Killer quartzie today help with it?

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

Found this while working near Baltimore today. Sitting in a tiny stream. I was pumped to pull it out. My biggest quartz to date besides chunky knives. If this is a knife then its one if the best ones I've seen from around here that wasn't black flint or jasper. Well made and basally thinned. I tried to get a pic of the base to show it but with quartz it's hard. What do you all think? Knife? Point? Type? I don't have another like it. It's only thinned on one side.

Twitch · Apr 1, 2013

Wow, looks outstanding and old. Great find.

NC field hunter · Apr 1, 2013

I see what could be a small flute. Being sugar quartz makes a definite call hard, for me. Nice looking find. I think if this were Clovis, the lobed base would be a little more outstanding. I'm no expert, see what others think. I know it's a killer find!

GaRebel1861 · Apr 1, 2013

That's a keeper! :icon_thumright:

yakker · Apr 1, 2013

That's a beaut! I'll look around and see where my big quartz is. Can't imagin trying to work that stuff! Good find- and in a weird place, no? HH! Yak

wvwildman · Apr 1, 2013

nice find congrats HH

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

I wasn't going Clovis. I get too scared to say that word but there is definitely a flute or basal thinning flake on one side. Very old for sure.

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

I don't even try to work quartz anymore. Just beats up my tools. Only with rock.

NC field hunter · Apr 1, 2013

bsit1361 said:
I wasn't going Clovis. I get too scared to say that word but there is definitely a flute or basal thinning flake on one side. Very old for sure.

I always refer to the C word as "old elusive".

quito · Apr 1, 2013

Now that is a serious piece of quartz. I haven't seen a quartz tool that big before. Beautiful!!!

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

Anytime I hear of it in my area it turns up not to be. Google tighman island Clovis and that's true maryland Clovis. It actually challenges the theory of Clovis people in the USA. If I'm remembering correctly they were dated 17000 or older and on the east coast.

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

Thanks Quito. I have some seriously large quartz tools but not made this nice. Usually large choppers knives and scrapers.

GatorBoy · Apr 1, 2013

I'd look into Haw River points a bit if I were you. "Hardaway blade"
Killer find my friend whatever it turns out to be!!

bsit1361 · Apr 1, 2013

Thanks gator! If I'm remembering correctly haw rivers are basal notched aren't they? I may be wrong about that.

GatorBoy · Apr 1, 2013

Not all of them... some have only thinning.

NC field hunter · Apr 1, 2013

GatorBoy said:
I'd look into Haw River points a bit if I were you. "Hardaway blade"
Killer find my friend whatever it turns out to be!!

You just made me think of something. The Haw River runs through Graham, about 20 minutes from me. I'm pretty sure the artifacts got their name from this river. I'm not sure how far it flows, or what it flows into. Larger river? Ocean? I'll have to check that out. Sorry for topic hopping!!