1st posse hunt of the year. A "Holey" day

[nyatt]

The posse made it out for our first all members present hunt this past Monday, and we had a great outing. Our first spot (where Too-tall found the pendant last week) showed a few goodies, and I found the biggest rectangular bead I have found to date, along with a bird-bone bead (a little broken up) and the business end of a bone awl/blade.
After picking up lunch, we went to our second site, and I found 2 soapstone beads (which rate VERY high to me). Both are small, and the first is so skinny, it amazes me, maybe 1mm thick! The second, whose photo is there in-situ, is not much bigger in diameter, but probably 5 times thicker. Any stone bead is a thrill, so this was a particularly fine day for me. It is pretty wild how one can see these things in the rain cleared ground when they are so tiny, but here they are. Too-tall and Chardonnay did well too, but they can show their own photos.
Go Posse!

[Dennis]

Nice finds the soap stone from the coast range is darker than what we find in the foot hills area . I wonder what you would find if they let you screen .

[ghost recon]

Nice, couple of fine little beads.

[erb]

Good eye Matt. Those little guys can be tough to see. Very nice finds. With all members of the posse present I imagine there was good food and beer as well.

[nyatt]

Yeah, good deli chips and sandwiches, a not-very-good deep fried artichoke heart, and more beer than I would like to admit...candy, too!

[Greatbasinman]

Nice beads Nyatt!!! That one is a monster!! Can't wait to see what everybody else found!! On your previous post, did you ever figure out what the one mystery bead is made from?

[nyatt]

Hi GBM. I think we have the "unknown stone bead" ID'ed. According to Heizer, Magnesite beads came in black when burned, so I believe this to be an example of "Pomo-black-gold". It makes sense, as the only stone beads from this area have been soapstone and magnesite, and that corresponds with the text.

[Scotto]

Ghost posted the little white beads he found which I probably would not have spotted, but there's NO WAY I would have seen those little black ones! Good eye Nyatt!

[neumanfish]

Nice beads, congrats. Stuff like that is rare where I live. JN

[Trask]

Very Nice..I love the Soapstone...Wish we had it here

And what's the story with the great Culture and food you guys always have? Your making Me feel a little rough around the edges...

If I ever get the chance to hunt with the Posse...I swear I am hiring a Caterer for the hunt