Some FL materials

[tomclark]

Rice-Grain chert, FL  Greenbrier Point






Pin-head agatized coral, Polk Co, FL  "Cypress Creek Point"







Other agatized coral










Baybottom Chert





Conglomerate


"Greasy" AgateThonotosassa Point

And a greasy agate Weedon Island true arrowhead

[turkeytail]

Tom...You guys have the coolest lithics in the country! That 4th one down is awesome!!!!

[Hoss]

Nice points Tom that second conglomerate one is a beauty!

[itwasluck]

Those are really pretty Tom

[kansas]

Man i love those Florida points!! Gotta make it down there one day. I hear u can't collect artifacts on the river down there anymore? If so bummer.

[rmartin]

Great stuff Tom. It is really nice to see materials from around the country.

[Butch Wilson]

Cool material, cool points, Great examples of Florida material ! Thanks Tom.

[gregszybala]

Thanks Tom, I'm with Mark, don't find lithics like that around here.

[shartis]

Great points and materials. Some real heartbreakers in there to. That Florida stuff is some of the best. I find a few point types around here in S.C. that are mainly found in the Florida area. I still hold out hope that a nice coral point made it up this way. Here is a picture of some material that's not from this area. Not sure where it's from or what it is. Good hunting

[greywolf22]

Nice collection of coral points. I have about 25 from Florida but mostly lower grades.
Jack

[tomclark]

Shartis your one on the left looks like a blue baybottom chert and the light one is what we call rice-grain chert, a form of fossiliferous chert.

[shartis]

Thanks Tom for the info.

[twoshovel]

wow tom you've been lucky, they are all fine, wonder have you ever soaked your finds in water  for a few hours and see how much colors brighten, i've found them wet and put'm in my pocket look at them 10 mins. later and they almost look like a diffrent point, i have a hernando thats grey i can soak it and you can almost see though it, looks almost like beer bottle glass,, anyone ever try this,  thanks ts

[itwasluck]

Shartis what is the name of the last item in your pictures? And TS I havent tried the water thing but from time to time I do use mineral oil to soak or wipe on a smooth textured stone item. Cant use it on quartzite or any type like that or it will ruin it.