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Found by: Patrick Baumann - Missouri
Photos by: Patrick Baumann
This heart breaker
was found on the face
of a bank, back side of
a big gravel bar. Has the look of a Graham Cave.
My friend Joe found this one, a
find every creek walker dreams
about. Joe was pointing out the
quality of the obvious white part
not even realizing he was really
looking at a whole piece. What
an awesome find!
Walked Friday (11/28/03), 28 degrees and 20 mph winds, perfect weather to keep the deer hunters at home. I found a
super thin blade half way up the dirt bank, so sharp it had to have fallen from the dirt above. We have been watching
these banks for about 2 years and never even found a flake, now this falls out. - Patrick Baumann
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Found by: Don White - Texas
Shown in situ is a nice, Figueroa
Figueroa - Woodland
Shown in situ is a Langtry made from Chert.
- Don White
Langtry Mid. Archaic to Woodland
Photos by: Don White
Here is a Perdiz made from Semi Translucent Veined and Banded Chalcedony - Don White
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Found by: Don White - Texas
Shown in situ is an Ensor
made from Chert.
- Don White
Ensor - L. Archaic / E. Woodland
Photos by: Don White
Shown in situ is a Clear Fork uniface tool.
Above is very rare Rockwall made from Semi Translucent
Veined and Banded Chalcedony.
Here is a Clovis or possibly a
Plainview that I need to have
Dwain Rogers check-out. It is heavily ground at the base
and fluted on both sides.
- Don White
A killer Langtry made from a root
beer colored Chert
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Found by: Mike Wilber - North Dakota
Shown above is a Folsom base made of Knife River Flint. It was found in Mountrail County, North
Dakota.
- Mike Wilber
Photos by: Mike Wilber
This next artifact is a Sanish Point also found in Mountrail
County, North Dakota and made from KRF.
- Mike Wilber
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Found by: Mike Wilber - North Dakota
This cache was found in the corner of a
summer fallow field that was situated
above a large coulee with a year long
Photos by: Mike Wilber spring in the bottom. It contained 64
pieces in total; mostly blades and preforms made of different colored Quartzites (4 KRF artifacts,
which included a side-notched blade/knife). The cache was found in Mountrail County, ND and is
currently in the collection of Robert Walter.
Shown in situ is a Full Grooved Hammer
Stone. It was found in Mountrail County, ND
Shown in situ is a super
Oxbow made from Knife
River Flint. It was found in
Mountrail County, ND
- Mike Wilber
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Found by: Lyle Nickel - Oklahoma
Jasper
Kay Co. Flint
Ogalala Quartzite
Jasper
Here are a few from Garfield Co Oklahoma, my last hunt of the
season in 2005. These were found on the Pelican Lake site.
- Lyle Nickel
Photos by: Lyle Nickel
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Found by: Lyle Nickel - Oklahoma
Photos by: Lyle Nickel
It has been dryer than a “Dean Martin” martini here; with little rain since early October. I don't hunt
sand blows very often but love to hunt them when I get the opportunity. I have been watching this
particular blow for about 6 years, knowing that there was a "little" material there but not finding any
diagnostic worked material that would give away the age of the camp. I made the 60 mile drive out to
the blow today to see what the recent drought and high winds might have uncovered.
The points found includes a Washita, Harrell, Pelican Lake and a nice 3 inch Alibates Harahey.
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Harahey - Mississippian
Alibates
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Photos by: Lyle Nickel
Pelican Lake - Middle
Archaic to Transitional
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Found by: Lyle Nickel - Oklahoma
Photos by: Lyle Nickel
Harrell Mississippian to
Historic
Washita Mississippian
Shown is the complete group of artifacts surface collected
by Lyle during this outstanding one day trip. I looks like it
was well worth the 60 mile drive.
