Congrats!! I'm happy for you, caches of any type are incredible and a blade cache like that is definitely once in a lifetime find. I discovered a cache of 100 flint preforms earlier this year. It's quite a feeling! Thanks for sharing this with us. ⚡✨🔥
Impressive cache no doubt! Might be a little click bait-ish with the title though. Maybe it’s different in TX, but those curved blades can be found in all the way up to woodland sites around here. I personally don’t care what time period a cache is from, it’s a sweet find either way! Cant wait to hear more about em.
A couple of counties over in Colorado County, there are places on the top of our hill on one of our properties, where arrowheads were also made. I have not excavated the entire area, but years ago the County dug gravel from the property and where they dug the gravel, you can find old fire pits and literally thousands of chips from flint knapping and several broken arrowheads. The area is rich with the history of the native Americans, even burial mounds.
@@curious_archaeology Yes, when they stayed in an area for extended time, it was on high areas which is a vantage point for them. They can see enemies coming and see game for hunting from high areas..
Salutations Good Sir and God Bless! First of All, You Are Owed a Congratulations! Wow! What you've found here is something that which we've all dreamed of ever since we were children, and what you've literally unravelled is more a miracle than a pile of beautiful flint and a series of snapshots, this scene is a memory preserved from the past that has returned back to living an actionable life! And because everything was resting blissfully in situ, and you took care, did your due and proper diligence, by recording each phase concerning the meticulous extraction, you've preserved a glimpse into something exceedingly rare, made a newer memory, one so exceptional, now that it's been revived it shall last all of our lifetimes combined! Cheers and Blessings to You and all Yours! CIAO
Guessing this could be a record for the most prismatic blades ever found insitu, definitely associated with Clovis technology, congrats, couldn’t have happened to a better guy!!! God bless Texas for allowing what they do😎😎😎
Of course a great cache. It’s a little puzzling the way they are found together. I haven’t seen any channeling representative of classic Clovis culture. Two things: one it would be double interesting if the items were washed! Second, what led to to dig there in the first place. I believe you said two or three had been found before. Also, it would be great to find some charcoal or other organic material to get a Carbon 14 date. I hope there will be a Part 2!. Some Clovis caches are close in space but not stacked literally in a crowded type space. I’m thinking of a Washington state orchard find and an Eastern creek find in close association but not on top of each other. It would be exceedingly interesting to know what was going on here- probably a knappers site but pretty deep indicating huge age.
Hi David, these are not Clovis bifaces or points. They are prismatic blades skillfully knapped from a core with a prepared platform. They have not been washed. Three blades were found a couple months before in the same vicinity. They were extracted using heavy machinery. I can’t provide much detail on those other than they are not part of this cache. But same technology. Charcoal isn’t reliable in sand and there has not been any that I’ve noticed in context with the cache.
To the lucky finder! Congrats...preserving the integrity of your site is very important. Happy to hear you have responsible over-seers. By the way, “The Trowel" is God's gift to the archaeologist...”learn how to use it and then use it" ! LOL You might enjoy reading Collin's book on Clovis blade technology...I believe you will enjoy it!
@@fieldarchaeology101 Thank you. It’s only mine to share. And I am not certain the integrity of the site has been preserved, but that’s another video and conversation. David Calame is helpful with private landowners and their significant sites and finds, as well as collectors and amateurs. As far as a trowel, I’ll take your advice and get one. And the book, I started reading it, and had the pleasure to sit down with Glenn who contributed to that publication. Hearing his thoughts in person was as thrilling as the find itself.
Those blades were expertly knocked off a core. What culture needs to be determined. If you want to see a big Clovis check out the East Wenatchee Clovis site. Also the Badger Mountain point ❤
@@stanlindert6332 Thank you, Stan. I’ve scrutinized Clovis theory from the get go and everything points to them or another early culture. Check out Michael Collins book on Clovis Blade Technology. Blackwater draw site holds the most clues.
@@folsomblues28 Thanks Garrett. Appreciate that. I’ve always enjoyed your finds. I remember watching the alibates harahay knife pull from the bottom of the river! Just incredible!
@@eastcoastlithics the dart point is not as old. It just worked it’s way down over time. The area these blades were found is interesting from a geological perspective. There is an upper layer of clay mixed with organic material that formed I don’t know, tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago. That’s were they buried them. In a secure place. Everything I’ve found digging here has settled, moved, washed away, but those blades were insitu. Most caches found there are separated by inches or feet. Every single one of those blades were touching.
