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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Pelo on February 01, 2016, 02:48:29 pm

Title: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Pelo on February 01, 2016, 02:48:29 pm
I don't have but a few arrowheads collected and bought from trusted sources. But after weighing them out I found they averaged around 14 grains. Looking at some of the new hunting points weighing over 100 grains has got me to wondering what other folks have in their collections. I have my doubts that there are many artifacts over 50 grains. Let's see you're heiaviest and lightest stuff.
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Sasquatch on February 01, 2016, 03:19:50 pm
I've found some that weigh like 5-15 grains. So small.
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Zuma on February 01, 2016, 09:26:39 pm
I have a collection of near 4,000 points.
Bare in mind that most of them are spear or atatl points,
not arrowheads.
Zuma
I'll try and post some
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Tracker0721 on February 02, 2016, 12:18:15 am
With my recurve I shoot close to 200 grains up front with ash shafts. Super heavy. This years obsidian points were about 50. I've only found 1 point and it was a basalt atlatl point. Never weighed it but whole it must of been 100-120. It's broken almost in half.
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Zuma on February 02, 2016, 06:17:56 pm
Here are some tiny points from Georgia and some large from all over.
Zuma
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: JEB on February 02, 2016, 06:40:21 pm
Nice collection Don. Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Pelo on February 02, 2016, 09:35:09 pm
Nice group of points. I'm betting some of those are under five grains. Can anyone contribute an arrowhead that is heavier than 40grains that is a definite arrowhead i.e. Nodena, Madison, Cahokia?
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Cherokeephil on February 06, 2016, 11:10:30 pm
Awesome topic! I'm really looking forward to seeing some more input
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Ed Brooks on February 08, 2016, 12:20:09 pm
Natives would have used these little points because they worked. it's looking more to me like we are going backwards in the stone age with our hunting tips. Ed
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Bryce on February 08, 2016, 02:56:39 pm
What did they weigh originally? Before being used and sharpened multiple times? and then Finally discarded for us to find later.
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Sasquatch on February 08, 2016, 03:36:02 pm
Not all points were used before being lost or disgarded.  I personally have found 3 points that wee brand new. They were found in a cave where they were making them. they were so skinny and fragile they could not have been used. 
Title: Re: Weight of Artifacts
Post by: Pelo on February 09, 2016, 12:27:20 pm
I don't think the majority of arrowheads were resharpened or they would be more out there with one sided flaking (like a worn Thebes knife or Harrahay) I've seen a few where they look like an effort was made to put a new point on a broken head, but not that often.