ID this point please

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 14, 2016

I don't know squat about points and am the worlds worst at finding them, but this one jumped right out at me today on the job site.

Not a rock we have growing around here so I'm guessing white flint or chert???

Is it a Hopewell point? It measures about 1 1/2" long.

NCHillbilly · Jul 14, 2016

If I found it around here, I'd call it a Kirk Corner-notched. It looks like it had some deep notches with a little bit of dogleg like a Lost Lake, but it doesn't have any beveling.

It looks like it never had the final sharpening done on it, really.

Nicodemus · Jul 14, 2016

Yea, I`d call it a Kirk. Would have been a nice one too. Material looks like a light Coastal Plains Chert.

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 14, 2016

Thank ya gentlemen. And Hillbilly, don't let that nice serrated edge fool you. It'll cut. :smash:

JustUs4All · Jul 14, 2016

The break looks pretty fresh too.

NCHillbilly · Jul 14, 2016

Miguel Cervantes said:
Thank ya gentlemen. And Hillbilly, don't let that nice serrated edge fool you. It'll cut.

Oh, I'm sure it will. It would cut a lot better with some more work, though. I hunt with those things and have spent a lot of time figuring out the best way to sharpen them. I usually end up with tiny micro-serrations.

Bucky T · Jul 14, 2016

Too bad you broke it.....

:rofl:

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 14, 2016

NCHillbilly said:
Oh, I'm sure it will. It would cut a lot better with some more work, though. I hunt with those things and have spent a lot of time figuring out the best way to sharpen them. I usually end up with tiny micro-serrations.

I've watched Nic make points, and I still don't see a rock the way he does when he goes to knappin. I just end up with a pile of flakes.

Bucky T said:
Too bad you broke it.....

Found it that way, but thanks for trying to hang with the grown ups. Keep trying.

Any idea what period this point would be from ?

Bucky T · Jul 14, 2016

9500-8500 B.C.

Get a sense of humor.... LOL!

NCHillbilly · Jul 14, 2016

If it's Kirk, what Bucky T said. Early Archaic.

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 15, 2016

NCHillbilly said:
If it's Kirk, what Bucky T said. Early Archaic.

Sorry, it's my first time in the primitive skills section. I wasn't aware that childish drivel was allowed in here too.

I promise not to make that mistake again.

apoint · Jul 27, 2016

Yep it's a Kirk made of coastal plains chert. Not much of that kind of chert in Bethlehem/Loganville area. Better go back to where you found it and look for some more. Was there water in the area?

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 28, 2016

apoint said:
Yep it's a Kirk made of coastal plains chert. Not much of that kind of chert in Bethlehem/Loganville area. Better go back to where you found it and look for some more. Was there water in the area?

Very little on the exact location. There was about 1/4 or so mile away though.

apoint · Jul 28, 2016

Try hunting the closest hill by the water.

Bucky T · Jul 28, 2016

Seriously, dang shame it's broke.. But a great find anyway! Chert and flint points found in the piedmont are always great finds.

Miguel Cervantes · Jul 28, 2016

apoint said:
Try hunting the closest hill by the water.

That's the other side of the road and under new ownership. No access allowed, I think they're Yankees.

blood on the ground · Jul 28, 2016

Nice find mig!

dutchman · Aug 2, 2016

Miguel Cervantes said:
Sorry, it's my first time in the primitive skills section. I wasn't aware that childish drivel was allowed in here too.

I promise not to make that mistake again.

Scooter, that sort of thing is a part of you showing up. It comes along with you, evidently...

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