@@tmjmccormack Some have said it is because it made easy to scrape fat. Or it was just the technique the knapper used to make the most cutting edge out of the rock. The platform would have to be carefully prepared to get a nice blade removed.
@@curious_archaeologyok! This is incredible. So glad this popped up in my feed. Followed! Looking forward to future videos as you research more into these and this cache. Just brilliant.
You are very lucky to have found that. I would suggest using a small trowel for this type of work. It's safer for the artifacts (and also your fingers)..
Yes Warren, you and I think alike. The preforms and spear points could be inches away! That will be another video! Or if we can find the cores I’ll be equally as happy. Thanks as always friend.
Imagine what the people who made those would think about their old stuff being hunted and collected now. I suspect they'd think we're crazy for caring about their artifacts. That's a great find, thanks for showing us! I'd like to find a place I can hunt old stone stuff in VA. I'm sure there's a lot of Native American stuff in the ground, but there's a lot of newer history too. It's probably not easy to find places it's legal to dig.
@@citizenone3442 Tool cache. The technical term is prismatic blades from a polyhedral core. Though I learned recently that the shape of Georgetown core slabs are mostly “D” shaped.
@@kb8030 The refit test took hours and it will take many more to get them all documented and re fit. She was able to get about 20 of the pieces back together! I’ve got some videos coming out today and tomorrow. :)
Wow bro!!!! I’m blown away…glad you dug around the pile of blades…so cool to see them together in situ!!!…you think they were must in a leather pouch or something when they were last left…??…otherwise, you would see a bit of travel amongst them…as you know, blades, like arrowheads are very susceptible to movement thru rain water…kinda like a leaf in the wind…???…70!!!??!!! Incredible!!! I’m nearly shaking thinking you still get to build not only one core, but 3 it sounds like….!!!!…greatest puzzles you’ll ever attempt!!!! Thx!!! Great channel and can’t wait for the follow ups!!!!!!!!!
@@kb8030 They very well could have been in something organic or durable to keep them together. I think there are 2 or 3 cores. Some of the blades you could tell came from a smaller core. I’m still shocked. Thank you for your kind words and watching.
Champ!!! Congrats again!!!!…and excellent refrain not tearing into the cache….took your time….lifetime find…friggin’ enjoy it and you documented it….great work!!!…would be interested to see how you measured it…??..might need to do the same here someday…???…a water level???…anyway, can’t wait to see the 2 cores built….probably won’t sleep til then….so no pressure…………….))!!!haha
@@kb8030 Haha! We measured from the hard pan to the cache, and then from the cache to the approximate topsoil. I’ll post photos soon. We also took 3 core soil samples around the blades to test the luminescence (optical dating).
Lastly….the gouge will get left in the dust here for most…but it is epic!!!…the clean up will be dope!!!….in central TN…we have many flint celts used for many diff uses…all shaped to fit the task….then there was a canoe making spot where gouges are found….very few rounded bits so easy to tell….after all that…..what is a gouge used for down yander))??? ….rafts/canoes???
@ Thanks, the gouge is really cool! I think they were prob for digging out canoes and working with wood. They are made from smaller, tuff, river cobble with cortex on most.
@@LudovicFouquet-p5b We do not know 100%. They have been near Clovis associated tools. Blackwater Draw site has most clues. Also the Gault site here in Central TX.
I realize you're probably in Texas, but that point would be called a Rice shallow notch everywhere else in the states. It's a Woodland period point. Nice cache, but not Paleo. Sorry.
@@chrisw422 These artifacts are possibly associated with Clovis. They have been found near Clovis tools at a handful of well documented Clovis sites. We are not certain of anything. I am always asking questions. It will take more time and discoveries to give further clues.
@@SoutheasternOutdoors We don’t know they are Clovis. That is just the hypothesis. We need more evidence. But they have been found associated with Clovis at a dozen sites or so. Blackwater Draw in New Mexico holds some clues. There were quite a few at the Gault site a couple days walk away. And that was a serious Clovis occupation. And pre-Clovis.
@@hmshortYes you are correct. I am scrutinizing as well until there is more evidence or clues that come to light. We took some luminescent tests of the soil around it so that will be helpful.
