Arrowheads

Really starting to enjoy this retired life. Sure got a lot of honey-dos stacking up though. Got to go on an arrowhead screen dig near Carthage close to where my hog hunting place is. Word was the dirt was headed to be removed for road building so probably a one time thing. Got some neat points made from petrified wood and one with the extra notches that is an area specific type called an Evans. It is normal for the points to be more crude looking due to the lack of better material to work with in that part of the country. Will be nice colorful editions to my arrowhead frames. Next stop, backpacking and fly fishing Black Canyon of the Gunnison in CO hoping to time with the epic Salmonfly hatch.



I invited my hog hunting buddy along. His first time to do anything like this and his first arrowheads ever. He got into some great beginners luck finding about two to my one across the same screen. I was happy for him.

That Sir is awesome right there. Great finds

That looks like a great day!

Very cool points....thanks for posting

Yep

very cool arrowheads

That’s neat. If they could only talk.

Those screens are interesting. Do you mind elaborating on the process?

That Evans is a cool point. I never hunter far enough east to find one. From the point types and materials, it looks like you were hunting somewhere near Rayburn.

had never seen points from petrified wood, thanks for sharing

Nice finds.

awesome...

Unfortunately, most of the points we have in my area (Deep East Texas) are from petrified wood. Even heat treated...it is difficult to work and points are often very crude. The exception sometimes being points from heat treated Palm-wood.

I hardly bother hunting for points here. I grew up in the Hill Country and there is a plethora of great artifacts there...made from superior materials. Spent many, many hours searching there.

flintknapper, I have a handful of points I've found in Webb Co. made from petrified palm. Pink or light in color with black dots on them. Were the pinkish hued ones heat treated?

There's no way to know what flint was heat treated without seeing it up close. The pink material you're taking about is probably novaculite. It's generally pink with darker speckles. Some of most iconic artifacts ever found in TX/OK/AR were made of novaculite. It knaps beautifully, from birdpoints to giant blades. Google the Atlas Spear if you want to see what that era was capable of.

Thank you, sir.

Really cool finds.

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Thanks, flintknapper.

NICE FIND!