Arrowheads


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Re: Arrowheads

Gus,

Nice finds.. you might want to keep an eye on that spot, if you found those two in the same area, there will be more washing out. As for point type, I'm not sure about the big white one.. It looks to be missing the base? Probably just a knife. The small triangular is an actual arrowhead/dart point (also called bird points) they were actually used for hunting small game. Most arrowheads are several thousand years old.

If you want/need more info just let me know.

Later, Phil B.

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Gus,

Nice finds.. you might want to keep an eye on that spot, if you found those two in the same area, there will be more washing out. As for point type, I'm not sure about the big white one.. It looks to be missing the base? Probably just a knife. The small triangular is an actual arrowhead/dart point (also called bird points) they were actually used for hunting small game. Most arrowheads are several thousand years old.

If you want/need more info just let me know.

Later, Phil B.

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They were not found in the same spot, but I am going to go and look some more this weekend and see if I can find anything else. The little one was found in one of our feeder pens, no telling how many times I have walked around in it looking at the ground and never seen it before. The bigger one does look like the base is knocked off, and the edges are still sharp. There is lots of flint around our place, so no telling how many are around out there. My mom has a perfect arrowhead that my grandpa found out there, I will try and take a picture of it this weekend and put it up for you to look at.

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Gus,

I would like to see that point your talking about.

Here are some of the points I found a couple of months ago, the axe is both mine & my dad's.. we both spotted it at the same time! lol He said "There's an" & I said AXE! grin.gif Anyway, My dad & I go out every weekend & if we have time, we go in the mornings before work. Right now were waiting on some more rain to get the fields washed down a little better. As soon as I get my scanner hooked back up I'll scan some of the more recent finds & post them.

Later, Phil B.

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Those are some neat Phil

Seeing that last picture you put up reminds of something my dad found a few weeks ago while he was working on his backhoe. It is something that was used maybe for grinding food, I will get a picture of it also.

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Depending on the size of the first it couldnt be a spear or arrowhead. The knife theory is possible too but all of the knives we have always found were much longer. Great find!

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what a neat find---i have never found an arrowhead!

congrats

todd

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Give me a call... They are all over out here. You just need to know where to look. We looked for the longest time when we were kids and we have TONS to show for it.

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Awesome finds guys!! wink.gif

I've never found an arrowhead,would love to though. What do you do just walk the plowed fields looking on the ground?

I live close to Gettysburg,Pa so I'm sure most surrounding areas were probably picked over from people looking for Civil War artifacts.

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