« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: 1st Rock run of 2013  (Read 3631 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Tower

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,296
1st Rock run of 2013
« on: January 22, 2013, 04:01:17 pm »
My brother & I were out arrowhead hunting last sunday. We didn't find any artifacts worth mentioning, but we did find an ancient flint quarry. These nodules were picked up in 5 minutes. There are some that look to be 40± lbs just lying on the ground .  More nodules than you can shake a spalling hammer at.  This place has some of the largest nodules I have seen.  They seam to be very good stone.  Tower
Logged
He who sacrifices freedom for a security deserves neither one.  Benjamin Franklin!

Offline TRACY

  • Member
  • Posts: 4,523
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2013, 04:40:04 pm »
Drooling ! Very nice haul Tower!

Tracy
Logged
It is what it is - make the most of it!    PN500956

Offline Bone pile

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,490
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2013, 05:48:39 pm »
You're killin'me. Nice haul man ,can't wait to see the beauties you find in them.
Bone
Logged
Venice Florida

Offline sinkhole

  • Member
  • Posts: 2
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2013, 06:57:29 pm »
It was more like six minutes really.  ;D Cannot wait to go again.
Logged

Offline Outbackbob48

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,752
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2013, 07:19:55 pm »
I am so jealous, even if we had any flint here it would all be covered up with snoooooooow.  6 degrees and a mean wind driving a side ways whiteout. :( :( :(. Looks like some good stone, what kind is it. Later Bob
Logged

Offline Tower

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,296
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2013, 07:54:29 pm »
Its Edwards flint. Colors range from a tan with light banding to a rootbeer.  Fairly common stone for this area. Hopefully I will get to spall it tomorrow.
Logged
He who sacrifices freedom for a security deserves neither one.  Benjamin Franklin!

Stringman

  • Guest
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2013, 10:05:52 pm »
Awww Man!!! Now I'm wishin I could play in YOUR sandbox!  :'(   What a haul! Looks like fun times ahead of you. Let me know if you run out of room to store all that good rock.

Scott
Logged

Offline YosemiteBen

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,935
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2013, 12:30:59 am »
all of the above! very nice passing of five or six minutes.
Logged

Offline AncientArcher76

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,113
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2013, 02:04:39 am »
Tower that load will do just fine..send me some rock!!!  LOL

Russ :P
Logged
Time, dedication, cuts, tons of broken rock, a wife, and perhaps a few girlfriends are some of what it takes in becoming a skilled flint knapper!!!
 
"Ancient Art"  by R. Hill

Offline soy

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,897
  • pm106221
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2013, 04:11:34 am »
If someone would told me 2 years ago That I would be grinning like the butcher's  dog staring at a photo of a pickup truck with rocks in it........ man that's a beautiful sight :o
Logged
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

Offline JackCrafty

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 5,621
  • Sorry Officer, I was just gathering "materials".
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2013, 11:24:09 am »
Wait... that truck was empty last time I saw it!   :o ;D
Logged
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

Patrick Blank
Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr

Offline Tower

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,296
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2013, 12:07:58 pm »
Patrick that's what I found the day after I saw you. Heck now I have to clean it out again.
Logged
He who sacrifices freedom for a security deserves neither one.  Benjamin Franklin!

Offline AncientArcher76

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,113
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2013, 06:08:48 pm »
Must be nice I have to wait for 2foot of snow to melt and for the frost in the ground to thaw..let alone for it to be warm enough to wade through the creeks before I can even begin to get rock!...I'm. Te3lling u as did my wife before I'm dead I'm moving to a warm area with lots of flint!...



Russ
Logged
Time, dedication, cuts, tons of broken rock, a wife, and perhaps a few girlfriends are some of what it takes in becoming a skilled flint knapper!!!
 
"Ancient Art"  by R. Hill

Offline Tower

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,296
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2013, 06:18:42 pm »
Well its 78 degrees here today w/ lots of stone to be gathered.
Logged
He who sacrifices freedom for a security deserves neither one.  Benjamin Franklin!

Offline JackCrafty

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 5,621
  • Sorry Officer, I was just gathering "materials".
Re: 1st Rock run of 2013
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2013, 07:00:44 pm »
It's hard not to have stone with you at all times, ain't it?  Even for a few hours... ;)
Logged
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

Patrick Blank
Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »