One of My Best

[IlliniGuy]

Here is one of my best personal finds. Kirk/Stillwell, right at 4 inches from Central Illinois.View attachment 720534View attachment 720535

 

[River Rat]

W W!!!!

 

[NC field hunter]

That is sweet!! All I can say there!!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Heart stopper! Man that is nice.

 

[bsit1361]

Beautiful artifact.

 

[old digger]

Really Nice!

 

[Grandad]

Also here in Central Illinois and have found some good finds too. Your find is excellent. I found a gorget that cost me $30 - I had to buy a book Indian Artifacts of the Midwest to find out what it was and found it near Darlington Indiana though.

 

[wells]

Be carefull not to cut yourself on that serrated sucker, man thats a lot of teeth - beautiful !

 

[Tnmountains]

When you say the word Kirk/Stilwell. That is the picture that should be shown. Beautiful. I would have fallen over finding that. Any story behind it?

 

[Spook1959]

Awesome find! I always take a moment to think about the hands that held and crafted the piece back so long ago when I hold an AI
treasure. What was going on around him at the time? Did he show it to others as if he was proud of the piece? Likely he was thinking "I am sure am HUNGRY"... From those of you that have tried it, how long would he or she have spent to craft a piece this detailed? Thanks for sharing!

 

[IlliniGuy]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It has been a centerpiece in my collection for several years now and one I never get tired of fondling.

 

[NC field hunter]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It has been a centerpiece in my collection for several years now and one I never get tired of fondling.

Don't fondle the teeth off of it. I had to make a second visit to this thread for that joker!

 

[Americus]

That is a killer!!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[rock]

That is an amazing point!

 

[Wildcat1750]

I can certainly see why this is one of your best. That would look great in any collection!

 

[pickaway]

Man thats a really nice find! What is the material?

 

[IlliniGuy]

When you say the word Kirk/Stilwell. That is the picture that should be shown. Beautiful. I would have fallen over finding that. Any story behind it?

Well there is kind of a story. This place is a heavily hunted site. Conditions were prime but when I got there (long walk) I saw footprints everywhere. I decided to hunt it anyway, walking rows perpendicular to the other rows of prints. When I got to the very end of the field, there it laid. The other hunter had stopped about two steps short and turned around. Walk to the end of the rows folks!

 

[IlliniGuy]

Man thats a really nice find! What is the material?

It might be a hornstone. Lithics are not my strong suit.

 

[flinthunter]

Looks like it might be Southern Illinois Cobden. Beautiful point.

 

[IlliniGuy]

Looks like it might be Southern Illinois Cobden. Beautiful point.

Thanks Flinthunter. It could be Cobden. Cobden and hornstone from southern Indiana are sometimes very hard to tell apart.