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  • Slim Pickings In My Spots

    It is dry here. Not able to find much. Went out one day this week and found a few. My favorite spot to hunt is like concrete clay. Almost need a jack hammer in that field.

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    the small Allendale is the quartz piece in this pic

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    I like the flaking on this Rhyolite piece.

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    South Carolina

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ID:	574439 Would you call this piece a scraper? Found in a different field that is late archaic.

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    South Carolina

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    • willjo
      willjo commented
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      Has shape of a square knife, and quartz point and Rhyolite piece is nice in other thread

    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      It does look like a square knife. This is just a comment and not really a question but I’ve wondered why something shaped like a rectangle knife is called a square knife🤔

  • #3
    Nice finds Josie, that's how alot of my areas are like (especially in drought). Sometimes I take extra bottles of water just to moisten the soil because they're more important than my thirst 🙂. I didn't have to do it this year because it's been raining like crazy here.
    🐜 🎤 SW Georgia

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Thanks Mike. Yep we might fall over from dehydration but we’ll save the point, lol.

  • #4
    Always interesting to see your finds , Josie. Quartz dominates your local cultures in the same way obsidian tops in Napa.
    Quartz is much harder to read. Seeing as much as you do - and offering generous amounts for us to look at- is a fine chance to learn.
    Some nice things there too.

    ​​​​​​​
    California

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Oh but Tom, those obsidian finds are easy on the eyes. These quartz finds can make you really wonder what they are, lol.

    • tomf
      tomf commented
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      I think quartz is beautiful and enjoy a well made quartz point as much as any. So many varieties too. From grainy smoke colored to clear fine crystal.
      I occasionally find a piece that I suspect has been modified. I few scrapers and pecking tools and, one time, a discoidal, but never a point. So it's always fun to see your stuff, even when not everything is perfect.

    • Cecilia
      Cecilia commented
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      Tom, I found only 2 points in locale where quartz load equals your obsidian bounty, but golly-Moses, do I got some weird and wonderful tools!

  • #5
    cool finds.
    Utah

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Thanks!

  • #6
    Really nice finds!!
    👍😃
    Uncle Trav- Southwest Michigan

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Thanks Trav!

  • #7
    Not bad!
    Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Not my best, but still finding a few. Thanks Greg!

  • #8
    Hey Jo, Those are some beauties.
    Michigan Yooper
    If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Thanks Ron!

  • #9
    Nice stuff Josie I think you have gotten spoiled like many of us including me lol. I went out yesterday and found nothing but 2 pottery sherds so consider yourself lucky.
    NW Georgia,

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    • Cecilia
      Cecilia commented
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      nothing but 2 pottery sherds……

    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      I’m not spoiled, I just have expectations 😁 I’d probably turn cartwheels if I found pottery. If I could still turn a cartwheel, lol.

  • #10
    …………
    ..++ =s
    Last edited by Cecilia; 08-06-2021, 07:45 AM.
    Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River

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    • Hal Gorges
      Hal Gorges commented
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      creative brain power rules...

    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Hummm? A cryptic message. I love it!

  • #11
    I like, I like..Hint:,rule 22 always carry a jackhammer in your vehicle,
    Floridaboy.

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Lol. Let’s see, I need a jackhammer, extra water to soften the ground, my phone, my ear buds, because I jam while I hunt, bug spray, my flipping stick, my lip gloss or chap stick, something to put my finds in, unless I break Rule #1 and just put them in my pocket, take sunscreen too. No wonder I can’t walk to my spots and instead have to take sxs.
      Last edited by Josie; 08-06-2021, 01:13 PM.

    • Hal Gorges
      Hal Gorges commented
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      Don’t forget the eyebrow 🖊 and lash brush, Rul14 always look good for booking photos

    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      No, I break that rule, too. I don’t care what I look like in my mug shots😉

  • #12
    Yup.. surf hit it… someone’s spoiled..
    I’m going blade on the large one…
    ~~~ keep I’m coming Jo~~~
    rule 17b.. hit up all adjoining properties within a 6 mile radius…✌️
    Southeastern Minnesota’s driftless area

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      I’m not spoiled, lol.

  • #13
    Hey Josie you should see the pile of pottery I’ve found this year and it’s only about half. I might do a giveaway before Christmas just throwing it out there. Not sure how many would try for it.
    NW Georgia,

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Can you show me a piece of plain pottery?

    • SurfaceHunter
      SurfaceHunter commented
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      Tomorrow I can get a picture around 8pm

  • #14
    First, I love them ALL, except for just liking point coz ho-hum compared to company it’s in!! Each tool so unique!. First and last got that little curve/hook thingy going on that says to me, “yeah, sure, I can scrape, but lemme show you what can do with wooden turtle pendant you been making for your ma….”

    And, loaf-shaped big guy! My pretender overloaded! But, that Pale, Orange-Tinged Lanceolate Beauty my favorite….I did not know Rhyolite could be so beautiful….

    Also, got rid little green monster, and have grown set, so gonna start posting my quartz tools soon, a few at a time using Hal’s method of arrows and annotations. At minimum, everyone know not just sitting round watching Discovery Channel (much), waiting for y’all posts provide opportunity for quirky commentary; no, indeedy, been digging n digging, moving vast amounts Georgia clay…..!!
    Last edited by Cecilia; 08-06-2021, 07:52 PM.
    Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River

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    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      Post away Cecilia! The rhyolite piece is a good one for my fields. I find so many quartz pieces that I never post. It’s so hard to tell what’s a worked piece. I can’t wait to see your finds. Nothing like looking in clay, is it? I have some I’m going to ask about soon, also.

  • #15
    I couldn’t hardly find your thread but here you go Josie all these pieces are plain Click image for larger version

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    NW Georgia,

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    • SurfaceHunter
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      You should pick some up. Dirt pieces will be lite brown most of the time. Now you can get fooled by sandstone some times if you find enough of it like I do there is a weight difference

    • Josie
      Josie commented
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      I’ll pick some up next time I go out and send you a pic. Pottery is lighter in weight?

    • SurfaceHunter
      SurfaceHunter commented
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      Usually unless it’s grit pottery which feels like stone
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