flint tool,would you part with £56?

[wildish64]

I saw this on ebay and am amazed,i'm not sure if this is for real or something anyone could knock up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acheulian-Lower-Palaeolithic-Pointed-Flint-PEBBLE-CHOPPER-PROTO-HANDAXE-UK-/370745609849?pt=UK_Antiquities&hash=item5652290e79

[FishyFolk]

Not from Ebay I would not

[jus_young]

I had a big bit of flint at the weekend that started to look like this after several bashes against Dartmoor granite and an axe. Should have kept it and put it on fleebay!

[wildish64]

I had a big bit of flint at the weekend that started to look like this after several bashes against Dartmoor granite and an axe. Should have kept it and put it on fleebay!

lol thats what i'm thinking!

[Silverback]

in a word.......no atta soft int head lad ! I'm a Yorkshireman. I wouldn't spend 56 quid on a car.......Im too tight to bleed for petes sake ;)

[wildish64]

in a word.......no atta soft int head lad ! I'm a Yorkshireman. I wouldn't spend 56 quid on a car.......Im too tight to bleed for petes sake ;)

pmsl here...i actually believe you!!

[HillBill]

You get loads of lumps of stone on Ebay with selling claiming they are stone axes and such like. Load of tosh.

[Chubbs]

£78.00 for that. Somebody has more money than sense.

[wildish64]

BL**DY HELL! the plot thickens!

I had a roman woman's remains found in the allotment at the end of my garden..best i get myself a metal detector and if all else fails i've got a garden full of flint ;)

[Tony1948]

£78 that rock sold for,I work in a quarry Im going to see if I can sell some of mine:jumping-joy:

[Silverback]

pmsl here...i actually believe you!!

Then you're more gullible than I thought......lend us a tenner ;)

[wildish64]

looked up the exchange rates for sterling into Yorkshire..it works out to be 75p,the carrier pigeon is on its way :D

[Silverback]

looked up the exchange rates for sterling into Yorkshire..it works out to be 75p,the carrier pigeon is on its way :D

LOL just spat bitter all owwer mi laptop, sadly its put fire out on t'boiler out of steam now

[wildish64]

lol well best you get off oer those moors and borrow an ember from a neighbor then

[paulthefish2009]

Find it hard to believe someone actually paid that? or are some people that stupid? Paul

[DaveLimaPapa]

Where would you find Flint ?

Wouldn't mind having a go at making some flint tools and the like

[OakAshandThorn]

Where would you find Flint ?

Wouldn't mind having a go at making some flint tools and the like
You should be able to find some in streams and caves.
I found a few pieces in my local area, but they had too many impurities.

[DaveLimaPapa]

You should be able to find some in streams and caves.
I found a few pieces in my local area, but they had too many impurities.

Cool, thanks, will keep an eye out next time I'm out and about

[wildish64]

if your a bit short on caves and streams have a look in the base of trees that have been blown over both in the hole and in the mud between the roots that are now exposed

[HillBill]

It is found is large quantities anywhere where the ground is chalk based. All the south of England is heaving with it. I went to Amesbury to see my partners grandparents, and Fish told me of a disused quarry, went there and got as much as i could carry and i did a few trips. Got loads of it in my cellar now. A ton maybe.

Beaches are also a good place, rocky ones with small cliffs about as it is washed out of them by the tide. Though these tend to be poor quality with many fractures, normally small pieces too.


Where would you find Flint ?

Wouldn't mind having a go at making some flint tools and the like

[sam_acw]

I'd like one of those Clactonian pebble choppers, there aren't many tools that pre-date handaxes in Europe. I'd prefer a replica than an "original" of unknown provenance and certainly wouldn't pay such money for it.

[DaveLimaPapa]

Will have to look for some fallen trees, dunno where I will find any caves round here tbh

[Ehecatl]

It is found is large quantities anywhere where the ground is chalk based. All the south of England is heaving with it. I went to Amesbury to see my partners grandparents, and Fish told me of a disused quarry, went there and got as much as i could carry and i did a few trips. Got loads of it in my cellar now. A ton maybe.

Beaches are also a good place, rocky ones with small cliffs about as it is washed out of them by the tide. Though these tend to be poor quality with many fractures, normally small pieces too.

Yup - got loads of flint down here in Kent.

[nilo52]

Did I mention I'm deeply ashamed of some of the trash in America ?