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Found by: Patrick Baumann - Missouri Photos by: Patrick Baumann
This heart breaker was found on the face of a bank, back side of a big gravel bar. Has the look of a Graham Cave. My friend Joe found this one, a find every creek walker dreams about. Joe was pointing out the quality of the obvious white part not even realizing he was really looking at a whole piece. What an awesome find!
Walked Friday (11/28/03), 28 degrees and 20 mph winds, perfect weather to keep the deer hunters at home. I found a super thin blade half way up the dirt bank, so sharp it had to have fallen from the dirt above. We have been watching these banks for about 2 years and never even found a flake, now this falls out. - Patrick Baumann 5
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Found by: Don White - Texas
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Figueroa - Woodland
Shown in situ is a Langtry made from Chert. - Don White
Langtry Mid. Archaic to Woodland
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Here is a Perdiz made from Semi Translucent Veined and Banded Chalcedony - Don White 6
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Found by: Don White - Texas
Shown in situ is an Ensor made from Chert. - Don White
Ensor - L. Archaic / E. Woodland Photos by: Don White
Shown in situ is a Clear Fork uniface tool.
Above is very rare Rockwall made from Semi Translucent Veined and Banded Chalcedony.
Here is a Clovis or possibly a Plainview that I need to have Dwain Rogers check-out. It is heavily ground at the base and fluted on both sides. - Don White A killer Langtry made from a root beer colored Chert
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Found by: Mike Wilber - North Dakota
Shown above is a Folsom base made of Knife River Flint. It was found in Mountrail County, North Dakota. - Mike Wilber Photos by: Mike Wilber
This next artifact is a Sanish Point also found in Mountrail County, North Dakota and made from KRF. - Mike Wilber 8
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Found by: Mike Wilber - North Dakota
This cache was found in the corner of a summer fallow field that was situated above a large coulee with a year long Photos by: Mike Wilber spring in the bottom. It contained 64 pieces in total; mostly blades and preforms made of different colored Quartzites (4 KRF artifacts, which included a side-notched blade/knife). The cache was found in Mountrail County, ND and is currently in the collection of Robert Walter.
Shown in situ is a Full Grooved Hammer Stone. It was found in Mountrail County, ND Shown in situ is a super Oxbow made from Knife River Flint. It was found in Mountrail County, ND - Mike Wilber 9
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Found by: Lyle Nickel - Oklahoma
Jasper
Kay Co. Flint
Ogalala Quartzite
Jasper
Here are a few from Garfield Co Oklahoma, my last hunt of the season in 2005. These were found on the Pelican Lake site. - Lyle Nickel
Photos by: Lyle Nickel
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Found by: Lyle Nickel - Oklahoma Photos by: Lyle Nickel
It has been dryer than a “Dean Martin” martini here; with little rain since early October. I don't hunt sand blows very often but love to hunt them when I get the opportunity. I have been watching this particular blow for about 6 years, knowing that there was a "little" material there but not finding any diagnostic worked material that would give away the age of the camp. I made the 60 mile drive out to the blow today to see what the recent drought and high winds might have uncovered. The points found includes a Washita, Harrell, Pelican Lake and a nice 3 inch Alibates Harahey.
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Pelican Lake - Middle Archaic to Transitional
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Harrell Mississippian to Historic
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Harrell Mississippian to Historic
Washita Mississippian
Shown is the complete group of artifacts surface collected by Lyle during this outstanding one day trip. I looks like it was well worth the 60 mile drive.
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Found by: Brad Mulder - North Dakota Photos by: Brad Mulder
This knife was found in Morton County, North Dakota in early June, 2005. It was surface collected on private land. I live in South Dakota and my best friend, who lives in Bismarck, ND has me up at least twice a year to hunt artifacts. This artifact was made from Knife River Flint and measures 3" long and 1 and 1/2" at it's widest part. It has a bluish white patina on one side and is patina free on the other. The type and age of this artifact is unknown. I found this knife in a recently planted cornfield that had just received the right amount of rain to expose artifacts. It was found at the end of a long day with overcast skies. This was a great find for me, because my friend and I had previously found numerous broken knives of this size. - Brad Mulder 14
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Found by: Michael Dolcini - California
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This little obsidian point turned out to be well worn and re-sharpened Humboldt. I decided that it was a keeper and brought it home to place in a frame with the others from that region. Obsidian is somewhat scarce in these early sites. While it is quite common in the valley and at lower elevations, it is seldom encountered at these high mountain places. It was hard to miss this little point, obvious as it was. - Michael Dolcini
Found 11/28/2005
I managed to sneak out to a field that I haven't been to in a couple of years. We had a soaking rain yesterday and through the night so I thought I'd take a look. As it turns out, we need about another inch or so to really settle the dirt. I managed to pull out a few clamshell beads. - Michael Dolcini
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
This archaic side notch was found on 5-15-05. I am unsure on material. It measures 1 7/8” by 1 1/8.” The conditions on this hunt were overcast and muddy from rains the night before. I found 3 pieces in about a 30 minute span. Edgar Co, Illinois.
