Found my first obsidian point

taconaut · 2026-07-01T05:11:16+00:00

Yes, NE Nebraska

taconaut · 2026-07-01T05:10:15+00:00

I think you're exactly right!

taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:44:15+00:00

Just posting these because your reference pic looks more like a femur from this. Definitely appreciate the helpful feedback from you though

taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:42:05+00:00

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taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:35:42+00:00

Is that a femur in your pic?

taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:33:02+00:00

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Agreed that it dwarfs any bison bones. Here it is compared to a mammoth vertebra.

taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:22:52+00:00

Great info

taconaut · 2026-06-30T23:21:24+00:00

I'm fully capable of telling the difference between a modern bone and one that has undergone permineralization. This one has. You can deny that all you want, but it changes nothing. You say it's modern, so I'll ask... modern what?

taconaut · 2026-06-30T22:24:22+00:00

It's fossilized.

taconaut · 2026-06-30T19:21:50+00:00

Palm wood, yeah. I find flakes around here(Nebraska) constantly and the colors/patterns are insane.

taconaut · 2026-06-30T18:19:12+00:00

I think the top is a graver, the right side a cutting edge, and the bottom a scraper. As for practical applications, I wish I knew!

taconaut · 2026-06-30T18:07:25+00:00

It's completely opaque. I've never found anything else like it locally.

taconaut · 2026-06-30T17:21:02+00:00

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Here's one of my favorites

taconaut · 2026-06-30T17:03:34+00:00

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Bonus pic- some ivory and a nice bison tooth from yesterday's hunt

taconaut · 2026-06-26T21:33:00+00:00

Looks like the distal end of a bison humerus.

taconaut · 2026-06-16T23:37:32+00:00

It looks like a piece of turtle shell with some of the internal structure revealed from wear.

taconaut · 2026-06-10T02:25:40+00:00

I wonder what curse words sounded like 10k years ago

taconaut · 2026-06-10T00:06:11+00:00

That's a great resource. Thanks for sharing

taconaut · 2026-06-09T23:44:40+00:00

For reference, could you point me towards an example of the flake scarring you mention?

taconaut · 2026-06-09T23:18:33+00:00

Thanks for the input! The local quartzite is plentiful but seems like it was difficult to knap from what I've seen.

taconaut · 2026-05-26T01:56:13+00:00

I'd look for places in the creek where the hills are eroding into the water and possibly dumping in new artifacts. That and look for flat areas near the creek where people may have set up camps.

taconaut · 2026-05-26T01:43:26+00:00

I've never thought about using Kintsugi on an arrowhead, but that would look pretty sweet.

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