Hey Everyone,
I'm new to the site, but I've been collecting for about two years now here in Western North Carolina. It's prime arrowhead hunting territory. LOL The Cherokees sure did make some beautiful points, and I have a lot of them to prove it.
Anyway, my question is this, I found a perfect Chert dart point a couple years ago and I put it in a display case. Yesterday, I was taking a look at it and noticed a fine line going around the top of the point. It is on the surface of the point and it almost looks like a crack, but I haven't dropped it nor has it been hit by a plow or anything like that. I was doing some reading and chert is very very hard to break and it's not a hammer mark, so what could it be? Can being in a display case crack it for no reason?
Thanks and I'll be posting what I have found tomorrow. They are all from around the Archaic Period 2000-5000 BC. It's so awesome living next to an ancient Cherokee village. They're just lying on top of the ground!!!!
I'm new to the site, but I've been collecting for about two years now here in Western North Carolina. It's prime arrowhead hunting territory. LOL The Cherokees sure did make some beautiful points, and I have a lot of them to prove it.
Anyway, my question is this, I found a perfect Chert dart point a couple years ago and I put it in a display case. Yesterday, I was taking a look at it and noticed a fine line going around the top of the point. It is on the surface of the point and it almost looks like a crack, but I haven't dropped it nor has it been hit by a plow or anything like that. I was doing some reading and chert is very very hard to break and it's not a hammer mark, so what could it be? Can being in a display case crack it for no reason?
Thanks and I'll be posting what I have found tomorrow. They are all from around the Archaic Period 2000-5000 BC. It's so awesome living next to an ancient Cherokee village. They're just lying on top of the ground!!!!
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