Click to enlarge	I have been surface collecting artifacts since 1997. Since then I have been lucky enough to find the plummets in the enclosed photo, with the exception of the short purple swirled one. It was found by my better half, Vicki. I was lucky enough to witness it in situ before she picked it up. They were found in Lincoln County Missouri, in the Mississippi River flood plain. They all appear to made of various grades of red and black hematite. The longest finished one is 3 5/8 inches long. Collection of Jeff Lee, Winfield, Missouri
Click to enlarge	These artifacts are surface finds from a farm in Polk County, Arkansas, which I found between 1965 and 1970. This farm is located on the Ouachita River. The rock appears resemble sandstone. There is an iron deposit that can be seen on the largest piece. This material is not at all like the flint material I find when I hunt in Montgomery County, where I live. I do not know the classification or the period to which these artifacts belong. Very few people have seen these pieces, and if anyone has a clue to what they are and the material, please let me know. Collection of Nelda Colgrove, Norman, Arkansas
Click to enlarge	An Afton point found in Webster County, Missouri. It is made from Burlington chert and measures 5 inches in length and is 2 inches wide. This is a Middle Archaic point style which is mostly found in the four corners area of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. There have been a few found as far away as Ohio, where they are referred to as “pentagonals.” The upper half of the point has a very distinct angular outline. The point is very thin and the flaking is exceedingly fine. Interestingly, the Late Woodland Jack’s Reef point is similar in form, although much smaller. The point was named by Robert E. Bell and Roland S. Hall in 1953 after they found many points of this style at a large spring near Afton, Oklahoma. Collection of Ray Arnette,Sedallia,Missouri
Click to enlarge	Snyders point made from gray Cobden chert. It measures is 2.5 inches in height.by 2 inches wide.
Click to enlarge	At top, reworked point made of hornstone At left. The barn-red Snyders point made from heat-treated Burlington chert. At right, a Snyders point made of high grade, shiny white Burlington chert. It measures 2.25 inches in height and is 1.5 inches wide.
Click to enlarge	At top - left to right: 1. Yellow colored, notched flint hoe, Mississippi Co., AR. 4.25 x 5.25 inches. 2. Purple tinted, flared bit hoe from Greene, Co., AR. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. 3. Notched hoe from the same site as hoe number 1. 4.25 x 6 inches. Hoes 2 and 3 are personal finds of Robert Woolard, Little Rock, Arkansas

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