Need help on knife ID

[cwdigger]

I will post in what is it forum as well, I found this point in a creek that has been producing 20 million year old shark teeth and bone any idea on what kind of knife or blade this is and how old it is?

 

[cwdigger]

Nobody has any idea

 

[headhunter7]

not sure but it's a nice one

 

[Th3rty7]

Looks like an early archaic beveled type to me, like a Cobbs or Stanfield. Did you find that in N.C.? Killer piece.

 

[cwdigger]

Looks like an early archaic beveled type to me, like a Cobbs or Stanfield. Did you find that in N.C.? Killer piece.

Yes it was found in a creek in NC

 

[*Molly*]

I have a vast collection of NC points but, never seen anything like that..Maybe its woodland period because most of my collection is Archaic. Puzzling..
I'll send the pic to a friend of mine in NC, see what he thinks..will get back to you..

Molly.

 

[joshuaream]

Neat piece... I agree with thirty7, it looks like an archaic type. Not quite as old as the fossils, but still better than 5,000 years old.

 

[*Molly*]

The flaking looks far too new to be Early Archaic. Also there is no water stain on it..

How long is it?

Molly.

 

[vayank54]

I don't really know anything about it except that it is a very cool find.

 

[cwdigger]

The flaking looks far too new to be Early Archaic. Also there is no water stain on it..

How long is it?

Molly.

There is some water stain or what I believe to be water stain, it is 4.5" long

 

[Th3rty7]

Maybe it's some of that newly discovered black chert from coastal NC. Did you guys hear about this? It could be another huge link that supports the theory of paleoman coming to the continent from the coast or east instead of land. Big news imo, funny how quickly this story disappeared from the mainstream. They had thought originally the black chert was coming from Arkansas.




http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100509/ARTICLES/100509684

 

[cwdigger]

This is a quote from another forum with his opinion

"With what appears to be beveling along the blade edges, I would lean to the Archaic time period. My best guess would be Kirk Blade, Cobbs, or some late Stanfield form. Not that familiar with NC artifact pricing, but I would say $350-$450"

 

[*Molly*]

That's rhyolite, I have peices like that.. Also I have contacted an experienced collector from NC. He also agrees with it being rhyolite. Just waiting for his opinion on what type it is...
JMHO btw..

Molly.