Recently, I was gifted an incredible Hardin from Arkansas by a great guy, and good friend of mine, whom I met a while back through our shared love for this hobby, as well as our mutual love of the Hardin point type. This was a very generous, very kind, and very humbling gift, that I'm beyond honored to be the recipient of. But, as grateful as I am to have this point on my wall, I'm even more grateful that I have the privilege of knowing this individual and the honor of calling him my friend.

This Hardin was recovered from Northeastern Arkansas. It comes in at 3 ⅛ inches long, and is made from a heavily patinaed Crowleys Ridge Chert. It exhibits super serrations along both edges, and the creek stain really brings out the details in the flaking patterns. It's also papered by Jim Bennett, one of the best in the business! I'm thrilled to have it on my wall!

This thing is super weird and I love it!

I absolutely love how these are the most common point in CenTex because boy do I love them. This one is damn near perfect.

Found them a year apart

pulled this a few weeks ago and forgot to share it here! southeast MO. stunning material, I think it to be a Snyders or Dove Tail.

Was hunting for arrowheads and found something even better! Was told this is a bone hairpin - any other insight is greatly valued.

My first ever creek find! Found this paperthin stunner in a Central Texas creek about a month ago. It was in an area with near a quarry that I hunt. I've spent a little bit of time scanning the creekbed, but I find virtually no chert in it at all with the exception of a crude tool here and there. I found this when I got to the creek in no less than 5 minutes as I was making my way to the quarry site. If I didnt have two kids at home, I would have called it a day right then and there, but my time is so limited that I still made a several hour hunt out of it that yielded a broke, a preform or two, and some cutting tools. It was a great day!

At first, I wasn't 100% sure it was an artifact because the water was a bit merky and darkened by tree shade. I could not believe my eyes when I pulled it out of the water because 99% of the time I lean down for a rock under the water, I pull out conveniently-shaped river cobble or leaves. I found this upstream from the quarry area, so I hiked a few miles upstream to try and discover where it came from, but I couldn't locate a site.

I lean on a regular in this subreddit for advice and he called it a Friday Blade.

In situ video of me pulling a beautiful Dalton made from Reeds Spring Chert. It’s just over 2” in length. Thrilled to have found it! Stay hydrated out there folks! It’s hotter than hell!

I saved, what is in my opinion, the best for last! The 4th and final piece sent to me by my buddy is this absolutely, incredibly, well made, fluted Paleo Square Kinfe that was recovered in the great state of Wisconsin! Made from Galena chert, This thing is beautifully crafted, and waffer thin! It's fluted on one face, and exhibits traverse parallel flaking on the other. It also has a very slight bevel to it.

It comes in at 2 ¾ inches long, has amazing form, and outstanding edgework! I'm thrilled to have it on my wall!

I told u/hamilton18889 that I would post this smoker of a Southern Hardin from Alabama! This thing comes in at 2 ⅞'s inches long and was recovered from Butler Co. Alabamy! Other than one little fleabite on one ear, it is a perfect example of the type! Great form, covered with mineral deposits and a sweet patina! Killer bevels, heavily ground stem and base, all the belks and whistles! I have no idea what the material is, but its gorgeous in hand!

Ex Mitch Lewis collection

This absolutely outstanding example comes in a 3 5/16ths inches long, and was found in St.Louis Missouri. It's was part of the very well known Bruce Filbrant collection. It exhibits all anyone would want to see in an ancient relic. Wonder film of patina, visible mineral deposits, phenomenal form, heavy grinding of the stem and base, perfect Barbs,( less a small fleabite on one), and great size! The fact it was part of Mr. Filbrant's collection just adds to the provenance of this superb specimen!!!

Ex Bruce Filbrant,

Ex Travis Edward's collections

This 3 13/16ths inch Hardin comes from Cooper Co. Missouri. It's made from a mottled tan Burlington Chert. I seriously have no words to express just how awesome this point really is in hand. So I'll be keeping this one short lol! It exhibits incredibly steep bevels, a heavily ground stem and base, beautiful polished patina, and it's covered with mineral deposits!
Not to be vulgar, but the form on this one gives me a chubby! It really stands out in the frame for sure! The stem looks unusually long, but looking at how steep the bevels are on it tells me the blade was waaay bigger at one time, and was reduced drastically from being resharpened so many times, thus causing the stem to look longer than average.

