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the spots I hunt were once 'barrens' or Kentucky prairie for Eastern buffalo and elk. Obviously after the mega-fauna was expended, the above with plentiful deer were good staples for meat and skins.

the one spot I'm frequenting as of late has 1/2 dozen upper magnitude springs surface springs. I'm certain without a doubt these were major draws for hunting camps and eventually communities of all three stages of Archaic habitation. I have even found one base of a fluted Clovis on this spot too. There is a documented Clovis workshop a few miles from my spot.

the rivers around here undercut st. louis and st genevieve limestone which has embedded chert nodules in it about the size of softballs. These were preferred for heat treatment.


the other locations I visit, are pock-marked with hundreds of karst depressions which may I hypothesize were watering holes and/or wallows for larger animals during the post glaciation heat up. (it was a warmer climate then some say). So also, these depressions were most likely chocked full of turtles and easy killins. Ducks too.


any river bank in Tn or Ky with a flat top bench above the flood plain is practically a given for leftovers from pre-historic hunters/gathers and even later agricultural based inhabitations.

Dismal outing. Mostly from a construction site. D-7 are a little hard on this stuff. Hopefully the rains will pour good and I can get back out to the good places.

Here's few of those chert nodules. Some get used for hammer stones, weights, game stones etc.

Do you identify the projectile points and place them in specific age groups?

quite possibly the purtiest one I've ever found....

another decent one..

I went Tuesday, we had a good rain. Walked about 6 hours, just meandering through several hundred acres. I never keep to a grid search. I gingerbread hunt. Like to have got struck by lightning, so I had give it up by late afternoon

The brokes were plentiful, found some more preforms, tools and scrapers. The rounds of heartbreakers as usual.

Headed back out this afternoon, weekend too. Got about 15,000 acres to sample. Big corn and beans dude.

The whole lot first pic, tools and preforms seperated following pics














Different pic, flash might've clashed with the wet surfaces

Glad to see you got your PB account lined out..

That yellow one is realy nice, I have an old cigar box full of points knives ect my dad and uncles picked up while plowing tobacco, behind a mule on my grandfather farm in Tenn. only found them in the one field, was told there must have been a battle there.

Young son, (the archaeologist aka grave robber with a pedigree) is currently in charge of a survey down at Eagle Pass. Each evening he gives me a report of his surface findings. Lots of goodies! As soon as I can. I'll get over in the old house and find all mine. The ones I really need to get are in dad's collection over at previously mentioned young son's house!!!!

Huntsman and slumlord! You both have some beauties!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Thumb scraper this afternoon..

Setting here alone ('cept for my trusty mutts!) tonight. Chores done. So figured I'd download a few artifact pics of stuff I've picked up;

My only really nice paleo point! Found while turkey hunting in Crockett co. Texas

A few relics from the private property surrounding Fort Lancaster ruins. On Live Pak Creek and Pecos river crossing Crockett co. Tx.

Unifaces, bifaces, and a gouge.

Might fine sir

Thanks! Really need to get some of dad's stuff photographed. Son is considering a paper on the bulk of his collection as it came from one site in SW Bell county Texas. (Not far from the Gault site if you are familiar with Dr. Collins site).

Below is a selection of bits I found cached in a midden on Live Oak Creek, Crockett co. Texas. In an area about one foot in diameter. There was a real nice Langtry point in the collection. However since dad had never found a Langtry, I buried it with him.

The paleo piece is just killer (my opinion)

That's what I think about about finding when I set about on my 'rock days'

I'm stuck in the Kirk Corner Notch and Big Sandy prehistoric eras. Not complaining no, they are in the 4-7k BC realm anyway. I've only got a broken Clovis, but I press on. I'll hit one some day on a bluff.

I was walking back to camp from behing old Fort Lancaster. Remember that scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" when the grail was shown to Percival (Michael Palin) thru Gilliam's cartoon graphic???? And the sun beams cast themselves from heavon on the grail?? Well, that was the way it was when I spotted that angostura point!!!!! I had a death grip on it all the way back to camp! About a mile or so!!! I was shaking pretty bad when I got there!! LOL!

Yep, I always find the real nice ones when I'm in a completely different mode. Have found them as a kid kicking dirt waiting for the school bus, also found one while putting a stalk on a turkey, heck even found one of my very best ever just turning my car around checking a new boat ramp.

Good archaeologist friend found a gun flint (old one) in the parking lot of Presidio San Saba. Presidio site is in the middle of the 9 hole golf course for Menard Texas. I remember assisting young son there during a field school while he was working on his graduate degree. I told visitors the golf course was put in for benefit of the Spanish officers stationed at the presidio. They buy this stuff!