Arrowhead hunting

[Lckstcknbrrl]

Anyone here hunt for arrowheads/relics? Show pics of your finds.

 

[troy_mclure]

Used to do it a lot as a kid/teen. You could pay the farmer $5 to walk behind the tractor as he disked the field, or walk the creeks/river after a flood/heavy rain. Had lots of hammers, knife parts, arrow and spear points, etc...
They were stolen along time ago.

 

[LCPL 4]

Some arrowheads and fool's gold.

 

[Gator 45/70]

Dularge area ?

Used to do it a lot as a kid/teen. You could pay the farmer $5 to walk behind the tractor as he disked the field, or walk the creeks/river after a flood/heavy rain. Had lots of hammers, knife parts, arrow and spear points, etc...
They were stolen along time ago.

 

[my-rifle]

The only time I ever discovered one was at the ruins of an 11th century castle in Cabard (Cabaret) in the French Pyrenees. I can tell you I had a moment of conscience deciding whether to keep it or not. In the end I turned it in to the ranger station, and the woman there told me it likely came from the early inhabitants that predated the historical record.

Here's the site where I found it in a cave on the mountainside to the right:

 

[Pale Horse]

Whatever you do, don't get caught picking them up on any kind of public property.

Short version, there's a law called ARPA; it makes picking up anything that is both manmade and over 100 years old on any sort of public property a federal offense, and there are some people with various agencies who seem to have a hardon for enforcing it.

 

[troy_mclure]

Dularge area ?

Southern Ohio, in the Shawnee and Hopi stomping grounds.

 

[latour50]

Was my favorite thing to do when I was a kid. My dad and I found thousands of stone artifacts mostly in the plowed fields of farmers and land owners we got permission from. Some of my fondest memories. This eventually led to my Archaeology degree at LSU! Pictures to follow.

Latour

 

[jmanrogers]

+1 for what he said.

Here is a link that might help: http://www.americanarrowheads.com/id15.html

Whatever you do, don't get caught picking them up on any kind of public property.

Short version, there's a law called ARPA; it makes picking up anything that is both manmade and over 100 years old on any sort of public property a federal offense, and there are some people with various agencies who seem to have a hardon for enforcing it.

 

[Lckstcknbrrl]

I have a small collection going. But can't get pics posted on here! Found on private land. A little pottery also. I have always been interested in this type of stuff. Never had a good place to go looking until now though. Anyone around here know someone that can ID points? I've done tons of research. But would love to meet someone with knowledge of this type of thing.

 

[latour50]

I have a small collection going. But can't get pics posted on here! Found on private land. A little pottery also. I have always been interested in this type of stuff. Never had a good place to go looking until now though. Anyone around here know someone that can ID points? I've done tons of research. But would love to meet someone with knowledge of this type of thing.

I still have a bunch of reference books for identifying point types and age etc. Would like to see your collection and try to identify some of them. Email or PM me and we can set it up.

Latour

 

[Pale Horse]

+1 for what he said.

Here is a link that might help: http://www.americanarrowheads.com/id15.html

It's important to note that ARPA isn't limited to arrowheads either. I learned about it on a forum for old bottle collectors. We've got a section of land between the levee wall and the river here that has served as a hangout for generations of alcoholics and is a prime source for old bottles. Unfortunately, since the land is ACOE controlled, if I were to pick up a bottle that was over 100 years old, I could be prosecuted. While I doubt there are boats of federal agents patrolling the river for bottle pickers, I also wouldn't want to go posting about where I found something and end up in the crosshairs of some desk jockey bureaucrat browsing forums wanting to make a name for himself.

I came across a real sight to see a while back, 6 1890s beer bottles in a heap coming out of the eroding bank. 5 were broken, but one was just laying there on the riverbank like it was dropped yesterday. I've found a ton of old Coca Cola bottles back there too.

 

[wfarrell1]

I came across a real sight to see a while back, 6 1890s beer bottles in a heap coming out of the eroding bank. 5 were broken, but one was just laying there on the riverbank like it was dropped yesterday. I've found a ton of old Coca Cola bottles back there too.

My step-father is into old bottle collecting, What is the name of the website, if you still have it? I would like to forward it to him if you dont mind.

 

[TomTerrific]

Southern Ohio, in the Shawnee and Hopi stomping grounds.

The Hopi were a far ways from S Ohio. Still are.

 

[troy_mclure]

Huh, I learned something new. We were always told as kids that the Hopi and Shawnee were local to us.
I went to the mounds in peebles(serpent) and can't remember who they said built them.

 

[TomTerrific]

Huh, I learned something new. We were always told as kids that the Hopi and Shawnee were local to us.
I went to the mounds in peebles(serpent) and can't remember who they said built them.

The Hopi are in the SouthWest, like the Navajos. Lots of different Indian tribes in the mid-west and their histories are very interesting.

The Wiki article is really interesting, esp the astronomical aspects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_Mound

 

[Pale Horse]

My step-father is into old bottle collecting, What is the name of the website, if you still have it? I would like to forward it to him if you dont mind.

http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/

 

[Gator 45/70]

Gramp's plowed this old stove/heater up back in the 50's...In Missouri...

 

[wfarrell1]

http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/

Thanks, ima forward that to him, he will enjoy something like that.

 

[sgt z]

I found a egg-shaped stone with a groove around one end that I was told was a net weight. I also found some broken pottery.