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One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

Got out to dig on my birthday yesterday and I was justly rewarded. I couldn't have hoped for a better day in Burnet County.

At 11:30am I had this sticking out at me. (I hope it's all there....)



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A few moments later (it's still there....)


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And the result! YES!!!!!



The blade had a little cortex on the end, but she sure is a beauty!
One side


And the other


I kept digging for a few more hours and nothing else came out, so I moved to another camp. Good thing I did, or I wouldn't had gotten this heartbreaker blade and two nice little birdies.




How much more could someone hope for on their birthday!

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

Thats a nice one bud......looks sharp!!!!

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

That is one awesome insitu and blade!! Yeah, great B.D. present, Congrats

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

Awesome finds!

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Best present I could think of! Sweet finds and Happy Birthday!

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Congratulations on the finds and belated Happy Birthday!!

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Great Scott, what a find!!!! CONGRATS.
Happy Birthday!!!

gman

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

Excellent report.

That Cortex end I have always taken as the Knappers way of showing off a bit. Maybe to show he was able to use
every millimeter of the flint flake without thinning.
A LOT of missile points show the cortex very close to the base, for the color aesthetic ?

Happy 23rd

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

Thank you very much to everyone for the comments and birthday wishes! I was very pleased to see the response.

Hal, I wish it was my 23rd, but I passed that one quite a while back. Does that mean I am getting wiser?

Michelle, I think you have some competition for the front page, what do you say?

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

I have several big blades with some cortex remaining on the bases. Those blades are all Angosturas. Good find; you were the first person to touch that blade in the past 8000 to 9000 years.

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

redman
I have several big blades with some cortex remaining on the bases. Those blades are all Angosturas. Good find; you were the first person to touch that blade in the past 8000 to 9000 years.


Redman, so is the flaking representative of paleo flaking? I see some parallel flaking on it, but this blade came out of the same level as a 4" bulverde found by another guy. Just wondering.

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

You had that 1 coming on ur b-day....... find a frame more and many more..

Re: One Nice Birthday present!!! 2-14-12

nice!! That blade is sweet man. Happy birthday bud.