Ny beach finds

[DiggerD]

Hi all, have not gotten out as much as I like this year. Here is some of my finds from 2019. Looking for opinions on the triangle it is ground heavy around the bottom. The last picture is a French D shaped gunflint.

[Kentucky point]

Those are great! That corner notch and gun flint are my favs!

[pkfrey]

Not all triangle points are Woodland in culture, and this is one of them. It's probably a well used Squibnocket triangle, common to NY and the Long Island area. This falls into the Late Archaic time period, ca. 2500 - 2000 B.C. I was told, but never saw it personally in reference, that these have been found suggesting the tip was inserted into a handle, and the concave base served as the utilized edge, being a scraper. I don't know if that has actually been proven, but if the base is unusually ground more than it should be, and very rounded and smooth, it could be a scraper form. The second one is a little odd, and could be a Squibnocket stemmed, or a Lamoka variety. Then of course a real nice Lecroy bifuracte point, and what I call an Intrusive Mound or Jacks Reef point. The gunflint is obvious, being of French Honey flint, and could be from 1650 - 1750. Keep looking, some Mansion Inn cache blades have been found along NY beaches. A lot of material got mixed around from the course of eroding banks, and there's no telling what you might find next! Good Luck!!

[willjo]

Neat points with a good assortment of materials

[gregszybala]

Like the bifurcate and gun flint. The gun flint looks like it was used as a scraper too.

[DiggerD]

Thanks for the info pk. That would make sense with the triangle being used in reverse hence there being grinding on the base. I have squibnockets, beekmans, hunter brooks, and snap-it points and this one didn't quite match. One of my buddies I go looking with found a cache of mansion inn blades, they are amazing!

[kayakaddict]

Great points congrats. Do you think the 4th is Jack's Reef or something archaic.

Ditto on the gunflint. Super cool to find.

[CMD]

Great points congrats. Do you think the 4th is Jack's Reef or something archaic.

Ditto on the gunflint. Super cool to find.

Thats a Jack's Reef Corner Notch IMHO....

[cgode]

I agree with the Jacks Reef assessment and cool gun flint!!

[redrocks]

Nice finds