Unfinished Artifacts

[Treasure_Hunter]

Found this one day while walking the edge of a small spring fed creek in Missouri. Points being flaked out of both bottom cornors.

 

[robertk]

That's really cool. Never seen one like that.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Cool! It's a practice piece. We find them in Texas also. Practicing notching techniques imo...

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Here is another I found, same area, stem is on the .left side

 

[russau]

Those points were for making "U" turns if they miss their intended target so you won't have to walk so far to retrieve the arrow ! Well you never know when it'll be handy thing to have !!!! During WW2 the Germans developed a rifle that shot around corners , maybe that's where the Germany's got that idea !!

 

[dognose]

hardstone with drilling started

 

[dognose]

unfinished pestle, pecked not ground

 

[newnan man]

Found this one day while walking the edge of a small city spring fed creek in Missouri. Points being flaked out of both bottom cornors.

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You know on this one I can see it hafted from side to side and used as some type of scraper or flesher.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Found this one day while walking the edge of a small city spring fed creek in Missouri. Points being flaked out of both bottom cornors.

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My opinion, that’s rarer and much cooler (I’ve never seen, much less found one) than a standard point.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Found this one day while walking the edge of a small city spring fed creek in Missouri. Points being flaked out of both bottom cornors.

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That’s an Ulu knife. Notches are to haft it to handle.

 

[russau]

That knife has to be a find of a life time and a banner post for sure ! WHAT A FIND!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

That’s an Ulu knife. Notches are to haft it to handle.View attachment 2267441

I thought Ulu was primarily a far northern style artifact, Alaska region?

I know this one came from central Missouri as I found it along a creek between Columbia and Bonneville Mo. The premise makes sense the way it is flake on the long side.

 

[newnan man]

I thought Ulu was primarily a far northern style artifact, Alaska region?

I know it came from central Missouri as I found it along a creek between Columbia and Bonneville Mo. The premise makes sense the way it is flake on the long side.

I think the use of Ulu knives in Alaska went well into the historic period to the point they began using steel blades and are used today. They make sense so surely many cultures used them. Form follows function.

 

[dognose]

Celt, pecked, zero polish

 

[dognose]

I found this unfinished axe in a field in Marion County Indiana 10/22/1988 while hunting with my buddy Darrell. It was a cold day, I was wearing insulated coveralls over my cloths. I found this axe and an unfinished slate relic. Mostly likely a gorget due to its size. The unfinished slate relic was flaked into shape, but not polished on any surface.

You can see the roughed in groove area and the general axe shape. Interestingly enough, it looks as if it would have been a slated groove axe. Pecked over all the surface without any polish.

I have found a number of what I call 'canted' based flint relics around, where the base is slanted, instead of straight across or bifurcated in the region.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Couple small axes...

 

[dognose]

This is the unfinished slate I found in a field in Marion County Indiana 10/22/1988 while hunting with my buddy Darrell.
I believe its likely a gorget due to its size. This unfinished slate relic was flaked into shape, but not polished on any surface.

 

[dognose]

This unfinished blade is made of silicified sandstone, found 05/15/2002 in the field across from my house in Hancock County Indiana.

 

[dognose]

This unfinished double crescent was found in Hendricks County Indiana 11/07/2020.
Large and heavy. Flaked, pecked and some polishing, not much.

 

[UnderMiner]

Those points were for making "U" turns if they miss their intended target so you won't have to walk so far to retrieve the arrow ! Well you never know when it'll be handy thing to have !!!! During WW2 the Germans developed a rifle that shot around corners , maybe that's where the Germany's got that idea !!

It's for those arrows that need to bend around corners like in that movie Wanted (2008)