Ancient Digs! + In Situs!

[redbeardrelics]

Here is a small quartz stemmed point, with just part of the shoulder and base exposed.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Here it is flipped up out of the ground, not sure what type to call this one?

 

[redbeardrelics]

Here is a cleaned up shot of some of the better ones to come out of our home field this spring. The banded rhyolite Charleston corner notch on the left is a first for me. The thin mottled rhyolite point next to it is a St. Albans type "B" I believe. The urine yellow quartzite stemmed point is one of my favorites this year, I believe it most resembles a Neville type. We have found several of the small thumb scrapers like the ones at the the top of my hand here.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Here are the better ones from one days hunt last week from one of my neighbors fields. Not sure what to call the jasper side notched point, it is not ground, and does not seem to fit any of the types referenced for this area?? The stemmed yellow jasper point on the bottom left, and the two dark cobble chert points on the top right appear to be the same type, they are all made on curved flakes, but not quite sure what type they are? The bottom two on the right were found in a different part of the filed were I found early archaic points last year. The black ovoid has a ground base and has heavier patination than the rest.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Here are a few from my first walk through one of my neighbors other fields. I wish the clear quartz one didn't have the tip missing. The large red stemmed point is made of a very grainy material, the first of that type material for me. I spotted the 1905-O Barber dime on the surface amongst some scattered brick, ceramic, and op chestnut bottle shards. We will be back there with the meatl detectors once the crops are harvested. good luck guys, and pray for some gully washing rains!

 

[cobaltbot]

Wow Chris that's awesome and what a variety. I need to get looking if I'm going to make my New Year's resolution of finding more points this year!

 

[akronmarbles]

Digswithstick - that's a nice bi facial blade you show there. It looks to be made out of Plum Run chert from Alliance, Ohio. Where exactly are you located in PA?

 

[Digswithstick]

Nice finds Red Beard ,great variety of materials and types ! Just got an Overstreet book and am starting to learn types and lithics,the AACA -Authentic Arrowhead Collectors Association is a good one for ids on types and lithics

Akronmarbles ,bet you have some great marbles good area to find them too and artifacts as well the farther west from my area the better it seems . Do you post on any marble sites ?I am in Northwest PA , close to French creek ,near Chief Pontiac's camp

.I really don't know point lithics but have collected for quite a while ,just knew i was happy dog finding this on the side of a tire track whole ! There are a few pics way back in this thread of some of my other finds . Wow the blind squirrel found a nut ,i finally figured out how to make the paragraph sort of , wished i would have took computers and typing course in school now

 

[Rockhounder55]

I wanted to bump this thread to the top. I found an arrowhead today while hiking along the old railroad grade, but will have to figure out how to shrink the pics a bit. Also, what does "In Situs" stand for? ~Mike

 

[RedGinger]

Rockhounder, open your picture. Right click on open with paint. Then, click on resize, reskew, and try 22 in both boxes. Hope this helps. I don't have a picture in front of me to walk you through it.

That's really cool. I never thought of looking for arrowheads along the railroad.