First Point of the Year

[rickb29212]

Here are some photos of a nice point that I just found at Edisto Beach, SC. I was looking for fossils and spotted it where it had washed out of a sand/shell bank at the high tide line. It is made of a translucent chert and looks black due to the staining it had received in the marsh for many centuries. Not bad for my first point of the year. Look in the fossil section under "Edisto Island" for the fossil report. Best, Rick B

[scott]

Great find Rick! I'd be real happy with that one. Awesome way to start the year.

Scott

[arappaho]

Pretty Savannah, Rick. Nice Find!

I know you know your chert, but it is strange to see a piece so evenly
and thoroughly stained like that. From the pic I'd guess it was
quartzite mainly because of the color. Like to see it sometime.

Glad you had a nice little get-away trip.
Retirement's looking pretty rough.

Joe

[leonardo]

Great find...Next time you go down there give me a hollor I was down there last week with my son but it was raining...never been there hunting...I'll buy the gas...

[rickb29212]

Hey Joe, here's a link to some info (blog) about a point found in the area a little over a year ago - point and material it is made of is the same. Retirement has been a little rough on me as bending down and picking up fossils is bad on the back. Leonard, Charlene and I will be going down there again for the first week of march and also the last week of march. I'll get in touch with you before we go so we can meet up. Boots about knee high are needed. Rick B

johdou.blogspot.com/2009/02/savannah-river-stemmed-point.html