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Hey Confederate83, Just a heads up...you forgot to add the pictures.
 
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The first one is a Dalton. It is a rare point in my area and dates from 10,000 - 8000 B.P. and is transitional Paleo period. Exceptional find!!!
 
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Here is some info from lithicsnet.com

General Description: The Dalton spear or dart point is a medium to large sized lanceolate, auriculate, fish tailed, type with a concave base and serrations along the blade edges. A key identifier is the fact that many specimens show some form of serrations on the blade edges and are finely flaked. If beveling occurs it typically is on one side of each blade face and usually on the right side. The hafting area has incurvate, heavily ground side edges and basal grinding. The concavity at the base is thinned by the removal of one or more thinning flakes. In some cases, these thinning flakes extend beyond the hafting area and up the blade to give the appearance of a flute. The pristine example of the Dalton shows excurvate blade edges. As use and reworking occurred, the blade shape became triangular and then eventually rapier or drill-like in form with an exaggerated wide hafting area and a drastically reduced blade width. The Dalton point and the Golondrina point are quite similar in general outline and may be part of a series. However a key differentiation is that the Golondrina's blade edges are not serrated as is often the case with Dalton points.

The size of Dalton point can range from 33 mm to 68 mm in length. The average size is 48 mm in length, with a 14.5 mm stem length and 20.5 mm width. Thickness averages 6 mm and the average base concavity is 5.5 mm. The point was named by C. H. Chapman in 1948 for Judge S.P. Dalton of Jefferson City, Missouri who was the first person to make a serious study of this point type.
 
2nd point looks like an Eden,paleo piece. Super find!
 
Thanks for the info I found these in central missouri in the blackwater river basin both are perfect its been a great month
 
Those are some nice finds. WOW! The second point IMO is a Sedalia. The other is as Dalton as you can get.
Thanks for sharing!
 
2 nice ones. Been allot of nice finds this week, congrats
 
That's a killer of a pair !!!!
 
Those are exceptional finds. Thanks for sharing.
 
Wow Wow Wow! Simply amazing! Thank you for the show- man- both jaw-droppers! Yakker
 
Wow.. If those were found keep looking.. Trust me those are ... Killer
 
That dalton was a field find where the creek got out and cut a scar in the field it was just laying on top of the ground pretty and clean and the bigger blade was down in a washout in a field beginners luck I guess
 
That should be a productive spot after rains it sounds like. Dalton is awesome. The tip and serrations and classic form. Congrats. You have a nice spot to hunt
 

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