Summer Solstice shard

[NCPeaches]

This is the largest pottery shard I have found yet in the creek, not sure of the pattern due to it being in the creek for so long. I was digging around in an old spot and it was lodged in some sand and rocks. This shard is thicker and heavier than any I've found before. Also, found a small orange shard and a broken rhyolite flake. Now if the creek will just give up more lol

 

[rock]

Here is how to see if there is any markings on it. Wet it then use your marco setting on automatic flash. Take your pic of the shard in low light or dark and let the flash go off. Do it on both sides. Upload it to your comp and then enlarge it and view it. When it has creek stain it will show better when wet. That's what I do. If it isn't a rim section and it is thick it might be from the bottom section which is the thickest part of the vessel. Nice find

 

[NCPeaches]

Thanks rock! I'll try that. I can see circular designs on it and thinking it's a rim but it was a thick pot and it's heavy.

 

[rock]

Also I wanted to tell you something a archy told me not long ago. In the Mississippian period they didn't take much time in making large flint tools or points. He said most of their points were made from flakes and were very crude and small. He said it will be very hard to find them due to that reason. So the point im making is that might be the reason you don't find many points in your creek. I know the one in your avatar is a older point. If you could just find the area it came from you should be able to find more.

 

[curious kat]

...Nice BIG sherd Peaches....I think I can see the circular design on that first picture. And good info. from rock as well!

 

[painterx7]

Very nice peaches thanks for sharing

 

[ptsofnc]

NCPeaches, This looks exactly like the shards I find in my creek. My creek is stingy about giving up points too. I'm from NW Piedmont NC. Maybe we're searching the same creek. Keep looking and good luck!

 

[Charl]

Wow, complete with a 10 spot! Now that's luck

Nice big sherd, Peaches. Congrats on your biggest to date.

 

[rock]

If the pottery shows swirls on it then it is Mississippian but the pottery you find could be like the creek I hunt and be from all periods. There is a huge oak tree on the creek that must be 5 ft wide but has died it still sits up rite missing the top. It is the biggest tree I have ever seen. Its rite on the bank so far but the water is digging the roots out. I wonder what is under it.

 

[NCPeaches]

If the pottery shows swirls on it then it is Mississippian but the pottery you find could be like the creek I hunt and be from all periods. There is a huge oak tree on the creek that must be 5 ft wide but has died it still sits up rite missing the top. It is the biggest tree I have ever seen. Its rite on the bank so far but the water is digging the roots out. I wonder what is under it.

There's no telling what's under that tree! There are some trees along the banks of my creek that I can see the roots to but they aren't near as big as that, I haven't seen anything under them or stuck to them but betting if there was it's washed out into the creek. Last year a tree with one root ball and three trunks fell apart in different ways right in the spot I go down into the creek, one fell across at the root, the other broke off about 6' up and rested precariously on the third that is fortunately leaning toward the other bank. Since that happened I've been cautious about going under the bottom one but now it has moved down and the broken one is leaning on it and I'm hearing pops and so I guess I will have to look in other places but everything is so overgrown. Just a big cluster fluk! My son is trying to figure out the best way to saw it all up lol

 

[NCPeaches]

NCPeaches, This looks exactly like the shards I find in my creek. My creek is stingy about giving up points too. I'm from NW Piedmont NC. Maybe we're searching the same creek. Keep looking and good luck!

We might be looking in the same creek if your county borders Burke county! ;-)

 

[rock]

Well I know fallen trees make it hard to hunt but they really help when it rains and the trunk is in the flow. They will create gravel bars. I hate the trees when I am yakking and make a corner and bingo there one is. If you are going fast you have 2 choices. Jump or duck. I ducked last time actually I did the limbo on my yak. Threw my seat flat and laid on my back. I have a sit on top yak. I barley made it but did get a scratch across my face from the bark of the tree. I looked up to soon to see if I had made it.