There's no "good" rock around here

[FlintWalker]

For the most part...that's true   About the only chert you can find in my neighborhood is a sedimentary conglomerate, of low silica content and so many freeze cracks one light tap usually sends it into a crumbled mess.  Every once in a while I'll find a really small piece of good quality stone but never big enough for a point.  While standing around my boss's truck last week, I noticed this chunk of chert laying in the truck bed. He said he got it out of a hay roller that had picked it up from the field. It was laying in a pile of maybe twenty other pieces of the same type stuff except this piece was WAY better quality and without fractures! Once I got it home and knocked some of the dirt and limestone off of it, the true beauty of the stone was revealed. I've never seen another piece like this one!  It's composed of mostly agatized crinoids with dendrites laced all through it. No doubt on of the coolest rocks I've worked!
 

[Bear Claw]

Beautiful stone and fantastic points!

[bubby]

DAMN,you make the sweetest point's man, Bub

[Jimbob]

DAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG

[Tower]

Words cannot express the beauty of those points!

[cowboy]

AHHA! I was going to dig around and find some of your points Shannon to study your serration's. Was trying to remember what you showed me in the pit that weekend, now i got it .
Glad to see you posting a point now and then. Beautiful work as always!! Think i'd go hit your bosses hay field..

[JEB]

OUTSTANDING looking point, especially with the crinoids.

[Outbackbob48]

Shannon, I had to do some haying this week in one of my bosses field an the only thing I founed were 1800 bales of hay an one very lucky fawn that just missed going thru haybine Really cool looking points, How hard was it to knap with all the stuff in there?  Later Bob

[Bone pile]

Think of all the trouble that rock went through just to find you to have it's insides exposed to the world.Good points for sure.
Bone pile

[TRACY]

Rock found the right hands to turn into fantastic points! Great work Shannon, thanks for sharing!

Outback- I'm with you, never found rock bailing, just snakes, turtles and occasional bones and too many darn square bales!


Tracy

[Will H]

That sure is some killer rock Shannon! You are an inspiration to us all fella! Great work

[chertle]

Wow....exceptional!!!!  What beautiful pieces!!!!

[bowtarist]

Great Points as usual Shannon.  That rock got lucky finding you.  Looks like it's time to hit the hayfield while the grass in low.  dpg

[FlintWalker]

Thanks to all
 Paul, I'm going to that area and take a look around. Surely that wasn't the only piece   Boss did say he thought it was pulled up, when they cleaned out an old pond with a dozer. It may be from a vein down deep....I'll see
 Bob, it worked great! Wish I had more

[killir duck]

those are awsome!! any elk should be proud to get shot with one of them