Happy New Year Quest Family!! Beautiful piece of history!! You are the perfect person to find it that is for sure. I love how the universe most of the time gives treasures to the ones that respects her beauty.
That is Beautiful! So fascinating to see the knapping flake patterns to get the shape and eventual tool capability hidden in the Obsidian. Oh! They not only make a tool but show the shimmer/sheen in it to make a work of art that the removed flakes enhances.
Salut, What a great find! Seems to be most of the midsection of a larger whole.... though what I take to be patina looks ratheruniform over the totality of the surface and across what I thought were suspect breaks, and is that some fine reworking I see at either end? Perhaps it is just what the knapper intended, maybe rationing that pretty azure hued material. Both you and I know that blade likely had a home in someone's tool kit, until it sadly had become regretfully and irretrievably lost. And it could be that blade was of special importance to the craftsman, if only for the sweet material and keen edge! ....I am glad it found your eye and hand, and made it's way into your pocket! ....then for allowing us all an extended peek at your prize! Cheers and Blessings; Have a Great New Year!
I bet that knife was a Shaman's tool. With it being rare to that area, so exquisitely worked, and the mystical blue shean it would have been considered otherworldly. This is all just a guess but it sure gets the creative juices flowing. May you have an incredible new year with lots more fantastic finds like this one.
It might have come from Northern California, but a lot of Native American obsidian came from Oregon, per my under-grad UO "Tribes of the Pacific NW". Central Oregon had no resident tribes, but It has tons of obsidian, especially Neberry Calderra & was a trade route between stopping points of The Dalles & Klamath Lake. The obsidian gathered there found its way to far off places & tribes! Please have looked for it's other fragments!
Looks like "Electric Blue" from northern California.... I bet the other pieces are close to where you found it .... Looks to be broke in three pieces...
I always envision the knapper working on a piece and wonder how long something like that would take an expert like the one who made that knife. Happy New Year Quest Family.
Hello, I am interested in what your collection of pre historic artifacts look like and what your plan is for these items. These artifacts are the rightful property of the tribes surrounding the lake. i can help point you in the right direction to return these items to the correct tribe.
thank you for your interest, as far as my collection, it is assembled from two generations of collecting from all over northern CA, me and my father both worked jobs where the land was developed and often bulldozed and tilled , so if you pay attention you can save many from being destroyed. as far as the people of the Clearlake area, I have spoken to a fair number of locals, in depth I feel at this point, and their general consensus is that they prefer the object : #1 left, if its in a relatively safe location. #2 moved to a safe spot near by, ,if in a spot where it will get found or destroyed, a large tree base, out into the waters of the lake ect, basically toss them back. no one seems to want to claim singular ownership of a peoples cultural inheritance, so giving them to any one person has not turned out to be realistic, and in common sense we realize that much land is developed, and all of this , every inch was already lived upon, so some must be removed from the path of vineyard tractors and house sites, this is where I get mine. at this point their best use , I feel, is in education and preservation of a skill, which is a grey area, but would be # 3. there is no way , unfortunately , to return these to their origins, and not render them to dust, over half are broken and most by tractor in the last hundred years, where once only soft feet walked for millennia. I dream of them in an educational center, where all could see them as testament to skill, craft and technique , but not a museum setting feeding a false narrative, placing their people in history while continuing to erase them currently. which is exactly what they have told me they do not want. I will keep mine until their new paths are found. I will be gone someday , these now, will still be around. I will be dust, and they now have a chance to not. my email is below, I appreciate any help with finding more contacts. there are so many things I keep secret to protect, as development rages on , I fear being the only keeper, many whole sites, untouched, ......twenty years of stumbling on things that you'd have to see to believe, and I leave them, guard them, worry about them, watch them get destroyed. if you find people interested, I could point to spots on a map .
It seems you have been asked the same question butt in Many Many forms @@QuestForDetails. You & others have put some deep deep thoughts, emotions, visions & I'm sure many Dreams into your response Nate. Not sure if he responded back & retracted it or you deleted it & from the way your voice is when you found the beautiful piece of knapping. If he hasn't responded yet in Two months & ONLY made his yt ch in February (3 months ago) I'd Question his motives especially in these strange times. As for the origination of the Obsidian there is a sacred Black Obsidian mine in San Isidro Mazatepec, west of Guadalajara, Mexico. From the looks of yes it might just be a knife or even possibly part of a Macahuitl Sword. People seem to not want to know or accept the fact that our Ancient Elders did a lot of trading with other tribes (nations) All Over the Americas. PLEASE keep it Safe. Thank You so much for Sharing with the World what would probably be Lost in a museum or private collection somewhere. ps Just stumbled on your channel through Theo Kellison's Maker's Challenge. As for your Arrowhead you where knapping I hope you still have it. Yes the end chunked off butt it can still be used. Looking forward to watching many more of your finds & creations.
Thanks
NICE !
Happy New Year 👣👣👣👣...
What a beauty
Nice present for you!!
great find mate
The universes way of saying thank you and show me, happy new year.
That's a beautiful piece
Holy cow! That's an incredible piece. Very nice find sir!
She’s a beauty!
Wonderful find Nate... and I'm one of those that 'dont' believe in coincidences. Quest On!
Awesome find...happy new yr and hope you all had a great holiday
Absolutely beautiful piece you have found my friend 🤯👍
Congratulations, and
Happy New Year😎 💯
Happy new year bossku
Congrats on your amazing find. Just gorgeous.
That thing is too cool! Awesome dude.
