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Post by DCXMMXVI on Jul 12, 2014 20:24:27 GMT -8
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Post by eaglemaster on Jul 13, 2014 5:12:01 GMT -8
^^Those are beautiful.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 16:30:47 GMT -8
I especially like the fact that you take shots of the finds 'as spotted' before cleaning up and showcasing.
Might I ask where you do your searching (generally, no secrets requested!)? And how old are the examples shown above, do you reckon?
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Jul 13, 2014 21:02:33 GMT -8
I especially like the fact that you take shots of the finds 'as spotted' before cleaning up and showcasing. Might I ask where you do your searching (generally, no secrets requested!)? And how old are the examples shown above, do you reckon? All of those came from the Arkansas River in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The best places to go to look for artifacts are creeks and rivers, and sometimes lakes, and possibly fields near rivers, creeks, or lakes. If there is a hill near a water source, that could be a great place to go. Native Americans could have camped out on those hills to avoid flooding. Each state's laws might be different. No state allows grave searching/digging, and always ask permission to search on private property. But those two things are common sense. The one in the first two pictures is my favorite type, and one of the more common ones to find around here. It's called a Pelican Lake. They date back to the Archaic time period. 8000 BC to 2000 BC. The one in the third picture is an un-typed knife, most likely also from the Archaic time period. The one in the fourth through sixth picture is a point (arrowhead) that isn't entirely uncommon to find, but finding a whole one is very difficult. And you can see why. Those "barbs" can easily snap off during the thousands of years they spend underground. I've found three broken ones in the 14 years I've been artifact hunting. That might not sound like much, but there are many types of points out there that most serious arrowhead hunters might never find in their lifetime. Anyways, it's called a Calf Creek. It's also Archiac. My username on this site is "calfcreek21." That's because less than a year before I joined this site, I found my first Calf Creek, and I was really excited about it. The one in the middle in the picture that shows three of them is called a Graham Cave. Also archaic. And the one in the last two pics is called a Dickson. It's from the Woodland time period. 1000 BC to 1000 AD. Time periods from oldest to latest - Paleo - 15000 BC to 7000 BC Archaic - 8000 BC to 2000 BC Woodland - 1000 BC to 1000 AD Mississippian - 900 AD to 1500 AD And taking pics before picking them up is a very common thing to do in the artifact community. A picture like that is known as an "in-situ." Although it's common sometimes to get so excited when you see one that you pick it up right away. Or if you pick one up without knowing for sure if it was an arrowhead. There are tons of really cool videos of people arrowhead hunting on YouTube. They are very addictive.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 2:45:10 GMT -8
Thanks - I'm unlikely to be found lurking in creeks in Kansas, but was interested in the background. The heads look very similar to the flint and iron age heads found in England and Europe. Whether that's simply because you needed to fashion the same shapes to hunt mammals and fish anyway, or "proves" some kind of connection is beyond me, though I'd be inclined to the former explanation! I can see why it could get addictive, in the same way people search here for ancient tools and fossils. You've clearly got a good grasp of the subject, which isn't always the case with amateurs who haven't a clue what they've found, or just bluff their way through - good for you. I live on a shingle (flint pebbles) coast, and staring at patches of it to see if one stone has a 'shape' is no longer something I can do, though I often wish I'd become a geologist and could work out which stones/rocks came from where etc. Best of luck with your hobby, and do post more pics of interesting finds.
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Jul 14, 2014 15:58:44 GMT -8
lol I should have guessed you were from England based on your photo.
I will definitely post future finds to this thread. And I encourage everyone on this site to get into the hobby. Collect to preserve history! (Or if your bills are piling up, you could also make a little green)
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Jul 19, 2014 18:21:46 GMT -8
In the first three pics, it's a Scallorn. From the Mississippian period. In the first pic, you'll see a round piece of clay. It was partially in the ground when I first spotted it. You can see where it was in the ground, right above where it is in the pic. That's what caught my eye. I thought it might be a scraper (Indians used Scrapers to skin animals. They are very, very common to find.) I bent down and picked it up, saw it was clay, and put it down. And before I stood all the way back up, I just happened to randomly look over a little bit. If it wasn't for that, I would have walked right over it! I still can't believe the luck. In the 4th, 5th and 6th pics, it's called a Munker's Creek. Archaic.
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Jul 30, 2014 17:13:27 GMT -8
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Aug 19, 2014 5:23:26 GMT -8
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Post by DCXMMXVI on Aug 22, 2014 18:48:21 GMT -8
This first one is my NICEST find to date. It's not only museum quality, it's worthy of being on the cover of archaeology books. My dad says it's the nicest point he's ever held in his hands, which is saying a lot because he has found the rarest of the rare, and plenty of book cover-worthy points. It's called an Allen, 3 1/4" long, and it's over 10,000 years old. Found it on 08/20/14. The second point was about 150 feet away from the Allen. I believe it's a Carter from the Woodland era. It's a "necklace quality" point. Also 08/20/14 The third one is a 3 1/2" Graham Cave from 08/21/14. It's my first whole one of that type. Archaic era. A very nice point! The fourth one was found 08/22/14. A broken Harahey knife from the Mississippian era. Would have been sweet if it were whole. Those knives are common in Kansas. So much so that I found a whole one last month, and my dad found a whole one yesterday.
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