this is kind of a nice petrified wood point found on 10-22-09

[larson1951]

my friend found this yesterday
I thought is kind of cool

the last image shows it's beauty the best
it might be a knife
he found some other small nice points that I will post tonight also

anybody got any petrified wood points? (if you do please post them for us)

this material was used quite frequently in the Dakota's

 

[uniface]

Whoa . . . Nice !!!!

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

Larson that is some beautiful material. Nice, thanks. JYD...

 

[Tnmountains]

What kind of tree? I am just kidding,haha that is one nice looking point.I have never found any petrified wood artifacts. Very informative.

 

[Newt]

Congrats!
I'll be in search of one next spring. Heading to the dakotas fossil hunting.
Newt

 

[larson1951]

thanks you guys

and TnMountains, In my opinion, the tree is from giant redwoods like the ones that are a protected species in California also known as sequoia's
these were quite prolific in the northern plains a long time ago and judging from it's straight and uniform grain it could very well be as I have seen this stuff before

this material probably came from north of the knife river flint mines in north central north dakota and was carried along with krf and traded all over the U.S.
I have quite a bit of petrified wood pieces
I bet you never thought I would respond to your remark ("what kind of tree, I am just kidding") in this manner
just goes to show how much we can learn from each other on this nice forum, do you think?

 

[vayank54]

Now that is cool. I've found a lot of petrified wood but have never seen an Indian artifact made from it

 

[cedarratt]

I have never seen one made out of petrified wood that is beautiful!!!

 

[sidmind]

WOW, that is so nice.

 

[naturegirl]

That is so cool! Kind of a 2 for 1 deal, Nice!!!

ng

 

[pickaway]

Thats a beauty...