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david wilt		#101	[-]
Posts: 4 (11/03/08 6:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for this! I am going rock hunting today for some chert. Hopefully there is other stuff as well
knappingprodogy	Yes!	#102	[-]
Posts: 27 (11/03/08 7:45 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I found very high grade chert at one the locations listed in one of the searches you posted. I had found it before but never read it. I should have though because it lists tons of chert bearing formations in my area to a great deal of precission. I will post pics of the stone in the topic, "How do i remove chert from limestone". Thanks for the help!
onemississipp		#103	[-]
Posts: 340 (11/03/08 2:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	knappingprodogy, Call some of the quarries in your area, ask if they find "Flint or chert", most people call it flint. Call any place that digs including the landfill. Dustin
rebelace		#104	[-]
Posts: 2 (01/20/09 7:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	onemississipp, i went to your site near pickwic damn and picked up a few rocks, perhaps 10 -12 decent pieces, after i tried slabbing them i was heartbroken that the good knappable rock inside the chirt wasnt plentiful. It was a learning experience and dont think I dont appriciate what you do here. Its good of you to take the time to gather all this info up. I was wondering how you liked the material you picked up at that site. I did see the one piece you started making the red one. I dont think I had more than 2-3 rocks that had enough nappable material in them to make a decent sized point. I heat treated a pot full of them anyway to see what i could come up with, Im new to these boards and want to thank you again for your efforts. Looking forward to your reply.
AntlerandStone		#105	[-]
Posts: 5 (01/20/09 7:45 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's the problem with posting this stuff on the internet. I know he's trying to help, but it does more harm that good. 100 ppl. see that an area has knappable rock, and within 3 or 4 days the resources are GONE. The next thing you know people are picking with axes in the side of a cutout on an Interstate Hwy because someone told them it had knappable flint! I know the original poster has nothing but the best of intentions, but we all have to think about the consequences of our intentions. Free information can be a dangerous thing.
rebelace		#106	[-]
Posts: 3 (01/20/09 10:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	sometimes you have to gamble to gain anything of value, and gambling is a 2 way street you win or you loose.. i play blackjack so i dont mind taking a gamble what was i out? a nice hour drive though the country, seen the pickwick dam which ive always wanted to see i still win either way
merrden	local lithics	#107	[-]
Posts: 1 (03/17/09 5:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi Guys: I live in Rock Spring Ga. 15 mi so. of Chattanooga Tn. I am new to knapping but am not a stranger to geology. Since the gem and gold fields are too far from me and I am unemployed the knappin is now my pastime. There are a lot of cherts and jaspers found here. There is a black chert/jasper that does not have to be heat treated to knapp it. The question is where is it found? We need to map the group out and see what and where materials are found. Quartz is knappable but may have to be treated. The Nw. area is sedimentary and holds a surprising variety of stone types as well as fossils. please advise meerrden@comcast.net
RedEagle JR		#108	[-]
Posts: 104 (03/17/09 6:37 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You are to far from the gold fields? How far are you from the gold fields ? 75 miles? One of the first big strikes in the USA was found in GA. http://goldmaps.com/east/georgia_gold_mines.htm Your Signature ...Certified arborist
Yellowhammer		#109	[-]
Posts: 3 (03/17/09 6:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	onemississipp Thanks! for all the information! I live in Morgan County Alabama 100 yards from Flint Creek and the only stone here is sandstone.
rebelace		#110	[-]
Posts: 316 (09/28/09 9:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	freeze fractures are extra!!

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