December 4, 2010

I haven't found anything whole in a long time but I have found alot of pieces latley. Got out to Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. at about 7:30am. I went back to dig the west wall. I found a chunk of pottery on the first section I removed. It's got a lip on it and some design. The design looks like talley marks made from a stick. Not much later I found a real nice "T" shaped drill. It's about as thin as a toothpick and a little over an inch long. After a while I found a base of a skinning or cutting knife in some dirt with alot of bone in it. A couple of hours later I found the tip that matches it. That doesn't happen very often. Left at 1:00 pm. Glad to take home two points today.

August 14, 2010

Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. Got up at 5:30am this morning at it was already 81 degrees. Started digging at 6:30am and dug til' around 10:30am. It's been hot and dry so I decided to screen the dirt. I've been in a good zone with flint, snail, and alot of bone. I found two broken Bonham points and I finally pulled this nice point. Maybe a Bonham point. Drove through historic downtown Granbury and heard a loud thump outside. I thought something had hit the truck until I noticed an old west gunfight re-enactment on the square. Only in TEXAS!

July 13, 2010

Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. It was really hot and humid today. It was 80 degrees before 8am. I got out there and started digging. Not much breeze at all so I had to take alot of breaks. Dug til' about 2pm and called it quits. Found a well-serrated knife just below the creek deposit. I should probably pay more attention to this small area of occupation a little more. It looks like a Covington but it's in the bird point camp so I don't know what type it is. I found four similiar knives this year so far.

June 5, 2010

We backhoe dug on Coffee Creek in Palo Pinto County, TX. today. Found a pretty nice Darl and a few broken pieces. I also found a pretty nice mano as well. I had to go home to Wichita Falls so I left at lunch. This camp has alot of sandstone rock everywhere.

May 22, 2010

Found this little arrowpoint towards the end of the day on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. It was hanging in the wall. I thought it was just a flint flake at that time. It's starting to get hot so I start digging around sun-up (6:30am) and usually quit around 2pm.

May 2, 2010

Went back to Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. Gordan and I dug all day. About 1pm I found this point in a pile of bone about 2.5 feet deep. I also found a broken arrow point about 6 inches away. It's pretty interesting that this dart point was found next to an arrowpoint. I think this piece (maybe a Darl) is a transition piece and worked hand in hand to take down the animal along with the arrow. Gordon came back to the camp and moved into a new place and found a killer arrow point. He found the point of the day.

April 3, 2010

Went home for Easter and decided to try my camp on the Dry Fork Little Wichita in Clay County, TX. I stayed out there and found this tiny dart point after about 45 minutes.

April 1, 2010

Had a day of vacation to kill before I lost it so I decided to head back to Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. I got there around 8:30 am and dug with Gordon and Nick. After about 15 minutes I found this projectile point. We kept digging til' about 3:00 pm. Nick and Gordon found a few broken points and a re-worked point. We moved and screened about a yard and a quarter of total dirt. They left and I decided to move over to the bridpoint layer. I found a nice, little perdiz about 15 minutes into it. Then, I found a little broken perdiz right after that. Had a good day. I planned on staying until 7 pm but I was exhausted.

January 23, 2010

Dug out at Fall Creek today in Hood County, TX. Found this Bonham (1200-600 B.P.) arrow point after lunch. About 2 o'clock it started raining. I tried to continue digging but the ground tuned into gumbo.

January 16, 2010

Spent another 6 hours or so at the camp on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. It's still pretty muddy. Got another inch about 8 hours before I got there. Didn't even find a broken point and decided to pack up and leave. Took the bucket to the truck, told Richard goodbye and went to get my pick and jacket. Thought I'd just try just one more handfull of dirt. Sure enough in the clod I found this dart point. Couldn't believe it. Interesting enough is this dart point was in the projectile point layer. If this a Darl point it would somewhat make sense because the Darl and Perdiz overlap in time just a little.

January 2, 2010

Dug with Gordon and Richard today on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. Found this Bonham (1200-600 B.P.) arrow point stuck in the wall. There's some dark patina spots on one side. The find of the day was one of the best Perdiz points I've seen. Richard found it shortly after I found mine.

January 1, 2010

Drove down to Chrisners in Moody, TX. this morning and met Gordon and some of his buddies. Stayed about 2 hours and decided to head to Richards on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. As soon as a I got there I found this point within the first 5 or 10 minutes. It's really thin and has some nice flaking to it. It may be a Darl Blade. 2500-1000 B.P.

December 13, 2009

Went back out to Fall Creek this morning in Hood County, TX. Started digging at 8:45am and quit about 4pm. I found about 5 broken arrow points. Found this knife right after lunch. It may be a Friday knife (4000-1500 B.P.). It's knapped to a curve on one side and squared on the other. I was in alot of good ash, bone, flint, and snail all day. I think this little birdpoint camp is going to be good for awhile.

November 14, 2009

We rented a backhoe and I screened all day. Found this projectile point around lunch. Looks like a bevealed Darl. It came from the birdpoint layer. There was another Darl found later in the day. Those were the only complete finds on saturday. About 12 of us that day. Found on Fall Creek in Hood County, Texas.