This Celt made of slate and was found on 5-22-05. It measures 3 3/4” by 1 3/4”. The conditions on this hunt was muddy with sunny skies about 80 degrees. Found in Vermillion Co, Indiana.
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
Late in the evening, as the sun was going down, I found this Thebes. It is made of glacial chert and was found on 5-30-05. It measures 1 7/8” by 1 7/16”. Although I found this and the Dove on different sites, it's not very often when you find complete examples back to back in the same day. Found in Vermillion Co. IN Photos by: Adam Agusti
This super Dovetail was found on 5-30-05 and is made from Attica Chert. It measures 2 3/4” by 1 3/16”. The conditions on this hunt were partly sunny about 80 degrees, and rapidly drying soil. I was unsure if this point was complete because of the way it looked in the ground. I was sure it was broken and took the picture anyway. Imagine my surprise when I pulled out a complete dovetail. Vermillion Co, IN - Adam Agusti Thebes - Early Archaic
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Found by: Dan Bauer - Illinois Photos by: Dan Bauer
On the way home from work today (November 11, 2005), I stopped by a new construction site in Will Co. Il. This was a former corn field that has produced for me in the past and is now slated for one of those prefab warehouses that are springing up everywhere. I had about an hour of daylight...so I had to hurry. This site was primarily a Lithic gathering area near a major river, judging from the numerous flakes and cores I have found here. After finding pockets of debatage, my eyes spotted the drill in the fading light. I marked the spot and ran back to the truck for my camera. A really sweet 2 3/4" Archaic drill of the local limestone in the area that is a close relative of Burlington Chert. I’m surprised it wasn't broken in the cat tracks Just a few feet away I spotted point sticking out of the dirt and took some photos. I then flipped it out and was quite surprised to find a whole 1 3/4" Neuberger! As I am quite fond of the archaic corner notch....this was the last thing I expected! Stuff just amazes me and makes me wonder more about the spiritual aspect of this thing we love so much. - Dan Bauer
Neuberger - Early to Mid. Archaic
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Found by: Dan Bauer - Illinois
I hunted the N. IL construction site where I found the "after work finds" last Friday. Even though we had a decent rain, I could come up with nothing but a few pre-forms and scrapers so I left for a road construction site that I have been haunting for the last two weeks. I gave it a good once over and just barely spotted an axe bit peaking through the dirt, in an old oak tree cleared area. Took these pictures and recorded this one. It is 3/4 grooved and is just shy of 4 inches. Must have put in 5 hours this morning, but it paid off again! It's been one fine weekend...and I'm beginning to wonder if my time is all used up yet. Sure have had a bit of luck lately. - Dan Bauer
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Found by: Walter Riddle - Wisconsin Photos by: Walter Riddle
I left work early today to hunt a field that has produced in the past. After spending an hour in the field I found the 2 inch blade and spoke shave and a small archaic lobed point with a graver. Wisconsin hunting in January is a BONUS!! Since the average temperature is 9 F. The field is looking towards the river in the tree line. A small spring is situated just off the river. - Walter Riddle
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
Here are a couple shots of some of the items found on November 13, 2005. Above is a San Jose point and shown to the left is a point made from very nice petrified wood. On the way home, right at the crest of the Black Range at Emory Pass, I took the scenic photo, which is looking down into the Rio Grande Valley. - Don Musser San Jose - Early Archaic 22
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
First a couple of fragments that raised my excitement level out there - A Cody midsection made out of an unusually colorful and translucent petrified palm wood. Also shown is a Folsom midsection midland flaking on the up side in the insitu shot and then narrowly fluted on the other side with ground edges. it must have been from right above the base. - Don Musser Folsom - Paleo
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Found by: Don Musser - New Mexico
Photos by: Don Musser
Shown in situ is a little bird point. The winds moved just enough sand to uncover this point. The next one, I saw a flaked surface that was barely uncovered by the wind and my mind said no way that could be a point, so I flipped it without taking an in situ shot. Much to my surprise, I ended up with a complete early archaic Rio Grande. The stem edges are ground. - Don Musser Rio Grande - Paleo
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Found by: Steve Colbert - Illinois
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This Full Groove axe was found in Shelby County Illinois on Mother’s Day. - Steve Colbert
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Found by: Anthony Havens - Illinois Photos by: Anthony Havens
This Cobbs is a creek find from Monroe County Illinois. It measures 2 and 9/16 long and is made from Burlington chert. It is a very nice lit-
tle blade with a quartz vein running through it with a right hand bevel. Here's another one I found in St. Clair County Illinois. It looks like a Graham Cave to me, but could also be a Hemphill or a Hickory Ridge. It is 4 and 1/4 long and is made of Burlington Chert that has heavy creek stain on it. Someone had already walked before me and missed it, I don’t know how, but I'm glad he did. This unnotched hoe was found by me in Monroe County Illinois on the same day as the point shown above. It measures 4 and 1/4 inches long by 2 and 1/2 inches wide. It has some bit polish as well and is made from a tan Burlington Chert. - Anthony Havens 26
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Found by: Chris Capley, Monty Pennington, Hayden Bybee - Kentucky Photo by: Chris Capley
I got out and did some walking today with a couple of friends, Monty Pennington and Hayden Bybee. We hit the new plowed field we've got permission on in Madison Co. Ky. It's still in the fresh plowed condition, but there has been a little rain on it. Photos by: Monty Pennington
Photo by: Chris Capley
The best find of the day! Luckily Monty spotted this one! Made for a good photo. A Stilwell made from Boyles Photos by: Monty Pennington
Photo by: Chris Capley
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Found by: Tommy Estes - Mississippi
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It had been a so-so day so far, and I hadn't really found much. I had found a few broken ones, but that was about it. I was actually debating on leaving this site and going to another, and was just randomly walking around with the intention of leaving, when all of a sudden I spotted this magnificent broken Graham Cave laying out sunning itself! Oh what I'd give if it was whole! I've yet to see a nicer one." It would've been easily a G-10. Found it in NE MS.
