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Volume 2, Issue 1 Copyright 2005, 2006

FREE Artifact Hunting at it’s best

Lynn Hough

Mike Menichetti

Found by: Rhonda Allen

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From the Editor David Heath

It is a real treat for me to put this publica-tion together. I wish to thank everyone who has contributed to this project. I have received a lot of kudos from the artifact collecting community, but the real kudos goes to all of the collectors who have contributed. You are the folks walking the fields, creeks, desert sands and high moun-tains. Having the opportunity to share in what collectors are finding all across North America has been great.

I have changed the overall layout of the publication. This has been done to enlarge and allow for more images, while trying to maintain a finished product that is 5 Meg or less in file size (I hope). This Issue is the largest to-date at 50+ pages.

A special thanks for contributing to this publication goes to:

Whose contributions are greatly appreciated.

Contact In Situ: [email protected]

Shade Murray

Mike Menichetti

Lori Menichetti

Jeff Stafford

Bob Davidson

Tony Hardie

Michael Dolcini

Dave Ross

Lynn Hough

Anthony Havens

Chuck Newcomb

Robert J. Davis

Chris Capley

Garry Weinmeister

Ezra Smith

Park Waller

Matt Jones

Larry

Rhonda Allen

Darrell Allen

Rick Burton

Travis Cobb

Don Buhl

Steve Colbert

Joshua Ream

ASC


Artifact Hunting at it’s best In Situ is a free, not for profit, online publica-tion featuring the “In Situ” finds of artifact collectors from across the North America. The goal at In Situ Online Publication is to support the artifact collect-ing community and its interests at large and to pro-mote the hobby of artifact collecting in a responsible manner.

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5 Shade Murray of Alabama 8 Dave Ross of Florida 13 Toni Hardie of British Columbia Canada 18 Anthony Havens of Illinois 20 Darrell Allen of Texas 21 Larry of Oregon 23 Michael Dolcini of California 30 Mike Menichetti of Arkansas 31 Jeff Stafford of Arkansas 33 ASC of Washington 36 Rick Burton of Texas 37 Garry Weinmeister of Okalahoma 38 Ezra Smith of Okalahoma 40 Park Waller of Okalahoma 41 Matt Jones of Okalahoma 42 Chuck Newcomb of Illinois 43 Travis Cobb of Texas 44 Don Buhl of Virginia 45 Bob Davidson of British Columbia Canada 47 Robert J. Davis of Kentucky 50 Chris Capley of Kentucky 51 Eric Price of Arkansas (from Steve Colbert) 52 Southern Caribbean Pipe (from Joshua Ream)

SALTING FIELDS “They Planted Points”

By: David Heath - Page 15

Mysteries of China

The Sanxingdui Archaeological

Site

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Found by: Shade Murray - Alabama

This Celt was found in a field after flood waters had receded. It has several plow scraps but no breaks. It is the first greenstone Celt I have ever found. I found it in May 2003 in Madison Co., Alabama. It is made from a polished greenstone and measures 5 ½” long.

- Shade Murray

Photos by: Shade Murray

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This nice Kirk Corner Notch was found in a

ditch-washout next to a large creek that emp-

ties into the river. I found it in March 2004 in

Madison Co., Alabama. It is made from a

Cream colored Chert and measures 2 3/4”

long.

- Shade Murray




Kirk Corner Notch - Early to Middle Archaic

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This Mud Creek was found it in March 2004 in Madison Co, Alabama. It is made from Grey flint and measures 2” long.

- Shade Murray



This nice Cotaco Creek was found it in March 2004 in Morgan Co, Alabama. It is made from Dover Chert and meas-ures 2 1/2” long.

- Shade Murray


Cotaco Creek - Woodland

Mud Creek - Late Archaic to Woodland

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Found by: Dave Ross - Florida

This Newnan was found washing out of the banks of

the Withlacoochee River in Citrus Co Florida on De-

cember 26, 2004. It’s made of a Local Chert, but I

am not sure what it is called.

- Dave Ross

Photos by: Dave Ross

Newnan - Middle Archaic




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Blue colored blade, it is wa-ter stained Coastal Plains Chert. Found August 27, 2005 in Citrus Co. Florida.

