Bifurcate Points

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Bifurcate Points
Posted by [Hoss]

Moderator Note: this thread was first posted in 2012 but failed to transfer across to the new forum when the software was updated, and so has been re-created manually.

I have always been a huge fan of bifurcate points. I picked this one up last week. Looks like a MacCorjle to me. I have more I will add later on. I guess you can tell from my avatar I love a good Bifurcate. Show them if you have them.
Opinions are welcome on this one too. It is from Simpson Co KY.



These pictures just do not do justice to this point. In hand it is an artifact you just do not want toi put down. I think you all know that feeling.
enjoy, Hoss


Posted by [cricket71]
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing

Posted by [G10]
Fine looking point to me Matt !!!! would love to see it in person if the pic dont do it justice !!!! FINE FINE FINE !!!!!

Posted by [rmartin]
Awesome point Hoss! These are some of my favorite types as well. Here are some of mine from Central Illinois.






Posted by [JR]
Looks like a Kirk with a concave base. I have one very similar to it.

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Posted by [JR]
Little ones from lake county Indiana. Personal finds





Posted by [Butch Wilson]
From Ohio.





Posted by [kayakaddict]
Wonderful objects. Hey, can someone help, is bifurcate pronounced with an "i" as in "binary"? Seriously, I don't know. Thanks.
Evan

Posted by [rmartin]
Yep! Buyfurcate.....

Posted by [Hoss]
Yes Evan like the word Binary. Just like Ray said LMAO I just posted too slow I guess.

Posted by [Hoss]
Ray JR those are beautiful points thanks for the show. Here are a couple of my personal finds.



This next one is the actual point from my avatar. Minus the logo.





Posted by [CMD]
Nice bifurcates. Always one of my favorites as well, but except for the Taunton River in Ma., they are pretty rare in southeastern New England. Not impossible, but here are the only ones we've personally found.



Yeah, always admired your avatar point, Hoss!

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Posted by [Hoss]
A few more from Ohio. The two smaller ones are Lake Erie type Bifurcate points that big one is a MacCorkle for sure.





Posted by [Hoss]
Rare in CT too Charlie. Thanks for the post man those are awesome.

Posted by [frog]

nice bifurcates. I chose this one because i havent seen one like it. the base and barbs are squared off. its all there. anybody know what type it is? Ohio





Posted by [Hoss]
I would be inclined to call that a MacCorkle the base flares and it is a larger Bifurcate point type. That is a beauty is that Flint Ridge material?

Posted by [frog]
Thanks Hoss, yes its flintridge white.

Posted by [ajbhawkowl]
Thanks for showing

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Posted by [RyanVa]
Always been a biffy fan myself. I find Kanawha / LeCroy / Culpepper Bifurcates in my area. Fox Valleys are scarce but I occasionally find those as well in Wv.
A few personal finds from Va. / Wv.
Nice looking points guys.





Posted by [rmartin]
Nice ones Ryan.

Posted by [CoachG]
Great looking points guys. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by [Hoss]
Thanks for the show folks, love the bifurcate points for sure..

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Posted by [JR]



I found all of these ones in Lake Co. Indiana also. They were hiding in a box-found again!


Posted by [cheesey]
Heres some examples from my collection. Three are bird point bifurcates and the larger one is beveled and is a different color on each side, one of my favorite points i have found.






Posted by [flintmel]



Here's a couple from se Ct.


Posted by [JR]
Oops...definitely the last one! I keep finding them hidden in boxes and frames. Found in lake county Indiana.



Not sure of type,but bifurcated 4 sure

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Posted by [RyanVa]
Another round of Bifers from the eastern midwest, Oh. , and Ky.
Great points guys.





Posted by [SDhunter]
I don't believe I've ever found one up here Hoss, but I'm still looking. Some in the pics posted
kind of look like concave bases, so I guess I don't know for sure where to draw the line, but some
are pretty obvious. Love the one you have as your avatar. Gary

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Posted by [geezer77]
Heres my Ohio Biffies! My uncle found these years ago and gifted them to me a few years ago for christmas! Im not real keen on my Bifurcates so any help would be appreciated, I believe several are McCorkles but not sure. Madison County Ohio



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Posted by [shartis]
Some from a cach I found some years back. The second picture are the ones a friend who was beside me found- all are the same cach.





Posted by [RyanVa]
Those are nice Shartis. Can't say I've ever seen a bifurcate cache before. I'm curious as to what you type those as down there? MacCorkle, Kirk, something else?

Posted by [G10]
shartis wrote:
Some from a cach I found some years back. The second picture are the ones a friend who was beside me found- all are the same cach.


This thread just keeps getting better ,,, all that was in one cach ??!! Wow !! how deep was the cach?? Was it in a camp site or overhang or was it just by chance that you found it ??


Posted by [Hoss]
Sam those two frames just blow me away. Man what a find. It is highly unusual to find a cache of finshed points. It does happen but that is a rare occurrence. That is a find of a lifetime. I have only seen two caches come out of the ground and both were all unfinshed blades. First one I saw had 33 bifacially falked ovoid knives. all white quartz all about 1 and 3/4 long.. I will dig through my files and see if I have a picture of them. The other were all a red slate material, seven blades all oval and one quartzite one in that mix. Every one in both caches was very crude.
Thanks for sharing that picture with us Sam and lets see some more of them points you been finding.
Hoss


Posted by [JR]
Wow! Extremely rare and lucky to find such a cache. Hard to top that, but I guess you have to keep trying to!

Posted by [rmartin]
I agree with the others, Sam that is an amazing cache and the first of its kind I have ever seen.

Posted by [CoachG]
That is definitely a once in a lifetime find. Thank you for sharing.

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Posted by [shartis]
Nice points everyone- And thanks for the comment on the cache. It was dug up on a campsite about a foot deep. Dr. Goodyear with U.S.C. said they look McCorkle so that's good enough for me.- A few more S.C. finds. The last piece is a slab that was found with the cache may-be used as some type cut/work table or raw material for later use.

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Posted by [CoachG]
Here are a few. All personal finds from Tennessee.






Posted by [CoachG]
A few more.

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Posted by [Rock queen]
Here's a few from my part of the country.





Posted by [flintmel]
G10 wrote:
shartis wrote:
Some from a cach I found some years back. The second picture are the ones a friend who was beside me found- all are the same cach.



This thread just keeps getting better ,,, all that was in one cach ??!! Wow !! how deep was the cach?? Was it in a camp site or overhang or was it just by chance that you found it ??

never saw a bifurcate drill before, that's quite a find. Think I'd be keeping an eye on that spot!


Posted by [CMD]
Sure glad this thread came back up! I have never seen a bifurcate cache before either. Amazing find, Sam. Coach, like the quartz one and Rock queen, that greenish lithic is super. Excellent thread, incredible points and great photography!


Posted by [rmartin]
Another Bifurcate drill.

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Posted by [RyanVa]
A translucent Flint Ridge Chalcedony example from Marion Co. Ohio.





Posted by [SDhunter]
All very nice Gary


Posted by [Hoss]
I just cannot believe we did not get any stuff from far west adn TX is missing too. Oh well I had to buy these in the auction the other morning.Montell on left and Jetta on right both from TX




Posted by [Hoss]



I was looking through my Overstreets and I seem to have mis identified this point. I always felt it was different from any other MacCorkle I had found.. Now I know why. This looks a lot more like a Neuberger Simpson Co KY find.


Posted by [Hoss]
Here are a few more these are some of my North Carolina Bifurcates





Posted by [Chakotay]
Very nice, thanks for sharing Matt...