Christmas in July

[budmenchaca]

Just got a new batch of rocks in...my dad came in from the TX hill country with a box FULL of goodies! When I opened it I was surprised to see that they are all artifacts! A 125 lb box of genuine artifacts,,,bifaces, preforms, some brokies and a whole lotta beautiful Texas flint.











I had to put them away for now..but I'll probably be up late tonight drooling over some rocks.

Enjoy!

[seider]

WOW That is a haul.  He did some digging around..

[TRACY]

That is awesome! How long did it take him to gather that many points?

Tracy

[budmenchaca]

These artifacts are an accumilation of several years of hunting. My brother-in-law manages a deer lease in Llano, Tx. (Lucky!) He has free range to play on a 5500 acre ranch near historical Enchanted Rock.

I was told that he had a box of flint for me to bust up into arrowheads and whatnot...but when I cracked open the box I was face to 'biface' with all these beauts!!

Definitely not hittin' any of these with a bopper or hammerstone!

I can't wait to get in there and check em all out.

[cowboy]

Now there's a bunch of perds! Nice collection, now where'd he stash all the good stuff ?

[Sparrow]

WOW !   ......I see some cool bases there. Out to the tarp ! !  Lucky dude ! ! !   '  Frank

[seider]

My uncle is a teacher in cherokee and i know that area very well have found some really nice points out in that neck of the woods... 

[bowtarist]

Good Gift!!  I'd keep the points, but I see a bunch of nice pieces I'd knap too. dp

[budmenchaca]

Cowboy...Turns out they do have some more rock (the good stuff). I just gotta go get it!    So needless to say, I'll be making a rock run very soon. Most-likely this coming up weekend. The local material happens to be Root Beer, Pedernales, Georgetown and a few others I'm not sure of.  I'll try and get enough to satisfy my 'fix' with enough left over for trading. I love trading on here!

Sparrow...I still have to inventory the whole lot but as of right now I've counted over 100 brokies and over 50 bifaces and countless other pieces I have yet to go through. Also in the box was a couple of wierd tools. One looked like an oversized guitar pick out of some sandstone and a hematite sphere (effigy?)...I also pulled out a small pc of pottery. Good stuff!

Seider...That's too weird. I've got an uncle that lives in Cherokee too! It's beautiful country. Lots a places for an indian to hide his goodies!

Bowtarist...I've got several ugly preform/bifaces that I'm considering busting up. I'm having an inner struggle with myself though    To knap, or not to knap...THAT is the question.

[bowtarist]

One of my neighbors upon moving from the state gave me a small batch of points/flakes and a biface or two.  I kept the points and put the flake/biface in my knapping kit.  I made a nice point out of a hornstone piece she gave me and I felt really great the whole time.  I figured the pieces I were given came from a debitage pit and had been discarded or put to the side, ready to use.    What a cache, I looked @ the pics again thismornig. dpg

[seider]

What is his name i might know him.  There is alot of good flint down there but i have never found any around llano it is all granite.  Have looked at cherokee just not llano need to go run around on some back roads and see what i find..  That sounds like a good road trip.  Plus coopers in llano have to make a stop there