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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Dingleberry on September 16, 2008, 11:36:14 am

Title: Duck River Cache
Post by: Dingleberry on September 16, 2008, 11:36:14 am

Hey all,    A friend of mine told me about this archelogical find in TN. and boy is it incredible.  Some of you have probably seen or heard of this but to those who haven't take a look:

http://lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2008februaryduckrivercachepage1.htm

Those long blades are pretty wicked. >:D  Very impressive.

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: Woodland Roamer on September 16, 2008, 11:57:19 am

WOW! Thanks for posting this. If I ever found anything like that I would fall over dead! Those pieces are amazing.

Alan

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: D. Tiller on September 16, 2008, 01:18:18 pm

Are those swords made out of flint?

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: RG on September 16, 2008, 10:38:20 pm

Thanks for posting Sir I have a farm in Hickman County Tn. wich is not to far from there When I bought the place it has a large river bottom that is cultivated
each year and lots of people use to come by and asked if they could look for arrow heads  I decided not to let anyone look and the farmer started no till
planting Several people told me of cone shaped flint objects they had found and they said they were placed on the forehead of the dead when the buried them
Not sure how true that is. My wife and I have found a few points when out walking the farm Thanks again for posting I had not heard of this find

Ron

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: mullet on September 16, 2008, 10:46:13 pm

 David , if I'm thinking right ,didn't all that rock everybody was beating on come from King Ron's? And I think it was Dover Flint. Those are impressive knappers that made those points if it's the same stuff.

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: Pappy on September 17, 2008, 08:21:09 am

I don't think it was Dover,but it did come from Hickman co. near the Duck river.King Ron
[Knothead] has a farm near there. Cool stuff. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Duck River Cache
Post by: D. Tiller on September 17, 2008, 02:59:07 pm

We will have to go and invade Ron's farm when the Classic comes arround. I bet we can find some really good stuff! Is there a stream running through his farm? If so I bet we could find some nice stuff in the stream or in the fields. Might have to heat treat it though. You all up for it? Think Ron would go for it?  ;)