These blades have been found in direct association with Clovis artifacts. There was a Clovis workshop near here in Florence TX where they found Clovis points, bifaces, and these prismatic blades. The point found deeper likely settled down there over time but was later.
If you ever do find a clovis projectile you might want to change your extraction methods otherwise you'll break any large thin point with you fingering the stuff to remove it. a small piece of hardwood like a pencil would be much better than using your fingers and trying to pull them out prematurely, kuckily those blades are nice and thick, also work a few inches farther above and below the immediate cache of artifacts to extract them properly otherwise your find of a life time will snap from either impatience or bad digging habits, Thats a nice complete looking rendered core, whether its clovis or not is whole different question, find some charcoal and save some $ to C14 date at that levelm also clovis are a far cry from being the oldest artifacts found in the Americas, as 20k-30k BCE are being found these days.
@@westho7314 Thanks for the pointers. We took three core samples to do luminescence dating. I’m sure there were people here before Clovis we just need more clues.
@ There is some evidence of pre-Clovis, but I do not think it would be a very large population. Where are their tools and kill sites? White sands isn’t exactly hard evidence and the Gault site has some clues. We need more evidence.
Gouge? OK, i believe I may have found some of those riverside NJ. Not chert. Also axe heads. Some quite large. Need verification. Will post vids at some point
@@SUPERJKJEEP Clovis is a term for the first technologies and peoples of North America. One of the earliest discovered sites was in Clovis, New Mexico.
Congratulations Brad !!! Clovis has always been my dream point. I only have 3 or 4 true Clovis bases. All found on mixed sites in the farm fields of Colorado. You truly have been blessed with an amazing find. Thanks for sharing & Many blessings.
@@curious_archaeology Yes Sir, I'm glad I was able to find those and am proud to have them in my collection. Happy New Year to to you and yours Brad !!!!
You sound so excited. Why don't you you use some tools and extract them properly? You'll stop using you finger to dig when you cut it to the bone. Are you from Arkansas?
@@terrytabor1554 We do not know. But there have been hints that they are. Blackwater Draw is best know site that connects the technologies. And perhaps Gault.
@@CraigDoyle-sz6uj Hi Craig I did find a piece of red ocher nearby. I kept it. It’s a small piece. I read recently were there was a cache of Clovis and they were covered in red ochre. Too cool. So many questions!
Impressive demonstration of what not to do when finding artifacts. This site and its surroundings deserve to be studied by an archaeologist so that it is not massacred and lost forever.
I do not see that you found anything more that large chips hammered from a large piece.....who would make a arrowhead that curved....how would you use it..... You found one actual arrowhead and a bunch of rubble broken from a large piece of material.......
@@denzilburriss5156 They used them because of their sharp edges. For meat or hide processing, or both. It was a specialized knapping method that made the most from the material given. Which is the purpose of the cache in the first place, to make material and tools available where it could be scarce.
Horrible destruction of a cultural resource. Archeology is organized destruction that reveals context of the culture that occupied the site. This is NOT an organized study. If there's a professional archeologist coming to consult with you, here's hoping he'll explain to you how NOT to destroy any more cultural resources. This wholesale destruction of the context is appalling.
@@paulnewsom8525 Three things: First, sand camps in Texas are not of much help to Archaeologist here in TX because of the lack of context usually. Many hundreds of acres containing artifacts have already been unearthed from brick companies using the sand and clay for brick making. Second, we have a team of people who are and will study these artifacts. They are consulting with me and I am tentatively cooperating with them. Lastly, professional archaeologist (not all) seem to have problems tied with emotions about others who do not perform the way they would. We are all different. We dig differently, interpret things differently, and that’s what makes studying history fun.
@@jeffgass7293 it was anything but boring. A find of a lifetime while there was a shootout going on nearby and a helicopter circling every two minutes!
You found the workshop!
That’s exactly what we think!
Not many Clovis caches ever discovered in the entire US.
Incredible historical find brother, keep us posted!
You're right, there aren't many. I’ve been reading about them. Cool stuff for sure. Thanks for the support.
Congrats!! I'm happy for you, caches of any type are incredible and a blade cache like that is definitely once in a lifetime find. I discovered a cache of 100 flint preforms earlier this year. It's quite a feeling! Thanks for sharing this with us.
