Flint Ridge Chalcedony Hopewell

Size: 2 9/16" long x 1 1/8" wide

Provenance: Crooksville, Ohio. I have labeled piece since I pictured it.

Condition: Super. This is one slick Hopewell. Only a step down from Moss Agate, this piece is highly patinated. Most of the time, the Flint Ridge Chalcedony is a pinkish color with little white blobs. This one is much darker. Highly translucent, and still very deadly. I consider this a very good buy at the price.

Price: $100

Translucent Shot.

I concentrated on the bottom half to show the whit globs that are often seen in this material

Crooksville, Ohio Bifurcates

Size: Longest piece Top Right is a hair shy of 1 3/4" long.

Provenance: Crooksville, Ohio.

Condition: Varies. I arranged them with the best on the top row, and the bottom row with the lesser examples. Two on top row are extremely fine. Pictures does not do a good job on the upper right piece. It is superior. Bottom middle is Flint Ridge.

Price: Top Row Left to Right: ON HOLD>

Summit County Flint Ridge Side Notch

Size: 1 7/8" long x 13/16" wide

Provenance: Summit County, Ohio.

Condition: Super. This is one of the rare two-side patina pieces. Other side looks completely different. Collectors love to see this look, and it makes the point even more desirable. Ask me for a pic of backside.

Price: $ON HOLD>

Summit County Ohio Bottleneck

Size: 2 7/16" long x 1" wide

Provenance: Summit County, Ohio. Labeled on backside.

Condition: Super. A nicer complete example of the bottleneck/table rock point. One tiny nick on left side 2/3 up blade edge. Not sure of material. It almost has a quartz look to it.

Price: $60

Table Rock/Bottleneck Kokomo, Indiana

Size: 3 1/4" long x 1 5/16" wide

Provenance: Found by Harvey Bird on May 22, 1919 on his farm located 2 miles South of Kokomo, Indiana

Condition: Super. This is a very large Table Rock. It is made from a high quality "waxy" banded material. It is nearly perfect with a well ground base. A superior example. I bought it right, so I will pass along right.

Price: $125.

Paleo? Reamer

Size: 2 15/16" long x 1 3/16" wide

Provenance: Butler County, Ohio. Comes with Jeff Baker COA(g-7.5) stating piece is a Cobbs Drill. You can COA if you want it.

Condition: Excellent. I disagree with Baker over the typology, b/c I feel the flaking and resharpening point to an earlier time period. Baker states material is nodular chert, but it is Carter Cave. I really like the piece, and think the price is right.

Price: $40

Missouri Drill

Size: 2 ¾” long x 1 7/16”

Provenance: Warren County, Missouri. Also marked with #727.

Condition: Super. This is a superior drill. Hardin? Etley? I don’t know, but you can figure it out.

Price: $125

Mercer Bird Dropping Fractured Base Decatur

Size: 1 3/4" long x 1 1/8" wide

Provenance: Adams County, Ohio.

Condition: Excellent. Nothing beats the form of the fractured base decatur. This one is made from a wonderful patinated bird dropping flint.

Price: $100

Curved Uniface Knife

Size: 3 3/8" long x 1 5/8" wide.

Provenance: Southern Indiana.

Condition: Excellent. This piece fits in my hand so well I started to think the person who made had the same size hands. It also gives off the feel of a powerful tool still able to butcher game. Super "blobby" patinated Hornstone material.

Price: $125

Unifacial Side

Notice the great material.

Nicely Banded Cobbs Knife

Size: Eyelash shy of 4" long.

Provenance: Ohio. Bought from a "box" left from "grandfather".

Condition: Excellent. I always go for color, and this one is no exception. Practically the whole universe of high grade Coshocton colors. Nice length and form to boot.

Price: $125

Hornstone Lance

Size: 3 1/2" long

Provenance: Found by Randy Kauth in Hamilton County Ohio.

Condition: Excellent. I have had several pieces of similar form and I class them as Late-Paleo. This one exhibits an almost unseen stem and side grinding. Nice old piece for the money.

Price: $300

Hopewell

Size: 3 3/8" long

Provenance: Butler County, Ohio. Reinhart Collection.

Condition: Excellent. Nice high grade Indiana Hornstone. Point has a slight median ridge on one side and flat on the backside. When I see this feature, I believe the piece was used as a knife.

Price: $50

Two-Tone Coshocton Dovetail

Size: 5 5/8" long

Provenance: Clark County, Ohio. Purchased by a good friend of mine in the late 1980's at a farm sale. He had the piece restored by renowned restorer Jim Beckman of Dayton, Ohio.

Condition: Restored Base. I don't I have ever seen such a stark contract in Coshocton flint. I have seen many pieces made from both colors, but never on the same piece. Obviously special to the early archaic knapper who made this whopper dove. Buy a real one with some restoration and save your money from the freshly made coa'd junk on the market today.

Price: $400

Picture taken before restoration.

Bifurcated Pinetree

Size: 2" long

Provenance: No find information. My guess is North to Central Kentucky. X: McElvoy.

Condition: Super. You don't see many bifurcated pinetrees. Super Archaic flaking throughout the piece and a nice no-brainer patination. I am not sure of the material, but it is a very high and I almost want to say it is an olive green Carter Cave.

Price: $150

Flint Ridge Hopewells

Size: 2 1/4" each

Provenance: Central Ohio. X: Charles "Modoc" Smith Collection. Both of these pieces are pictured in the limited auction flier from 9/18/1983. I hope you understand the importance of this provenance.

Condition: Super. A few minor nicks, but the material and the classic Hopewell forms are superior. It helps that they are no brainer authentic. I would really like to keep these as a pair, so email me for pricing and I will work with you to keep them together.

Price: $125 each or $225 for pair

Other Side

Paleo Blade - Crystal Inclusion

Size: Eyelash shy of 4" long.

Provenance: Oxford, Ohio. Butler County. Old sticker that says "224". X: Pat Welch.

Condition: Super. This piece is extremely well made and thin. Super pressure edgework, and a wonderful crystal inclusion to round out a great prehistoric piece.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>