Beauties from the Brazos

[Garguy]

I dug these last year. We had a screen dig going. I saw a nice spot of ash and charcoal in the sand wall about 6ft deep. I scooped it up an d put it on a screen table, then hopped off the skid steer to see what was in it. I wasn't disappointed.

[tomclark]

[outlaws15]

Beautiful

[smbore]

Beauties....... cant beat that.

[paohrocks]

Very nice, congrats.

[Hal Gorges]

Superb ..🤗

[Josie]

Sweet! Show us more of your Texas beauties. A year later, I’d probably still be holding those!

[oldrocks2]

Super finds. Wows for sure.

[clovisoid]

Nice!

[Glacial Pebble]

Exquisite 🤓, love seeing your Texas finds!

[south fork]

Very nice! a skid steer sure helps get the work done.

[Cecilia]

Late with stupid Q. What is skid steer?

[south fork]

A fun type of tractor like a bobcat.

[Cecilia]

Aha! I know what a bobcat is! My friend let try to drive his one time. No, I did not break it!

[Pointblank]

Beautiful points Steve.........I'm not very familiar with TX point types.......how would you type them

[Garguy]

Beautiful points Steve.........I'm not very familiar with TX point types.......how would you type them

The big one is a Gahagen . Super rare birdie age knife. Quite a few have been found in burial mounds across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Most(some ague all) were made on the Brazos and gifted to Caddo rulers as no indication of manufacture exists in the villages around the mounds nor any used examples. Most of these were made of Brazos cobble sourced very near our site.. We found 11 of them over 2 years.

Odd as it may seem from that pic, the small blade is made from a scrap of the same spall left over when making the big one. The color difference is the result of the small one soaking all day in water while the larger was just rinsed and put in a frame. Both dry, it is clear they are from the same mother stone.

[SGT.Digger]

Not sure did you say bird point aged knife ? If so it wouldn’t be 6’ deep 👍🏻

[Garguy]

I did say birdie age and 6ft deep.