Massive Sierra spearpoint

[Knut dirtfisk]

Holy molé!! Found this yesterday bushwacking down to the American River from F.H. Divide. I don't know if it's a knife or spearpoint but it's almost as big as my hand.

 

[exahab]

That thing is a beast!

 

[arrow86]

Really nice find I love how the tip and bottom are same color.

 

[rock]

Id say Cobbs Knife to and it has a lot of eye appeal.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

If found in California it wouldn't be a Cobbs. Way to far out of the distribution range.

Beautiful piece whatever type it is.

 

[crj1968]

It's a tomahawk head? WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MIND BLOWING FIND.

 

[scotto]

It's a tomahawk head? WOW !

Nope, not a tomahawk. It's a knife, and a great one at that. Congrats.

 

[Subterranean]

Holy molé!! Found this yesterday bushwacking down to the American River from F.H. Divide. I don't know if it's a knife or spearpoint but it's almost as big as my hand.View attachment 1458395

For those not from California, the FH Divide is the Forest Hill Divide, in Placer County, mother lode country, near Auburn. Native tribes here were Maidu and Nisenan, which were hunter/gatherers. Terrain contains much granite, quartz, and slate. Sub (former resident of the area!)

 

[GB Paleo]

Nice knife! I collect on the Georgetown Divide also.

This...definitely an knife

 

[CHUDs]

Nice!

 

[Knut dirtfisk]

Sorry for the untimely response. I found this. Approximately a quarter mile uphill on the north side of the river. I was metal detecting at the time and it was poking around some boulders and I saw the edge of this in the dirt in a crevice between two large granite boulders and thought it looked out of place. It was somewhat of a plateau but more like a step and you could look down at the river. I know with some grinding stones not too far from here but the country is so rugged and steep I would venture to guess that the natives wouldn't choose the spot to camp, at least not for too long. I'm not to versed in the scientific jargon of Lithics so I took a bunch of pictures and hopefully they can answer a lot of those questions. ThanksView attachment 1459752 for the interest and for the congrats. I guess it is possible that this could have been lost or buried in modern times but the country so rugged it's highly unlikely.

 

[Knut dirtfisk]

 

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[T.C.]

It was more than likely traded into the area. JMHO.....beautiful piece!

 

[Knut dirtfisk]

 

[Knut dirtfisk]

My thoughts as well.

 

[Knut dirtfisk]

Oh yes, ''twas found on privately owned land to be sure.

 

[joshuaream]

Cool relic. The material does look identical to some of the Hornstone varieties from the Midwest. I don't think you all have the limestone deposits necessary to form this kind of flint but there might be some other type of cobble chert that looks similar.

Just for comparison, here is a cobble of the Wyandotte Hornstone from Harrison County Indiana.

edit- When freshly broken the material is a bit darker, it gets lighter colored over hundreds of years.