My first gem point

[chong2]

Well i dunno if it counts as a gem cause the material and cause the base is broken, but my first fully translucent piece. This is as close to a gem that will come from this area!!!!! ;p;. you can read through it! I think this piece came from up north of me, the only obsidian that i know is around here are small apache tears. Put a huge smile on my face out there

 

[Felinepeachy]

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a great find. Congratulations!!!

 

[Get-the-point]

Nice point, who cares if it is broken. Luv the way you can see the lettering through it. Nice find Chong.................................................GTP

 

[Jonzer]

Awesome pics chong.
Congrats. That's a nice one.

 

[Tnmountains]

yep that is a nice one and you have some blue skys as well. Good pictures as always

 

[chong2]

thanks guys! lol, tn, you have cloud cover? man, you either have too much rain or snow, your neck of the woods you gotta get on it when the time arises

 

[ShieldJaguar]

Hmm, could be Mexican obsidian.

 

[Twitch]

Chong - Cool find. I never could find a raw piece of obsidian down there bigger than about a quarter, let along anything large enough to make a point out of. Translucent points are cool, base broken or not.

 

[chong2]

Hey twitch, do you still have any finds from over here in this area?
If you do i would love to see them, we dont see many pieces from this area, they are mostly all eastern stuff

 

[Twitch]

Chong - I'll get some pictures and post before too long. I have no points whatsoever. I have pottery, some fossils and some other stuff that I'll post. I'm telling you man, you're my hero. I hunted my ass off down there for 5 years and found NOT A SINGLE POINT. With the quantity of points you find, let alone the quality, I'm thoroughly impressed.

 

[terryo]

SWEET little point, too bad about the base, still a keeper ! You really can see through it, nice pics.

 

[chong2]

thanks terry!
Thank you Twitch, and ill be looking forward to seeing them! I remember you told me awhile back you didnt find any points, that sucks bad. At first i started off MD'ing then bottle huntin, then artifacts. I wish they had a nice museum for all the local stuff thats been found in the area, but nothin......... To see pieces found around here i have to view private collections only