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Found by: Dave Ross - Florida
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Pinellas Point found in Citrus Co. Fla on 12-1-05 made of heat treated Coastal Plains Chert.
Here is a little triangle knife found on 12-1-05 in Citrus Co. Fla. Both made of Coastal Plains Chert.
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Found by: Jeff Smith - Arizona Photos by: Jeff Smith
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Found by: John Ray - Missouri Photos by: John Ray
I found this piece in Lincoln County, Mo. It is a Sedalia blade made of Burlington Chert and measures 5 7/8". - John Ray, Troy Mo
Here is my second blade of the year so far. It’s made out of Burlington Chert. It measures five and a half inches long by two and a quarter inches wide. I found it in the woods along the Quiver River, Hawk Point Mo. I found it after raking leaves, and in doing so I racked a thin coat of dirt off the top 31
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Found by: Don Black - Texas
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Shown is a Ponchatrain knife or known to local collectors as, a Pogo knife. It measures 5 and 1/2 inches long and is made of petrified wood. It was found by Don, Susan and Joseph Black; Christmas Day 2005 on Lake Livingston. The young man is Joseph, my grandson. - Don Black
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Found by: Rob Dills - Ohio Photos by: Rob Dills
The first point is a Big Sandy type with a heavily ground base, it is made of mottled grey, & red Coshocton flint. It was found 42005 off Deerfield Rd. Stark Co. Ohio
This second point was found by Keith Ray on 1-2-06 in Orrville Ohio. We are not sure of the material.
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Found by: Vince Steffens - Colorado
A fine Pelican lake point made from jasper or spotted trout creek. Found in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. - Vince Steffens
Photos by: Vince Steffens
A plains Side-Notch made from Obsidian. Found in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. - Vince Steffens
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
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I decided to go for a walk this morning in hopes that I would have a new piece or two for my display at tonight’s AFACA meeting. It turns out I found the best piece of my life ever. I found a notched ovate banner stone made of banded slate. I was hardly seeing any burned rock or flint chips. Of the 3 knolls that make up this piece of land this one has the least amount of activity. When I saw this piece in the ground I knew exactly what it was. I stayed calm long enough to take many different pictures. Then I picked it up and grabbed the clump of weeds and pulled out a plug of soil. I don't care how the rest of the year goes. This is one day I’ll never forget. Finding "the rarest of the rare" as Tom Davis said when he saw it, is definitely a thrill. But after a while it's just like any other piece I’ve found. It was just me, the elements, the soil, and luck. I guess it was my turn. I feel that such a piece is out there for everyone to find. It's a long road to travel, some longer than others, but there will be something good at the end. The measurements for the bannerstone I recovered on Tuesday are as follows. I also included the requested shots of the sawing marks and the hole. - Adam Agusti 4 1/4 long 3 7/16 wide 1 1/2 long barrel 1" thick 1/2 diameter hole and 5/8 diameter hole
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Found by: David and Aaron Kilander Photos by: David and Aaron Kilander
These are some relics that we personally found during our many years of cave excavating. They are not pictured in their original location, but they are embedded in matrix which makes them an everlasting In Situ relic in a sense. - David and Aaron Kilander
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Here are some points Lori and I have found recently on Tablerock Lake in Missouri. The Lake level is very low now due to drought and we're working over a mountain top that is almost exposed still has about 8" of water over it. It's been very rewarding - Mike Menichetti
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Submitting Photos In Situ welcomes all contributions from our fellow collectors. If you are a collector and wish to share your personal finds with our readers, please feel free to submit to In Situ.
Accepting Photos and Images for In Situ Online Publication Volume 2, Issue 3 - July 2006 Please include: •
In Situ Photo
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In Hand Photo
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Cleaned-up Photo
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Descriptions of the find and hunt
All images should be digital quality and submitted in JPEG format. •
Please do not divulge too much detail related to your favorite hunting spot. In Situ may not have time to remove specific details, so what you submit may appear as submitted.
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In Situ Publication will try to respect the rights of the collectors who submit to this publication. However, if you authorize or submit information to In Situ, we reserve the right to use and present the information as we see fit. All descriptions and images submitted for publication use become the property of In Situ Publication.
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Contributors will be cited in our publication for their finds and images. Email to In Situ: Insitu@comcast.net
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