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Found by: Brad Mulder - North Dakota
Photos by: Brad Mulder
This knife was found in Morton County, North Dakota in early
June, 2005. It was surface collected
on private land. I live in South Dakota and my best friend, who lives in
Bismarck, ND has me up at least
twice a year to hunt artifacts. This
artifact was made from Knife River
Flint and measures 3" long and 1
and 1/2" at it's widest part. It has a
bluish white patina on one side and
is patina free on the other. The type
and age of this artifact is unknown. I
found this knife in a recently planted
cornfield that had just received the
right amount of rain to expose artifacts. It was found at the end of
a long day with overcast skies. This
was a great find for me, because my
friend and I had previously found numerous broken knives of this size.
- Brad Mulder
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Found by: Michael Dolcini - California
Photos by: Michael Dolcini
This little obsidian point turned out to be well worn and re-sharpened Humboldt. I decided that it was
a keeper and brought it home to place in a frame with the others from that region. Obsidian is somewhat scarce in these early sites. While it is quite common in the valley and at lower elevations, it is
seldom encountered at these high mountain places. It was hard to miss this little point, obvious as it
was.
- Michael Dolcini
Found 11/28/2005
I managed to sneak out to a field that I haven't been to
in a couple of years. We had a soaking rain yesterday
and through the night so I thought I'd take a look. As it
turns out, we need about another inch or so to really
settle the dirt. I managed to pull out a few clamshell
beads.
- Michael Dolcini
Humboldt - Early to Middle Archaic
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
This archaic side notch was
found on 5-15-05. I am unsure
on material. It measures 1 7/8”
by 1 1/8.” The conditions on this
hunt were overcast and muddy
from rains the night before. I
found 3 pieces in about a 30 minute span. Edgar Co, Illinois.
This Celt made of slate and was
found on 5-22-05. It measures 3
3/4” by 1 3/4”. The conditions on
this hunt was muddy with sunny
skies about 80 degrees. Found
in Vermillion Co, Indiana.
Photos by: Adam Agusti
- Adam Agusti
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
Late in the evening, as the sun was going
down, I found this Thebes. It is made of glacial chert and was found on 5-30-05. It
measures 1 7/8” by 1 7/16”. Although I found this and the Dove on different sites, it's not very often when you
find complete examples back to back in the same day. Found in Vermillion Co. IN
Photos by: Adam Agusti
This super Dovetail was found on 5-30-05
and is made from Attica Chert. It measures 2 3/4” by 1 3/16”. The conditions on this hunt were partly sunny
about 80 degrees, and rapidly drying soil. I was unsure if this point was complete because of the way it
looked in the ground. I was sure it was broken and took the picture anyway. Imagine my surprise when I
pulled out a complete dovetail. Vermillion Co, IN - Adam Agusti
Thebes - Early Archaic
Dove Tail - Early Archaic
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Found by: Dan Bauer - Illinois
Photos by: Dan Bauer
On the way home from work today (November 11,
2005), I stopped by a new construction site in Will
Co. Il. This was a former corn field that has produced
for me in the past and is now slated for one of those
prefab warehouses that are springing up everywhere. I had about an hour of daylight...so I had to
hurry.
This site was primarily a Lithic gathering area near a
major river, judging from the numerous flakes and
cores I have found here. After finding pockets of
debatage, my eyes spotted the drill in the fading
light. I marked the spot and ran back to the truck for
my camera. A really sweet 2 3/4" Archaic drill of the
local limestone in the area that is a close relative of
Burlington Chert. I’m surprised it wasn't broken in the
cat tracks
Just a few feet away I spotted point sticking out of
the dirt and took some photos. I then flipped it out
and was quite surprised to find a whole 1 3/4" Neuberger! As I am quite fond of the archaic corner
notch....this was the last thing I expected! Stuff just
amazes me and makes me wonder more about the
spiritual aspect of this thing we love so much.
- Dan Bauer
Neuberger - Early to Mid. Archaic
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Found by: Dan Bauer - Illinois
I hunted the N. IL construction site where I found the "after work finds" last Friday. Even though we had a
decent rain, I could come up with nothing but a few pre-forms and scrapers so I left for a road construction site that I have been haunting for the last two weeks. I gave it a good once over and just barely
spotted an axe bit peaking through the dirt, in an old oak tree cleared area. Took these pictures and recorded this one. It is
3/4 grooved and is
just shy of 4 inches.
