My entire artifact collecion

[Pig Predator]

10 years of surface finds in extreme nega and swga.

 

[Nicodemus]

You have some nice stuff there.

 

[Pig Predator]

You have some nice stuff there.

Thanks, I have a lot more percussion flakes and chips in a jar. My plan is to turn that coffee table into a big shadow box. Maybe even do a little mosaic art piece in there if I get too bored with it.

 

[kmckinnie]

No wonder I can’t find any.

Nice collection.

 

[RamblinWreck88]

That's very cool. I could tell you'd found an artifact or two but didn't know it was that many!

 

[Pig Predator]

No wonder I can’t find any.

Nice collection.

Thanks

 

[Pig Predator]

That's very cool. I could tell you'd found an artifact or two but didn't know it was that many!

Thanks. Very few where found on top of the ground. Most just had a worked edge, ear or tip exposed.

 

[Sixes]

Great finds

 

[Pig Predator]

Great finds

Thanks.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

That’s a nice collection. Lots of walking and thinking going on.

 

[Pig Predator]

That’s a nice collection. Lots of walking and thinking going on.

Thanks. Good bit of walking but not a whole lot of thinking involved.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Really nice collection. That's a good Stanley down there in the middle, don't see many of those.

 

[jNick]

That’s amazing! Is it legal to sell those if you wanted to? I’ve heard there’s a black market for them. I have a friend that catches and sells grass shrimp for a living that finds them in the bottom of the lake and supposedly sold his collection for a small fortune, but I didn’t want to ask specifics.

 

[Pig Predator]

Really nice collection. That's a good Stanley down there in the middle, don't see many of those.

Thanks. I dont know the names or the time periods for any of it though. What peaked my intrest the most is that some of them look as if the same knapper made them but were found 300 miles apart from one another.

 

[Pig Predator]

That’s amazing! Is it legal to sell those if you wanted to? I’ve heard there’s a black market for them. I have a friend that catches and sells grass shrimp for a living that finds them in the bottom of the lake and supposedly sold his collection for a small fortune, but I didn’t want to ask specifics.

I dont think they're illegal to sell but they're worth more to me than what they'd probably fetch anyway.

 

[Nicodemus]

That’s amazing! Is it legal to sell those if you wanted to? I’ve heard there’s a black market for them. I have a friend that catches and sells grass shrimp for a living that finds them in the bottom of the lake and supposedly sold his collection for a small fortune, but I didn’t want to ask specifics.

In Georgia its not against the law to sell legally obtained artifacts. I`ve seen a couple found down here in Southwest Georgia that went for thousands of dollars, apiece.

 

[NCHillbilly]

In Georgia its not against the law to sell legally obtained artifacts. I`ve seen a couple found down here in Southwest Georgia that went for thousands of dollars, apiece.

Buddy of mine made a down payment on a house from a bulltongue Simpson he found diving in FL. It was pictured in the Best of the Best.

 

[antharper]

Great collection !

 

[longrangedog]

Thanks. I dont know the names or the time periods for any of it though. What peaked my intrest the most is that some of them look as if the same knapper made them but were found 300 miles apart from one another.

At a Jim Langford lecture many years ago Jim told the story of a pottery maker who used a carved wood paddle to decorate his pots while the clay was wet. His check stamp pattern was a common one but what was distinctive about his paddle (and pottery) was a crack in the wood. His pottery was easily identified and found in distant areas across the state.

 

[Tentwing]

Wow …… just Wow thank you for sharing …… that is some great stuff . I wish I could have some one look at my collection and identity the points in it for me. It would be great for my grandchildren to know what all “ those rocks “ that their PawPaw left behind really are ………