- Dave Ross




This little blade is made from Coastal Plains Chert. Found September 20, 2005 in Cit-rus Co. Florida. I believe this may be a Hernando Preform. - Dave Ross

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A nice Hardee Beveled made of heat treated Coastal Plains Chert. Found August 27, 2005 in Citrus Co. Florida.

- Dave Ross

Hardee Beveled - Early to Mid. Archaic




Pictured is a Lafayette made of heat treated Coastal Plains Chert. Found August 27, 2005 in Citrus Co. Flor-ida. - Dave Ross

Lafayette - Late Archaic

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Shown in situ is a broken Adena. What makes

this point interesting is that it is made out of Coral

and has a large bluish colored bulls-eye. This

point was found on September 20, 2005 in Citrus

Co. Florida. - Dave Ross



Adena - Late Archaic to Woodland



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Found by: Lynn Hough - Florida

A fantastic Hernando

made of high grade

Coastal Plains Chert.

Found August 27, 2005 in

Citrus Co. Florida.

- Dave Ross


Hernando - Late Archaic



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Found by: Tony Hardie - British Columbia Canada

Keatly Creek Site, Interior Plateau of

British Columbia was a large pit house

villages occupied continuously for more

than 1,000 years. Shown in-situ is a

small basalt dart point.

- Tony Hardie

Photos by: Tony Harie

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SALTING FIELDS - “They Planted Points” By: David Heath



A practice that has existed for almost as long as the science of Archaeology, “Salting” or the act of planting modern, fake or non-contextual artifacts has and still does occur more than people may like to think. Charles Daw-son’s discovery of 1912 illustrates an early act of “salting” with the case of England’s “Piltdown Man.”

Piltdown man was the archaeological sensation of the time. The discovery was dubbed the "missing link" between human and ape. Piltdown Man stood unques-tioned for decades until increased scrutiny in the 1930s began to raise serious questions as to its authenticity. By the 1950’s, the Piltdown Man discovery had been thor-oughly dismissed as a hoax.

Hilton (left), Dawson (Right)

More recently, Archaeologists in Japan were sur-prised when a noted amateur archaeologist was photo-graphed planting artifacts at a Paleolithic excavation site. The photographs were subsequently published on the front page of a leading national newspaper. This act of “Salting” raised questions about archaeological practices in Japan. Often press conferences and headlines take prece-dence over scientific publications in the announcing of discoveries. As a result, the discoveries receive little criti-cal scrutiny or scholarly debate before or after their an-nouncement.

The Artifact collecting community is not immune to this phenomenon. “Artifacts are planted all the time for collectors to find, often by relatives or friends just wanting the collector to have a good day,” writes Alex Przygoda of Jackson Galleries. “I've got a stack of similar situations and bizarre occurrences that have happened in the field, everything from guys finding Gray Ghosts in rivers, to electric pencil signed fakes found in caves, to a gentleman who has been pulling caches of Cumberlands, Clovises, Pinetrees, and other points out of a Rock Shelter that HE PURCHASED solely because of the 'fantastic pieces' that were being found there. From the Authenticator's point of view, he absolutely cannot believe the story presented to him by the 'finder'. As such, personal finds will invariably end up getting “killed” a small percentage of the time.”

“Planting of points, sadly, has been going on for a very long time,” writes Matt Rowe native of Okalahoma and administrator of Arrowheads1.com. “I've seen it oc-cur over and over. Usually it happens when there are hard feelings between people about hunting certain spots, but sometimes it can happen for other reasons also. There was someone for years going around and tossing out quickie-plier points (mostly made of obsidian) in and around local dams and reservoirs. I know who this person was, they even admitted doing it and told me that they thought they were actually doing the people a favor, giv-ing kids something to find, etc. After I explained how harmful it could be, they stopped immediately. Don't think you're immune to being the victim of a planted mod-ern point, you aren't. I've seen it happen time after time. Sadly, it's an epidemic that can occur anywhere.”

Early in 2005, fellow collector and frequent con-tributor to In situ Online Publication, Mr. Adam Agusti ex-perienced firsthand the results of Salting. Adam had a long standing dispute with a couple of local artifact hunt-ers with regards to trespassing and hunting of artifacts on property owned and maintained by his family.

