Since I have been washing off my flint finds in the river after a dig, I noticed how the fish come around to investigate. Since flint is so colorfull and reflective shiney when wet, maybe they were attracted to the flint....I did an experiment..

I set a Perd point and a grouper sized hook on a rock to see what they would do...just to get started I put out a small mesh bag filled with bread just to get them around...




They did not seem to notice the test flint ( at least it did not scare them ) so I put down a little arrow to get them in the right direction...



Sure enough, the flint started getting as much attention as the bread..



Now I had an unforeseen problem...I still wanted to do a proper " look what I found " flint pic but they kept swarming over it and blocked the view..



This fish was just about to strike when this wisp of weed drifted by..



Even a big plastic " backround" sheet did not deter their interest in the flint test lure...



I woulda had this one if he had hit the other end of the hook !



The old ways are still the best just to get a pic of clean washed flint finds...



Test conclusion....flint knapped into the shape of a fish and attached to a hook would work good.

The spin off benefit of this research is that it might start a whole new " real " artifact sales ruch on Ebay....Immagine,,,genuine early archaic flint fish lures for only $ 79.99...

hal, i dont think you need that bag o bread i think the fish are more interested in the (pig pen effect) of all the minerals and dust that is washing off your body. and i also noticed i didnt see a dirty pic of michelle every time i saw her pic her blue shirt looked clean and pressed? what did she do, hire someone to get dirty for her. next time you do an underwater visual iwould like to see something a little more exciting than those phirranna. how about sharks next time.

P, let me be clear on this ....

You think the fish are interested in nibbling on me.....
and you want me to use SHARKS next time ???

Wouldn't putting Hal in a cage in shark infested waters be similar to the bread in the bag?

you need a bigger hook

CH ( Chum Hal ) doesn't seem have the same dignity as Shallow Hal. Besides, it's too close to what some in the Austin area already call me.....like the tax man, business people and car repair garages....." Chump " Hal

Te, Your " man in the bread bag " observation was well done ( or Chump in the bread bag )

Back to real flint business; That underwater Perd has a secondary story to tell.
Notice It has been carefully resharpened after laying out in the sun long enough to bleach the surface white. Thats a very lucky Perd....The original owner AND the second owner never hafted it to brake while hunting.

That's a good example of points being reworked hundreds, if not thousands of years later. Somebody finding an antique and re-using it. Those Indians were a frugal bunch weren't they?