Quartz Points

[nogginnocker]

The serrations on the smaller point are really impressive to me.

 

[Willjo]

That little serrated quartz point is a smoker

 

[walkinboss01]

Good looking points. Congrats

 

[antharper]

Nice finds

 

[nrh0011]

Very nice. Found this one today.

 

[Thunder Head]

Nice!
You dont see many of those white quartz with serrations like that.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Nice finds!

I bet that serrated one was a Palmer like the one at the left, with the base broken by an impact.

 

[dtala]

is that larger quartz point a local north Ga point? and what do ya'll call that type?

 

[Artfuldodger]

I wonder if knapping quartz is harder than chert or flint? Those are all some nice points!

 

[dtala]

quartz is a LOT harder to snap than almost any chert or flint. Hard to run a flake any distance.

 

[NCHillbilly]

is that larger quartz point a local north Ga point? and what do ya'll call that type?

If you’re asking about mine, the bigger white quartz one is a Hardaway side-notch. The yellow quartzite one is what we call a small Savannah River or Ottare Stemmed. Those aren’t originals, I knapped them.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I wonder if knapping quartz is harder than chert or flint? Those are all some nice points!

Yes. Much harder.

 

[dtala]

good job on that Hardaway side notch.

 

[dtala]

When I lived in LaGrange I found prolly a hundred white quartz points along the river. Almost all were very crude and ugly. I also found a beautiful clear crystal quartz point that was well knapped. And a total of ONE chert point.

 

[onedude]

If you’re asking about mine, the bigger white quartz one is a Hardaway side-notch. The yellow quartzite one is what we call a small Savannah River or Ottare Stemmed. Those aren’t originals, I knapped them.

They look great! I want to watch somebody make one one day.

 

[NCHillbilly]

good job on that Hardaway side notch.

Thanks.

 

[tad1]

All nice points, NCH those you knapped are off the chain!
JT

 

[onedude]

NCHillbilly if you ever do a demo making points I want to come watch!

 

[mamatried]

When I lived in LaGrange I found prolly a hundred white quartz points along the river. Almost all were very crude and ugly. I also found a beautiful clear crystal quartz point that was well knapped. And a total of ONE chert point.

Were the quartz points you found in LaGrange all from around the same time period? The reason i ask is i met a feller 20 years ago that showed me a couple of cases of little quartz points he found around LaGrange. Roughly 90% were tiny bolen bevels. He had a couple of lil dalton lookin points too. Wish i had taken a photo then.

 

[dtala]

mama tried, all of mine were from much later period.

I was working on the COE parks, building roads. After a rain you could walk those roads and pick points up by the handful.