Day on the ridge
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Some killers!
Is that top stone a pestle?
Is that top stone a pestle?
Yes, smallest I've found
Not a bad day at all,soaked to the bone but worth it
UT-longbeard
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are you digging overhangs or creek beds?
An overhang
That boy is good
My question will probably sound idiotic but I'm an idiot.
I see YouTube videos and message boards of folk finding Indian artifacts. Considering the population and the passage of time, are there real chances to find an arrowhead?
I see YouTube videos and message boards of folk finding Indian artifacts. Considering the population and the passage of time, are there real chances to find an arrowhead?
What do you mean? Like a true arrowhead or an atlatl point or knife?
I have know idea, as I said previously, I'm an idiot I just marvel at the quantities I see online..
338lapuaman
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Think about it this way, They didn't have guns with bullets back then so their "bullets" were stone arrowheads or spear points. Think about when you go any kind of hunting with a gun, think about how many bullets/shells you carry with you to the field. Same principle with Native Americans EXCEPT they carried rocks. They would "preform" or get the basic shape out of some and then wait and finish them out as needed. There is a term cache you will come across sometimes which is basically they made a bunch of preforms or finished arrowheads or spear heads or even blades that they buried in a spot or area so they didn't have to carry all that weight around them all the time and likely staged them in areas they frequented or their favorite hunting areas....so basically anywhere you look you are liable to find a broken artifact because they were nomads and the spots like fields or river banks or creek banks or overhangs usually have higher concentrations of relics because that's where they camped or settled or spent majority of their time.
