Found these three yesterday in Denton County TX after the rain from Monday in a creek. Same one I usually go to. I am pretty sure these are artifacts, but I have not been doing so well on making ID's, so I'm and posting here. Hopefully I can dig out of this misidentifying rut.
The first one, shown above the quarter, is the most likely, I think. The first two pictures below are from just after I pulled it from the water. With it being wet, and the angle of the sun at the time made the features stand out far better than I could get with LED lighting (last picture in this row). I think this is a shaft scraper. It may be incomplete, but I can be sure. None of the edges indicate it has been broken since being flaked.
This one looks like another shaft scraper or spokeshave, if anything. The second picture might show some work on the edge, but I can't tell if it is creek chatter or not.
This last one is what I think could be a thumbnail scraper.
The first one, shown above the quarter, is the most likely, I think. The first two pictures below are from just after I pulled it from the water. With it being wet, and the angle of the sun at the time made the features stand out far better than I could get with LED lighting (last picture in this row). I think this is a shaft scraper. It may be incomplete, but I can be sure. None of the edges indicate it has been broken since being flaked.
This one looks like another shaft scraper or spokeshave, if anything. The second picture might show some work on the edge, but I can't tell if it is creek chatter or not.
This last one is what I think could be a thumbnail scraper.
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