Spear head ?

curious kat · Dec 30, 2013

...this was found in the CA mountains near "Indian rock camp"...was it from a spear?

jamey · Dec 30, 2013

i would think knife,looks like it was made to go into a bone handle,but im no expert

outlawatheart · Dec 31, 2013

would have been a 3 incher unbroken. Is that a drill hole mark? I don't think the stem is long enough for it to be a hafted blade. maybe a big point. Just guessing. :icon_thumright:

Good find!

quito · Dec 31, 2013

i don't believe it was a lanceolate, more likely a dart or knife form.

curious kat · Dec 31, 2013

OK...thanks guys..that tells me a lot more than I knew! And yes outlaw I was wondering about that drill like hole to!? Why would anyone want to do that...NA bling? lol

GatorBoy · Dec 31, 2013

Nice material shame that one is broken.
Looks like a projectile point to me probably archaic...hafted to a shaft and thrown with an atlatl.
It could possibly be a knife hard to say without more of the blade visible
I think that little indent on the stem is where a fossil inclusion popped out of the flint.

monsterrack · Dec 31, 2013

From what I see it was a knife blade JMO it's a good find :icon_thumleft:

painterx7 · Dec 31, 2013

It's a knife blade that would of eventually been a projectile point nice find

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curious kat · Dec 31, 2013

...you guys are being very helpful, thanks! I suppose because it's so broken it's pretty hard to tell exactly...but I believe what you "experts" have to say

Does anyone have a knife picture of what it would have looked like so I'd have a better understanding of what's what and go's where? lol