Couple Arrowheads i found


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i found my first last week while just walking in our woods, it was in a water run-off stream thing from a field, then last night i was sighting in my 22-250 and i almost stepped on another.. my stepdad also found one a couple feet from where i found the one yesterday, both of mine are broken tho...heres the one i found last week, yes its pink and white DCP_0809.jpg

heres the one i found yesterday

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anybody else been finding arrowheads?

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Re: Couple Arrowheads i found

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I would like to get my son involved in arrowhead hunting....where would I start?

We have the area around Helen Ga and Cherokee NC that I could take him but wouldn't know where to start or how to find anything.

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Any recently turned soil - fresh plowed fields, clearcuts, stream beds, sand bars, washed out road beds, etc.

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BTW - It's illegal to gather any artifacts from public land, whether it's a National Park, State Park, BLM land, etc. You'll need to find someone with private property to let you search/dig for them. And in some states, it may even be illegal on private property, better check your local laws first.

We find them around here in streambeds and plowed fields, but the best place to look is old camps. The Indians would reuse the same camps for thousands of years, and there will be layers you can dig into that will have different types of artifacts. Look for a spring that doesn't have any other reliable water source nearby. There will almost certainly be a camp there. Also look for overhanging cliffs that are sheltered from a north or west wind. Those will be winter camps. When you start digging, look for "fire rock". Those will be the stones they used to line their fire pits. The stones will be red or brown, and when you break one open it will still smell like smoke. You may only find a bunch of animal bones and shells at first, but that's a good sign. Especially if you find a bunch of snail shells with tiny holes punched in them. Not sure how they did it, but the Indians somehow extracted the snails through those tiny holes. Anyway, when you start finding these things, keep digging. The good stuff will be deeper down.

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