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Help artifact guys!
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11/04/18 09:33 PM
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My son-in-law found this point today. Southwest Mills county close to the Colorado river. I know nothing about them. Would just like a few opinions. What it was used for, etc?
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11/04/18 09:38 PM
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I would say that is a spear point. If so it would have been put on a long pole and used in either battle or for killing large game.
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11/04/18 09:40 PM
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Re: Help artifact guys!
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11/04/18 10:03 PM
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11/04/18 10:14 PM
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Atlatl point, I would say early Archaic stemmed/Bifurcated that could fall into a few categories. Many time a single point can be given a different name just due to wear and being re-chipped.
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11/04/18 10:39 PM
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Atlatl point, I would say early Archaic stemmed/Bifurcated that could fall into a few categories. Many time a single point can be given a different name just due to wear and being re-chipped. Yep. It's possible it could be Pedernales, but the flaking and weak shoulders looks more Hoxie to me. Hoxie technology is much older than Pedernales. Early archaic, like HWY said. http://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Hoxie.htmlhttp://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Pedernales.html
Last edited by ImTheReasonDovesMourn; 11/04/18 10:41 PM.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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11/04/18 10:41 PM
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11/04/18 11:30 PM
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11/04/18 11:40 PM
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Congratulations to him. Always special to pick up something from a previous hunter that's been in that spot, centuries (or more) before you.
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11/05/18 12:15 AM
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11/05/18 12:33 AM
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11/05/18 12:41 AM
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Looks a tad big and heavy for an arrow point. Likely a spear point.
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11/05/18 02:16 AM
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11/05/18 02:39 AM
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Looks a tad big and heavy for an arrow point. Likely a spear point. It's not an arrow point. It's a dart point for an Atlatl dart.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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11/05/18 06:51 PM
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Awesome find
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11/05/18 07:05 PM
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Great find, Mills county has lots of them. with all the recent heavy rains, should be a good time to find them.
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11/05/18 07:16 PM
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I hunted a ranch on the Colorado near Brady. They were covered up in them. Ranch foreman had a collection that would blow your mind.
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11/05/18 07:49 PM
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Congratulations to him. Always special to pick up something from a previous hunter that's been in that spot, centuries (or more) before you. There is a spot me and the kids arrowhead hunt sometimes up near the Red River. I explained to them how even if all you pickup is flint chips that they had been handled by an indian at one time or another. I have a few points, nothing as cool as this though. Nice find.
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11/16/18 01:43 AM
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The Colorado River bottom is full of Indian camps. You may find more.
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11/16/18 01:59 AM
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Great find. Every time I pick or dig one up I wonder if I might one day have the chance to meet the person who made it.
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11/16/18 02:35 AM
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Many places along the Brazos river where they camped have a lot of broken ones.
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11/16/18 03:26 AM
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Awesome find
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11/16/18 01:58 PM
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11/16/18 02:28 PM
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11/16/18 03:25 PM
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I hunted a ranch on the Colorado near Brady. They were covered up in them. Ranch foreman had a collection that would blow your mind. My G-Grandfather was a farmer outside Brady. He would frequently turn up points while plowing. He had a collection that filled three 24x24 boards full up. Great find.
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