Looking for an ID on this one....

[NJ]

This is a recent find of mine in central New Jersey. Haven't found anything similar in the last few years. Thoughts?

Thanks.
Kevin

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

nice find

im no expert on your area,nor familiar with that regions artifacts

but a quick search,i would call that a morrow mountain round base

but wait for those more familiar with the region to chime in

[Broken Arrow]

Maybe an ovates or morrow mountain round base as sneaky suggested. Cool little point. There are several NE members that will be along to give their input.

[kayakaddict]

Gary L. Fogelman calls them ovates I think in his book. I've found them in flint (2), and quartz (1), and a friend of mine found a small cache of three of them the same looking material you have there. I heard once they may have been a sewing point but it may be a guess. They are usually nice and thin like that one. I've seen a few thick ones. I'm in NJ also btw, southern part. .What is that meterial?

They are not very common but are definitely known by collectors in NJ. Even a big collection won't have too many around here. Congrats on a very cool find.

edit: It looks like argillite to me

[Broken Arrow]

Here is the overstreet entry for ovates.

[SDhunter]

Nice point. In the Midwest, we would probably call that a Cottonwood Leaf.

[filmiracl]

I have two similar, one jasper and the other argillite, found in the Philadelphia area... I just call them ovate or ovoid. I think it's just a generic style that really isn't possible to attribute to any one time without taking the rest of the site into context. Regardless, that's a nice looking point.

[NJ]

Thanks for the responses everyone! This was the first one of its kind out of my area I found. I have another interesting one I found right next to it I will post later. Thanks again!

Kevin