Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: FlintWalker on March 07, 2010, 10:44:20 pm
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But I will be tomorrow. I imagine Jesse will be too.
We went on a little rock run today. We both did pretty good too. Jesse went home with several big nodules and a couple hundred pounds of smaller stuff. I came away with around 200lbs or more of smaller pieces.
It was work getting it though. Most of it was carried close to a mile back to the truck across disc up ground.
We also found an ancient quarry. The ground was littered with broken bi-faces! You couldn't put your foot on the ground without stepping on a flake of flint. We picked up at least 20 broken pieces each, in less than 15 minutes!
Th flint was widely scatterd and rough packing it out...but it was worth every minute of it!
I took a few pictures of the little field we were getting it from ::) Most all of it came from just over the horizon. Those trees you see about halfway there are about 800 yards away.
The next pictures are of Jesse looking in the bottom of a sink hole and him packing about 150lbs on him back.
The fourth is just a few of the pieces we picked up at that quarry.
And the last two shots are of his and my haul for the day.
Thanks Jesse, I appreciate you taking me to your spot. ;)
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Yea I'll be sore.. and i have to wake up at 0445 and do PT :-\
I had fun. that quarry site was really cool and that was one heavy bag.
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wow, lucky! i need to find something like that here
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Here's a few more...
Jesse pulling "wheel barrel duty"
A wheel barrel full and him with one of his "eggs" ;D
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Who needs P90X when you can dig and haul rocks all day. Feel the burn ;D
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Shannon,Jesse you guys sure are lucky
finding good rock and cool artifacts all at the same time,man must be nice
you guys made quit e the haul,looks like a lot of good rock
Jesse,that egg your holding.is that gonna be a dagger?
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I thought about you while I was picking up all those artifacts Tim. I wish you could have been there. You'd have found your first artifact ever in about.......1 minute ;D I didn't even keep any of them. I just picked them up, looked at 'em, and dropped 'em back on the ground :o None of them were notched and I don't think there were any finished points there. I think it was just a place where they knocked out bi-faces. :-\
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that would have been so cool
i would have kept a bunch of the busted bi faces,and grabed a couple to make a point from
i would have been in my glory with all those artifacts there,like i kid at x-mas ;D
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i probably could find a point in some of those nodes! lol
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You guys had one hell of a good day out there rock hounding - wish I coulda been there with ya. Kinda felt like I was though talking to you on the phone while you were huffin and a puffin :D. None of that stuff is free other than monetarily is it ::)? I feel your pain and your rewards. All that stuff is right up my ally and well worth it!!!
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I'm going to saw the eggs Tim. i might saw some thick so i can make daggers from them.
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Great haul boys! I had to take a couple ibuprofen just lookin at the pics!
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You guys had one hell of a good day out there rock hounding - wish I coulda been there with ya. Kinda felt like I was though talking to you on the phone while you were huffin and a puffin :D. None of that stuff is free other than monetarily is it ::)? I feel your pain and your rewards. All that stuff is right up my ally and well worth it!!!
One day my friend...one day ;)
Great haul boys! I had to take a couple ibuprofen just lookin at the pics!
;D "ol Slickfoot won't have any trouble sleepin' tonight
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That would be so awesome. I can't even imagine having access to rock like that. Looks like a bunch of work, but well worth it.
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Looks like a great haul,lots of work but I know for you guys it was worth it. :)
Pappy
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explitive, explitive, some more curse words, explitve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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nice haul. but ya got an empty can of some nasty junk in yer truck. :P that stuff tastes like a dirty sock.
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Yea I'm jealous eh ;) :'(
I guess you and Jesse are supplying the rock at the Classic eh :-*
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Yea I'm jealous eh ;) :'(
I guess you and Jesse are supplying the rock at the Classic eh :-*
Jesse is...at the low low rate of just $2 a pound ;D
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Yea I'm jealous eh ;) :'(
I guess you and Jesse are supplying the rock at the Classic eh :-*
Jesse is...at the low low rate of just $2 a pound ;D
Sounds like a bargain to me ;) :D
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im happy with my mixed box i got from jesse ;)
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The ky blue is going for $2.25 a pound.
Im not trying to advertise on here just letting yall know.
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You guys are so lucky to have access to good rock like that! I don't even know if there is anything good to use around my part of VA. Quartz is about the only usable rock that I know of around here. I may have to pm you about some of that KY blue.
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HOLY SH*%T wow :o :o :o :o good stuff man!!!
Russ
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How is that KY Blue to work with in comparison to Texas Chert?
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If it's Pedernalas your comparing it to...Ky blue would be velvet and the ped would be 40 grit sandpaper ;D
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i havnt been knapping long
one thing i have learned in my short time is
ky blue is saweet matrial to work
i savor every piece i get
one of my fav materials