The Rarest of Indian Relic Finds
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Shannon Graham in Artifact Finds, Flint Artifacts, Miscellaneous
It’s that once-in-a-lifetime find that we all dream about. It’s the 5″ Clovis, a complete Folsom, a blade cache, an arrow point embedded in a bison bone, a corner tang knife or whatever ever arrowheads you dream about when you go to sleep.
Whatever it may be, it is often times the finds that we never anticipate making that turn out to be the true one-of-a-kind finds. Take for example finding a projectile point with a severe impact fracture that occurred thousands of years ago. Now imagine hunting nearby years later in the same field and finding the exact sliver of flint that was removed upon that impact many moons ago. That’s exactly what happened to Adam Agusti. The odds of those pieces being reconnected are astronomical.
Here’s another. Brad Cate of Texas discovered the tip of what was at one time, a very large black blade. Not far from the tip, he also found the remainder of the knife (the base & body) that had a resharpened tip! Apparently, the ancient owner broke the tip off of the knife, discarded the tip, and then resharpened the knife . Brad discovered both pieces separated centuries ago.
Not all finds have to be rare to make your jaw drop. Some can involve simply amazing odds such as this gorget found in two pieces by two different Texas collectors years apart. Huck found one half and Mr. Cate (Brad’s father) found the other. A perfect fit!
Other similar finds include those made by Richard Rose of the Shifting Sands Folsom site fame. Richard has found numerous Folsom points as well as channel flakes removed during the fluting process.
What find do you consider to ‘defy all odds’ or what is your very own ‘find of a lifetime’?
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Greg
03. Jan, 2012
I’d like to show you the one my brother found but I don’t see away to upload a pic here! I’ve been looking all over the internet for something like this and haven’t found anything close to it yet! It’s got an arrowhead base with two points instead of one. Looks like it could be an animal that they tied to a necklace. One person on a forum I posted it on said it could have been used for shaft shaving but he hadn’t seen anything like it before. It’s black with white stripes running through it on both sides, looks like a skunk without a tail. Let me know if there’s a way I can show it to you.