Streak of White Inclusive Material Through Gray Onondaga Chert

[OntarioArch]

The broken base and broken shoulder don't bother me one bit: the well-defined streak of white through this point is something to behold! Never seen anything like it. It must have been a special point to the maker.

Found just today in in a shallow wash out of a corn field in Cayuga County NY. White Lightning!

(OK....the broken base and shoulder DO bother me a little....but what ya gonna do?)

 

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[Tdog]

(OK....the broken base and shoulder DO bother me a little....but what ya gonna do?)

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Gomerize it!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/north-american-indian-artifacts/127439-artifact-restoration.html

 

[Fred250]

I always wonder how early in the knapping process does something like that have to be planned to come out so well. Nice find.

 

[captain redbeard]

Very cool piece! I have yet to find something like that, but if there's one there are probably more out there

 

[joshuaream]

A lot of collectors refer that thin vein of white material as a lightning bolt when it’s on a dark material like that. Coshocton/Upper Mercer occasionally has nice ones like yours. Kind of takes a plain point and makes it exponentially nicer.

 

[OntarioArch]

"Lightning Bolt" it is!

The only issue for a potential restoration: what did the original base look like? I suspect it was a slightly expanding stem....like a Susquehanna Broadpoint, but I would hate to have an inaccurate base put onto this beauty.

 

[Tdog]

You can always get it cast'ed and restore the cast if you want to go that far!

 

[old digger]

Uniqueness always makes it special in one way or another. Nice One!