Went for an enjoyable walk today.

[redbeardrelics]

We had about an inch and a half of rain last evening, some of it pretty hard accompanied by strong winds. Not good for the limbs on my Japanese walnut and red plum trees, by just what the doctor ordered for artifact anticipation anxiety disorder (AAAD). I went out early this AM, after checking in on TNet, with images of Yakker's recent Jacks Reef find fresh in my mind. It was pleasantly ironic that I would pick up only my second Jacks Reef ever, fifteen minutes into the days walk. It is a cute little guy #55, made of a waxy grade of jasper, and reworked down to just a sharp little nub. I am tickled with the jasper scraper #58 as well. I believe it was probably hafted at the little notches, and the heavily reworked scraping edge has been worn down to a nice polish, probably more so than any other scraper I have. I believe #73 is one of the French gun flints. #71 was probably the biggest surprise, being just under 5" long, and appearing to be a crudely chipped, and notched hoe, or chopper. I rarely find any chipped artifacts around here over 2 1/2" long due to the only local lithic source being creek cobbles of baseball size and less. HH

 

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[theviking]

Nice pile of artifacts, great variety of material. I think I see a Jacks Reef above #51, maybe just a simple mistake, #55 looks like a possible worn-out hafted scraper. Definitely an enjoyable walk, thats more than I have found all year. Thanks for the show.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Hey Viking, you are right, #51 is the Jacks Reef I was referring to, my bad for the typo calling it #55, and yes #55 is a little 'thumbnail' scraper. I guess last night I was to tired to type. LOL

 

[monsterrack]

looks like you hit the jackpot, great finds

 

[yakker]

Hey Hey Redbeard!! You cleaned up! And I love that you found a little old Jack's Reef-- worn as it is, it's great I'll pull out the two, maybe 3 I have that are worn just like that- I've always called them my 'Leaning Jacks' (Check out Charl's post above). But Hey, those colors and all that stuff- man-o-man, you did great! Thanks for the show! Yakker

 

[rock]

I bet your back hurt after all of that bending you did. What a good hunt you had, rock