My dad found this a few years ago on our farmland in northeastern North Dakota. After looking through our collection we were curious how old it could be. I’m very new to identifying and can’t seem to narrow this one down. If anyone has any ideas I’d greatly appreciate it! It seems the material type is not typical either although I can’t determine what it is. It’s about 3 inches long and heavy.
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Hi Dan and welcome to our forum.I can't offer a suggestion as to the type point you have and consequently the time period during which it was made. You might try to visit the website projectilepoints.net. Sometimes it is helpful in identifying point types. However your point is not a projectilepoint in spite of the name of this forum and the name of the other website. Your point was used as a knife. Also, we have some members from MInnesota who may be able to ID your point.
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Originally posted by Dani28 View PostInteresting! Well that would explain my struggle to ID it. Thank you for your help I’ll have to do some more research!
So, yes, use the projectile point typology guides for your region, you’re doing the right thing, but understand the illustrations or photos used to illustrate the particular type will include examples that were not actually used as projectiles per se…..Rhode Island
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Welcome to our site Dani. Your piece does appear to be very old. Looks like it has Patina. Kim from Pa.Knowledge is about how and where to find more Knowledge. Snyder County Pa.
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