lightning strikes 2

[bravowhiskey]

Howdy fellow hunters.

Just got back from a fantastic 2 day trip to the farm.

I have never been so lucky to strike 2 (for me) once in a lifetime finds in 2 days time. The one item is over on relics with a short story. "lightning strikes 1)

And here is the story on my artifact find.

Normally I hunt the creek beds for most of the artifacts I find, but there have been exceptions (a mano and a nice point) so I decided to check out a spot on dry land where lots of flakes are apparent for a change.



I was looking, flipping flakes around, and then ...what is this?



no way, really



yes way, but wait...flipped it over with my finger.



man, that critter has teeth.

check out these pics for a little detail (the clue is little)



Now what is the deal with the bent tip? It sure didn't melt. This couldn't have been an arrowhead, it would never have shot straight. Keep looking.



these two at camp later on. That is a .22 LR which measures abt 1" long. This point is tiny!
But there is still a surprise. Check out the back side...



It is a uniface. This sure as heck took me by surprise.

Now consider this.

This is the MOST delicate artifact I have ever seen. It is sooo thin, made on a very thin flake, not a break all the way to the end of the bent point.

It was found here...



Right on the side of a ranch road. How many years of traffic, cows, etc., etc. It survived intact!

What is it anyway? It can't be an arrowhead it wouldn't fly straight. It is also way too fragile. Is it a toy? No way it would never stay whole. WTH?

Thanks for any opinions.

 

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[Twitch]

My only add (maybe?) to this discussion is on the idea that a curved point wouldn't fly straight. I'd bet good money that fired out of bow or atl-atl of the time, at the speed and at the distances customary for that time period, that point wouldn't fly any different than any other better balanced arrowhead or atl-atl tip. If you strapped that to a modern carbon arrow and fired it at 300 fps I'm sure at 60 yards it'd make a difference. On a wooden shaft, at ~125 fps and 15 yards you'd never be able to tell.

 

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[theviking]

Nice find, bravowhiskey. Looks like a small hafted knife to me. Seems like it would be much easier to cut up small game with one of these compared to a big clumsy Savannah River blade, or a Kirk. I think the only way it would be effective as a point would be for firing around corners.. JMHO. Thanks for the view.

 

[bravowhiskey]

Score Bravo ! You can tell she was not broke in half. So thin and delicate with strong work on it. You would have thought the traffic would have gotten it by now. What time frames are you seeing on the Bravo Whiskey Ranch? It that a .22 for size?

Thanks, Richard.

I wish someone could tell me what time frames. I have posted quite a few items, all from the ranch and there seems to be quite a time span, but as to specifics I am in the proverbial dark. Yes .22 LR.

 

[catherine1]

Not trying to hi jack your thread. But here is one similar that I found made from a flake. The pic that shows the bend is a little fuzzy. I assumed it was a hafted knife.

 

[bravowhiskey]

I'ld like to thank you all for the comments.

Catherine, that one sure has a drop point. I guess, like Twitch said, for a short shot, no biggie. Could have even had something to do with a more damaging entrance wound for max shock effect.