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Doug Hanson - North Dakota
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana
Back in March of this year I gained hunting privileges on a tract of land in Vermillion, Co, IN. My first few hunts on the land were fairly productive. I managed to find several busted points, scrapers, tools, and four decent complete points. It wasn't just a few weeks later that it was time for the corn to be planted, which is usually followed by great hunting conditions. Unfortunately the rain just wouldn't come. I drove by the property a couple times a week and monitored the erosion of the soil. I began to lose hope of a good hunt before the corn got too tall. Then out of nowhere in late June we received 3 inches of rain in one afternoon. The next day I tried to walk the land but it was too muddy. While I was waiting for the soil to soak up the water another 3 inches of rain came that week. By Friday this land was eye candy to any surface hunter. I started in a productive area one evening after work and found a very nice banded slate adz and a decent little point. My hope had been restored. I hunted all day the next Saturday and covered a majority of the property with only a big handful of busted points to show for my effort. I decided to hit it again Sunday morning bright and early. I had eyed a site just across the creek for a while and thought I would give it a look.
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Found by: Adam Agusti - Indiana The first hour of the morning I spent trying to find a place to cross the creek but it was way too deep at the moment. So I decided to go and hunt the only knoll in the field I hadn't tried yet. This knoll was quite large so I split it into 2 sections at a washout. I spent the first 3 hours picking up busted points and scrapers. For about the last 2 hours I was hearing thunder off in the distance then it began to rain so I decided to start the long walk back to my truck. Just about 50 feet past where I was turning around I spot a piece of slate in the ground that is obviously worked. I pull out my camera and take a few shots wondering what it might be? In all honesty I thought I had another Celt or adz. After I took the shots I put my hand on the piece, closed my eyes and pulled. I could tell that whatever I had, was pretty good sized. I open my eyes to see a Bannerstone! NO WAY! I look and see that both ends were drilled. I began to pick out the dirt with a toothpick. The dirt was caked in the hole, solid as concrete. After about 10 minutes I could see light through the other end. I had just found my second complete Bannerstone. The feeling I felt when I realized that the hole was complete is indescribable. It was the same feeling I had on January 3rd of this year, only better. This was the piece I saw in my dreams from the time I was a kid. I always imagined that I would find just a simple "text book" Bannerstone. I never thought I would live out the day to find one complete Bannerstone in my life. As I looked at the piece I held in my hands, I realized that I lived out my dream two times in the same year. Looking back now it's a great treasure to be blessed to find, but still just the same as any other find. The effort is the same, the determination is the same, and the feeling I get when I find even a busted point is the same. Each find just makes me that much more eager to take the next step. You never know what is waiting. Good luck.
Measures 4 3/4 X 2 3/4. - Adam
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Found by: ASC - Washington
Columbia River
Basalt Hide Scraper. Comes nicely beveled on both sides and is complete. - ASC
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Found by: ASC - Washington
1.4" Rabbit Island with tip impact fracture. - ASC
Columbia River
A nice little, hafted scraper and what I call our best find of the day is the 1.2" by 1.2" . - ASC 8
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Found by: Bill Breckinridge - Oklahoma
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Found by: Bill Breckinridge - Oklahoma
This Holland point I found in a shallow puddle. It's made of Boone chert. Sand mining operations have completely destroyed this gravel bar, and it is now a deep hole. Next time you think you see an arrowhead in concrete or aggregate, you might be right! - Bill
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Found by: Bill Breckinridge - Oklahoma
“The Breckinridge Allen” The story of this find was told in Central States Archaeological Journal, and is available on-line. It was featured in the creme' de la creme' section of Indian Artifact Magazine, and is shown in the South Central section of the Overstreet V. 9. It has a Perino COA, and won best artifact of the show at the first Green Country show in Pryor, OK a few months ago. I'm very proud of my artifact - Bill 11
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Found by: Floyd Chambers - Utah
I live in Utah, but mostly hunt in Nevada (eastern, central and southern mostly). The Crescent and Silver Lake were found in Nevada. I found both of these within an hour of each other on Friday the 13th. Whoever dubbed Friday the 13th as unlucky is crazy! The crescent has plenty of patina. - Floyd 13
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Found by: Vince Steffens - Colorado
Bonito Notched point. Alamosa County, Colorado.
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Found by: Vince Steffens - Colorado
Scottsbluff. Alamosa County, Colorado.
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Found by: Vince Steffens - Colorado
Folsom. Alamosa County, Colorado
Clovis. Alamosa County, Colorado
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Found by: Don Buhl - Virginia
Made from a light grey quartzite material
Found by: Pat Even - Texas
This is a 5" Kerrville fist axe or as some call it a Butted Knife found in Kendall County, Texas, and I might add one of the finest I have in my collection! - Pat Even
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Directions For Making Petroglyph Oil Rubbings Reprinted from OAS Screenings Vol. 16, No. 11, Nov. 1967 Louise and Malcolm Loring
Select a petroglyph with well defined grooves on relatively smooth rock so that the final picture will show white against painted background.
