Can you find the right flint or chard in NC

[NoBodyImportant]

I live towards the western side of NC. I was wondering if you can find the right stone here in NC. I don’t think I have seen any flint but I honestly don’t know what to look for. I would love to make my own flint as I am making my own powder now. I am new to this black powder stuff.

 

[TDM]

There are some Chert deposits in your area but not a lot. Flint is Chert. The term Flint is given to darker varieties like you find in England. Flint/Chert is a crypocristalin form of Quartz that forms in chalk and limestone deposits. So if you can find some limestone maybe you can find some chert.

 

[user 43911]

Only place I've found it in NC is my mail box after placing an order from Track

 

[PatrickL01]

Our native "flint" is actually quartz/quartzite - as evidenced by most arrowheads we find in western NC. However, just over the mountain in Tennessee there are chert nodules in some of the limestone found there (our bed rock tends to be granite). The chert from TN would probably chip some nice flints but I don't know where to source it. Our quartzite tends to shatter.

 

[andy52]

I can find chert in just about any creek line where I live. I've knapped some to try as rifle flints it works for a short time but isn't very durable it works fine for starting a fire, however.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

If you can get permission from farmers to walk their fields looking for native artifacts do it. It is surprising what usable pieces are just laying on the ground in my area plus the occasional stone point or axe to add to the collection.

 

[oldwood]

Stonewall Creek Outfitters always has some kind of flint , English , or French , to make sparks. Both kinds they supply , have worked well for me.

 

[NoBodyImportant]

Any pictures of native NC flint? I just trying to get an idea of what to look for.

 

[SwanShot]

Any pictures of native NC flint? I just trying to get an idea of what to look for.

Try doing a search for knapping, a lot of people are out there doing it.