✅ SOLVED Missouri finds

shaf · Apr 29, 2015

These are all uniface. The top two were found together as well as the bottom three.
Jackson County Mo. Any info on type or age??

Thanks in advance.

shaf · Apr 29, 2015

Here is the 3/4 groove axe my buddy found in the same area.

NCPeaches · Apr 29, 2015

Those are some great points and that axe is a killer!

Americus · Apr 29, 2015

The points and the axe are great finds. Thanks for sharing.

rock · Apr 29, 2015

I have to ask where were they found?

mission · Apr 30, 2015

This group must have traveled to north central Iowa because I found a axe and a point this year that match those perfectly. I am also curious as to an age guess.

GatorBoy · Apr 30, 2015

I hate to take the part of the Grim Reaper but the reason why they are all the same type and they are uniface and hardly even worked at all is because they're bought in bulk and sold at gift shops.
Looks like your buddy has been playing a game with you ..you should tell him somebody wanted them so bad they paid you $100 each for them.... I bet he'll come out with the story then.
I wouldn't be too sure he found the axe

arrow86 · Apr 30, 2015

Gator may be right.... They look to "new" and clean the axe looks authentic however they too can be purchased

rock · Apr 30, 2015

rock said:
I have to ask where were they found?

That is why I asked.

shaf · Apr 30, 2015

Here are four more that he found. I don't believe the guy salted the area because the owner is older and does dialysis three times a week. I personally found the five in the first pic and I thought the same thing about the points. The owner would not salt the area and then go down there and work like he does to dig these up. Not saying it wasn't salted but this guy owned the place for about twenty five years and the only reason he started digging was that he found the scraper in the above pic first. Thanks for the honest replies.

GatorBoy · Apr 30, 2015

I'm talking about the ones you said you found I guarantee you they are not authentic Missouri Indian artifacts and you're the one I think was salted.
Please don't take this the wrong way but I'm not really interested in what your buddy found or what he said he found I'm only commenting on the ones in your original post

NCPeaches · Apr 30, 2015

I've been doing some searches and haven't found any good info for you. Is it possible to upload them using the pic icon in the thread so we can enlarge them to see the flaking? I think they might be knives and not points but I'm a novice so I'm not sure.

GatorBoy · Apr 30, 2015

Ahhh... I give.... one of these days when I'm all grown up people will listen to me... And I'll be big :-)

nsdq · Apr 30, 2015

Those look like ones you can buy at the lake of the Ozarks at any store ,,,, but i maybe wrong ?

naturegirl · Apr 30, 2015

doesn't them being uniface pretty much make them suspect? I'm sorry if they are fake shaf, on the other hand, I thought so at first glance, and all I know is what I've found and from looking at good examples on this forum, of both authentic and modern...and what I've seen at the local museum souviner store. Hope I'm wrong!

shaf · Apr 30, 2015

I thought the same when I saw them, but wasn't sure. I do know that some of them are the real deal. Thanks again.

GaRebel1861 · Apr 30, 2015

Shaf,

If I saw those first five points that you posted on a shelf or in a frame, I might put my glasses on for quick closer look and then just walk away. That's my opinion and, I wish you good luck in future finds.

NCPeaches · Apr 30, 2015

Check this out http://library.bridgew.edu/exhibits/BMAS/pdf/MAS-v34n0102.pdf go to page 21 and look at number 20.

Get-the-point · Apr 30, 2015

The last pic you showed Shaf all look good. Gator and the rest are spot on with the first set of photos! One flake wonders can be bought in almost any flea market or other antique type market...........GTP