New Flea Market Acquisitions and Tray.

[The Grim Reaper]

Not much hunting around here now until the river drops. Crops are all up so fields are out and my wooded Ft Ancient site looks like a jungle so I've been hitting the Flea Market. The teacher I buy from hasn't had much but I managed to pull a few decent pieces the past two weeks. Most of this is from his Grandpas collection and since they lived in Carter county Kentucky there is a lot of Carter Cave Flint. For size reference, the black Cobbs in the top right corner is 5 inches on the dot and this is a 12x18 tray. Paid $8 for that Cobbs. lol

This tray shows that if you know what to look for in your area you can find some great pieces at the Flea Market. I remember what I paid for most of these and best recollection I probably have right around $200 in all of this.

If anyone wants to see anything in the tray just ask.

 

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[Kantuckkeean]

Nice scores Mr. Reaper!! A lot of nice pieces there.

What’s the orange and white blunt(?) made from? Seems like an unusual material.

Also, is that a Hardin in the lower left? Seriously... a lot of nice pieces. I like those pentagonal points.

I don’t buy or sell but in this case I’ll make an exception... I’ll give you $9.00 for the Cobbs but only because I feel bad that you overpaid Speaking of the Cobbs, is it Coshocton flint? I found something with a snapped base made from that or very similar material. I’ll post it sometime with my random finds. I think it’s unusual for my area.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Kray Gelder]

Really nice additions to your great collection! Congrats.

 

[sandchip]

Nice scores! Is the one in the third picture a Beaver Lake?

 

[arrow86]

Nice artifacts , I’d say they ended up in a good home

 

[quito]

Dang Nice ones!!

You sure you have room?

 

[newnan man]

I have that Cobb's twin, from Pickaway Co. Ohio. I'll try to post it before this thread gets too old. Nice saves from the flea market.

 

[newnan man]

Here is the Cobbs from Pickaway Co. Not as big as yours at 4" but I think it's pretty nice.

 

[NCPeaches]

Super nice collection of artifacts!

 

[dognose]

I like the cobbs too. Nice

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice scores Mr. Reaper!! A lot of nice pieces there.

What’s the orange and white blunt(?) made from? Seems like an unusual material.

Also, is that a Hardin in the lower left? Seriously... a lot of nice pieces. I like those pentagonal points.

I don’t buy or sell but in this case I’ll make an exception... I’ll give you $9.00 for the Cobbs but only because I feel bad that you overpaid Speaking of the Cobbs, is it Coshocton flint? I found something with a snapped base made from that or very similar material. I’ll post it sometime with my random finds. I think it’s unusual for my area.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

Thanks. The material is a deep red we find around here that is most likely Carter Cave Flint related. The white is from creek stain. He had a few more with the same staining from the creek by their house.

Not a Hardin. No grinding and the large shallow notches in my area is a Woodland type and most likely Hopewell related.

The large Cobbs in the top left is made from Kanawha Chert. The one in the bottom right right is Coshocton.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice scores! Is the one in the third picture a Beaver Lake?

No, we don't really find them in my area. In the 53 years I have collected here I only know of a few that could be Beaver Lakes and that's a stretch. These are an Archaic type that were probably Atl Atl Dart Points.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's an interesting and unfortunate, but also fortunate story about this Carter Cave Flint Cobbs.

When I first walked up to his tables I saw this in the tray and it was unbroken. I asked him if I could see it and he opened the tray, picked it up, and then dropped it before I ever got to touch it. I didn't know what to say. We both watched it hit and break in two as small pieces flew off. Very unfortunate for him since he said he was asking $80 for it. Very fortunate for me because I offered him $20 and he took it, but only because we could never find the missing piece. This is a very fine piece of Flint and some amazing work. I would have easily haggled him down to $65 or $70 if he hadn't broken it, especially if I bought a few more pieces. I think I still spent $45 that day and got 8 or 10 pieces.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice points.

 

[scotto]

Great pick-ups Steve.

 

[1320]

Love the "striping" in the first Carter Cave piece, nice buy.

 

[monsterrack]

Killer score just killer !!!!!!!!

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Thanks everyone.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful collection and display!

 

[Twitch]

Steve - I occasionally hunt in your area but have never been able to find a nice pentagonal. You have a couple of nice ones in there.