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@@WhatLandonFinds Thank you!! Awesome find Landon! I’m going to watch your cache video. And you are welcome.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER! Graduations🎉 anxiously awaiting the next video.
Glad I finally caught the video! Incredible find my friend!
@@lucaspeterson8701 Thanks buddy I’m still shocked!!
Impressive cache no doubt! Might be a little click bait-ish with the title though. Maybe it’s different in TX, but those curved blades can be found in all the way up to woodland sites around here. I personally don’t care what time period a cache is from, it’s a sweet find either way! Cant wait to hear more about em.
I found a woodland blade like this recently In my neck of the woods
@ you gonna share your find with us aren’t ya?!
@@Points365 best believe it! Got a lineup of videos before it though. Dont worry!
@@eastcoastlithics heck yeah man!
@@Points365 utpress.utexas.edu/9780292712355/
A couple of counties over in Colorado County, there are places on the top of our hill on one of our properties, where arrowheads were also made. I have not excavated the entire area, but years ago the County dug gravel from the property and where they dug the gravel, you can find old fire pits and literally thousands of chips from flint knapping and several broken arrowheads. The area is rich with the history of the native Americans, even burial mounds.
@@kentuckwhite6701 Thanks for sharing. They seemed to like the high points and hills.
@@curious_archaeology Yes, when they stayed in an area for extended time, it was on high areas which is a vantage point for them. They can see enemies coming and see game for hunting from high areas..
Wow...simply amazing! Congrats on the find of a lifetime!!!
@@wvdigrrr9509 I appreciate that
Wow! Thisnis an incredibly important find. Well done, sir. Thats mind blowing. Congratulations
@@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 I appreciate it, Ben!
Salutations Good Sir and God Bless!
First of All, You Are Owed a Congratulations! Wow!
What you've found here is something that which we've all dreamed of ever since we were children, and what you've literally unravelled is more a miracle than a pile of beautiful flint and a series of snapshots, this scene is a memory preserved from the past that has returned back to living an actionable life!
And because everything was resting blissfully in situ, and you took care, did your due and proper diligence, by recording each phase concerning the meticulous extraction, you've preserved a glimpse into something exceedingly rare, made a newer memory, one so exceptional, now that it's been revived it shall last all of our lifetimes combined!
Cheers and Blessings to You and all Yours! CIAO
@@jarmyvicious Kind words. Thank you. Ciao!!
@@jarmyvicious ❤️
What a wonderful discovery .... those blades are beautiful, despite being covered in sand right now. Hoping we will get to see them cleaned up🪶🏹🏹
@@straubdavid9 Thanks for your kindness. We will absolutely post clean up pictures and video!
Long term record breaking find! So pleased for you. 👍🏼
@@normanodekirk6766 Thank you Norman!!
So happy for you!! Can’t believe there were so many… WOW
@@morganleighagnew ❤️
Just found ya and gave a sub. What an incredible once in a life time save. Lucky man.
@@michaelwhiteside1011 Thanks for the kind words! I am very grateful.
🎉Congratulations!! It's such an awesome find. It's so amazing.
Guessing this could be a record for the most prismatic blades ever found insitu, definitely associated with Clovis technology, congrats, couldn’t have happened to a better guy!!! God bless Texas for allowing what they do😎😎😎
@@greatbasinman
This is a great comment. As always, thank you very much. Yes I believe it is the largest Prismatic Clovis Cache found insitu!
That point looks like a Scotts Bluff, cool stuff!
@@flinteastwood7179 Thank you! You are the 3rd person to advise the Scottsbluff type on that artifact.
That’s a pretty exciting find! Not everyday you find a collection that old. Awesome blades
@@artifactsofarkansas5549 Thank you
Of course a great cache. It’s a little puzzling the way they are found together. I haven’t seen any channeling representative of classic Clovis culture. Two things: one it would be double interesting if the items were washed! Second, what led to to dig there in the first place. I believe you said two or three had been found before. Also, it would be great to find some charcoal or other organic material to get a Carbon 14 date. I hope there will be a Part 2!. Some Clovis caches are close in space but not stacked literally in a crowded type space. I’m thinking of a Washington state orchard find and an Eastern creek find in close association but not on top of each other. It would be exceedingly interesting to know what was going on here- probably a knappers site but pretty deep indicating huge age.