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Adam had, on numerous occasions, confronted the indi-viduals and repeatedly asked that they respect his family’s rights and refrain from artifact hunting the property.

Adam writes, “My family has owned farm property in this township dating back to 1823. Back in the early 1990's my grandfather was presented the opportunity to purchase “several hundred acres” spread out through nu-merous fields, many contain productive sites situated on them. If a person or family owns the property, they shouldn't have to compete with anyone for hunting rights. In other words, I shouldn't have to rush out to my own property to beat trespassers to my favorite hunting sites.”

View of Adam’s Hunting Site

In the spring of 2005 after recent rains, Adam was out hunting his site and was rewarded by finding the first of several Slate Artifacts. Due to the abundance of Hardstone and Slate Artifacts found in this area, he had no reason to question its authenticity. The following day, Adam returned to finish walking the last few remaining rows and again was rewarded by finding two more Slate Artifacts.

Surprised and excited at his good luck, Adam openly shared his finds with fellow collectors on the Inter-net. He posted the photos and descriptions at Arrow-pack’s Discussion Board to read others comments. Sev-eral keen eyed collectors noticed telling signs that some things were not right with Adam’s Slate Artifacts.

In Situ of Adam’s Slate Finds

Adam writes, “The online community, where I share my finds, is what helped to open my eyes. Some people respectfully contacted me and privately urged me to seek other opinions. Surprisingly, a few went out of their way and attempted to impugn my integrity. I de-cided to get a second opinion from a local old time collec-tor. It turns out the artifacts were fake. I had a pretty good idea who would take such a drastic measure and Salt my grandfather’s property.”

Through a little research and with information supplied by a close friend, Adam learned that at least one of the two Artifact Hunters was claiming to have place up to 30 Reproductions in his family-owned fields. This juve-nile act of Salting has likely contaminated the archaeologi-cal context of Adam’s site forever. Adam is now faced with the preverbal, needle in the haystack and may never be able to find and remove all of the Salted reproductions. In time, these reproductions will obtain the patina and age characteristics similar to the authentic ancient artifacts found on the site. Should Archaeologist in the distant fu-ture work on the site, those salted reproductions can and would lead to false interpretations.

Adam stated, “Salting of artifacts, real or repro-duced, on any site is unacceptable regardless of the cir-cumstances. To me, it makes no difference, its unethical. Whether you’re planting a real point for your son or daughter to find, or planting a big fake, just to see the look on your hunting partners face. The fact remains, it is unacceptable. When you bring unassociated materials onto a site, it is contaminated forever. I may never re-cover all the fakes from my grandfather’s field, especially if the guy decided to plant more.”

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Adam contacted the Authentic Artifact Collectors Association (AACA) and offered to donate the Salted re-productions he had found. The AACA has graciously agreed to accept the donation. It is believed that the AACA will plan to use these modern reproductions as an educational tool by displaying the items at future AACA sponsored events.

Salted Reproductions

Adam is thankful to his fellow collectors. “I'll al-ways be upset that someone has that much hatred for another hunter. By the same token I'm glad I was able to pull through this incident and share this story with others because there are many lessons to be learned. Many of my friends supported me through this entire incident and think I handled it in an honorable manner. I even made several new friends who came out of the woodwork to offer friendship and condolences,” states Adam.

Mr. Cliff Jackson, current president of the AACA, shared an experience he had many years ago. Cliff re-counts a story about an old friend named Charlie. Charlie and Cliff had gone horseback riding on a trail through the Old Shocco grounds between Warren and Franklin Coun-ties in North Carolina, some 20 years back. While taking a break and discussing what it must have been like in the area some 5000 years ago, Cliff shuffled his feet, and un-der his left foot found an Archaic Halifax arrowhead.

Cliff writes, “Well,” I hollered, picked it up and then crowed all day- about how it was the "arryhead gods" were looking down on me that day!