Happy New Year Quest Family!! Beautiful piece of history!! You are the perfect person to find it that is for sure. I love how the universe most of the time gives treasures to the ones that respects her beauty.
Hi Nate, what an awesome find, that is a once in a lifetime find, 👍. Congratulations.
Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Happy Merry Christmas New Year! You got a gift. Blue green obsidian history piece!
Serendipity!
Really nice Knife ole buddy.
That is Beautiful! So fascinating to see the knapping flake patterns to get the shape and eventual tool capability hidden in the Obsidian. Oh! They not only make a tool but show the shimmer/sheen in it to make a work of art that the removed flakes enhances.
Happy New Year!
Salut,
What a great find! Seems to be most of the midsection of a larger whole....
though what I take to be patina looks
ratheruniform over the totality of the surface and across what I thought were suspect breaks, and is that some fine reworking I see at either end? Perhaps it is just what the knapper intended, maybe rationing that pretty azure hued material. Both you and I know that blade likely had a home in someone's tool kit, until it sadly had become regretfully and irretrievably lost. And it could be that blade was of special importance to the craftsman, if only for the sweet material and keen edge! ....I am glad it found your eye and hand, and made it's way into your pocket! ....then for allowing us all an extended peek at your prize! Cheers and Blessings; Have a Great New Year!
I bet that knife was a Shaman's tool. With it being rare to that area, so exquisitely worked, and the mystical blue shean it would have been considered otherworldly. This is all just a guess but it sure gets the creative juices flowing. May you have an incredible new year with lots more fantastic finds like this one.
You can find some on the east side of konocti but probably only on private land? I’ve seen a couple decent size boulders of it out there
It might have come from Northern California, but a lot of Native American obsidian came from Oregon, per my under-grad UO "Tribes of the Pacific NW". Central Oregon had no resident tribes, but It has tons of obsidian, especially Neberry Calderra & was a trade route between stopping points of The Dalles & Klamath Lake. The obsidian gathered there found its way to far off places & tribes!
Please have looked for it's other fragments!
Probably an actual ancient Murder weapon that you have found👍💪
What a treasure ! Where. In this desert of ours does this come from?
Looks like "Electric Blue" from northern California....
I bet the other pieces are close to where you found it .... Looks to be broke in three pieces...
More than likely it came from Davis Creek or Lassen Creek.
exactly what I was thinking ! thats where I get mine !
I always envision the knapper working on a piece and wonder how long something like that would take an expert like the one who made that knife. Happy New Year Quest Family.
It's either unfinished or broke during manufacture. It was probably going to be reworked into something else. Nice stone.
Hello, I am interested in what your collection of pre historic artifacts look like and what your plan is for these items. These artifacts are the rightful property of the tribes surrounding the lake. i can help point you in the right direction to return these items to the correct tribe.
thank you for your interest, as far as my collection, it is assembled from two generations of collecting from all over northern CA, me and my father both worked jobs where the land was developed and often bulldozed and tilled , so if you pay attention you can save many from being destroyed. as far as the people of the Clearlake area, I have spoken to a fair number of locals, in depth I feel at this point, and their general consensus is that they prefer the object : #1 left, if its in a relatively safe location. #2 moved to a safe spot near by, ,if in a spot where it will get found or destroyed, a large tree base, out into the waters of the lake ect, basically toss them back. no one seems to want to claim singular ownership of a peoples cultural inheritance, so giving them to any one person has not turned out to be realistic, and in common sense we realize that much land is developed, and all of this , every inch was already lived upon, so some must be removed from the path of vineyard tractors and house sites, this is where I get mine. at this point their best use , I feel, is in education and preservation of a skill, which is a grey area, but would be # 3. there is no way , unfortunately , to return these to their origins, and not render them to dust, over half are broken and most by tractor in the last hundred years, where once only soft feet walked for millennia. I dream of them in an educational center, where all could see them as testament to skill, craft and technique , but not a museum setting feeding a false narrative, placing their people in history while continuing to erase them currently. which is exactly what they have told me they do not want. I will keep mine until their new paths are found. I will be gone someday , these now, will still be around. I will be dust, and they now have a chance to not. my email is below, I appreciate any help with finding more contacts. there are so many things I keep secret to protect, as development rages on , I fear being the only keeper, many whole sites, untouched, ......twenty years of stumbling on things that you'd have to see to believe, and I leave them, guard them, worry about them, watch them get destroyed. if you find people interested, I could point to spots on a map .
It seems you have been asked the same question butt in Many Many forms @@QuestForDetails. You & others have put some deep deep thoughts, emotions, visions & I'm sure many Dreams into your response Nate. Not sure if he responded back & retracted it or you deleted it & from the way your voice is when you found the beautiful piece of knapping. If he hasn't responded yet in Two months & ONLY made his yt ch in February (3 months ago) I'd Question his motives especially in these strange times.
As for the origination of the Obsidian there is a sacred Black Obsidian mine in San Isidro Mazatepec, west of Guadalajara, Mexico. From the looks of yes it might just be a knife or even possibly part of a Macahuitl Sword. People seem to not want to know or accept the fact that our Ancient Elders did a lot of trading with other tribes (nations) All Over the Americas. PLEASE keep it Safe. Thank You so much for Sharing with the World what would probably be Lost in a museum or private collection somewhere.
ps
Just stumbled on your channel through Theo Kellison's Maker's Challenge. As for your Arrowhead you where knapping I hope you still have it. Yes the end chunked off butt it can still be used. Looking forward to watching many more of your finds & creations.