Morning creek hunt.

[tomf]

Spent couple of hours down in the creek this morning.

Here are few things I found.

Napa County, California.



This is the pick of the bunch. A very nice little obsidian dart...



This is an interesting tool. Spade-shaped scraper?

[tomf]

Scraper of unknown material.





Crude little biface.





Obsidian expedient.

[tomf]

Expedient cutting tool.






A couple of lithic chunks that might be cores and a couple of stones I believe to be hammer or grinding stones.


That's all, folks.

Comments appreciated.

[sailorjoe]

Congrats Tom. Some nice artifacts you found. Glad you had some good luck.

[utilized flake]

I like the pyramid like bracelet... Do you find those in that shape often? Killer materials...

[utilized flake]

Bracelet supposed to be Lancet...dang cell phones...i asked because I wonder if there is any contextual evidence throughout the time periods east and west...long slender guy... The obsidian expedient looks like many of the early backed knives I've found. Is that patina or caliche?

[tomf]

I like the pyramid like bracelet... Do you find those in that shape often? Killer materials...

Not sure about a 'pyramid bracelet'.

Do you mean the slightly crescent shaped piece?

I see it as a tool.

I have found a couple of similar pieces in the past, but am inclined to think these are not so much a style, as a type of spall that were sometimes utilized as cutting tools.

Obviously, I'm only guessing.

[Artifascination]

Those are some really neat and interesting finds Tom!

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Tom, I really like that long narrow blade. What's the lithic material in that one? I can't tell with the heavy patina. Oh I see you did say obsidian.

[tomf]

Hey Tom, I really like that long narrow blade. What's the lithic material in that one? I can't tell with the heavy patina.

You are right, Ron, the patina is very heavy on that one.

It's obsidian. The only way I can tell though, is it 'clinks' like glass when I tap it.

[oldrocks2]

Great finds, I like tools about as much as points. You are lucky you have creeks, mine are all rivers after 5 in of rain. But I have hope when they dry up. I really like that laminar blade.

[SDhunter]

Nice work

[redrocks]

Good hunt ...nice finds

[SurfaceHunter]

Another good hunt lots of finds. Do you think you’re mysterious material might be another variant of obsidian? Comes in brown color to.

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Good for you!

[tomf]

Another good hunt lots of finds. Do you think you’re mysterious material might be another variant of obsidian? Comes in brown color to.

You know, I'm not sure what it is, perhaps an obsidian, or maybe chert.

It's cool for two reasons; As you know, I rarely find anything but black obsidian so it's great to find something else, and, this little scraper matches the material of one of the other rare, non-obsidian artifacts I've found.



It may have come from the same core...