Then, about five years back, old Charlie came down from the mountains and came back to visit me. We sat and talked and played music all day. We talked about my col-lections. I showed him that Halifax and reminded him of its provenance. Charlie grinned real big, and kind of sheepish like, he says, " I throwed that down for you that day. You were in a much better mood after that- HAHA-HAHA. "

“So, people have both good and bad motivations when they salt artifacts onto a location. All in all, it is a bad practice that can blur or alter the archaeological re-cord. Certainly the practice of Salting can be abused by greedy folks or by those looking for fame. Salting arti-facts is destroying the accurate provenance of the artifact. The next time you find a really nice relic laying on the ground- think about those who put it there- and hopefully, it was prehistorically placed in situ, not just the good in-tentions of a friend or loving relative!”

For all who love this hobby, we hope everyone can continue to enjoy hunting for those elusive stone im-plements used and discarded by the ancients. Weather if for recognition, deceit or good intentions, Salting can be a problem for all interested in Ancient Artifacts. If you are lucky enough to find an artifact of exceptional quality or rarity, it might be advantageous to receive a second opin-ion. Doing so might surprise you and be the result of an-other case of Salting.

• If you suspect a case of Salting, please con-tact the AACA.

• If you have a question-able artifact and would like to obtain a second opinion, please contact Alex Przygoda of Jackson Galleries.

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Found by: Anthony Havens - Illinois

This point was found in Mon-

roe county IL and was pa-

pered by Rogers as a Dalton,

Breckenridge. It is 2 15\16”

long by 7\8” wide. I’m not

sure, but I think the material

is either heat treated Burling-

ton or Creasant Quarry.

- Anthony Havens

Photos by: Anthony Havens

Dalton Breckenridge -

Early Archaic



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Found by: Anthony Havens - Illinois



Photos by: Anthony Havens

The drill was found in Monroe Co, IL on the same gravel bar as the Adena. I do not know the material or age, but it's neat. - Anthony Havens

This 4 inch Adena was found in Monroe Co, IL. It's made from Burlington Chert and is very well made like most Adena(s).

- Anthony Havens Adena - Late Archaic to Woodland

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Found by: Rhonda Allen - Texas

It was found as you see it in the photos; laying flat out bigger than Dallas, as we say in Texas. We had only found one other point that day, a field grade Gary, when my darlin' wife happened upon this piece. Appar-ently it fell out of the bank with the recent rains and was waiting to be res-cued. Greg Perino and Dwain Rogers have pa-pered this piece, but nei-

ther could identify the material. The Dalton is 4 1/4" long and was found 01/22/05 by Rhonda Allen in Lamar County, TX.

- Darrell Allen

This Dalton was a creek find on a beautiful day in January. My wife and I hunt this creek from time to time and have recov-ered many points from it.

Photos by: Darrell Allen

Shown on Cover

Dalton - Early Archaic



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This is the first Columbia River Plateau I had found. Note

that the point is a “flake” point and is only worked on one

side. I do not know the material and would not want to

make a guess. Columbia River Plateau was found in April

of 2005 along the Columbia River in Columbia Co, OR.

- Larry

April of 2005

Found by: Larry - Oregon

Columbia Plateau - Classic to Historic



Photos by: Larry

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I'm guessing that this point is a Wallula. I found it in July of 2005 along the Columbia River in Columbia Co, OR.

This point was exposed after a large cargo ship caused enough of a wake to wash it out of the

lose sand and gravel (I had been by the spot where it was found only 15 minutes earlier). - Larry

Found by: Larry - Oregon

This Columbia River Pla-teau was found in May of 2005 along the Columbia River in Columbia Co, OR. The point was knapped asymmetrical and is not damaged. I do not know the material.

- Larry

Columbia Plateau - Classic to Historic



Photos by: Larry

Wallula - Developmental to Historic

Photos by: Larry

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Found by: Michael Dolcini - California

This is a shot of an area we hunted in July 2005 Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, elevation 7500'. This is a Paleo site that has produced some nice artifacts. Believe it, or not, the snow had only been gone a few weeks.

The site is littered with basalt flakes and tools. I don't often pick up these artifacts unless they have an interesting form. You could literally fill a bucket with scrapers and gravers. Shown in situ is an old basalt tool with a pos-sible "spoke-shave" and burinated points. Af-ter looking at it we returned it to the soil. I al-ways practice a little "catch and release" with artifacts, as well as fish.

This is the only actual point of the day. A Lake Mojave that has been worn smooth due to thou-sands of years of exposure to the weather extremes of the Si-erra Nevada. It undoubtedly tumbled down hill from its origi-nal resting place.

