Cohansey Quartsite

[Bullheadtee]

Picked this Beauty up June 3rd only 1/8 inch of the base was poking out at Me I tapped it with my probe it did not budge as I pulled it from its long vacation from human contact I could not withhold the three omgs I uttered out loud for the foreign fieldworkers have some sort of conveyance of my pure adulation and excitement the fossilized oystershell throughout the piece gives it a unique quality seldom found in any other lithics and this is by far one of my largest points !!!

[Tam]

Well that’s beauty of a save . Don’t you love that feeling !
Someone will chime in from your area on type and Era .

[SurfaceHunter]

Take a outside picture please looks like a good one

[Hal Gorges]

Looks like it might be translucent.

[Bullheadtee]

Slightly translucent edges to thick I'll try a red laser pointer if I can find it lol

[Glacial Pebble]

Beautiful save, Congrats 🎉

[Mattern]

Way to go Bull. That is some unique material, never saw that before. Kim

[kayakaddict]

Awesome find. It's rare to find CQ piece item that large. Love that petrified shell on the back of it. It's an amazing lithic, I have much of it from Cumberland Co.

[Carolina Hunter]

Is Cohansey predominantly NJ lithic?

[Carolina Hunter]

Great point, and great material! Thanks for sharing

[kayakaddict]

Carolina Hunter, it is a local lithic to Greenwich, Cumberland county NJ, found in two layers, the first about 6 feet below the surface and another layer deeper. It is full of fossils like petrified shells, sometimes colorful, agatized, opalized, or sometimes crumbly. Other inclusions are in it too as well as voids. I find it irratic to knap, partially because it's plate-like often. Sometimes it's not even put together and crumbles like weak cement, but sometimes, man it is gorgeous. A similar material is found across the Delaware River I am told. Chansey quartzite was carried far by native people. I love it and have many examples. It has many different looks to it, but it is quartzite at heart.

[Bullheadtee]

Thanks Yack it is really a beautifull material. I will post some of my better examples one of these days for the guys who like the translucent stuff !!!