plum run chert

[jeff a]

here are some of my plum run artifacts from ne ohio,plum is a local flint in the vanport formation like flint ridge,its pretty much only in a 3 county area in ne ohio

 

[Airborne80]

Wow man!!! Those are fantastic!!!!

 

[uniface]

There are some fascinating pieces in there ! What's best, IMO, is the juxtaposition of the points with the tools

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Very nice Jeff!

 

[jeff a]

thanks everyone, the neat thing with plum is that it patinates to reds and yellows the fresh flint from the quarrie is gray almost like a dark hornstone , as it patinates even farther it starts to get a dull black with red banding you can pretty much tell the age by the color

 

[jeff a]

more pics

 

[jeff a]

 

[Neogeo]

Great lithics...thanx for shareing....

 

[creek astronaut]

thanks everyone, the neat thing with plum is that it patinates to reds and yellows the fresh flint from the quarrie is gray almost like a dark hornstone , as it patinates even farther it starts to get a dull black with red banding you can pretty much tell the age by the color

I often wondered if Plum Run didnt get its color changes due to being heat treated rather than patinazation??very nice frames,thx for sharing your plum run artifacts

 

[Americus]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing.

 

[pickaway]

Nice...