TEST and FIND Stone/Rocks for FLINTKNAPPING  

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@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks yes please! I have some antler tines but I don't know what rocks to use. Would love a beginner's guide!

@@DonnyDustsPaleoTracks any chance you could also do a video where you turn the worst shaped stones into arrowheads?

@@tylertrombley9481 yeah, like cobbles

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I'm far from an expert. But it may worth searching jasper mines or quarries in eastern Pa.(Vera Cruz Lehigh County) and Western New Jersey. I have come across info about this particular jasper that said it was a highly sought after material. That it was often used in trade. And that artifacts made from this particular jasper have turned up throughout the northeast,the entire eastern seaboard,Great lakes region,Mississippi River, and the gulf coast as far as Texas. It was found in multiple colors red being one of them. Don't know if this is of any help, having not seen your point. But I have a chunk of this jasper that is a shade of red somewhere close to what they'd use to paint a barn.

What I've seen is they have a plan but the stone can make the plan change

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Probably not as specific at first but as time went on I’m sure they gained a method

Rivers, waterfalls and cave systems along the niagara escarpment are good places for a beginner to start looking for chert. Lots of easily accessible areas are picked over, typically need to hike or follow a water source to find good samples. Bring a small hammer, chisel, gloves and eye protection. Bang around on some promising looking rocks and look for sparks and conchoidal fractures. Once you get out there and smash some rocks you'll get a hang of which ones to look for. IME typically what you will find around here is lower grade chert, unless you get lucky you probably won't find anything super glassy and flakey similar to the obsidian etc you see here. There are also different types of chert in different areas of ontario for example Onondagan vs Ancaster chert etc so what you will find may vary by location. Lots of resources online and most major cities seem to have knapping groups etc that could show you the ropes

@@slackwater5093 why do people still nap? I mean it's not like we trade or use the products anymore?

I hear ya. I live in NE too. Nothing but granite here. And mica. Duhhh.