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Hello I believe I found a partially drilled banner stone that broke during manufacturing. I found a nice translucent point at the deepest level along with a flat slab and a busted pitted hammer stone, a natural nutting stone sand stone slab. No pottery at these deeper layers but found a chunk with that banner stone piece. I have videos of some finds but need some time to post
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Looks more like the negative impression of a chrinoid fossil to me. Nice finds SgtTN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post -
That point is amazing!! What's the type on that?North CarolinaComment
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Awesome finds sgtSW ConnecticutComment
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Here’s couple more pics. Not sure on the type. It’s down deep. Along the same level as ungrooved axe and some tools. I’m gonna try and post a couple vidsComment
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Fossil for sure on the one. Nice pointSouth DakotaComment
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Here’s the hard stone slab with pitting & slight concave to center. some kind of working surface or endless uses. https://youtu.be/9eAuWz8TBIwComment
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Your stuff is always interesting.
Charcoal, pottery, paint rocks, chipped stone tools.
Enjoy your paper towel presentation but reckon you could improve the photos with better lighting.
The translucent point is outstanding.
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Here’s a big tool imop would be good for abrasion or sanding down large wooden object idk . If was a nuisance they should have throw out of shelter and not tricked me with funny looking rock. It did have some smoothing and rounded ness to bottom unlike the top or handle if you will. I also found a smaller version a few inches higher and 2’ away that looks the same but smaller. They were not burned in fire for hearth material and since inside shelter has me thinking tool I wouldn’t want to trip over it
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Not sure , wade, rankin, Snyder’s all look similar. Not really any pottery down this low so far. So don’t think is any woodland time period pointOriginally posted by utilized flake View PostComment
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Looks like you scored a bit of everything ! I love the translucence of the point !Lubbock County TxComment
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I was suspecting that might be a crinoid impression but it looked like it was slate w/ polished outside and I’m not familiar with banner stones and what the drilled out area looks like. Looked like a busted tube banner . I did find a crinoid that I’m calling a bead a few weeks ago. It had me going slower and scrutinizing rocks more closely. I’ll just keep digging till I Find something with no doubt. Some interesting stuff but I’d like to find more identifying points so I can age the different layers.Originally posted by Hoss View PostComment
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Interesting finds although the lighting in you pics and focus makes it hard for me to make reliable identifications. I think it would benefit your feedback here to experiment with taking pics outside during daylight hours. However i do think the Barbed point you found resembles a Rankin or Hamilton stemmed point. Same type yet different name depending on if your in Ky or TN. Thanks for sharing!Josh (Ky/Tn collector)Comment
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Nice finds, hard to tell if the banner fragment and the crinoid fossil are the same stone in the first set of pictures?? That translucent point is a sweetheart, interesting finds.
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I posted a video of it . I guess I’m calling it the bannerroid. The bannerstone I thought was partially drilled and split before completing . I guess it could be a fossil imprint but the outside looks smooth to me . Possibly they had intent on using because it already had a natural hole shaped it or maybe I’m just not that versed on banner stones or what a drilled hole looks like and am tricked. I’ve never actually seen one in person.
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