Searched a little Central Mississippi peanut field..

[dirtfishinMS]

Got an old friend who lets me come out once or twice a year once the nuts have been pulled...

I've never found a complete point here, but there is an unimaginable amount of chert and lots of blades/scrapers/perforators/incomplete points which leads me to believe that this was just where they came to make points and tools. I've dabbled in knapping and it makes sense that they'd make their tools AWAY from camp. Those chert pieces can slice you open!

Also found several hammer stones, but this one is the best one I've ever found. Hard to tell from the pic, but it's a giant piece of quartz with lots of use!

 

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[dirtfishinMS]

Another pic

 

[dirtfishinMS]

Some of the hammer stones..

 

[dirtfishinMS]

Another pic.. look at the work on this heartbreaker..

 

[Rookster]

Great finds. Kinda looks like a plow got in the way of some of um. Congratulations

 

[MAMucker]

Can we have a look at the other side? And did you say it’s made of quartz?

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Which one do you think is made of quartz?

 

[Tdog]

I don't see any quartz

Post #1, last pic.

 

[dirtfishinMS]

I think I spoke too soon on the whole thing being quartz.. it's crystallized throughout a majority of the stone, but only part of it is actually translucent. What do you think? I do still love all of the usage. It's my biggest hammerstone for sure..View attachment 1767012View attachment 1767013View attachment 1767014View attachment 1767015

 

[dirtfishinMS]

Hard to see in that last pic but it's all crystallized. How do you get a pic of sparklies? Haha

 

[Tdog]

It's quartz. Are you used to seeing that material in your area?

 

[dirtfishinMS]

It's quartz. Are you used to seeing that material in your area?

Most definitely. This is just some picked up from a creek walk the other day..

 

[joshuaream]

That material is pretty cool. Reminds me of some of the citronelle gravels found in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.

 

[arrow86]

The pattern in pic 2 is really neat looking I’d be happy with it

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice pieces! They almost like different stages. The second looks like peanut butter.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Nice. Quartz can be very hard and durable.

 

[dirtfishinMS]

Nice pieces! They almost like different stages. The second looks like peanut butter.

Fitting, since they came out of what is now a peanut field. It's jasper.

 

[monsterrack]

Your not far from the Pearl River which is loaded with citronella gravel. Some folks call it jasper but I've been told it's a chert stone. Nice finds I have a spot like that also that I believe was a production site and the plow is tough on them.

 

[dirtfishinMS]

Your not far from the Pearl River which is loaded with citronella gravel. Some folks call it jasper but I've been told it's a chert stone. Nice finds I have a spot like that also that I believe was a production site and the plow is tough on them.

This site is literally 150 yards off the Pearl.

 

[Moark]

The pattern in pic 2 is really neat looking I’d be happy with it

That material is sick!