what did I just find?

Just found this this morning in Williamson cty. I'm pumped!! My best point by far!!

2 3/4" long, 1 3/4 wide.

Good night!!! Looks like my namesake, a Lost Lake!! Is it left hand beveled? Looks like it.

Congratulations...I'm jealous!

single bevel on edges?

Tennrock":o0x3hrnh said:

single bevel on edges?

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No. Both sides.

I'd call it a Kirk Corner Notch then.

But, do you mean both sides of each face or the left hand side of each face?

Lost Lake":3qirqubo said:

Good night!!! Looks like my namesake, a Lost Lake!! Is it left hand beveled? Looks like it.

Congratulations...I'm jealous!

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What is left handed mean?

Both sides of each face.

Kirk then. Nice find!!

Lost lakes, hardins, dovetails and decaturs are examples of points that are only re sharpened by pressure flaking on the left hand (usually) side of each face. As it continues through multiple resharpenings in its life cycle it takes on a flattened rhomboid cross section, instead of the slightly convex cross section of the first stage ( unresharpened ) examples.

Here's one of my examples.

It's fake but I'll still give you a dollar, cash money for it. Lol.

After looking at the point a bit more, maybe it is just on the left hand side? It is definately much more defined on the left, no matter which side you view it from. I don't know much about arrowheads, I just LOVE finding them!!! I can post better pics if I need too.

Lost Lake":2uuxtt5z said:

Here's one of my examples.

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Definitely not like the above pic.

Mudbone":ugeg4iff said:

Lost Lake":ugeg4iff said:

Here's one of my examples.

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Definitely not like the above pic.

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I'd love to see more pics. Especially a point on end view. Sometimes the bevel isn't as pronounced if it has only had a couple of sharpenings.

Supposedly, the only difference between a Kirk Corner Notch and Lost Lake is the bevel resharpenings, and at first it's hard to tell the difference in first stage examples of each. However, what I've noticed is that most Kirk Corner Notches have notches that are almost straight in, without any curve or, "dogleg" to them, and they are also bifacially resharpened. Your point has classic dogleg notches found on Lost Lakes, but there are exceptions to every rule.

Yours is one of the nicest finds I've seen in quite a while, regardless of what it is.

I am really excited about finding this one! I would have never imagined I would ever find one like this. I have spent countless hours hunting for points and never found anything close to this pretty. I found this by following deer tracks in the snow which lead me to a tiny drainage with running water. This one was almost on top. I will be searching this spot come spring!!
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About how old is this piece of history?

Great pics and thanks for sharing a beautiful find.

Kirk Corners and Lost Lakes are early to mid Archaic points, roughly 8000-5000 yrs before present.

I hope you get to hunt that spot again and find some more to show us.

That's just to cool! I can't wait to see it! DONT DROP IT!