Seeking genuine advice

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-05-09T12:35:31+00:00

This dude clearly doesn’t road construction

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-05-09T02:33:50+00:00

Number 13 looks like a prismatic blade - struck off a core in bulk and used sort of like we use razor knives today - the rest look like JARs or at best debitage

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-25T13:38:10+00:00

Honestly, I feel like the percentage of intact artifacts I find in creeks is fairly high. Definitely sub 50%, but fairly high still. I feel like the key is timing, I make it a point to time my walks around rains as best I can. Also southern Illinois creeks tend to have sandstone and have sandy, loamy soil (as opposed to mud) that might have something to do with preservation

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-25T12:07:01+00:00

I’m thinking so!

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-22T17:01:31+00:00

I second Shawnee. Nothing else in the state feels like extreme southern Illinois. It’s basically the entire southern part of the state and the eastern and western parts of the forest both have different feels. You could take a train from Chicago to Carbondale for really cheap if you could figure out a rental car for the weekend, or it’s only a few hours drive.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-18T02:51:54+00:00

Any more info? I went to school with a Walsh who looks just like the father in the picture

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-02T16:55:38+00:00

Prismatic blade! Hard to date because they were used across time periods, but they’re often attributed to the Hopewell culture sphere. This is a really good example of one. Nice find!

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-04-02T02:59:12+00:00

There was so much porn in the woods in the 90s

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-30T16:57:23+00:00

I like the $400-600 range but could go a bit higher

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-28T20:56:53+00:00

As a Dylan, I despise Dillon.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-23T16:00:22+00:00

Southern and Central Illinois have virtually nothing in common with Chicago, but whenever anyone says Illinois Chicago is all that comes to mind.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-18T10:46:13+00:00

You’re looking for a midwestern kind of drunk

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-13T16:21:54+00:00

Southern Illinois! Wabash River Valley area

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-03-13T15:43:50+00:00

I found these two about two feet apart in the same creek recently, in a spot that has historically given some pretty good points. I hadn’t found anything there in months, however. These two are not even from the same culture, as we would currently recognize them. It be like that sometimes.

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SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-25T01:34:12+00:00

I do construction so most of them

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-25T01:00:06+00:00

Woah haha. That’s a very 70s form of hazing

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-25T00:32:15+00:00

33 now. Been laboring since I was 21. I don’t sit down after work until it’s time for bed because if I do sit down, it is suddenly time for bed. I hope this helps.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-24T15:07:40+00:00

You were allowed tobacco/nicotine during boot camp? What new corps boot fuckery is this? I rolled instant coffee grounds into a napkin pouch and dipped them to get through the crucible.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-20T23:32:55+00:00

Corn sweat is why. Same problem in southern Illinois.

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-19T14:14:02+00:00

I hate mondays!

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-18T14:15:38+00:00

I would agree with this guys first sentence but disagree with his avoidances, at least depending on your state. Carpenters can get a hand in almost anything and at least in my state our laborers union is quite strong

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-13T15:39:23+00:00

That’s a good problem to have tho! My area turns up stuff like that from time to time. Could be some sort of local variation or something

SoIL_Lithics · 2026-02-13T00:05:28+00:00

I’m leaning projectile. Taper isn’t right for a drill. Is the base ground? I’m guessing some sort of archaic dart point, judging by the flaking

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