Newbie to Artifact Collecting

[crissywelch]

I have a few collections acquired mostly in Central Missouri. Not sure how to tell if any are valuable or not. Any suggestions or information would be more than appreciated.
(These are from the Sedalia area)
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[crissywelch]

These are from the Osceola, Mo area. Not sure if they are collectible or not? More photos to follow:
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[crissywelch]

More Osceola area finds.

 

[tomclark]

Welcome to this forum, Chrissy. In the pic of the first four I like the blade best, it's very nice. The bottom right darker one is made of real nice material and it has a bifurcated base, too bad about the tip but that's honest ancient loss! The top left piece is symmetrical and probably a bit thick in the middle cause it was reknapped down to it's present size.....it's for heavy duty work. I don't know about the one on the top right, don't know your area, but it's the funkiest in the bunch LOL . boom!
BTW the last pics are nothing!

 

[Tnmountains]

Welcome to t-net Crissy.

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice artifacts Chrissy...welcome to the forum.

 

[monsterrack]

Nice points and welcome

 

[rock]

Welcome to the forum. The value is in the eyes of the beholder on those pieces. If I was out hunting them I would be happy to find them. Thanks for the show, rock

 

[larson1951]

welcome to tnet
i like the 4 pieces in your 1rst post......they are very nice

larso1951

 

[River Rat]

Chrissy

 

[crissywelch]

Thanks everyone, looking forward to future posts. And thank you tomclark for sharing your thoughts & expertise, very much appreciated.

 

[NCPeaches]

Hi crissy! I have to disagree with tomclark on your last pics...the middle one is something but not sure exactly what...it might be a dart point...I have found tons of unifacial points in my creek and they are from the middle archaic to early woodland time period...have you found any pottery shards in your searching?

 

[GatorBoy]

The very definition of a projectile point involves it being a bifacial artifact.
I have a few wafer thin flake points that are almost unifaced but they are true arrowheads and still show some work on both faces.
There's no way you have found tons of unifaced archaic and woodland projectile points..I'm sorry...but its pretty safe to say that none of those you found are actually points.
Those last pieces are triangle shaped reduction flakes at best.
Tom gave her very accurate,experienced and well worded info.

 

[GatorBoy]

Here is an example of a archaic atlatl dart.

 

[NCPeaches]

The very definition of a projectile point involves it being a bifacial artifact.
I have a few wafer thin flake points that are almost unifaced but they are true arrowheads and still show some work on both faces.
There's no way you have found tons of unifaced archaic and woodland projectile points..I'm sorry...but its pretty safe to say that none of those you found are actually points.
Those last pieces are triangle shaped reduction flakes at best.
Tom gave her very accurate,experienced and well worded info.

GatorBoy, you need to go look at these points The Woodland Period in the North Carolina Piedmont

 

[GatorBoy]

I could post my North Carolina frames for you.
Here is one.



Don't get me wrong I appreciate your enthusiasm.
This is a great book if you ever get a chance to pick one up.



By the way.. I wouldn't give that link to to many folks as a reference for accurate information.