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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: jturkey on January 27, 2011, 12:11:50 am

Title: looking???
Post by: jturkey on January 27, 2011, 12:11:50 am

Where would i look for any kind of flint in Mississippi? who would i call that would be able to help me i really want to get into knapping to feel out my skills and to honor the older ways of doing things.

Title: Re: looking???
Post by: jamie on January 28, 2011, 06:16:06 am

ask jesse (leapingbear)

Title: Re: looking???
Post by: leapingbare on January 28, 2011, 08:15:17 am

Ive never been to MS.
 I hear there is flint in the creeks in the North East part of the state.
 Also you could plane a trip to Arkansas and get some novaculite. google megnet cove and novaculite.
 I know there is a chert called MS river gravel that makes some killer points. But i am not sure were its found, maybe could google that to.
 Good luck!

Title: Re: looking???
Post by: Bill Skinner on February 01, 2011, 10:29:05 pm

The area around Meridian has lots of Tallahatta quartzite.   There is chert around Corinth, where I don't have a clue, it looked like Horse Creek.  Look up Ken Austin, he knows the where  about of every source of knappable stone in Mississippi.  He will be at the Moundville,Al. knap in March 12-13.  Bill