Question for Gatorboy

[GTK96]

Hey all, this one is for gator (I hope he sees it)
Anyways, I was wandering around debitage piles from "the big sift" as mentioned in a thread a week or two ago, and there's, as best as I can tell, hundreds of these...my question is if they're what I think they are...lightning whelk artifact/choppers? Just wanted to hear your thoughts...
Thanks

 

[GatorBoy]

The whelk shell was used for alot of tools.
Alot of them were Hafted to a handle and used as hammers,picks,adze type tools..and many were merely broken to allow access of a blade to cut the animal loose from its shell for eating.

 

[GatorBoy]

The one in your second photo appears to have use wear as a possible hammer or adze..it's. Broken anyway ... looking closely there is tell tale signs of hafting or not.
Alot of the ones used as an adze were broken during use and you may only find one part or the other.

 

[GTK96]

The one in your second photo appears to have use wear as a possible hammer.
Alot of the ones used as an adze were broken during use and you may only find one part or the other.

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Lemme throw in a couple pics of all the piles of shell leftover tomorrow when it's light...I think I saw a couple of the spiraley-shaped pieces like you showed too but I only had a few mins to walk around

Thanks for the help

 

[GatorBoy]

No problem.
I would be willing to bet with the people that were there and people's attention being pulled in many directions there are probably many artifacts left behind.

 

[GTK96]

No problem.
I would be willing to bet with the people that were there and people's attention being pulled in many directions there are probably many artifacts left behind.

I'm almost sure of it, now I get to have some fun 😁 what are the spiraly things called anyways?

 

[GatorBoy]

Ha.. do you mean shell columnena plummet?

 

[GTK96]

Ha.. do you mean shell columnena plummet?

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That's it!

 

[eastTNJoe]

Gatorboy is a wealth of knowledge about coastal artifacts. It is great to have his expertise so readily available.

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks guys. And good luck out there man!
My skin is thick .. opinions from folks who don't care for me are cool.
It's their right.

 

[scotto]

Gatorboy is a wealth of knowledge about coastal artifacts. It is great to have his expertise so readily available.

Seriously, I wish I'd known of him when I lived in Florida.

 

[GatorBoy]

Me too Scotto
Metal detecting..artifact hunting..fossil hunting..diveing..fishing.. surfing...I love it here.
Before 2005 it was way different artifact hunting here.