This Dickson point was found by a Mr. Dobberstien

in 1950 while he was working for a dredging company.

He found it north of Peoria, Illinois on the bank of the
Illinois River. It's considered by many to be the best

example ever found in Illinois because of it's beautiful

colorful and skillful flaking. This Dickson point measures
6 1/4 inches (15.8cm) long and 3 1/4 inches (8.2cm) wide.

It also measures less than 1/4 inch (6mm) thick. It's been

known as the "Edwards" Dickson after Don Edwards who

once owned it a few years ago.
   One very unique feature of this point, that you can see

on the enlarged image, is that both edges of the stem were

trimmed with burin flake removals. For some reason, this

rarely used flake removal technique (at least it's rare in this

region of the world) was used to flatten the stem edges,

instead of leaving them with an edge like most Dickson points.