- Michael Dolcini

Found July 13, 2005

Lake Mojave - Paleo to Early Archaic



Photos by: Michael Dolcini

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This is a site that we walked on June 24th, again in the Sierra Ne-vada Mountains of Cali-fornia. The target of our search was the plateau in the center of the photo. The elevation at this location was 5500'.

This broken basalt stemmed point was just lying there, warming in the sun. When the snow melts and the earth thaws objects are sometimes displaced by the movement of the rocky soil. Every year we return to the same places, never failing to find something new. After looking at it for a few minutes, it was qui-etly replaced in its age old resting spot.

- Michael Dolcini

Found June 24, 2005

Found by: Michael Dolcini - California



Photos by: Michael Dolcini

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CHINA - Sanxingdui Archaeological Site



No.1 sacrificial cache pit was discovered on the 18th of July 1986 on the site of a local Brick Factory by two local workers. Jade dagger-axes and jade tablets were exposed by workers while digging for clay.

On the 24th of July, the modern cultural layer was cleared out by archaeologists and the tamped-down earth was exposed in the pit.

On the 25th and 26th, bronze dagger-axes, with features of the early Shang Dynasty were unearthed. These were followed by a gentle bronze image with long hair, a helmet and facemask.

On the 27th of July the shining of gold attracted the workers atten-tion. The archaeologists quickly covered the place with the earth and arranged for the site to be guarded by armed police.

Sacrificial Cache Pit #1 - Gold, Jade, Bronze, Elephant Ivory

Photos by: Sanxingdui Museum

The scientific discoveries and excavations at Sanxingdui unveiled the history of the Ancient Shu culture from a period ~5,000 years ago (Early - Mid. Archaic Period). The Sanxingdui remains are composed of several large areas, covering 12 square-km in total and has since been identified as the Archaic Capital City of the Shu Civiliza-tion.

Shang Dynasty

Courtesy Sanxingdui Museum Guanghan Sichuan, China

Visit: http://www.sxd.cn/maine.asp

Inventory: Over 400 pieces were recovered; including a gold-scepters, gold masks, bronze images, jade tablets, jade dagger-axes and ivories.

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CHINA - Sanxingdui Archaeological Site



No.2 sacrificial cache pit was discovered on the 14th of August in 1986. Just when the excavations of No.1 pit was nearing completion. Once again, it was located by workers from the Brick Factory. This time they had uncovered a bronze image. Pit No. 2 is located in the southeast, be-tween 20m and 30m from No.1 pit. The archaeologists quickly moved protect pit No. 2.

On 20th of August, the excavation to No.2 pit began. After ten day's work, the archaeologists found the hardened clay layer (similar to the No.1 pit). There were also traces of digging by people during earlier times, but for-tunately, they hadn't penetrated very far; otherwise, the treasures would have disappeared long ago. After clearing out the tamped-down earth, they found lower jaw of an animal-faced sculpture and ivory tusks began to appeared.

The remaining objects in No.2 pit can be divided into three stories: in the upper story, there were some 60 elephant tusks; the middle story was mainly filled with bronze wares; in the lower story, there were plant ashes, charcoal powder and small bronze wares.

Photos by: Sanxingdui Museum

Sacrificial Cache Pit #2 - Jade, Bronze, Gold, Elephant Ivory

Shang Dynasty


Inventory: Over 800 pieces were recovered; including gold objects, a bronze standing man, bronze vertical-eyed mask, large sacred trees, nu-merous bronze images and a large number of jade objects.

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Found in: Sanxingdui Archaeological Site



JADE ARTIFACTS

17.6” Long

14.6” Long 14.0” Long

14.0” Long

13.7” Long

5.6” OD

21.3” Long

7.7” Long

7.9” Long

4.7” Long

8.7” Long

10.5” Long

4.6” OD

Daggers

Celts

16.7” Long

Tablets

7.0” OD

Shang Dynasty


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GOLD ARTIFACTS Shang Dynasty


Scepter

56.3” Long

Tiger 4.6” Long

Ornament 9.0” Long

Tablet 3.9” Long

Bronze Head

16.8” Tall

Bronze Head

19.1” Tall

Over 4 1/2 Feet Long


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BRONZE ARTIFACTS Shang Dynasty


