Help with ID

[austintexasredhead]

Newbie here. This is pretty much my first "real" find, so of course I'm super excited! I'd really appreciate some help on ID'ing what it is. Do you notice the "concave" shape on both sides at the base? Surface find on my property very near a wet-weather creek in Travis County near Leander, Texas. Thank you!

[SDhunter]

Welcome. I don't know the name, but looks like a stemmed point, which are usually fairly old. Looks like the tip is missing, and maybe part of the base. Someone from Texas might know what it is called. If too much of the base is missing, it will be hard to type it.

[austintexasredhead]

Awesome - thanks for the info! You've been very helpful!

[SDhunter]

Congratulations btw. Nice to find your first artifact

[sailorjoe]

Hi ATH. I'm not from your area so I can't offer much help in making an ID as to type. It seems that you found the basal end and that is the most important and essential part in making an ID. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable about points from your area can help you. If I found a point similar to that in my old hunting grounds of North Alabama and middle Tenn. then I would be inclined to call it an atlatl dart point made sometime during late Archaic to early Woodland periods. But even that idea is just a WAG. My other guess would be the point for a small knife.

[austintexasredhead]

Thank you - I'm loving this group - y'all are so helpful!!

[chase]

Welcome to AH.com
If I was to guess, a Hanna point type would be as close as I could come.

[austintexasredhead]

OK, I'll look that one up. Thanks!!

[gregszybala]

Welcome! And congrats. Does that look like it may have been salvaged and turned into a scraper to any of you?

[austintexasredhead]

Thanks! I hope to learn a few things on here!

[Havenhunter]

Possibly a repurposed point. Old and worn-- finest kind.

[austintexasredhead]

Yeah, it's so smooth...feels good to the touch.

[Jethro355]

Whatever it is, it's beautiful.

[Sugaree]

Nice find hopefully many more to come!

[Hoss]

Is there any noticeable bevel on the stem? If you look at the end does it look like it has beveled edges? Or does it just look biconvex or lense shaped?

[austintexasredhead]

I feel all the edges are definitely beveled. When looking at a cross section it is elliptical. Thank you for the question - it helps me learn. Can you please explain? Thanks!

[Tam]

I have a friend that finds different point but out of what looks just like that lithic material an

[Tam]

Darn it , made out of rootbeer flint . Looks like this
I am a member and learning but have this and like
I started to say looks like your material

[austintexasredhead]

Yes, my point appears to be flint - very common around here. Yours is beautiful!

[Bone2stone]

It is a tuffy.
Translation: Best described as an early stemmed. Transitional period stuff.
Pretty darn old!

Jessy B.

[austintexasredhead]

I'm just in awe....so very interesting. Thanks for the help!

[Bone2stone]

Darn it , made out of rootbeer flint . Looks like this
I am a member and learning but have this and like
I started to say looks like your material

Was this (yours) a purchased item?

[austintexasredhead]

No, I found it on our property just taking a walk. Found it on the surface. I've walked that trail many times. I keep going out every day looking for more.....LOL

[Hoss]

it has a way of sucking you in. That is called the artifact collecting addiction! Or like my Dad used to say "You got the Bug!"

[Tam]

Bone , my sister in law is in Texas so it's from there. Lots of rootbeer flint there . If I don't find it out of the ground I don't post it . Buy those guys have have so much rootbeer flint . . Looked like her lithic .
No I never buy there is to much out there to explore in my territory . I actually want to go to the creeks in Missouri those boys finds some pretty big blades .