When I was a kid a construction crew took off the topsoil across from where I lived and uncovered an indian camp, showing where they had their fires and napped their flint. What a thrill to sit where they sat and did their work.
I really enjoyed this video. I’m old enough to have had a father and grandfather who walked behind their farm equipment as it was pulled behind their workhorses a century ago. Each year they found many arrowheads and other tools in the spring while they were plowing their fields. When I was growing up, Daddy sometimes pulled out the old tin lunch pail where these items had been stored, and we would spend a weekend afternoon admiring the items while he reminisced. He also had other boxes, one filled with pyrite and another with the stones that remained after a nearby iron mine removed the ore. We never figured out what this rock was called, and that box was lost over the years; but most of it was a beautiful sky-blue color like nothing I’ve seen since then, and the rest was a lovely deep green. Because I was an only-child, I inherited the entire arrowhead collection, including both stone and copper artifacts. I treasure it immensely. My dad said it should never be broken up, and if a relative wants it after me, it may stay in the family; otherwise I should see that it goes to the county historical museum in the county where the farm was located. My four adult children feel that is the right place for it; and when I’m gone, they’ve been entrusted to see that it gets there. Your emphasis on respect and obtaining proper permissions reminds me more of my father’s principles than any other collector I’ve encountered, either online or in person; and I thank you.
That’s such a wonderful story. Your father was ahead of his time! So many of these items have lost all of their original context by being sold and distributed. That collection might well tell a story in the future as it has remained together and the location is known. Thank you for the kind words!
Ive lived on a family farm in Texas for almost 40 years and had never found anything, never even thought there could be anything out here. And in the last 2 months, ive found 2 artifacts. Its an amazing feeling.
That’s awesome Robin. Do that homework and identify as much as you can about those artifacts and the history of your property will start to reveal itself!
Well done and informative for the novice collectors! I live in Saskatchewan and have been walking the fields and creeks for 40 years having found 1000s of artifacts ranging from spears, points, tomahawks, bannerstones, scrappers, nutting stones, etc. etc. What a wonderful adventure every time I go walking. Thanks again.
Personally, amigo, I enjoyed your “endless talking”. I’m not an ‘artifact hunter’, but in college in New Mexico, I took quite a few archaeology classes and I’ve always maintained an interest in the field. I now live in New England, a retired federal game warden. I spent a majority of my career in the south and southeast, and have a special place in my heart for the people, lifestyle and culture. While in my career, I’ve met both the best and worst of people, my experience is that most people are good, or they certainly want to be. Now I don’t know you from Adam, but the fact that you stressed staying off public lands….and equally stressed permission for private land….speaks volumes to your good character. Great video…both informative AND relaxing! I wish you well…be safe, and Take care.
@@Jeremiahgilman423 Yes. Bottle diggers, down south in GA and SC…..not so much they were just “diggers” in what used to be the outhouse of an old plantation. More that they cut down gate and fence, and broke into the office, trashed the place. Idiots. Lost their equipment, lost both of their trucks, rifles…..everything. Plus a large fine….and jail time, as they were “repeat offenders”….and had been caught before. Stupid redneck swamp rats. They were more pissed off that a federal LEO -- and a Yankee LEO, to boot -- caught them, made it stick, rode it out in federal court, and watched them carted off. Sometimes, the good guys win. Also, involved in busting “raiders” of a Native American archeological site in New England.
I appreciate your advice to beginners about getting permission and interacting with the landowner. If everyone follows this advice it helps all of us that hunt private lands.
Growing up on old Choctaw ground in southeast Louisiana, I used to find old Indian camps on bluffs or high ground overlooking creeks. Found many, many artifacts in locations such as this. Also, when a farmer would plow his field, I'd wait for it to rain and they would be all over the ground.
I live in Indiana where there's a lot of corn fields, someone told me you can find arrow heads on the high spots of a fresh plowed field after a rain. And boy was they right, most are broken but out of oh maybe a gallon of pieces around a dozen were whole and that is exciting....now I take my young grandson with me ...he can see better... and He found one his first day and now it's hey pa,pa wanna go look for arrow heads.....great way to spend quality time too or even a great time to get away and talk to the Lord , I found He loves to walk with you just like a good friend would , and He's delighted you are talking to Him too 😊
When i was a kid we used to build dirt jumps for our BMX bikes every day out in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We used to find oyster shells in the dirt in certain spots and didn't think much of it. Years down the road I've learned this is a very good tell of the soil where you're digging. Since then, I've found knife points, bird points, drill bits, broken pottery, blanks, and many other artifacts. All from digging where I find oyster shells. (New England area). And you are 100% correct in saying that you should look for where a creek runs into a river. Those corner points of land made for good lookout points, and very good sources of food. Very good advice. So if i could add a tiny bit of advice for you, and anyone else watching this video.... if you see oyster shells up on land on the surface of the dirt than you can bet money that there are artifacts underneath your feet.
Excellent information Tom. I have heard that before. I think they are sometimes called shell middens, but that might just refer to very large trash piles. Appreciate your input and adding to the conversation!
I’ve got two large Mount Albion classified side notch heads that were found on a ranch in Delta, Colorado. They are by far the coolest and oldest things that I own. It still amazes every time I hold them that a person 5000-6000 years ago put care and effort into making these beautiful implements. I just have so much respect for the people who produced them. It wasn’t until recently that I did a lot of research to actually identify them, and it was definitely worthwhile. Now I’ve been reading everything I can find about the Mount Albion culture and their complexes.
