Some of the spearpoints found some 250 miles away in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were HSS. They appear to be part of a 10,000 year old cremation and so the points are quite damaged and broken by the heat.
Sounds like a Scottsbluff cremation. I know you guys have some fine paleo stuff in the UP, including Hixton material. Thanks for viewing and commenting!
KOA and the archaeologists discourage roaming the woods and rockshelters. I confine my explorations to the fields around the base of the mound. The material can be found for miles all around. Haven't been therein over ten years. Thanks for viewing and commenting!
@LakesideLithics You still haven't. I've worked synthetic quartz slabs, which work real nice. But natural quartz crystal I've never battled. I think it was used frequently in chert-poor northern WI. Try some of those boys in the Carolina Piedmont. Quartz crystal was very commonly used out there, along with shale. Poor bastards! :)
Very nice! That stone I take it is ready for knapping as is,would you happen to know if its resorce is large enough for people to be taking anytime? Congrats my friend.
@IamMohawk To my knowledge, Hixton is not improved by heat treating. I don't think the indians treated any of it either. I suspect heat treatment would destroy it. I have cooked lots of my local chert using fire, but I have never experimented with Hixton. See my comments below as far as collecting stone for yourself.
@smellanalan Sure can! The mound itself is owned by the KOA Campground, and is strictly off limits to rock hounding because of its placement on the National Register of Historic Places, which is part of the New World Order's "Agenda 21," meant to rob all citizens of their land, personal property and freedom. However, most of the adjacent landowners are very nice. The cornfields are littered with debitage for miles around, including lots of big quarry blanks & bifaces. Good stuff is rare though.
@smellanalan Just to clarify, HSS is like most other materials, and varies greatly in quality. The vast majority of Hixton is like concrete. The sweet honey stuff tends to be very translucent white, yellow, amber or root beer color. When wet (in the ground) it all looks goood. When you get it home, it dries out,, and you discover you have nothing but crap! Happy hunting...
Getting pretty famous there Barry :) Movies, Tv shows, ... future trip to the moon? Pretty neat man! You got crazy flint knapping talent. I was considering inviting you down once my field is harvested to look with me. Would you be up for it?
@otepgod Be careful what you ask for, Klintworth! I still drool over that killer axe you found. If you still feel like inviting me this fall, just send me a message and we'll hook up. I should be back from my moon trip by then. I'm only about an hour up the interstate from you. Maybe I can bring you some nice stone if you're still knapping. Thanks for the kind invite!
Some of the spearpoints found some 250 miles away in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were HSS. They appear to be part of a 10,000 year old cremation and so the points are quite damaged and broken by the heat.
cjYooper 2 months ago
@cjYooper
Sounds like a Scottsbluff cremation. I know you guys have some fine paleo stuff in the UP, including Hixton material. Thanks for viewing and commenting!
MadEclectic 2 months ago
KOA and the archaeologists discourage roaming the woods and rockshelters. I confine my explorations to the fields around the base of the mound. The material can be found for miles all around. Haven't been therein over ten years. Thanks for viewing and commenting!
MadEclectic 2 months ago
ive walked the whole mound by my self but part of the koa camp ground owns most of it more of the good side where the caves are
greekmyths27 2 months ago
So cool! I love seeing where the raw materials come from.
Can you work quartz. I fing mostly quartz points but can't find anyone to demonstrate how it was worked.
LakesideLithics 1 year ago
@LakesideLithics You still haven't. I've worked synthetic quartz slabs, which work real nice. But natural quartz crystal I've never battled. I think it was used frequently in chert-poor northern WI. Try some of those boys in the Carolina Piedmont. Quartz crystal was very commonly used out there, along with shale. Poor bastards! :)
Thanks for watching!
MadEclectic 1 year ago
Awesome point you turned out for the audience. Scottsbluff ? Your good!!
greatbasinman 1 year ago
Very nice! That stone I take it is ready for knapping as is,would you happen to know if its resorce is large enough for people to be taking anytime? Congrats my friend.
IamMohawk 1 year ago
@IamMohawk To my knowledge, Hixton is not improved by heat treating. I don't think the indians treated any of it either. I suspect heat treatment would destroy it. I have cooked lots of my local chert using fire, but I have never experimented with Hixton. See my comments below as far as collecting stone for yourself.
Thanks for watching/commenting!
MadEclectic 1 year ago
Awesome vid man, I love that hixton silified material, very beatiful. can locals attain this material.?
smellanalan 1 year ago
@smellanalan Sure can! The mound itself is owned by the KOA Campground, and is strictly off limits to rock hounding because of its placement on the National Register of Historic Places, which is part of the New World Order's "Agenda 21," meant to rob all citizens of their land, personal property and freedom. However, most of the adjacent landowners are very nice. The cornfields are littered with debitage for miles around, including lots of big quarry blanks & bifaces. Good stuff is rare though.
MadEclectic 1 year ago
@smellanalan Just to clarify, HSS is like most other materials, and varies greatly in quality. The vast majority of Hixton is like concrete. The sweet honey stuff tends to be very translucent white, yellow, amber or root beer color. When wet (in the ground) it all looks goood. When you get it home, it dries out,, and you discover you have nothing but crap! Happy hunting...
MadEclectic 1 year ago
Getting pretty famous there Barry :) Movies, Tv shows, ... future trip to the moon? Pretty neat man! You got crazy flint knapping talent. I was considering inviting you down once my field is harvested to look with me. Would you be up for it?
Klintworth
Beloit, WI
otepgod 1 year ago
@otepgod Be careful what you ask for, Klintworth! I still drool over that killer axe you found. If you still feel like inviting me this fall, just send me a message and we'll hook up. I should be back from my moon trip by then. I'm only about an hour up the interstate from you. Maybe I can bring you some nice stone if you're still knapping. Thanks for the kind invite!
MadEclectic 1 year ago
@MadEclectic
I'll contact ya! It is always more fun walking hours with someone other then myself.
Klintworth
otepgod 1 year ago
Very cool!
DemonCatSpaceStar 1 year ago