Talk about "start your day with a BANG "..
I pulled up to sign in garage just before dawn, as "Usual"...ALL those pea brained Guinea fowl were in the garage eating the dog food...They blasted out of there like an explosion...BUT...The explosion continued
Two...
I'm looking for some Do-It-Yourself ideas for making a wiggle pick. I've seen various types on here and would like some ideas how to make my own.
For example, how are leaf springs cut, shaped and welded to handles?
hubby wanted me to ask if anyone uot there might have an old nickle before the 50's and a magnet..he wanst to ask if you cuold test the magnet and see if the nickle is magnetic.
Thanks
Here are some more finds from Burnet County. It wasn't quite as eventfull as last weekend but I still found some cool stuff. Found a couple buffalo teeth, what appears to be the top end of a bone needle, a scraper, a knife of some sort, a few brokes (one of which has...
I would like some inexpensive frames to store points in. I have seen some made of black cardboard with clear plastic tops. Does anyone know where to get them or have another idea?
Are there any girls in the Austin/Taylor area who would like to go arrowhead hunting with me? I am pretty new at this but do not really have anyone to go out with me except rarely. I can provide references
this one set the metal detector off also...hubby cut a window on this one to see what it looked like lol so just let me know what you think. Opinions welcomed.
went to longs dug all day and surface hunted and of course i found a broken one but only the tip was broke but its no bigger than a dime bird point and the back of it looks like a jeweler made it.better luck next time
What camps are producing? I'm am heading out there tomorrow and I am readier than ever to find a good point. Any advice? I will see any of out there that are planning on going.
Hi..my first post. Enjoying post and pics.
This is a find in Coryell Co, What looks to me and others as painted dolphin on right and hard to see at left (picture not great) a buffalo with man on it.
Anyone seen anything like this?
i was'nt going to even show my 4th attempt but i think its salvageable with a technical pen and a few clear washes. my wife says i'm a much better drawer the coloreer. i think its just too busy. i feel like a first grader that just learned something.
this is my...
.......Spyder is dead
I got to Chrisners early and dropped off a fresh cherry pie ( on the vehicle )
Mid morning Spyder followed me to Bill's camp. In a flash he ran after one of those Fence Lizards...
He was scratching around when without any warn...
He is lucky to find everything but what he is looking for, hahaha...this is a piece of shard as he calls them tht he has found and keeps looking for the point or at least more of this material..so onwrd and upward he brings home what he finds and keeps looking. I...
ok guys/gals here is a artifact that makes my metal detector go crazy...does anyone know how I make could test it for metal content without hurting the artifact
sorry i'm gonna try and get back in the swing of things and post some more pics....realizing marcus was on here.......
Possible drills..... you can see the where it was broke.. the one on left has a slight serrated edge to it...
back of them
hvae...
Rescue dog checking out Dig's monster caves
There's about 5 foot of overhang that now has a very impressive crack developed.
I took a chance that it wouldn't swallow my knife.
I told the dog not to walk on that overhang
Same pic area as last week. Blue Bonnets really nicely in bloomed out. Not same flint, that's today's
I wasted some pixels on this "insitu" shot cause I was so pleased with the find. I moved all that old top layer and found 3/8ths of an inch of bottom re...
To recap for Newbies...last yr Badger & I did a serious dig out of the most insignificant shallow drainage in
the middle of nowhere after GeeTen reported he was finding some points in a drainage also nowhere near a known camp.
Turns out our wash has some deep areas...
How do yall feel about buying/ selling artifacts? I personaly would never sell one though i have bought a few. I hope this doesnt start a wildfire just had the same talk with a friend and wanted to know yalls take.
I was inspired by Marc's recent report on Yucca preperation in South America.
I recently spent 70 minutes with the Cahokia family in Illinois who was also preparing some different foods..
This is a good shot of a fire hearth ( as opposed to a fire rock mi...
Pat, Lyn, their granddog Lucy and I did some scouting/surface hunting yesterday in Coryell Co. We didn't have much luck finding the camps but found plenty of beautiful scenery and fresh air.
(Special thanks to the Kinyons for joining me!)
Pat on top of the...
Hello
I am new to the arrowhead world and someone pointed me to his message board. I have been hunting fossils for a few years sporadically but my cousin recently took me arrowhead digging in Louisiana and now I am hooked. I am looking forward to reading everyone'...
Just a very short blurb on the hourly PBS radio news just stated that...