Materials Required 1. Cloth - new material unsatisfactory. Use old sheets, shirt, etc.
Use brush to clean dirt off rock area so tape 2. Soft Brayer - 4” will stick. Tape will not stick if rock is wet. Tear a piece of cloth to fit over petroglyph, leaving a boarder 3. Artist Oil Paint in Tubes if possible. Tape tightly to rock with plenty of mask4. A Stiff Brush ing tape. Put a small amount of paint (yellow is 5. Masking Tape good) on your flat smooth surface (item 6). Using 6. A flat, smooth surface for paint mixing - An brayer, work it back and forth until smooth. Use a aluminum cake/sweet roll pan, etc taped or small piece of cloth taped to the board to wipe edges mounted to a board. of brayer. Then lightly go over cloth to locate the design of the petroglyph. Go over the entire surface. Then mix a darker paint on the your flat smooth surface, which will give a good contrast and make your petroglyph rubbing show up better. Do not thin paint and it will not go through cloth onto the rock. Use only a small amount of paint on brayer. If left on rock, in the sun for a while, the rubbing will dry enough to take down. If they are not dry enough, use wax paper between each one. Take home and hang to dry for several days. Then iron on back side. Later you can use a spray starch to stiffen, or wash in mild soap and water by hand, dip in instant starch, dry and iron.
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Found by: Ezra Smith - Oklahoma
Black Dalton 2 1/2" found by Ezra Smith 07/04/04
Kay blade 3 1/8" found by Park Waller 05/23/04
Grey Allen 1 3/4" found by Ezra Smith SEP05
Scallorn 1" found by Holli Hanger 08/26/06
Plainview 2 1/8" found by Park Waller SEP05
Blade found by Ezra
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Found by: Bobby Allen - Texas
My name is Bobby Allen and I live in Austin, Texas. Here are some photos of one of my recent finds. I was hunting on a private ranch in Bell Co. when I found this Castorville knife. It is 4 1/4 by 1 3/4 and very thin with bulls-eyes in several places on the blade. It came out of a canyon that has been flooded by the river for thousands of years. There is a lot of wash in soil and debris on top of the camp site. - Bobby Not for Profit
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Found by: Matt McRae - North Carolina
A couple of weeks ago I made a long walk out to this site I know of in Montgomery Co., NC. At first I spotted the Yadkin lying flat out. I have a habit of looking around a second before I pick up a point I've spotted. I noticed the Lecroy laying a few feet away. It was well made, but broken. - Matt
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Found by: Andy Stebbing - Nebraska
On June 22, 2006 I found this small, 1.5 inch, gray flint, archaic point In Northeast Kansas.
I found this Bison Antiquus Skull in Southeast Nebraska. Rough shape, but preserved from that day onward. 34 inches. The condition of his teeth would indicate he died from old age or related complications - Andy 22
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Found by: Andy Stebbing - Nebraska
On August 14, 2006 I picked-up this little artifact in Southeast, Nebraska. It appears to be a haftedknife made of a gray flint. Well used. It measures about 2 inches. - Andy
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Found by: Shade Murray - Alabama
Kirk, Ft Payne Chert Madison Co. Alabama Spring 2006 field find The cream colored Chert really caught my eye against the darker soil.
Little Bear Creek, Dover Morgan Co. Alabama Spring 2006 creek find
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Found by: Jeff Stafford - Arkansas
My first complete Breckenridge Dalton found at Beaver Lake, 11/2 inch long. Made from Reeds Spring Chert
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Scallorn Late Woodland period 1-1/2 inch long Reeds Spring Chert
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Found by: Tommy Estes - Mississippi
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Found by: Roger Gidney - California
A Lake Mojave point made of obsidian found by Carol in the Owens Valley, California. This ancient point is made of a heavily wind polished obsidian.
This is a beautiful Lake Mojave point found by Carol and made out of Ryolite, shown in situ from the Owens Valley, California.
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Found by: Roger Gidney - California
This is a classic Silver Lake point found by Carol in the Owens Valley, California; made of Ryolite
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Found by: Mike and Lori Menichetti - Arkansas
I found this point Tuesday after work along the White River in Carroll Co. AR. It was 78° (In November) so Lori and I left work early to hunt before the sun set.
Found just across the AR border into MO.
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Found by: Ricky Arthur - Utah
These photos were taken in South Eastern Utah. Unusual in that I found the Preform on one trip, and then a nearly complete point of the same material the next time out.
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Found by: Doug Hanson - North Dakota
This Plains, Side- Notched arrowhead was found in the summer of 2006, on privately owned pasture land in Morton County, North Dakota. It is made from Knife River Flint. This arrowhead measures 1-5/8“ long by 5/8” wide at the base and is extremely thin. In the past couple of years of “serious” arrowhead hunting, this is by far the nicest little point I have found. Doug Hanson 31
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Found by: Doug Hanson - North Dakota
This stone hammer was found on the same property in Morton County, North Dakota in the summer of 2006. It measures 6” long, 4” wide at it’s largest part. It weighs 5lbs. A great find for me, as I had not previously found any grooved, stone hammers. Doug Hanson
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