My 1st shelter dig.

Neogeo · Oct 30, 2012

A F.B. Friend was kind enuff to invite some of out to his place at Possum Kingdom lake for a shelter dig.Ole Blackfoot & I Saddled up for a 4 hour or so ride.The whole trip was worth it!!!!!We met some wonderful folks,made new friends,seen some great wildlife,and just had a blast!

Here is some of the artifacts and fossils I found.

1st shelter find ever for me.A small Mano/hammerstone.

This is my best find.A whole(for the most part)Bison bone.(At least I am pretty sure)

After a light cleaning.

My 1st shelter ARTI-FAKER...It got me good...lol

Some bone /shell and such.

This smoothing stone was gifted to me by our host.

A worn-out shell something?

The flint

Broken knife

a tip

The fossils.

Urchin spines

Crinoids in Tx.?

GatorBoy · Oct 30, 2012

great post thanks for sharing. I could be looking at one of my sites as far as the bone... some of those are tools. that flint is some nice stuff. looks like a couple worked scrapers in that bunch.

old digger · Oct 30, 2012

Cool Finds! :icon_thumleft:

That bison bone is nicely oxidized. Did any of the others find any points to kind of date the shelter?

Tnmountains · Oct 30, 2012

Cool finds Neo. I used to go to Possum Kingdom and boat/sail/party. Looks like you are on a good spot. What is that lower mandible to??

1320 · Oct 30, 2012

I also boated on PK....nice lake. Nice finds Neo, is this a shelter that's exposed due to low water or one that's in the vicinity? Very nice finds, thanks for sharing. You have a gem of a FB friend/host!

natchitoches · Oct 30, 2012

very nice

natchitoches · Oct 30, 2012

very nice

Neogeo · Oct 30, 2012

Thanx guys...I like the bone as well,it's my best bone find in a while.Even better thats its my first shelter dig.The water is low,but I don't I don't think it was under.

SOHIO · Oct 31, 2012

danger will robinson !

Neogeo · Nov 2, 2012

Alright.I will bite.....Why Danger?......Shelter is on private land,had permission,not a people bone....have I missed anything?

SOHIO · Nov 4, 2012

I shouldn't have said anything this topic doesn't ever have a solution. All arrowhead hunters think its ok to open a shelter if its on private land and maybe it is in your state and I don't claim to know the law in any state on this but im almost sure that its illegal in some states even on private land with permission. Its the same as looting a grave to some folks and I lean that way myself. Did you know that there wasn't going to be any human remains in there before you dug. Its strange to say oh it was ok there were no bones in there after the fact...If you ask me its just morally wrong.