Dr So&So of Tx A&M has found a site in Texas that positively dates to 15,000 yrs BCE....
That would have huge ramifications for the "Clovis first" schools.
And for those that follow this...
Do we know if Cedar Elm/Mountain Cedar inhabited central TX a couple hundred years ago? This is something I wonder while I'm surveying the layout of certain areas when I'm thinking there may have been camps here or there.
Headed back home to Smith County in E. Tx. this weekend. Anyone know of any areas to surface hunt for points? Never did it while I lived there but I have seen some nice points posted from the area. Thanks
Were to start what a day!!!! SW and myself out early this morning put in 7 hours of digging. Had so many laughs my side is hurting. I actually hurt my back pulling off when his hot his hot dance because we were finding points about every 10-15 minutes. So I hope y...
My friends Big B.T. and Shawn Wiley evidently had a good day and are supposed to be posting pics. I know the pics have already been taken, because S.W. and i have been skypeing. so Big B.T. get off the couch or tell your wife you need to use the computer and quit dil...
Here are the points I found this past weekend in Burnet County. I also found about 5 broke pieces, but didn't include them in the picture. The larger point measured 3-1/4" long. I am not sure what it is. I was thinking maybe Travis, but I don't know. Any help is...
What the Temple show is to Texas, The Collinsville artifact show is to the rest of the world.
It's physically the same size square footage wise but include huge selections of pottery - copper goods -
hardstones and many artifacts with regional interest, lik...
( but not North of the Red )
Huge mountain Laurel blooms. Not for long, petals already starting to fall
This skink looks like he thought I was offering a dog biscuit
Well it turns out our bones were just an animal of some sort or another. I had an archeology student at ut show it too her teachers and the "cut" marks are from rodents chewing in the bone.
Still interesting considering the way the animal was buried. Sure...
I found one, Blue Bonnet that is
And there are whole fields of them...Hard to see them...I may be a couple days too early or perhaps these are smaller than previous yrs as predicted by the flower gurus
Two nice drill bases in three days...help
The...
Hello All,
I have been brought to this site through a friend of mine who has been to a few of the Austin Digfests. Some may know him, Charles Meyer.
Anyways we were talking this evening and he has sparked some interest in starting to get into the hobby of searc...
The Mano king has outdone himself this time. 6/12,Idahoe found yet another complete MANO ( grinding stone ) immediatly evident as being made out of pure quartz. After cleaning off the dirt both the grinding surfaces were smooth as glass from grinding use and it is...
What with SandM ,Trav1 and pat dominating the digging world, I hate to bother people with my meager finds. Spent the morning in a dry wash yesterday...
Be they ever so humble, I had fun hoping the NEXT worked piece would be FANTASTICAL
Went diggin with a buddy yesterday and found some nice stuff.
I found the stuff on the top row and he got the stuff on bottom. Montell drill was the find of the day.
cant find anywhere to dig up around lubbock...tryin to get out of the panhandle for the weekend, lookin for a good paydig or private in kendall/bandera/kerr county maybe even out around san angelo..any suggestions?
This fossil was given to me by an old man who said it came from the Red River when a bridge was being built many years ago.It's been in my closet for while as I have nowhere else to put it and don't want it. Not big into fossils so I don't really know what I have. Ca...
Sometimes the "backrounds" in skyshots make one get carried away....
This could have been a really famous " skyshot " with the exact replica of the plane that first soloed the
Atlantic but there was an event being held right underneath and I couldn't...
Because of recent interest in Welk beads and related Conch shell jewelry Paula Kinyon was kind enough to bring to the FredB show a large piece of Conch shell that shows actual manufacture in progress..
Heavy cut line at an important location....as will be seen in...
i recently got permission for a private dig on a ranch . at a place on the san gabrial river. but i dont know where or how to start . can some one help?
remember this happy camper leaving the flint show with his new African flints display case....
This is likely where they came from;;
And another dealers collection;;
Idahoe Bill got us on a private ranch just 10 mi. North of Castroville.
Absolutly amazing, all the plowed farmland in that area was LOADED with flint nodules, from golf ball size to basketball size....A knappers warehouse
Not a single limestone rock, ALL flint...
I'm just trying to find a new digging buddy in san marcos and surrounding areas. I know a ton of places here and in williamson county and am willing to trade. gimme a shout if anybody wants to find one with me here in san marcos.
alan