January
My best quartzite point so far.
February
My first month with zero finds, in a long time. Too much snow...
March
My first Jack's Reef.
April
The two on the left were my first finds in a new place that turned out to be really productive.
May
June
All of these were from one place, over two weekends.
July
It was a tough summer for finding artifacts this year...
August
First find in another new place.
September
October
That pretty pink and red Greene point was my best find of 2013.
November
Two tiny so-called "bird points."
December
Most unexpected find: Broken Stark point in my dad's driveway.
Biggest "first" of the year: my first soapstone bowl fragment.
Best "in situ" photo: I have two candidates, the Jack's Reef and photo 5 in this post.
Heartbreaker of the year: broken Levanna base from this post. Also this Neville base from the fall:
I spent a lot of time searching in 2013 and I spent a lot of that time not finding anything. A real productive spot from 2012 produced very little for me this year, another favorite place yielded up nothing at all. I offset that somewhat by finding a couple of new spots and I am proud of my finds but wish I could have found one or two more nice points in different shapes and materials. I feel like I have had better luck in other years. One lesson I have learned about this hobby this year is that there are absolutely no guarantees, ever. I can remember a few times after hard rains in gorgeous conditions in very productive places where I searched hard for hours and walked away with nothing. There is an element of luck to this that nothing can change. I wish everybody a wonderful New Year and hope everyone finds more of whatever they are looking for in 2014!
2 comments :
Thanks for showing us these great finds.
Looks a like a productive year! Very similar material and typology to what I am finding (or trying to find!) here in CT. Are you mostly searching farm fields? Thanks for sharing.
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