Who is finding some rocks?

[Double R 2]

Wingman that looks like an old indian sex stone!!!!!!!!














It's an effing rock, dude!

[Wingman]

Well, it was out of place for a cotton field, but I took it home anyway. Then this fellow told me he thought it was some kind of grinding tool so I thought I'd ask. I kinda thought was just a big rock.

[sorefeet]

Wingman, it looks like it could be a nutting stone (if it has a small indention in the middle of the stone) It could also be a gaming stone (called a discodial or chunky stone) Chunky was a game played by the indians. Nice find.

Check these links:

http://www.rtfactsrus.com/hardstone.htm

http://bama.ua.edu/~alaarch/prehistoric ... rchaic.htm

[Wingman]

You know, I'm almost afraid to ask what the nutting stone was used for.

[sorefeet]

Nutting stone was used to.... you guessed it! Crack nuts! The indention in the stone held the nut while they hit it with another stone to crack the nut.

'Projectile points' were used to 'crack the nuts of the enemy' Kimosaby


Found this Dalton point in Madison Co. Alabama yesterday. Its an old type... early archaic prolly 6000-8000 years old



Here is an example of a nutting stone.

[sorefeet]

Lets bring this one back to the top... here is a few more points

How about this one.... this haul is from only six dives in the TN river by a friend of mine



Two little bear creeks I found in morgan co. alabama

[Wingman]

Found this place on the map. Set foot on it for the first time this afternoon for about 2.5 hours and found these:

This is sharpened bone, is it not?








You couldn't step without stepping on pottery


This looks like similar to a beaver/muskrat/nutria tooth but is much too small; I don't have a clue as to what it is


I found several pieces of this color, but I think it's something modern. However, this piece had a hole in it:


Not bad for a little over 2 hours walking on a brand-new spot. Found it on the aerial map, perfect donut on the ground. Old mussel shells everywhere and the ground was really dark...sandy ridge next to a bayou.

[REBEL DUCK]

Wingman I could tell you some hot spots but that is more sacred than duck holes around here.

I been helping a local farmer out around vance get some cotton in and did not relize the hogs in the area.

[Wingman]

Yep, Rebelduck, they just legalized bait for hog traps. Got plenty behind my house and I need some bacon. I tried to walk a field by the new bridge the other day and couldn't see the ground for hog tracks.

[REBEL DUCK]

A guy around here that has found more than anyone I have everknow said look at the inside of the river curve. Because it would always flood the outside first. This man has a sacks and sacks of all kinds of artifacts. Yall may have metioned this not sure.

[Spoonallard]

Heres some from the lake.

[sorefeet]

Wingman,

those are some nice finds. I have bucket fulls of pottery too. Some folks don't pick it up but I like all the designs on it. I plan to put it in one of those glass lamps for display.

That little hole in the tooth looking thing must be where they wore the teeth like a pendant arounf the neck. The bone looks like it could have been a projectile point although some deer toe bones are sharp like a projectile point.


Spoonallard,

I like that red jasper looking drill you found. I have heard that genada lake is a great place to hunt when they drawthe water down.

Here are some more from north al...

Adena (madison co. al.)


Bakers Creek (morgan co. al)


Big Sandy (madison co. al.)


madisons and hamiltons ("bird points" limestone co. al)

[Wingman]

I'd like to know where I can find out what type points mine are....such as madison, hamilton etc.

I am thinking of buying a book called "Archeology of Mississippi" on amazon if they ever get any more in stock. Written in 1926 and I've been told it is a great resource for this area.

[sorefeet]

Spoonallard,

I see adena, cotaco creek, kays.. in your finds but I ain't the expert. For Mississippi stuff go sign up with these folks:

http://magnoliastatearch.blogspot.com/

Check out some of the Mississippi shows in your area. You can find a schedule on there website. It is nice to visit the shows and see what folks are finding and show them what you have found. They will be able to tell you all about your collection.

Broken copena (madison co. al)


Dalton and Decatur (madison co. al)


Dalton Greenbriar (madison co. al.)

[BeastMaster]

Wingman, no reply to the 9000 year old indian artifacts ???