Hi David, these are not Clovis bifaces or points. They are prismatic blades skillfully knapped from a core with a prepared platform. They have not been washed. Three blades were found a couple months before in the same vicinity. They were extracted using heavy machinery. I can’t provide much detail on those other than they are not part of this cache. But same technology. Charcoal isn’t reliable in sand and there has not been any that I’ve noticed in context with the cache.
OMG! Incredible! Insane! Very special! Take care. Good luck
@@JoseyWales-ed Thank you Josey!
Unbelievable find! Congratulations wow!!!🏹
Thank you very much!
Wow never seen anything like this congrats
@@DamianDarkone Thank you
To the lucky finder! Congrats...preserving the integrity of your site is very important. Happy to hear you have responsible over-seers. By the way, “The Trowel" is God's gift to the archaeologist...”learn how to use it and then use it" ! LOL You might enjoy reading Collin's book on Clovis blade technology...I believe you will enjoy it!
@@fieldarchaeology101 Thank you. It’s only mine to share. And I am not certain the integrity of the site has been preserved, but that’s another video and conversation. David Calame is helpful with private landowners and their significant sites and finds, as well as collectors and amateurs. As far as a trowel, I’ll take your advice and get one. And the book, I started reading it, and had the pleasure to sit down with Glenn who contributed to that publication. Hearing his thoughts in person was as thrilling as the find itself.
Cool, I found a broken arrow head walking on a beach. Kept for 56 years so far.
@@taramartin6117 Love that!
Those blades were expertly knocked off a core. What culture needs to be determined. If you want to see a big Clovis check out the East Wenatchee Clovis site. Also the Badger Mountain point ❤
@@stanlindert6332 Thank you, Stan. I’ve scrutinized Clovis theory from the get go and everything points to them or another early culture. Check out Michael Collins book on Clovis Blade Technology. Blackwater draw site holds the most clues.
@ you found an incredible stash of huge blades man. That dude was feeling rich. I’d love to see him work.
...anticipation...lol 😉 This is great watching the process !!
@@paulasnyder226 Thank you Paula! Hope to see you on a dig soon!!
Those fantastic pieces my friend
@@billcasteel6259 Thank you very much
Pretty Amazing! Happy New Year🎉
@@SavageRockHunter Thank you! We are going to refit them together next week! I’ll be back with more info.
What made you guys dig in that area before finding those?
It’s a well know dig site. And knowing the geography is helpful.
Good video man! And even better discovery. Very rare.
@@folsomblues28 Thanks Garrett. Appreciate that. I’ve always enjoyed your finds. I remember watching the alibates harahay knife pull from the bottom of the river! Just incredible!
Do you think that dart point is older than the cache by that much or does it just happen to have been lower because of the ancient hill?
@@eastcoastlithics the dart point is not as old. It just worked it’s way down over time. The area these blades were found is interesting from a geological perspective. There is an upper layer of clay mixed with organic material that formed I don’t know, tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago. That’s were they buried them. In a secure place. Everything I’ve found digging here has settled, moved, washed away, but those blades were insitu. Most caches found there are separated by inches or feet. Every single one of those blades were touching.
You may address this at some point that I haven’t seen but why are they curved???
@@tmjmccormack Some have said it is because it made easy to scrape fat. Or it was just the technique the knapper used to make the most cutting edge out of the rock. The platform would have to be carefully prepared to get a nice blade removed.
@@curious_archaeologyok! This is incredible. So glad this popped up in my feed. Followed! Looking forward to future videos as you research more into these and this cache. Just brilliant.
You are very lucky to have found that. I would suggest using a small trowel for this type of work. It's safer for the artifacts (and also your fingers)..
@@sdavis7916 Thank you. I will get a trowel.
Congratulations man , I know your stoked ! Should be on some killer preforms close by also , lucky dog ! Be waiting on the next one .
Yes Warren, you and I think alike. The preforms and spear points could be inches away! That will be another video! Or if we can find the cores I’ll be equally as happy. Thanks as always friend.
Insane!! Congrats!! 👍🏻👍🏻
@@9wire Thank you
Imagine what the people who made those would think about their old stuff being hunted and collected now. I suspect they'd think we're crazy for caring about their artifacts.
