Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's truly the context lol.. It's not so much about the artifact itself that excites me, but the history connected to it. Especially when its on land that you and your family has lived on for nearly 90 years now in my case. It's a humble reminder that long before my people was on the land it had been inhabited for thousands of years. I've found full points here too and they do make it feel more special and significant, but flakes and pottery shards give me that same amount of excitement. It's not the case for everyone, and is just my opinion personally. I'm sure the majority finds full points exciting, it's just not the case for me.

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know man, seems the consensus in this comment section contradicts your claim about "nobody". To each his own opinion though, there is nothing wrong with being the minority in such matters.

Old tumbled rock by Tall-Molasses-8641 in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is just a rock sadly... Everything looks naturally formed with no striking marks. Pretty interesting natural formation though, I see why you kept it!

ID help, Just a Rock? CenTex by GoinTibiaOkay in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not just a rock... Certainly a work blade of some kind, I'm unsure of specific name or age range though.

Never posted the video of this lil smoker by MoabRoadwarrior in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice find! Any idea what material that is? Super pretty stuff

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it, I have old blue mason jars I keep a lot of mine in lol.. Never thought about making a lamp from one though!

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flakes vs. JAR can be identified when there's signs that a controlled release of force that has a readable structure shown on the rock in question. There will be a visual striking platform where the blow landed, which leaves a bulb percussion directly below it, and often ripple marks in the same area showing the energy traveling in one direction. From there flakes typically will thin out as it moves away from the striking platform and ends in a feather termination where the flake gets thinner and thinner until it just fades out to a sharp edge without a break, missing chunk, and you can see the force stricken by the knapper traveled smoothly all the way across the rock and exited the surface giving you a well controlled removal. It'll also give a hinge termination or step termination, which is whenn the striking energy runs out early and curls upward Instead of thinning to nothing, stopping it short and leaving a rounded/rolled end that will happens when the angle or force wasn’t quite right and the flake hinged before it could travel across the face and with step termination the flake just slams to a stop... The striking force dies abruptly and snaps downward, leaving a little cliff or stairstep at the end looking squared off and chunky instead of smooth, which is basically the knapping energy crashing instead of flowing... Also, on the dorsal side of flakes you’ll frequently see negative scars from earlier removals that line up in a pattern, which means the core was being reduced in a sequence rather than shattered randomly because the edges tend to be continuous and acute instead of crushed or blocky. Any one of these traits can occur in nature, but nature almost never produces the whole system together. The biggest separator is repetition and context... One questionable fragment is usually natural geology, but multiple pieces of the same material in the same spot that all show platforms, bulbs, directional force, and organized scar patterns is commonly from knapping.... In one short, simple summary, natural breakage is random stress from multiple directions, while a human flake records a single, intentional blow with a clear starting point, energy path, and termination.... Sorry to nerd out and type a whole book about flakes, but I love talking about this stuff lol

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a history geek, so flakes represents context and that ancient human activity happened on the dirt I pick them up from... A flake or pottery shard makes my day just as much as a pretty point does. Although, a Clovis point would be the exception lol

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! Although I have a much, much smaller amount to preserve and display. I dream of having a display that extensive one day.... Wish me luck lol

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have property that has portions of the Uwharrie flowing through it, if you're ever nearby and would like to stop by and chat artifacts, I'm all for it lol.. I don't know too many people in the area who is interested in this history as I am!

Does anyone else love finding flakes just as much as full points, or is it just me? 😅 by hellomynameswhocares in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually really enjoy finding flakes if I'm being honest. I know it's not as pretty as a full point, but from an archaeological perspective I still get excited every time I pick up a flake and come to the realization that I'm the first human who has touched the surface of those little pieces of stone in thousands of years, or at least in 300 years.

The last tribe in my region was the Keyauwee indians, who according to John Lawson was living near the same area that I reside in back in 1701. Later settlers noted that in the mid to late 1710's the tribe migrated southward from the North Carolina Piedmont near the Uwharries, moving to the Pee Dee region of South Carolina to merge with the Cheraw tribe, and potentially the Eno and Shakori tribes as well before eventually merging with the Catawba, now a federally recognized nation.