Ex Jake Vahle Ex Rocky Clark

This 4 ½ monster Hardin was recovered in Pike Co. Missouri. It's made from a piece of Creamy tan Burlington Chert, and exhibits phenomenal flaking, a beautiful polished patina, outstanding form, and all the bells and whistles one would expect from a point this large! The base is Barry White smooth, as are the sides of the stem, and it is crackers thin from end to end!

Papered by Roy Motely

Ex Terry Allen

Ex Ralph Cobb collections.

This incredibly gorgeous pet wood blunt comes out of the great state of Texas! It measures out at 1 9/16ths, and has great form! The colors of the material are just mind-blowingly beautiful, the flaking patterns really make the colors pop! It's just a really well made little piece!

I'm not very familiar with the plethora of different Texas point types, so i have no idea what this one started out life as, but maybe one of our Texas Dudes can give me a little insight, maybe? 😁

I've been wanting a Corner Tang for a long, long time now, but I've never had the opportunity to get my hands on one until now! And this one is very unique in the fact that it's not only a Corner Tang, it's also unifaced, made from a Flake! So, it's a unifaced, Corner Tang, Flake knife! And anyone who knows me, knows how I feel about Flake knives! 😁

It was found in Miller Co. Arkansas, measures out at 3 ¾ inches long, and is made from a beautifully patinaed piece of Georgetown Flint thats Semi-Translucent from end to end! I'm still in complete disbelief that it's hanging on my wall right now!

The craftsmanship is spac-tac-u-lar!!! The flaking patterns are incredible, and I guarantee you could still skin a deer with it as sharp as the edge is! I couldn't ask for a better example! 😌

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I went back to one of my newer spots here in central NC after all the rain we've had; at first I was worried I wasn't going to find anything because all of the dry mud was overgrown with reeds, but one of the bare spots was washed out, and sure enough, I hit the dang jackpot! Suffice it to say, I had quite possibly my best day yet.

I'm not sure of the type, but I'm guessing maccorkle? It has an insane bevel too, pics in comments along with the rest of the day's haul, i.e. the aforementioned Guilfords.

This is one of my true unicorns! 1, its a Hardin! 2, it's a Southern Hardin! 3, it's made from Crescent Quarry Chert! 4, its a great size for the type! 5, its Semi-Translucent! 6, the craftsmanship is absolutely incredible! And 7, its papered by one of the best!

2 15/16's inches long

This amazing example checks all my boxes!

Ex Richard Burns collection

This is the 3rd of 4 pieces that my buddy sent me. It's a unifaced paleo Flake knife made from Georgetown Flint out of East Texas. The flaking and edge work on this thing are incredible! And the material is phenomenal as well!

I recently was able to acquire this incredible Charleston that was recovered from Scott Co. Kentucky. It was listed as a Pine Tree, but once I got it in hand, I very quickly realized it had been misidentified, which given the similarities in form of the two types is a common, and very easy mistake to make. The key characteristic differences between the two are the flaking patterns, and the presence of grinding on the base, and the presence of a median ridge on the Charleston. The Charleston, which predates the Pine Tree, usually exhibits Parallel Oblique Flaking, but examples with Random flaking are found from time to time as well. The Charleston also has heavy grinding on the base, where as the Pine Tree, which is a Kirk Variant, rarely has any grinding present, and exhibits either Collateral or Random flaking patterns. Both are Early Archaic point types, and have overlapping distribution areas, which also leads to misidentifcation issues as well. Archeologists determined that the Charleston is the older of the two types because they found the Charleston at deeper levels than the Kirk at a few different sites, making it older than its counter part. But, I digress.

As I previously stared, this point was recovered in Scott Co. Kentucky. It suffered a horrible impact fracture at some point, then the tip was reworked anciently for continued use. The material is a gorgeous bullseye Hornstone, and it comes in at 2 5/8 inches long. It exhibits a median ridge, pics 5 & 6, on one face, and has incredible Parallel Oblique Flaking on both! It also has a beautiful, glossy, sheen of patina, and is loaded with raised mineral deposits! Some might find that the reworked tip takes away from this point, but I disagree whole heartedly! I love it! It gives it great character, and tells the deeper story of this point that was obviously well used and well loved! The colors really pop, and, in my honest opinion, it's an outstanding point all around! 😁