Thanksgiving Day knife, Neosho River, Kansas.

[Gravelbar32]

I found this in the Neosho river in southeast Kansas. A spot that has yielded many many knives and points for me. This knife is actually white flint. It is stained the color of river gravel. The few little peck marks from tumbling in the river reveal pearl white flint. I have also found a few large ruminant teeth in this spot that are very permanent from mineral uptake. Bison?

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Fantastic find! Welcome to TreasureNet, look forward to seeing more finds...

 

[PaleIO]

Welcome aboard...Beautiful knife for sure!

 

[outlaws15]

That is a very nice piece

 

[ToddsPoint]

I'm not sure if that's a Harahey knife or a Caddoan blade. Whichever, it sure is impressive. Gary

 

[newnan man]

Welcome and that is a fine looking knife.

 

[Gravelbar32]

Thanks, Gary. I don't know but it is the only one of it's type that I have found there. All of the others have been notched like these. One of the many molars included in pic.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Sweet blade!

 

[Older The Better]

I hunt around the neosho all the time, that piece with the blue white and red is a new material for me. Nice to see what others are finding on the river

 

[Gravelbar32]

I hunt around the neosho all the time, that piece with the blue white and red is a new material for me. Nice to see what others are finding on the river

Hello. The Neosho is a wonderful place. I've been picking stuff up around it and in it my whole life! Just today I went out to one of the fields near my house where I spotted burned rock. No flint but some old unglazed American pottery. Went back to get my m.d. and found a broken bit, a Cavalry button and misc copper pieces. No firearm stuff. Whoever camped there was not there long as it floods easily. Fun!

 

[Tony in SC]

Outstanding blade!!

 

[metrotec]

Beautiful!! could be a ceremonial blade?

 

[kentucky Quinn]

Now that’s a knife! Great find thanks

 

[dognose]

Very nice blade.

I am a fan of the way flint changes to a honey colored material as the minerals in the water permeate the stone.

I have a nice dove found on a creek bed which has a honey color.

 

[Gravelbar32]

Very nice blade.

I am a fan of the way flint changes to a honey colored material as the minerals in the water permeate the stone.

I have a nice dove found on a creek bed which has a honey color.

Yes! The color is awesome and that polished satin finish from being in the water gives those pieces a velvety look like no other. The bones we find in river gravel are so mineralized that they feel like stone and they take on the color of a copper penny. After talking about it now, I might just slip on down to the river during all the commotion today and poke around on a gravelbar!

 

[quito]

That is a spectacular blade.
looking forward to what else you might find, and maybe some old finds too.