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Blackfoot58

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Field walking on my way to the creek.
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I saw this guy and got excited. But not too special.
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Above the tape is field flint. Below the tape is creek flint. I donā€™t normally find much in or near the creek.
 

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ToddsPoint

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I remember when I first started hunting heads in ā€˜85. Flakes but no heads! After a couple months of that I decided if I canā€™t find any Iā€™ll make my own. I did just that. I eventually started finding them and got good at knapping and finding heads too. It takes time.
 

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I remember when I first started hunting heads in ā€˜85. Flakes but no heads! After a couple months of that I decided if I canā€™t find any Iā€™ll make my own. I did just that. I eventually started finding them and got good at knapping and finding heads too. It takes time.
Learning to knap is the best thing I could have done to really understand flakes and how and why things look the way they do.

Very consistent on the material, the white is easy to spot but I wouldnā€™t be surprised if thereā€™s other stuff. Or maybe Iā€™m biased because the area I hunt usually has a good mix of material
 

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Blackfoot58

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Learning to knap is the best thing I could have done to really understand flakes and how and why things look the way they do.

Very consistent on the material, the white is easy to spot but I wouldnā€™t be surprised if thereā€™s other stuff. Or maybe Iā€™m biased because the area I hunt usually has a good mix of material
I do find some that are light gray. Others show orange, tan or brown.
 

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