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Flint Ridge pickup
JEB:
Roy's place is right across the road from the Flintridge State park. It is the lot with the fence around it, lol You bought some beautiful rock.
Gimlis Ghost:
Many years ago I had just read a Murder Mystery ( Dancehall of the Dead) set on an Indian Reservation. At one point an unusual arrowhead was mentioned. This was a pink quartz of some kind which was rare in the South West where the story was set. It was stated that these arrowheads were valued trade goods between tribes.
These heads had a chisel like tip among other things. The stone was opaque and looked like plastic. I know exactly what they looked like because lo and behold less than a week later I looked down and saw one poking of of the surface of a trail.
If I had not read that book I'd have had no clue that it was an arrowhead.
Looking at it you'd think the tip had snapped off but in fact they were made this way as a bone cutting chisel point. The stone probably wouldn't hold a sharp point anyway.
It,s still around here somewhere I'm sure but where I have no idea.
ssrhythm:
Must Not COVET! MUST...NOT....COVET! No use...I'm coveting just a smidge!
mullet:
I can't wait to play with some of that when you get here. Safe travels.
JEB:
Gimlis. Interesting story. I hunt arrowheads in the SW and was in an area where carnelian could be found. For the most part carnelian can be more orange than pink but I found a carnelian arrowhead artifact that was pinkish/white frosty in color.
I would post a photo but for ME it is easier to get a root canal than post a photo,lol
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