Well said my friend , I think mr Andrew is one of those fellows that I'm sure you have had at least a time or to , have met out on the digs , that whine & complain the whole time they are there. Those kind of people can't understand that you have to put in your time & pay your dues & the luck of the draw is in fates hand. You first have to love with all your hearts passion to hunt arrowheads. I'm sure most of us here on this forum have walked more miles , I bet into the thousand's to find them points, some days bad & then there was that special day that was awesome , I keep hunting & looking & going to the pay digs , for that next awesome day , never knowing when in will be, in the process of going , you have fun , share stories & meet new people & make new friends , that alone is worth the the money you spend on going . Good show & thanks for the report. Cliff.
You nailed it Cliff. I've worn out many a pair of boots and pulled many a cactus or mesquite thorn out after tromping around in the brush looking for points and coming home with nothing but a bad sunburn and a couple of tips or bases. Walked more miles then I care to count for little or no return. If those points were just laying around by the thousands, it'd take all the fun out of it.
If you're going to a screen dig to make money or getting your monies worth in finds, then good luck. You got a better chance buying lottery tickets. The digs are for the thrill of the hunt and the occassional trophy that makes your day. We've done enough to have a few of those trophies, and now they're proudly mounted on the wall.
Although my finds were not Killer we saw some points off the tables that were really nice. Perdiz especially. Take a look at that young diggers face when he screened a point. Priceless ! I hope he will become a fan of digging. I found my first Bell Variant (after Cyrus went deep and after spending countless hours looking) and it's on the way to Gomer. Although is missing a wing and part of another, it's fluted and early post paleo. This point was in the ground before the Pyramids were built. I do not have an example of it so will post the before and after when it gets back. Who cares if its restored, it's a super example of the type. Try and find one. The Indian broke it while knapping it so I am reasonabally sure he went without dinner. It has a small inclusion and I can see exactly where and why it broke in process. That is the beauty of artifact hunting.
You can see the inclusion on the left side, possible cause of the break. Real colorful flint, that's the beauty of digging in the hill country. More colors then anywhere else.
That does have good fluting on it Idaho. Wonder if the flute was knapped in before the point ever took shape?
"insitu" even on a screen really brings the fun of finding right to the home audience.
Ida, long as your in the market for a new camera, how about looking into a 3D model so we can 'TOUCH' your upcoming finds too
And nice job on the Bell closeup in getting it lined up with the beer can stain on the table to show where the missing section was. !
this site is on its last leg to no one posting like a few yrs ago . yall ran off the local diggers and look at the crapy digfest yall did last year .
we went to a dig with lunker brad and had a blast at rolands that guy was a real outdoorsmen .
looks like this site is down to about 6 guys that post lmao .
That was sure luck to find the core to the point. I'm always looking for matching flakes when we find any artifact, whole or broke. Figure if it was being knapped out in an area, there'd be the flakes with it. I'll keep looking.
Nice finds, looks like a successful dig to me! I sure want a Kerrville knife in my collection. Thanks for the beautiful sunset shot as well. As to the agitators, probably best to just ignore them, and hopefully they'll crawl back under their rocks.
Excellent posting Sandman ! It was my pleasure meeting you. And I am sure we will again. I am truly amazed at the age of the points coming out. We have Paleo, post paleo and up from there. As the camp is dug to the river I am positive it will only get better. And I am sure that Andice will make it to the tables. I am hopeful the negative posters will just go away. When we get together again lets make a weekend out of it and have the pit roasting while we dig. You have some good stuff for a half day. Thank you for sharing.
Good show Sandy
Checkout the old posting by the king of Pipe Creeks ( Tucker )..The description is also listed in the Hester book. Must be an oversight that it's not in the OverS.
Old looks good, we'd like to hear what the experts call it.
That bottom pic is the kind I like where extreme age artifacts are close together,found at the same site...
Idahoe, Great posts & pictures of the dig, thanks for posting. Is TJ & Cyrus digging on just weekends or any day they get enough people there? Thanks, John
I believe for now it's weekends. You need to call Cyrus. What a great guy. The screens are always full of dirt to screen .. We hit the Bell dirt last time and it will get better as they move to the river. I am amazed at the dates of the finds. Bell-Andice to Woodland. Most of what are we finding now are early to mid archaic. The bird points are exceptional. Lots of brokes but you know the drill. Move a lot of dirt to find the killer. We will be out weekend after next.