Thankyou Mr Badger!

[laser_jock99]

A couple of early Neolithic flint scraping tools maybe about 7,000 years old. Turned up in the spoil heap of a bagders hole only about 40cm appart! These were found on a site I have visited many times so there is clearly a lot more buried material there. Since I can't dig there myself- I'm happy for burrowing animals to do the work for me!

The flint knapping workmanship is of nice quality- very pleased with these finds. As usual they will be reported to the UK Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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laser_jock99 Debitage Artist
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[tomclark]

Awesomely beautiful!!

[Hoss]

Nice artefacts thanks for sharing.

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

beautiful pieces
awesome looking material too
is that english flint?

[Havenhunter]

Nice to see something so lovely on this day of all days. Thank you.

[gregszybala]

Very nice.

[laser_jock99]

beautiful pieces
awesome looking material too
is that english flint?

English flint but not of local origin. Most of the tools in my area are made from flint nodules brought down in the last Ice Age ~20,000 years ago. Any black flints we find I suspect were brought in on foot from Grimes Graves flint mines from Norfolk 130 miles away. The best source of high quality tool flint in the region.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/grimes-graves-prehistoric-flint-mine/

[CMD]

Beautiful. And super photography!

[Hi-Lo]

What CMD said.

[Tam]

Very nice . I have been checking the digs from animals and ants hoping . I saw a guy on utube go to ant mounds for beads
your pics are museum quality .

[Kyflintguy]

Gorgeous material! Thanks for sharing!