Some Dauphin Co. Pa. Artifacts

[Th3rty7]

These were found along the Susquehanna river near Harrisburg back in the 60's.

 

[Th3rty7]

Great material. I particularly like pic 2 in the first set of pics - if that is an Otter Creek-like point, jasper is a rare material for that. The jasper of which that point is made is as nice as Berks-Lehigh jasper comes.

artorius

Thanks artorius, I've been told it's a Hardaway, which would also be a scarce type and rare to be made of jasper too . Out of the ten or so Hardaways in the collection only two were made of jasper. Now you got me thinking about Otter Creek, are they ground as well? Here's another picture of that point, what do you think?


Appreciate the kind words and comments Groudskeeper and Molly.

 

[Buckhunter]

Love the material in that area. Nice colors!

 

[artorius]

Otter Creek points are ground in the base. Hardaways are pretty rare in Pennsylvania, while Otter Creek - like points are common (but not in jasper). As for whether that point could be a Hardaway, I would defer to our southern bretheren on this forum.

Regardless of what the type is, it is a killer point.

artorius