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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 12:33:54 am

Title: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 12:33:54 am
Did a little rock run today. Did'nt find anything spectacular but being in a creek bed sure beats being on a jobsight. Found a point at work and got the fever ;D. I knew Tracy F was in Indiana so I got ahold of him aquired directons and off I went - thanks Tracy. This stuff is sharp, I left some blood in that creek ;).

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Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 12:34:49 am
couple more. 

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Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 12:35:36 am
oops.

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Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: sailordad on August 08, 2010, 12:37:35 am
nice looking stuff
like the size of them tabs  ;)

if ya want you can send some my way  ;D
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: ricktrojanowski on August 08, 2010, 08:04:01 am
Looks like a good haul to me.  That ought to keep you busy for a while.
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: Timo on August 08, 2010, 08:11:31 am
Now you can make ya one of them 12:1 Turkey tails! ;)
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: Hardawaypoints on August 08, 2010, 08:24:06 am
Nice haul.  I love working that hornstone.  Most I ever saw was in nodules.
 >:DRock envy.

Jim
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 11:21:57 am
There was a little bit of everything in there - nodules, tabs, and lenses. Most all of it was so fractured that it was hard to find a big enough peice to keep. Those big tabs are nice looking but are gravel :). I suspect though, if a feller had time and some want too - he could do some digging and come up with some nice stuff..
 12:1 turkey tail, hmm.. think I'll work on a thebes ::).
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: TRACY on August 08, 2010, 09:18:34 pm
Looks like it wasn't a complete wash and yes the little millitary shovel does a great job getting to the non freeze fractured nodules in the bank. Wish I could have joined you and helped find some better pieces to load up on. Beats work!

Tracy
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 08, 2010, 09:58:09 pm
I'd like to say we'll hook up and do that again sometime Tracy, but there's no telling if i'll ever be back here. Like i said: if your in my part of the country and the planets align  ::). I'll take ya down where you can get a truck load of that perd, or is that concrete ;D?
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: criverkat on August 09, 2010, 12:20:07 am
"wow' nice rock,  cowboy point me to that perd stash and ill load it up for you  ;D
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: AncientArcher76 on August 09, 2010, 12:47:10 am
Nice haul Cowboy and when I say there is nothing like getting ur own rock!  U appreciate it hauling heavy buckets back to the truck!  Next time I go I will take some pics...I had to leave some huge chunks of high grade Esopus in the river I tried my best to dig it out and no luck ...I hope to find it again when I go back!  One other thing that messes me up is that all the rocks have a coating of fine mud on them and all look the same color so unless u know the shape of the rock u are looking for u walk on past some quality stone...  Have a great day  Oh and by the way I wish I had perdenales everywhere here!

Russ
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: leapingbare on August 09, 2010, 03:32:28 pm
cool!
Title: Re: Indiana hornstone
Post by: cowboy on August 09, 2010, 05:33:31 pm
Hey, David: Anywhere west of San Antonio ;D.