That's a great find, thanks for showing us! I'd like to find a place I can hunt old stone stuff in VA. I'm sure there's a lot of Native American stuff in the ground, but there's a lot of newer history too. It's probably not easy to find places it's legal to dig.
Take lil hikes & a buck knife.
Never know what's in your neighborhood¿
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Hallelujah 🙌
@@comfortablynumb9342 Thank you
awesome archaeology and note-taking!
THAT IS SO DAMN COOL FINDING ALL THOSE PRE-FORMS OR WHATEVER THE PROPER TERM IS!!!
@@citizenone3442 Tool cache. The technical term is prismatic blades from a polyhedral core. Though I learned recently that the shape of Georgetown core slabs are mostly “D” shaped.
Awesome finds, NC USA 🇺🇸
@@thomasspainhour1112 Thank you Thomas!
Found an nutting stone on the Brazos river, it had been discarded by someone who had been digging at a site. Apparently they didn't know what it was.
@@markharris6171 Glad you recognized what it was and had an appreciation for artifacts that are not just knives or points!
Yo bro!! How’s the blade core puzzles going?!!??? Can’t wait for the next update!!!?!!
@@kb8030 The refit test took hours and it will take many more to get them all documented and re fit. She was able to get about 20 of the pieces back together! I’ve got some videos coming out today and tomorrow. :)
@@kb8030 And I need to post the gouge as well!
Wow bro!!!! I’m blown away…glad you dug around the pile of blades…so cool to see them together in situ!!!…you think they were must in a leather pouch or something when they were last left…??…otherwise, you would see a bit of travel amongst them…as you know, blades, like arrowheads are very susceptible to movement thru rain water…kinda like a leaf in the wind…???…70!!!??!!! Incredible!!! I’m nearly shaking thinking you still get to build not only one core, but 3 it sounds like….!!!!…greatest puzzles you’ll ever attempt!!!! Thx!!! Great channel and can’t wait for the follow ups!!!!!!!!!
@@kb8030 They very well could have been in something organic or durable to keep them together. I think there are 2 or 3 cores. Some of the blades you could tell came from a smaller core. I’m still shocked. Thank you for your kind words and watching.
Champ!!! Congrats again!!!!…and excellent refrain not tearing into the cache….took your time….lifetime find…friggin’ enjoy it and you documented it….great work!!!…would be interested to see how you measured it…??..might need to do the same here someday…???…a water level???…anyway, can’t wait to see the 2 cores built….probably won’t sleep til then….so no pressure…………….))!!!haha
@@kb8030 Haha! We measured from the hard pan to the cache, and then from the cache to the approximate topsoil. I’ll post photos soon. We also took 3 core soil samples around the blades to test the luminescence (optical dating).
Lastly….the gouge will get left in the dust here for most…but it is epic!!!…the clean up will be dope!!!….in central TN…we have many flint celts used for many diff uses…all shaped to fit the task….then there was a canoe making spot where gouges are found….very few rounded bits so easy to tell….after all that…..what is a gouge used for down yander))??? ….rafts/canoes???
@ Thanks, the gouge is really cool! I think they were prob for digging out canoes and working with wood. They are made from smaller, tuff, river cobble with cortex on most.
The two clovis points I found are double fluted on bith sides...I am not seeing flutes on these points.
@@alexACR3167 They are not fluted Clovis points. They are prismatic blades that only have been found near Clovis artifacts.
What makes you think these are Clovis tools ?
@@LudovicFouquet-p5b We do not know 100%. They have been near Clovis associated tools. Blackwater Draw site has most clues. Also the Gault site here in Central TX.
Please show a cleanup!
@@LavaBladez There will be more videos!
Those long, skinny, curved pieces are Scrapers for scraping Hides etc.
@@SnowTiger45 Thanks for your input! I believe you are correct
How old do you think those clovis blades are?
@@MyHostingPrices Around 13,000 years old.
I realize you're probably in Texas, but that point would be called a Rice shallow notch everywhere else in the states. It's a Woodland period point. Nice cache, but not Paleo. Sorry.
@@moemuggy4971 Good info. I will look into Rice points.
Wow, it blows my mind---How many years ago do you think---10K 20K?
@@sallystokes1277 I do not know. If they are Clovis related, around 13,000 years. Will learn more in the future hopefully.