21.2” Tall

32.5” Tall

54.3” Wide

16.6” Tall 18.0” Tall 9.6” Tall

16.7” Wide

Over 4 1/2 Feet Wide


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Found by: Mike Menichetti - Arkansas

This large tool was found by Lori Men-ichetti along the edge of Table Rock Lake Barry Co., Missouri - Mike Menichetti

This nice Adena is a personal find, found along the shore of the White River in Carroll Co., Arkansas - Mike Menichetti

Photos by: Mike Menichetti

Photos by: Mike Menichetti

Found by: Lori Menichetti - Missouri

Adena - Late Archaic to Woodland



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Found by: Jeff Stafford - Arkansas

The material is Burlington Chert and measures 2 1/4” long. The Dickson has an Impact Fracture and was reused as a scraper or gouge.

- Jeff Stafford

Found September 10, 2005

Photos by: Jeff Stafford I was hunting in N. W. Ar-kansas and found this Dickson at the 6’ level (from the top of the bank, right at the silt line.

Adena Dickson - Late Archaic to Woodland



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Found by: Jeff Stafford - Arkansas

I found this Graham Cave in N.W. Arkan-sas on Octo-ber 6, 2005. It measures 2-1/2 inches long. The ma-terial is Boone Chert

Graham Cave -



Photos by: Jeff Stafford

I still can’t believe it was laying there on top of the ground. It will be a long time before I forget that one. It's been a very hot, dry summer with not many artifacts found. So finding this one made my day!!

- Jeff Stafford

Early to Middle Archaic

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Found by: ASC - Washington



We went to our favorite creek and the wa-ter was very low. It looks like someone had moved the rocks around. This Rabbit Is-land was kicked out from where someone had moved a rock. It’s funny how they had missed it. Also found a very nice scraper (shown to the right of point in the large photo). It was upside down. I didn't pay any attention to it until after I took a photo of the point. Then I realized what it was. The scraper was made from Petrified Bog. The Rabbit Island is made from Petrified Wood and measures 1.55” long. - ASC

Rabbit Island – Middle to Late Archaic

[Private Land, Surface Collected] Photos by: ASC

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There were lots of flake showing and the wind was wicked. We found a few broken blades. No matches from my frame. Also found several decent whole scrapers. Sorry no pictures just picked them up and stuffed them in the bag. We found this little Rabbit Island. It has a small tip fracture, but still a nice find. The material is Petrified Bog and measured 1.12” in length. - ASC

Photos by: ASC


Rabbit Island – Middle to Late Archaic

[Private Land, Surface Collected]



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This Desert General, shown in situ, was a nice find. The material is a Bluish-Grey Chert and measures 0.88" in length.

- ASC


We spent around 3 hrs at our next location and found several broken points, one 3/4 complete, red jasper (First View Style) Blade which exhibits “Killer” flak-ing (no photo). We did get pho-tos of this outstanding point.

Photos by: ASC

Desert General - Classic to Historic

[Private Land, Surface Collected]



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Found by: Rick Burton - Texas

Bill Shepard (Wisconsin) and myself found these points while hunting gravel bars on the Bosque River in Bosque Co. Texas. - Rick Burton

Photos by: Rick Burton

Found March 31, 2005 Visit

http://www.burtonsartifacts.com



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Found by: Garry Weinmeister - Okalahoma

I found this little Pelican Lake point on September 11, 2005. It is made from petrified (silicified) wood and measures 11/4 inches long.

- Garry Weinmeister




Photos by: Garry Weinmeister

Pelican Lake - Middle Archaic to Transitional

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Found by: Ezra Smith - Okalahoma

Ezra found this Large Knife on September 11, 2005. It is made from Kay Co Flint and measures 4” in length.

- Park Waller



Photos by: Park Waller

Ezra found this nice Gary on September 11, 2005. We are unsure of the mate-rial and measures 3 1/4” in length.

- Park Waller

Gary - Late Archaic

Found September 11, 2005 Visit

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Found by: Ezra Smith - Okalahoma

Ezra found this large Knife on July 4, 2005. It is made from Kay Co Flint and measures 6 1/4” in length.

