KILLER Heartbreaker

[BobGuy]

I almost found my new favorite point yesterday in my best creek. I was actually thinking on my way there that this creek was due to produce a killer point and boy did it! I almost died though when I saw that the tip was knocked off but it's still a nice point! I think it's a St. Charles which would mean that it's 8-10,000 years old...

 

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[BobGuy]

Yes! I was wondering what that flute was all about... So it's an impact fracture?

 

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[Twitch]

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Yes! I was wondering what that flute was all about... So it's an impact fracture?

It's an impact fracture from hitting something relatively soft like bone, though wood could potentially do it as well. Again, very cool find.

 

[BobGuy]

Great insight! Thanks!

 

[joshuaream]

Very cool point. The notches are punch style (early archaic St. Charles/Dovetail style) without the extra flaking, so it's probably earlier than I wrote previously. The impact fracture is also cool, that baby died as an atlatl point.

 

[BobGuy]

Very cool point. The notches are punch style (early archaic St. Charles/Dovetail style) without the extra flaking, so it's probably earlier than I wrote previously. The impact fracture is also cool, that baby died as an atlatl point.

Joshuaream, I wanted to let you know that your initial comment on this point was probably right! I had this point examined by an archaeologist and he said that it is a middle woodland Snyders point.. He typed it that way for a number of reasons but the main reason is that it's made out of Kaolin chert which was used during this period...

 

[crj1968]

Wow that is so nice. What a piece of work!