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Never did see the Clovis
@@chrisw422 These artifacts are possibly associated with Clovis. They have been found near Clovis tools at a handful of well documented Clovis sites. We are not certain of anything. I am always asking questions. It will take more time and discoveries to give further clues.
How do you know it is a Clovis blade cache if no Clovis points found and not dated?
@@SoutheasternOutdoors We don’t know they are Clovis. That is just the hypothesis. We need more evidence. But they have been found associated with Clovis at a dozen sites or so. Blackwater Draw in New Mexico holds some clues. There were quite a few at the Gault site a couple days walk away. And that was a serious Clovis occupation. And pre-Clovis.
@@curious_archaeology Understood. Im sure the arch will confirm and looking forward to 'part 2'! Amazing find. Congrats
Cool find but with no actual Clovis points found it could be from any time period.
@@hmshortYes you are correct. I am scrutinizing as well until there is more evidence or clues that come to light. We took some luminescent tests of the soil around it so that will be helpful.
it must have been a bend in a river and these were washed into there from floods that happened periodicially.
@@leechild4655 Interesting observation! Noted
Awesome stuff… but I don’t see anything suggesting Clovis. That point looked deeper than the blades and is post Clovis.
These blades have been found in direct association with Clovis artifacts. There was a Clovis workshop near here in Florence TX where they found Clovis points, bifaces, and these prismatic blades. The point found deeper likely settled down there over time but was later.
If you ever do find a clovis projectile you might want to change your extraction methods otherwise you'll break any large thin point with you fingering the stuff to remove it. a small piece of hardwood like a pencil would be much better than using your fingers and trying to pull them out prematurely, kuckily those blades are nice and thick, also work a few inches farther above and below the immediate cache of artifacts to extract them properly otherwise your find of a life time will snap from either impatience or bad digging habits, Thats a nice complete looking rendered core, whether its clovis or not is whole different question, find some charcoal and save some $ to C14 date at that levelm also clovis are a far cry from being the oldest artifacts found in the Americas, as 20k-30k BCE are being found these days.
@@westho7314 Thanks for the pointers. We took three core samples to do luminescence dating. I’m sure there were people here before Clovis we just need more clues.
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Amazing!
Thanks Laura! I know a couple Folsoms her in TX! Nice people
WOW I bet the spent cores for those are close by if they already haven't been found!
@@darkkingastos4369 There is a chance we still find them!
That anvil/stone couldve been what they used to initiate spalling of these bladelets/lancets.
Noted. It will be included in the studies. Thank you!
I am seeing paleo flint knives...not clovis
@@alexACR3167 Thanks Alex. Your input is welcome.
Im interested in hearing what the archeologist says. Incredible find congrats!
@@johncampbell6584 Thank you! Will update you when we learn more!! I’ve already had the pleasure of sitting down and examining them with someone :)
You sound super excited. Lol
Sometimes the excitement doesn’t come out in my voice but I understand the significance of the find.
@curious_archeology 🤣 I understand. Also, from my understanding, it seems clovis wasn't first. It's still old and awesome either way.
@ There is some evidence of pre-Clovis, but I do not think it would be a very large population. Where are their tools and kill sites? White sands isn’t exactly hard evidence and the Gault site has some clues. We need more evidence.
Page ladsen sight in flordia. The Geralt site and several others. All pre clovis.
@@curious_archaeology just saw that you put the same
That's all blade core 4 sure!
Gouge? OK, i believe I may have found some of those riverside NJ. Not chert. Also axe heads. Some quite large. Need verification. Will post vids at some point
I would love to see what you have!
Great discovery, you don’t find a Paleo Cache every day👍🏻
@@rockhunter6260 Thank you. I can not wait to get back to the site and see what else we find!
@ 👍🏻
Wash it off ,let us see it cleaned off.
@@davidross5169 undergoing refit study first
Sand blow / soil liquefaction
Please use tools to expose future finds. You can even use plastic tools.
@@Freeman-Dl70 Got it. Thank you.
Dont use shovel, use icecream scoop
@@CHAD-RYAN 😂
What state you in?
@@GoldenticketforU Central Texas
I don't see Clovis
What is it ? Curved Arrowhead’s ? What is Clovis ?
@@SUPERJKJEEP Clovis is a term for the first technologies and peoples of North America. One of the earliest discovered sites was in Clovis, New Mexico.
@@SUPERJKJEEP And they are sharp blades that were likely used for meat and hide processing.