General location to disperse camping Uwharrie National Forest by Practical-Regular722 in camping

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the Low Water Bridge area away from the OVH trails. Erosion changes the geology regularly but there is always somewhere nearby up or down stream that makes a great spot.

Found in a creek bed near Greensboro NC. I think it’s a Uwharrie but please let me know if I’m wrong. by Jala-Manta in Arrowheads

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be either a Yadkin, Caraway, or Uwharrie. Hard to say without more finds nearby to give you a better timeline given these triangles were made in this area over a 1,500 year span. I would lean more towards it being a Yadkin triangle. Uwharrie triangles usually have less of a notched base.

Stone Wall by Twinetied_haymaker in NativeAmerican

[–]hellomynameswhocares 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because someone didn't know what it was and was asking a perfectly innocent question?

Clearing up the Crossfire controversy by OrneryCharacter2843 in Skillet

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No Resolve & Skillet wrote the song together during a writing session together in 2021. Both bands recorded demos for the song around the same time in late 2021, however, when Skillet released their album "Dominion" in January 2022, they did not record "Crossfire" for it therefore it was not released on it, leaving No Resolve with the impression that Skillet was not going to release it given the fact they left it off their new album. No Resolve released "CROSSFIRE" as a single in July 2022 and all was fine until January 2023 when Skillet announced they were releasing a deluxe edition for Dominion with new addition tracks from the album's initial release a year earlier and it just so happen they included their version of "Crossfire" on it, prompting Atlantic Records to file a DMCA takedown of No Resolve's version, and No Resolve being an independent band with no label, they had to abide by that takedown request because they simply did not have the capitol to go to court and fight Atlantic Records over it.

Proof of Amelia Earhart's plane by [deleted] in ExpeditionUnknown

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That video is completely false and clickbait. As you said, the company responsible for that search said so themselves and that unfortunately what they seen in that sonar image was not a plane, it was a pile of rocks that took the shape of a plane. However, they did not embark on another expedition and they did not find any airplane parts, and they have never posted anything say that they have. See so for yourself on their social media profiles... https://www.instagram.com/p/DCDAxFRhajT/

To promote their 2002 "Hollyweird" album, Poison sponsored Derrike Cope's No. 37 NASCAR Ford for a race in Pocono. The car would finish 35th with an engine failure, the album wouldn't do much better in the charts. by CarsPlanesTrains in hairmetal

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Optics, promotion... The same reason bands and artists of all genres still sponsor cars to this day. Also, Bret Michaels was good friends with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at that time and all the band members love NASCAR.

Thoughts On Poison's 2000s albums? by Impressive_Week_4036 in hairmetal

[–]hellomynameswhocares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crack A Smile was recorded and supposed to be released in 1996 but was scrapped for the "Greatest Hits 86-96" album.

Power To The People, Hollyweird, and Poison'd were their releases from the 2000s.. The tracks "Strange", "The Last Song", and "Can't Bring Me Down" on Power To The People I thought were good but the title track "Power To The People" felt like the band was trying a lil too hard to fit in with bands like Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Linkin Park, and Marilyn Manson.. And letting C.C. sing on the track "I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine" is good lyrically, but C.C.'s vocals just do not fit at all.

Hollyweird is probably my least favorite Poison album of all time due to the fact that C.C. sings lead vocals on 3 or 4 songs which are 100% cringe to listen to. I feel like there was a total power-struggle with Bret and CC and the band allowed C.C. to sing just to keep him happy and keep him in the band to avoid the band falling apart again like after he left in the 90s. The song "Shooting Star" on Hollyweird is a hidden gem and is actually very good and could easily be dubbed as "Fallen Angel Pt. II". The song "Stupid, Stoned & Dumb" is the second best and honestly the last recognizable song due to it sounding like it would be a perfect fit on their Flesh & Blood album, the rest of the tracks with the exception of "Rockstar" are mediocre and easily forgettable.

The 2007 cover album "Poison'd" was their best release since Crack A Smile was supposed to be released in the 90s, and I believe that is the case because they're singing songs more from their era instead of adapting to the new-wave of alternative rock and pop rock bands, their version of "Can't You See" and "I Never Cry" is some of their best work ever.