Some recent finds

[Th3rty7]

Hey folks, found a good bifurcate last night, Pentagonal knife? and a little bifurcated hafted scraper with crystal. Happy hunting

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

Man O Man nice finds thirty7. Did you dig those up or surface finds. Very good hunt. JYD...

 

[Cappy Z.]

Hi.

You guys ever match the finds to any specific Indian group? And what about dating? Do you routinely ID them and tag them as such?

Thanks for posting.

ps Nice!

 

[Americus]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing.

 

[uniface]

 

[Tnmountains]

Man you have been finding some nice ones. Are you surface hunting? Those need to go with all your other bifuracates. Nice additions thirty7!

TnMtns

 

[allen]

some really nice finds there !

 

[Th3rty7]

Man O Man nice finds thirty7. Did you dig those up or surface finds. Very good hunt. JYD...

appreciate the comments folks, these were surface finds. I've never really tried digging for artifacts, but I'm about to get serious about it. A friend of my dad recently gave us permission to hunt and dig for artifacts on his 1800 acre hunt club in Va. We scouted the place out a couple weeks back. The topography looks ideal, several creeks, springs, a wide open space with a highspot over a lake, looks promising. The owners father found artifacts in a plowed field, but it's since gone to grass, so digging is a priorty here. I walked the creeks and their full of shale which makes things nearly impossible. I did find some raw quartzite, chert, and a questionable grinding stone. Where would you guys sink that first shovel test? I'm thinking the high spot above where two creeks intersect?

 

[Bluesy]

Wow, those are fantastic finds! They would have to send the paramedics for me! lol Congratulations!

 

[crow12c]

that was a very worthwhile walk in the woods man! If a creek is full of shale or limestone Id head for the higher ground to dig, but I havent been diggin that long, I kinda got in to that while back. I can find the ice age "gravel line" in all my creeks that surround my acreage, these creeks are very deep, shallow, bout 2-4' wide and loaded with good rocks, sometimes REALLY good rocks, I been diggin the gravel line up, only found 2 brokes and a heavyduty drill.

 

[Tnmountains]

Ummm I might hit the springs first. If they are old and flow all the time they are the freshest water. I concentrate on large rocks around them. This sounds bad but take a post hole digger to sink one test hole for depth and pray you do not break anything. Its fast and an easy way to quickly find depth. Also try digging out the water leaving the springs. Some springs will produce especially if its near the high ground or fields,, Indians kept them cleaned out
I tested one off a large site about two years ago that way.We found flint at two feet.The spring floods. We have yet to make it back there but thinks we might some day.
Good luck sir

TnMtns

 

[docmann]

Nice pieces, Three Seven! I'd like to help out with advice on digging but have virtually no experience with it. I've recently tried a little sifting of loose topsoil, but have had no luck. I have a friend who swears by working the creek banks with a tight net below to catch the dirt, then washes the cuttings in the creek. I suppose that would take just the right location. Keep us informed, and by all means, keep up the good work! Those pieces benefit no one while they are covered with dirt in some field. Bye-the-way, do you have any idea relative to the period of those pieces? Strong work! Docmann

 

[pickaway]

Nice finds. Congrats...

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice finds thirty7.

For those asking about age, they look like they may be Trimble Points which would put them in the late Archaic about 1600 to 1000 BC.

 

[Th3rty7]

Doc, mostly early archaic into middle archaic. The bifurcated is a classic Culpepper bifurcate, called Rice lobbed in other regions. The smallest point is a Ecusta, early archaic. The other piece at the top is imo a pentagonal knife because it's much thicker than a Jacks Reef, mid archaic timeframe. I'm not positive on the rest, the site is Mississippian - Dalton(transitional). I've never found a Trimble or have seen any in local collections or museums. Trimble type is more of a midwest type that reaches western parts of Ohio and Kentucky.

 

[ayoung]

thats cool. I have found arrow heads in the past

 

[creek astronaut]

another nice haul