thursday finds

[larson1951]

this stuff is what we found on thursday

the mandans had a fair amount of good lithic material...
here is what i believe to be some different colors of jasper, white petrified wood (or maybe agatized wood), quartzite and light and dark knife river flint
also here is a fishing wieght on left

the piece on the upper left puzzles me.....game piece?.......some kind of tool?.....it is made from a section of elk rib i believe?

on top 2nd from left is a scarce find to get an arrow point made from rainy buttes silicified wood (RBSW) which is found in the badlands at the extreme SW corner of north dakota
the bird bone bead with the striations carved on it has got to be the tiniest bead i think i ever found

white petrified wood scraper

couple of knife river flint arrow points

 

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[jamey]

got some super nice points in there,some cool flint too,thanks for sharing mr larson

 

[larson1951]

got some super nice points in there,some cool flint too,thanks for sharing mr larson

glad you like it and thanks jamey

 

[redbeardrelics]

What a terrific Thursday !!
I love the scrapers. The variety of other artifacts is fascinating on their own, weights, beads, and bone.
From my perspective, the Mandan's had an UNfair amount of good lithic material : )

 

[larson1951]

What a terrific Thursday !!
I love the scrapers. The variety of other artifacts is fascinating on their own, weights, beads, and bone.
From my perspective, the Mandan's had an UNfair amount of good lithic material : )

i am starting to think so also

too bad all the bigger stuff got picked over many many many years ago

 

[ncnurseryman]

Great collection of material.

 

[yakker]

I need to head west...

Yak

 

[painterx7]

Totally NOTWORTY you find nice pieces boss thanks for sharing

 

[old digger]

Awesome Finds!

That's a beautiful thumb scraper and those translucent points are fantastic.
I think you should check out that area east and south of the garden?

 

[curious kat]

:O ....love those amber colored points...never seen any like that...amazing Larson...everything!

 

[rock]

Now I have to say Great Hunt! Also if you don't know what something might be I will have to say I surly wont know. Good looking artifacts.

 

[unclemac]

...so...what....the pickings from your lunch break? If I found in a decade what you find in a day, i'd be satisfied indeed. buy yourself a good camera and make us all that Mandan book already!

 

[larson1951]

:O ....love those amber colored points...never seen any like that...amazing Larson...everything!

thanks
they are knife river flint

 

[Americus]

That was an amazing hunt. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Tnmountains]

So glad to see you out. I have not had a fun hunt in a while and appreciate all you do on here. Hopefully saturday.

 

[rock]

So glad to see you out. I have not had a fun hunt in a while and appreciate all you do on here. Hopefully saturday.

I was wondering where you were at. I figured you were swinging the MD. Most do collect more than 1 thing.