- Park Waller

Found July 4, 2005




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Found by: Park Waller - Okalahoma

Well here's a nice San Patrice (not certain). It is made from Kay Co Flint. Today was another good day. Ezra ended up with 4 points including a nice Gary and 4 inch blade (see page 38).




I'm not sure what to call this point. I thought it was kind of funny that it was next that old pop can.

- Park Waller


San Patrice - Transitional Paleo


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Found by: Matt Jones - Okalahoma



Shown In Situ is a photo of two points found Sep-tember 7, 2005 in Oka-lahoma. I marked the point and then came back to take the photo. I took the in situ photo and then was shocked, once I moved it; there was another point right beside it. I never saw it until moved the bigger point (even though it seems to be there as plain as day once you look in the photo). - Matt Jones

Photos by: Matt Jones

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Found by: Chuck Newcomb - Illinois



I walked my creek in St. Clair County, Illinois today. Past few weeks have seen it bone dry. But a few days ago we had some good rains. Here’s what I saw (20yds apart). I thought I had hunted that spot clean!

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A nice point with a dam-age to the base. Found in St. Clair County, Illinois

- Chuck Newcomb



Photos by: Chuck Newcomb

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Found by: Travis Cobb - Texas



We found one point that wasn't broken today in Matagorda County, Texas. I believe the point type is a Cupp or Motley made of semi-translucent

Edwards flint. A little hard to see this one at first, look close enough and you'll see it. - David Crain


Photos by: David Crain

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Cupp or Motley - Archaic to Woodland

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Found by: Don Buhl - Virginia



This point was found March 29, 2002 on the shoreline of the York River in Virginia. I believe it a “Morrow Mountain.” The material is Quartzite.

Morrow Mountain - Middle Archaic

Photos by: Don Buhl

This point was found September 18, 2005 on the shoreline of the York River in Virginia.

- Don Buhl

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Found by: Bob Davidson - Kamloops British Columbia Canada



This nice little Kamloops Horizon, side-notched was found in a Bear Track. It is made from Basalt.

- Bob Davidson

This Kamloops Hori-zon, side-notched is also made from Ba-salt.

- Bob Davidson

Photos by: Bob Davidson

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Found by: Bob Davidson - Kamloops British Columbia Canada



This nice Clovis (or Folsom?) is a rare find. It is missing the tip. It has a nice deep flute on one side. It’s the first one ever found in my area.

- Bob Davidson

Shown in-situ is a Cascade Leaf blade.

- Bob Davidson

Photos by: Bob Davidson

Cascade - Paleo to Early Archaic

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Found by: Robert J. Davis - Kentucky

Shown in-situ is a Brewerton made from pink Chert.

- Robert J. Davis



I had a pretty good hunt on a tobacco farm in the bluegrass region of Kentucky on Sunday, 10/23/2005. I took my camera along and was able to take some photos. Shown in-situ is a little birdpoint made from high grade Boyle Chert

- Robert J. Davis

Photos by: Robert J. Davis

Brewerton -

Middle Archaic

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Above is another shot of the tobacco farm. To the right is an early Archaic, ear point. Shown below is hafted scraper made from colorful, Carter Cave flint.

- Robert J. Davis


These points were found in Kentucky on 10/23/2005.


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Above is weak stemmed, Woodland point. - Robert J. Davis


Above is Mississippian, triangular point made from high grade Carter Cave flint. - Robert J. Davis

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Found by: Chris Capley - Kentucky



Shown in situ and in-hand is a super Bifurcated base, Kirk.

- Chris Capley

A nice little trian-gle point (Madison) I found earlier this spring.

- Chris Capley

Photos by: Chris Capley

Kirk Bifurcated - Early to Middle Archaic

Madison - Mississippian

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Hardin - Early Archaic

Found by: Eric Price - Arkansas

Shown in situ is a nice Hardin found by Eric Price in Arkansas.

- Steve Colbert

Photos by: Steve Colbert

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Submitted by: Joshua Ream

This is a Pre-Colombian pipe uncov-ered on a construction site, in the Southern Caribbean.

The second picture is the pipe along with another pipe from the site. While rare, forward facing effigy pipes do ex-ist in some places.

- Joshua Ream

Photos by: Joshua Ream

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