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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Stone hunting
« on: September 01, 2014, 02:26:12 pm »
Well, I struck out. Here is my haul from this weekend. Any i.d's?  >:D
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2014, 09:24:54 pm »
My suggestion is a landscape supply. They sometimes sell bull rock flint. It needs heat treating.

Offline Tower

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2014, 10:33:43 pm »
THATS  mighty bare . 
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 10:42:13 pm »
That top right one looks to be good but small, rest of em look interesting. Slim pickens at best. Looks like you need to get into some trades :).
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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 11:47:00 pm »
The top right and top left are the same. Both seem to be like Obsidian, but are root beer brown. The light colored one is banded, but looks like it would be good besides that.
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2014, 10:34:02 am »
I would kill for that here in Illinois...haha

Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2014, 02:29:56 pm »
I would kill for that here in Illinois...haha
Remind me to stay away from Illinois! Especially if I have a couple of rocks in my pocket.  ;)

Offline Zuma

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2014, 05:37:55 pm »
If you would like better id, take a flake off each and then take a close up pic of the two together.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2014, 11:12:20 am »
I have found many similar pieces of flint like those, on the Ohio River banks. The biggest piece I have found was just a little bigger than a golf ball. They seem to be high quality flint but small. They have that smooth finish on the outside which may be from rolling or being washed in the rivers for a long time. The lighter brown exterior colored one looks like pieces I have found in creeks around Carter Caves, Kentucky. Again, they have good quality flint but small and thin exterior finish on them( not a chalky cortex). I always find them on creeks or rivers, that look like those. Found some on the Greenbrier River in West Virginia and I actually found some quarter size pieces in black, in Colorado on the side of a rocky slope. Broke a couple open and they had that smooth hard glassy look.

I always thought it was cool to find them. Those small pieces could be used to start a flint and steel fire or make a small flint for a flintlock muzzleloader or just a quick cutting edge for something if needed. 

I do not know how they are formed or what type of flint they are, but they are found in many places. They also have a distinct outside appearance that is noticeable once you know what to look for.

Just some of my observations...
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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 01:14:58 pm »
What caught my eye is that when broken they aren't shiny. They are dull like an acid washed glass, Really sharp though.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 04:03:18 pm »
I have hit many stones while archery shooting.  Never get much for penetration, though.  Tough to kill.

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2014, 11:04:57 pm »
That is 4 more than I found :'(
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Stone hunting
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2014, 07:01:58 am »
I would kill for that here in Illinois...haha

Are you in northern half? Drive to the southern half St. Louis area and get you some ;D
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