What was your best find of 2019?

[HBird]

Not the nicest I found but it’s probably my favorite, I really love the Jasper material

[Tam]

I thought ok let’s see I guess it’s those 2 small Duvals
Nooooo that was the spring before .
2019 was a year of broken points , broken bases and tips for days and scrappers .
Thats it folks no whole points .
2020 has to be good .

[Kaleb]

2020 will have to be good for you maybe some once in a lifetime finds

[Bloody Fourth]

I will call this yadkin my best point of last year. It’s a pretty fine grade of rhyolite found in central NC. Thanks for the look and happy new year everyone.

[utilized flake]

Nice triangle! Super concave base on that yadkin!

[pacmanJohn]

I've never seen one quite like that. Love that point!

[2ndoldman]

It has to be my copper culture pieces from my June trip.

[PointHound]

I was thinking of trade points.I forgot you where up there in Canada. 2,000-4,000 yr. old copper artifacts is just insane.

[Jethro355]

Man, those are beautiful...😮😮

[2ndoldman]

Tamara, the large one is a tanged knife and the smaller one is a dart point.
PointHound, these are actually much older. The tanged knife is between 5 and 8 thousand years old.
Thank you Jethro.

[CMD]

Well, it wasn't a point, or anything prehistoric. Instead, it was an early American sleigh bell. Packed with dirt, so I couldn't hear the little pellet inside, and I did not know what it was otherwise(duh?). So I did almost throw it back in the dirt, but liked the design, so I kept it. My research said c. 1790-1845. Clearly my best find for 2019.

[pacmanJohn]

Awesome Crotal bell. They put them on wagons/horses so they could hear each other coming around corners, etc. Super cool

[2ndoldman]

Is there a stamp on the bottom Charlie?
They were sometimes marked with size and maker.

[CMD]

No, no maker's mark. Glad I had the good sense to keep it. I found a couple of points that day, and carried it in my spare hand till it was time to leave.

[tomf]

2019 was certainly my best year as major flooding last winter washed a lot of stuff out.

Also was fortunate to have plenty of time to look.

I think I averaged an artifact-a-day most likely. Mostly scrapers and flake tools but also a fair number of points, one or two of which are very nice indeed.

Also extremely pleased to have found mortars and pestles which are probably the defining artifacts for the acorn cultures that populated these valleys.

So top finds are this beautiful Houx Contracting Stem (found last month) and this awesome Hopper mortar.






Hope 2020 can keep the streak going but doubt I can be that lucky.

[PointHound]

Look at the flaking on that piece. It is excellent! Almost looks exotic, if that's the right word to use.

[Jethro355]

That point is a real beauty!!

[Emaner377]

That point is a beauty brother!!

[Emaner377]

Id have to say best for 2019 were these 2..same lithic that im fond of and found in the same spot about 5 weeks apart.

[redrocks]

Love that stone. Eman

[PointHound]

Nice! Sure is some pretty material.

[redrocks]

Little ice.point and 26 lb notched weight

[PointHound]

Nice point. I love those true arrowheads. Congrats on the weight too.

[redrocks]

Thanks man.i saw that point under ice.on my river site last January...u heard of "pheasant under glass"? This was "point under ice".

[NOTJUSTROCKS]

My best of 2019....and probably forever..

[SurfaceHunter]

I'm still looking for one of those. Let's see a clean pic

[NOTJUSTROCKS]

This is the best I can do for now. Don't have access to the piece. You know the deal.

[PointHound]

Super rare. That's a pretty big one too.

[Sugaree]

That's an incredible find NOTJUSTROCKS maybe my favorite artifact I've seen on this site this year!

[Jethro355]

It’s beautiful, man.👍👍

[Sugaree]

I had an ok year for total finds but nothing really stands out. A few of my favorite.

[Kaleb]

I bet that big notched one made for an exciting find the Angostura too at least that's what i think it might be.

[Bloody Fourth]

Sweet finds, I really like the quartz knife. And is the insitu of a bead?

[Sugaree]

Yes Bloody it's a trade Bead my first. Kinda obsessed with the Fur trade era now.