First off if the man said he found it then he found it where he said he did. So unless someone as proof that it is a fake then no one can pass judgment on a artifact that there is only a photo of. There is a lot of folks on here that know a lot about artifacts, but no one knows it all, not even the guys that do it for a living, even they can be wrong. Patina is something that is different in every part of this country, it does not matter if you live in that state because just over the county line the soil may have a different make up and the patina is going to be different, where the artifact was, how it was placed in the ground, it could have been placed in a hide, who knows. Now the chipping on that point looks different than what people see on others but to pressure flake an Obsidian point that long the maker more than likely found it would break if he tried to flake it like most points. This is a nice point but my lord it's not like it is 16in long, and he saying it came from a temple mound or the man has put a price tag on it to sell it. As for the statement that someone planted the point, where it was found it does not sound likely. I myself got hit with seeded artifacts and others on here have stated that they did too, but there was someone trying to gain an agenda of tricking someone to gain a advantage from those plants. If someone did plant the point lets just say 50 yrs ago because of the large rock formation, a local native made it and placed it there for a gift to the Earth, it's still an artifact and the man found it. There was a comment made about all fakers should break what they make ,95% of people that reproduce stone artifacts do not do it to sell as a fake(it's their hobby, just like us who walk to find ours) , people buy their item's with the intent to sale it as the real deal, those are the fakers. I collect artifacts and I make reproduction items and I can flint knapp does that make me a bad person for having those hobbies. The reproduction of artifacts has given me better insight to real artifacts, you understand what was behind the way something was made or used, you can spot just the tip or ear of a point sticking out of the dirt, you know what is a flake or a tool for sure and you can tell from the flake pattern if it was done with bone or metal. Some may not believe this but I can most of the time tell if the person that made a point was left handed or right handed, but not from a photo. Someone stated that the stone was glass not Obsidian, Obsidian comes in every color of the rainbow, I myself have a knife blade that I picked up out of a dry creek bed that is purple/reddish Obsidian from Az. I may be wrong but I think this site was made for people to learn, enjoy and see artifacts from all over. I have looked at a lot of site's, Tnet is by far the best site going, so well it is the only site that I have ever joined, but this kind of posting makes us no different that any other website and I hate to see us lose people due to speculation on a object that no one knows for sure but the man that found it. Now there are some post that I have seen on here that it was no doubt it was a modern reproduction, a point from India, a Mexico knock out, or a natural rock but this point is not one of those, so if anyone can say that this point is a fake by a photo then they are faking themselves and I'm not trying to make anyone mad or pointing my finger at anyone. JMO when I see a post that I don't think is real, I look at it and move on, life is to short to sweat the small stuff. Outlaw you hang in here and keep posting I like your artifacts. To all Tnet members just remember and this goes to all of us (What comes around goes around), how are you going to handle it when you post the find of your life and people doubt it?
this one is my BEST point and YES IT'S REAL! Made of red wine colored obsidian which is fairly rare(I think) in itself. It measures 8 3/16" long by 1 5/16" at the base. I found 15 other smaller points at the same site( 6 were a colorful agate material the rest were black obsidian) as well as over 3000+ shell and bone beads. I don't show it much cause most don't believe its authentic or question my collecting methods. I have never tried to get a COA on it cause I will probably never sell it. It is definitely the "banner find of my life" and am very proud of it. Merry Christmas to all you head hunters and thanks for all the great info and comments on my collection so far!!!
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