Must have put in 5
hours this morning,
but it paid off again!
It's been one fine
weekend...and I'm
beginning to wonder
if my time is all used
up yet. Sure have
had a bit of luck
lately.
- Dan Bauer
Photos by: Dan Bauer
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Found by: Walter Riddle - Wisconsin
Photos by: Walter Riddle
I left work early today
to hunt a field that
has produced in the
past. After spending
an hour in the field I
found the 2 inch
blade and spoke
shave and a small
archaic lobed point
with a graver. Wisconsin hunting in
January is a BONUS!! Since the average temperature is 9
F. The field is looking towards the river in the tree line. A
small spring is situated just off the river. - Walter Riddle
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
Here are a couple shots of some of the items
found on November 13, 2005. Above is a San
Jose point and shown to the left is a point made
from very nice petrified wood. On the way home,
right at the crest of the Black Range at Emory
Pass, I took the scenic photo, which is looking
down into the Rio Grande Valley.
- Don Musser
San Jose - Early Archaic
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
First a couple of fragments that raised my excitement level out there - A Cody midsection made out
of an unusually colorful and translucent petrified palm wood. Also shown is a Folsom midsection midland flaking on the up side in the insitu shot and then narrowly fluted on the other side with
ground edges. it must have been from right above the base.
- Don Musser
Folsom - Paleo
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
Shown in situ is a little bird point. The winds moved just
enough sand to uncover this point. The next one, I saw a
flaked surface that was barely uncovered by the wind and
my mind said no way that could be a point, so I flipped it
without taking an in situ shot. Much to my surprise, I ended up with a complete early archaic Rio Grande.
The stem edges are ground.
- Don Musser
Rio Grande - Paleo
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Found by: Steve Colbert - Illinois
Photos by: Steve Colbert
This Full Groove axe was found in Shelby County Illinois on
Mother’s Day.
- Steve Colbert
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Found by: Anthony Havens - Illinois
Photos by: Anthony Havens
This Cobbs is
a creek find
from Monroe
County Illinois.
It measures 2
and 9/16 long
and is made
from Burlington chert. It is
a very nice lit-
tle blade with a quartz vein running through it with a right hand bevel.
Here's another
one I found in
St. Clair
County Illinois.
It looks like a
Graham Cave
to me, but
could also be
a Hemphill or
a
Hickory Ridge. It is 4 and 1/4 long and is made of Burlington Chert that has heavy creek stain on it.
Someone had already walked before me and missed it, I don’t know how, but I'm glad he did.
This unnotched
hoe was
found by
me in
Monroe
County
Illinois on
the same
day as
the point shown above. It measures 4 and 1/4 inches long by 2 and 1/2 inches wide. It has some bit
polish as well and is made from a tan Burlington Chert.
- Anthony Havens
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Found by: Chris Capley, Monty Pennington, Hayden Bybee - Kentucky
Photo by: Chris Capley
I got out and did some walking today with a couple of friends, Monty Pennington and Hayden Bybee.
We hit the new plowed field we've got permission on in Madison Co. Ky. It's still in the fresh plowed
condition, but there has been a little rain on it.
Photos by: Monty Pennington
Photo by: Chris Capley
The best find of the day! Luckily Monty spotted this one! Made for a good photo. A Stilwell made
from Boyles
Photos by: Monty Pennington
Photo by: Chris Capley
Also shown is a nice, broken piece of a green Hardstone Celt or Axe.
- Chris Capley
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Found by: Tommy Estes - Mississippi
Photos by: Tommy Estes
It had been a so-so day so far, and I hadn't really found much. I had found a few broken ones, but
that was about it. I was actually debating on leaving this site and going to another, and was just randomly walking around with the intention of leaving, when all of a sudden I spotted this magnificent
broken Graham Cave laying out sunning itself! Oh what I'd give if it was whole! I've yet to see a nicer
one." It would've been easily a G-10. Found it in NE MS.
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Found by: Dave Ross - Florida
Photos by: Dave Ross
Pinellas Point found in Citrus Co. Fla on 12-1-05
made of heat treated Coastal Plains Chert.