November 9, 2009

Dug in the birdpoint layer for about 5 hours today. Followed the bone, black dirt, firerock and flint. I was sifting with my hands and thought I had pushed a point away. I decided to resift the pile. I'm glad I did. Found this little Bonham(1200-600 B.P.). Pretty nice little dart point. Found on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX.

Halloween Find - 2009

This knife is a serrated Snake Head Harahey. I followed charred dirt, bone, firerock, white ash and flint and dug this out. It was found next to a broken Perdiz point. I think the Perdiz was used to kill the animal (probably a buffalo) and the Harahey knife (700-400 B.P.) was used to skin or cut it up. Both were next to each other and about 3 feet from the surface. Found on Fall Creek in
Hood County, TX.

Labor Day - 2009

We rented a backhoe and I screened for about 5 hours. There were about 15 people. Found these two projectile points about 8 feet below the surface. The smaller one has been worked down. I'm not sure about the point types. Found on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. Wish I could have been there all 3 days.

August 22, 2009

Hand dug this little Perdiz point (1000-500) B.P. at the end of the day on Fall Creek in Hood County, TX. It was about 2 or 3 feet from the surface. I had a wall of dirt fall on me and bruise my leg. Decided to call it a day and limped to the car.

August 16, 2009

Found a local place to dig recently. It's on Fallcreek in Hood, County TX. just outside of Acton. Looks like a pretty good place. Found some little broken dart points and then this knife in the same layer about 2 feet deep. It may be a Snake Head Harahey knife (700-400 B.P.). These were usually found as buffalo skinning knives. This one has some little serrations on it. These knives are only around 700-400 years B.P. Also found this little Hayes point (1200-600 B.P.) too. Looks like it's been resharpened and has just the very tip missing.

Summer of 2009

We had some rain lately so I thought I'd try Doyle Dunaway's place after work. Picked up this point right next to the big sifter. It probably fell off the screen or dozer bucket and the rain left it exposed. Not sure about the type. Found on Coffee Creek in Palo Pinto County, TX. This creek feeds into the Brazos about a quarter to a half mile away.

June 27, 2009

Drove down around Fredericksburg, TX. this weekend. A guy named Chris was running this backhoe dig. I got there around 8:30 am and left about 6:30 pm. This was the first time I had to tell the operator to quit giving me buckets of dirt because I was tired and ready to go back to the hotel. Found these in Kendall County, TX.

This one is either a Bulverde or a Langtry or a cross between. I'm going with Bulverde 5000 - 2000 B.P.



Nice Montell. Just the tip missing. 5000 - 1000 B.P.



An Early Triangle I think. 9000 - 7000 B.P.



Not sure about this type.

April 12, 2009

Found these surface finds in the plowed field on the Dry Fork Little Wichita River in Clay County, TX. The white one looks like a little knife and the arrow point is made of some type of chertish material. This chert-like stuff is probably native material.

March 7-8, 2009

Went down to Pipe Creek, TX. in Bandera County this weekend. This was a really nice place to dig. I wish I would have gotten here sooner because the best has probably been dug out. It was still good hand digging though. David and Brad met me down there too. Most of my points were found digging but a few were found in other peoples throw dirt. Towards the end of Sunday Brad called me to come dig next to him at the other end of the camp. They were in a hot spot. I found several points and wished I had dug at that end all weekend long. I also saw one of the best perds dug out on Saturday. Very sore.


I found this Frio in someones throw dirt. 5000-1500 B.P.



Montell 5000-1000 B.P.



Needle tipped Fairland 3000-1500 B.P.



Here's a nice Bulverde that looks a little sideways. I think it used to be a little longer but looks like this because of reshapening. 5000-1000 B.P.



A root beer colored Early Triangle. 9000-7000 B.P.



Not sure what this is.



This Edwards was the only arrow point that I found all weekend. 2000-1000 B.P.

September 21, 2008

This dart point was in the plowed field off of the Dry Fork Little Wichita River in Clay County, TX. It might be a Godley point or a Palmillas point. Not sure and maybe something else.

August 16, 2008

Found this arrow point in Clay County, TX. off of the Dry Fork Little Wichita River.

August 9, 2008

Found a couple of broken points and this little one right here on the Dry Fork Little Wichita River in Clay County, TX. Found alot of mussell shells abd burned rock but not alot of flint. Not sure the what type of point this is. It might be a Fresno (1200-250) B.P.

June 27, 2008

David, Allen, Brad P. and I all went out for a backhoe dig at the D2 Ranch in Palo Pinto County. This campsite is on the south west side of a hill off of Coffe Creek. We had a good time out there. It was hot but Doyle kept the dirt on the screens all day. I found a few points but I ended up finding one of my favorite points of all time. Towards the end of the day I saw this Perdiz or Bonham point fall through the screen. I bent down to pick up one heck of an arrow point. Allan found a nice Perd. today too.



Rat-Tailed Perdiz

March 25, 2008

Found these two points on the Dry Fork Little Wichita River in Clay County, TX. I was doing a little digging and missed the sifter with a shovel-full of dirt. I looked on the ground and saw this little dart point on the ground where I had thrown it. The second one might be a Reed (1500-500) B.P. I think but I'm not for sure. I found it close to the first point but this one was lying on some grass.