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To: wolfcreek
I have some points like those except they were found in Texas.

Yep, me too, except they were found in SE Tennessee. This area is loaded with flint arrow heads, spear points, drill points, beads, gaming stones, tomahawk stones, and grinding stones. You can hardly turn a spade of dirt without finding at least flint flakes here in the Sequatchie Valley. My neighbor is really into arrow head hunting. He has a specimens he's collected over the years in plowed farm fields here that rival any museum I've ever seen (and he has literally bucketfuls of arrow heads in his collection) Some Paleo stuff, but mostly Woodlands era. He has several very rare points that are called "pine tree" arrow heads. The serrated edge work looks crudely similar to the outline of a pine tree. These are rare because they are hard to make and the detailed edge work rarely survives being plowed over year after year. Neat stuff!

5 posted on 05/28/2008 6:08:05 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Thermalseeker

I found most of mine along rivers and streams in the area while canoing. It’s hard to find really good specimens unless you’re willing to do a lot of digging which, in many places is illegal


11 posted on 05/28/2008 12:35:32 PM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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