Here is a little triangle knife found on 12-1-05 in
Citrus Co.
Fla. Both
made of
Coastal
Plains
Chert.
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Photos by: Jeff Smith
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Found by: John Ray - Missouri
Photos by: John Ray
I found this piece in Lincoln County, Mo. It is a Sedalia blade made of Burlington Chert and measures 5 7/8". - John Ray, Troy Mo
Here is my second blade of the year so far. It’s made out of Burlington Chert. It measures five and a
half inches long by two and a quarter inches wide. I found it in the woods along the Quiver River,
Hawk Point Mo. I found it after raking leaves, and in doing so I racked a thin coat of dirt off the top
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Found by: Don Black - Texas
Photos by: Don Black
Shown is a Ponchatrain knife or
known to local collectors as, a
Pogo knife. It measures 5 and
1/2 inches long and is made of
petrified wood. It was found by
Don, Susan and Joseph Black;
Christmas Day 2005 on Lake
Livingston. The young man is Joseph, my grandson.
- Don Black
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Found by: Rob Dills - Ohio
Photos by: Rob Dills
The first point is a Big
Sandy type with a
heavily ground base, it
is made of mottled
grey, & red Coshocton
flint. It was found 42005 off Deerfield Rd.
Stark Co. Ohio
This second point
was found by Keith
Ray on 1-2-06 in Orrville Ohio. We are not
sure of the material.
Shown in situ & in hand are photos of Flintridge
drill, & Gem Flintridge archaic side-notch. I found
these during the same 1-2-06 hunting trip in Orrville Ohio. I was very proud to find them
– Rob Dills
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Found by: Vince Steffens - Colorado
A fine Pelican lake point made from jasper or spotted trout creek. Found in the San Luis Valley,
Colorado. - Vince Steffens
Photos by: Vince Steffens
A plains Side-Notch made
from Obsidian. Found in the
San Luis Valley, Colorado.
- Vince Steffens
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
Photos by: Adam Agusti
I decided to go for a walk this morning in hopes that I would have a
new piece or two for my display at tonight’s AFACA meeting. It turns
out I found the best piece of my life ever. I found a notched ovate
banner stone made of banded slate. I was hardly seeing any burned
rock or flint chips. Of the 3 knolls that make up this piece of land this
one has the least amount of activity. When I saw this piece in the
ground I knew exactly what it was. I stayed calm long enough to
take many different pictures. Then I picked it up and grabbed the
clump of weeds and pulled out a plug of soil. I don't care how the
rest of the year goes. This is one day I’ll never forget.
Finding "the rarest of the rare" as Tom Davis said when he saw it, is
definitely a thrill. But after a while it's just like any other piece I’ve
found. It was just me, the elements, the soil, and luck. I guess it was
my turn. I feel that such a piece is out there for everyone to find. It's
a long road to travel, some longer than others, but there will be
something good at the end.
The measurements for the bannerstone I recovered on Tuesday are
as follows. I also included the requested shots of the sawing marks
and the hole. - Adam Agusti
4 1/4 long
3 7/16 wide
1 1/2 long barrel
1" thick
1/2 diameter hole and
5/8 diameter hole
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IN SI·TU(ĬN SĒ'TŪ) - IN THE ORIGINAL POSITION
Found by: David and Aaron Kilander
Photos by: David and Aaron Kilander
These are some relics that we personally found during our
many years of cave excavating. They are not pictured in their
original location, but they are embedded in matrix which makes
them an everlasting In Situ relic in a sense.
- David and Aaron Kilander
http://www.mpkenterprises.com
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Found by: Bob Davidson - BC Canada
Photos by: Bob Davidson
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Typology - Cascade
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Found by: Bob Davidson - BC Canada
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Found by: Mike and Lori Menichetti - Arkansas
Menichetti
Here are some points Lori and I have found recently on Tablerock Lake in Missouri. The Lake level
is very low now due to drought and we're working over a mountain top that is almost exposed still
has about 8" of water over it. It's been very rewarding
- Mike Menichetti
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