Knapp time.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, tho1mas said:

I found this one in a washed out tank trail after a toad strangler rain at Ft. Sill, Ok. in 1991. I wonder what tribe lost it.

             Thanks for posting Tho1mas. Love looking at points. Thinking Big sandy. Good find,

http://projectilepoints.net/Points/Big_Sandy.html

    BilletHead

[Follysbetterhalf]

That's pretty cool. John says that I'm in.

[MoCarp]

most points are not from "tribes" as we know them in the recent past, it is suggested that along with the mega fauna a great human extinction also occurred... the clovis style points have been attributed to Solutreans peoples from what is now France, note: the oceans were much lower at that time depending on who you ask anywhere from 400-1200 feet lower than todays levels the melting of the great ice-sheets and the isostatic rebound and subductions, its seems a comet broke up and several struck the earth from the great lakes area of north american all the way to what is now Syria, its is thought most humans and larger animal went extinct starting 13k years ago to about 8k, it also seems the mayan empire which now they think was vast and had over 50 million people went belly up when a huge volcanic eruption caused global weather change (dark ages) later points are still pretty old 8k years or so still had giant bison and a stray giant sloth or two...tough times to make a living for sure that point in your hand may have killed a Bison antiquus or irish elk some really cool reading..., I also find it interesting the indian nations are so resistant to checking the DNA of remains, how ever it seems denisovan, DNA has show up in some western USA areas, tosses a real monkey wrench into things, boils down to land rights etc...we still know very little about the Olmecs

[duckydoty]

I can not even begin to say how lucky and proud I am to have this work of art displayed amongst my most prized possessions.  I have a collection of ulu’s (native Alaskan knives), one for each year of guiding up there, a native Alaskan artifact called a bear whistle, and a claw from a brown bear and the only partial point I have found, with Marty’s signed point right in the middle of them. 

Thank you my friend!

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, duckydoty said:

I can not even begin to say how lucky and proud I am to have this work of art displayed amongst my most prized possessions.  I have a collection of ulu’s (native Alaskan knives), one for each year of guiding up there, a native Alaskan artifact called a bear whistle, and a claw from a brown bear and the only partial point I have found, with Marty’s signed point right in the middle of them. 

Thank you my friend!

Duane what are those handles made out of? Look like old bone.

[duckydoty]

38 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Duane what are those handles made out of? Look like old bone.

They are hand crafted by natives made from various materials. One is fossilized walrus oosik (baculum), carved caribou and moose antlers, fossilized walrus rib bone tipped with mammoth ivory and bone, fossilized walrus jaw bone and ivory, diamond wood, and one mammoth bone.  Then there are 2 sculpture made of whale bone, baleene, and polar bear hair.

[Johnsfolly]

10 minutes ago, duckydoty said:

They are hand crafted by natives made from various materials. One is fossilized walrus oosik (baculum), carved caribou and moose antlers, fossilized walrus rib bone tipped with mammoth ivory and bone, fossilized walrus jaw bone and ivory, diamond wood, and one mammoth bone.  Then there is 2 sculpture made of whale bone, baleene, and polar bear hair.

They sound really cool. Looked like one was fossilized bone. Thanks for the details.

[BilletHead]

10 hours ago, duckydoty said:

I can not even begin to say how lucky and proud I am to have this work of art displayed amongst my most prized possessions.  I have a collection of ulu’s (native Alaskan knives), one for each year of guiding up there, a native Alaskan artifact called a bear whistle, and a claw from a brown bear and the only partial point I have found, with Marty’s signed point right in the middle of them. 

Thank you my friend!

         I feel like the honored one Duane. Your selfless acts of help and friendships to everyone on this forum,

   BilletHead

[JestersHK]

That's awesome guys! Congrats on the win buddy. Good on you Marty for doing this contest!

[duckydoty]

1 minute ago, JestersHK said:

That's awesome guys! Congrats on the win buddy. Good on you Marty for doing this contest!

That’s not the contest point. That was won on a trade deal that ended very well for the both of us.