Congratulations Brad !!! Clovis has always been my dream point. I only have 3 or 4 true Clovis bases. All found on mixed sites in the farm fields of Colorado. You truly have been blessed with an amazing find. Thanks for sharing & Many blessings.
@@kevinkline6835 Thank you very much. I would be happy to find even a base of a Clovis spearpoint! We can all share this find. Have a Happy New Year.
@@curious_archaeology Yes Sir, I'm glad I was able to find those and am proud to have them in my collection. Happy New Year to to you and yours Brad !!!!
Why are they all curved?
@@GeorgiaGrowGuy I’ll be sure to ask this question!
Planted~ 😅
@@koof1776 Definelty planted by someone around 13,000 years ago!
Skinning blades.
@@bobbyblair1084 That’s what I’m thinking. Skinning or scraping hide. Deboning. Maybe they held them with a leather.
Looks like river layer deposits
Big flakes - not Clovis points .
@@Randolph-bw7cb They prismatic blades.
Change history my brother
I belive it may have been a grave
Why do I feel suspicious?
You sound so excited. Why don't you you use some tools and extract them properly? You'll stop using you finger to dig when you cut it to the bone. Are you from Arkansas?
@@77kland properly would take days. I have a full time job and a family. Not from Arkansas.
You don't know if there clovis
@@terrytabor1554 We do not know. But there have been hints that they are. Blackwater Draw is best know site that connects the technologies. And perhaps Gault.
@@curious_archaeologyso cool sharing with you in your incredible moment. 72 years old and energized!!!
@ love that!! :)
you're gonna need two frames!
@@RonaldMyers-uf2dt I hope to get them in one!
YEAH IT SEEMS LIKE THIS GUY IS ALWAYS FINDING A FIND OF A LIFETIME.... I THINK HE IS FULL OF IT ..... FAKE FAKE FAKE
@@billyknippers6983 Got your panties in a twist there Billy?
Is that red ochre on them?
@@CraigDoyle-sz6uj Hi Craig I did find a piece of red ocher nearby. I kept it. It’s a small piece. I read recently were there was a cache of Clovis and they were covered in red ochre. Too cool. So many questions!
Impressive demonstration of what not to do when finding artifacts. This site and its surroundings deserve to be studied by an archaeologist so that it is not massacred and lost forever.
@@vichadero1309 Thank you!
I do not see that you found anything more that large chips hammered from a large piece.....who would make a arrowhead that curved....how would you use it..... You found one actual arrowhead and a bunch of rubble broken from a large piece of material.......
@@denzilburriss5156 They used them because of their sharp edges. For meat or hide processing, or both. It was a specialized knapping method that made the most from the material given. Which is the purpose of the cache in the first place, to make material and tools available where it could be scarce.
Skeptical.
@@jenkins2162 it’s spec·ta·cle
this video sucks!!!
why dont you get some proper tools?
@@arcticgummibear4500 Good idea!
Your channel should more accurately be called "Curious Looting". Simply digging up artifacts is NOT archaeology.
@@canadan350 Thanks for the comment 🤗
Horrible destruction of a cultural resource. Archeology is organized destruction that reveals context of the culture that occupied the site. This is NOT an organized study. If there's a professional archeologist coming to consult with you, here's hoping he'll explain to you how NOT to destroy any more cultural resources. This wholesale destruction of the context is appalling.
@@paulnewsom8525 Three things: First, sand camps in Texas are not of much help to Archaeologist here in TX because of the lack of context usually. Many hundreds of acres containing artifacts have already been unearthed from brick companies using the sand and clay for brick making. Second, we have a team of people who are and will study these artifacts. They are consulting with me and I am tentatively cooperating with them. Lastly, professional archaeologist (not all) seem to have problems tied with emotions about others who do not perform the way they would. We are all different. We dig differently, interpret things differently, and that’s what makes studying history fun.
Great find! But I’m from Alabama. I don’t even talk this slow.
@@ThomasMartin-r8s Well thanks for half of your comment.
Just teasing man you’re so very lucky.I would give my right one to find something like that.
@ I am grateful.
Hahaha
Lordy Lordy ~
So freaking boring !!!
@@jeffgass7293 it was anything but boring. A find of a lifetime while there was a shootout going on nearby and a helicopter circling every two minutes!
@ to you maybe…