some Dover flint to me !!nice finds it resembles this broke piece material wise

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[monsterrack]

Those are some real nice finds, it does look like dover, the one in the 2nd pic in center looks like a chert

 

[painterx7]

As I learned wether its right or not is that flint is the same as chert but a lot higher quality type ? Does this sound right

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[Americus]

The geologists at the university where I teach say that flint is chert that had organic material in it when it formed.

 

[GatorBoy]

The geologists at the university where I teach say that flint is chert that had organic material in it when it formed.

Like algae.

 

[GatorBoy]

As I learned wether its right or not is that flint is the same as chert but a lot higher quality type ? Does this sound right

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That's about right.

 

[painterx7]

That's great information for sure

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[GaRebel1861]

Americus,

Really cool finds down here and have great workmanship. The material that those points are made of looks like stuff that I would expect to see from North Georgia or the Tennessee area.

 

[GatorBoy]

It definitely looks like that Tennessee blue material.

 

[painterx7]

Dover flint is normally grey or brown with dark lines but I have seen the blue gray and orange or red colors too the red flint always seems to b broken idk if its more brittle or just me

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[rock]

I just call it grey flint. I dont find much of it either mostly black flint here. You need to find more artifacts made out of it they are very nice looking and a nice change from the normal in your area. Do you think there is a source of it near where you found it or maybe it was traded in?

 

[painterx7]

I found a small source digging a septic system but there sure isn't much here I have a couple pieces ill show you when I get off work

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[Americus]

Americus,

Really cool finds down here and have great workmanship. The material that those points are made of looks like stuff that I would expect to see from North Georgia or the Tennessee area.

It was found in one of the fields we looked this spring.

 

[Americus]

I just call it grey flint. I dont find much of it either mostly black flint here. You need to find more artifacts made out of it they are very nice looking and a nice change from the normal in your area. Do you think there is a source of it near where you found it or maybe it was traded in?

These are the only two I have found made out of this material. I would guess it was either brought in or traded into the area.

 

[rock]

These are the only two I have found made out of this material. I would guess it was either brought in or traded into the area.

It looks like TN material IMO. We dont have that grey here. This is the closest to it I have found.

 

[GatorBoy]

I found this in north central Florida.

 

[Americus]

I found this in north central Florida.

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That is a nice one Gatorboy.

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks..it's a little dark in that photo..it seems possible that the material had a common source with yours...Mabey??

 

[GatorBoy]

I just looked again .. probably not huh?
Looks more like this Tennessee stuff for sure.