My very first and single artifact I have ever found I had stepped literally within an inch of stepping on it and I almost missed it call my grandmother you come pick me up from the field while I was on the phone I looked down and seen it by my foot other than being married that was one of the best days of my life hopefully I will find more thanks for the tips I appreciate everything you tell us
Roger stop trying to compliment your wife hoping/thinking she’s going to read it. She is still not letting you go arrowhead hunting only weirdos do that!!!! I’m kidding. That’s my life story projected. Someday
The aquachigger just put out a video called "Digstock 5" that showed a method for hunting arrowheads I've never seen. Shaving dirt with a shovel and listening for click sound of hitting stone arrowheads. Seems to work well. Great video!
That definitely works...but it’s a situational method. Certain sand soils lack much natural stone, so by shaving or probing you can easily identify potential artifacts. It’s very hard to do in an area like mine which is mountainous and covered with rocks and stone.
Thank you for bringing honoring our sport/hobby, I've been digging for about 34 years and have seen alot of disrespect and unawareness. Thank you for expressing the importance of the land ,permissions and where you can and and cannot, some states like mine Colorado, you can get a claim on the land,but that's a whole different story. Thank you again, picked up a subscriber!
When I find find an artifact and I pick it up I pause and think that I'm the first person to touch this since the person who used it , made it, or dropped it hundreds, or thousands of years ago. It's a special moment for me.
I completely agree with everything you said. Especially when a land owner understands that you can be trusted with massive or tiny "finds.". I'm a coin hunter although I like walking creeks 20miles deep. Where no person has seen in decades if not centuries. Strange things in strange places . I look for coins and have found in the oddest of odd . But I've found "knives" made of stone forearm long length to the size of a hand . Looks like an arrowhead but has a long Handel for hands , weird creatures, bones , possible airplane dumps and on .
I live right next to the susquehanna river in pennsylvania, its an amazing place. I used to look when i was a kid knowing the susquhannox tribe lived in the area but was not very succesful. knowin what I know now I might have to look around some more. there are actual paintings on a few large boulders in the middle of the river and they are protected so Im already in a hot spot, thanks for lighting that fire in me that I lost a long time ago when I was a kid. I love exploring the river banks!!
I have been collecting since i was old enough ta walk. I have a major collection of artifacts. Thank you for the video. I am a history NUT. Such beautiful finds. Happy hunting! Looking forward ta see what you find!
I have friends who use too live in around Buckholts Texas they've shown me lots of arrow heads they've found out of streams and old creeks ...this friend would be a J Southerland . Its been many years and i dont know if they are still there . Blessed digging my friend . 🕊♥️🕊 🕊
I have a goal this summer to find my first arrowhead. Tons of places to look around me, just never really have. I figure if nothing else itll be nice getting some fresh air. Thanks for the tips.
I have a similar issue. Me and all my friends have been die hard fishermen since preteens and during trout season were at the rivers and streams. So over the years I’m constantly looking for artifacts in amongst the river stones and lately I just want to search for arrowheads and other interesting things. My buddies don’t think I’ll ever find one and that there is even any around our area. But I’ve been doin my homework’ and eventually I’m gonna find one and I garuntee when I do finally get a legitimate artifact that none of them can deny they will be right there next to me searching riverbanks and tributary merges. I mean the hard thing is I’ve found things that are just odd and out of place with strange wear spots like one I just found is a stone that can fit in your palm and had a perfect indentation that your thumb fits perfectly I couldn’t throw it back the indentation was just like some sort of tool used repetitively. Anyway I’ll get one. Burlington Connecticut location. Like my western Massachusetts commenter earlier
Just rain no thunder and lightning I'm out walking in the rain!! Found a nice polished Celt and 3/4 Grooved axe. Water, sand blows, Grey sand blows, amongst good areas.
Thumbs up My friend. I feel like we have known each other for years. And we would hang out if we were closer but 3.5 hrs is a big trip to the neibors hse. Lol. Thanks again Ben. Happy hunting (every time) and luck in your pocket.
In less than one 6 months on two of my properties I stumbled on an abundace of artifacts. I dug a pond with a mini excavator then made a huge pile. I was shoveling dirt to level out my yard when I seen a arrowhead in the wheel barrel right on top. I actually have a spring that runs straight through the middle of one of my houses, and a stream about 100 yards away from the property. For only becoming interested in Rockhounding, and artifacts for six months out of my 57 year's it is amazing the amount I accumulated. I can't even think about trying to sell them because I was raised in the wood's, and they aren't going to some city slicker. lol
Where I live, many sidewalks are still made of dirt. Sometimes, you can spot an artifact, or a strange looking rock, stone, or pebble. I live in what used to be a pond. Also, I live by the Rio Grande. I've collected a few things, myself.
Thanks for posting your videos I live in Maryland and there are great spots for arrowhead hunting all up and down the chesapeak bay I like to look in the cornfields after they plow and then you wait till it rains it's a good time to go look in the rows of the cornfields
Your lucky I live that area for artifacts. I was there as a kid with my uncle and I had that good ‘ol 1st timer good luck and got a perfect megalodon black front tooth and then a smaller green colored one. Still have them and I put them in my kids hand after watching the movie “the Meg” and said hey there are 60+ million years old. Crazy when u think about it. Apparently Florida and Chesapeake area are hot spots.
Went looking today and found a flake that has the outline of the tip with notches, using your methods of looking for color especially after a rain. Thank you!
My dad use to be a huge artifact hunter but unfortunately he got in a bad place had to sell them way underpriced but I love on a big 150 acre farm that's great for hunting my dad has found lots of great finds I myself in all have found a good 30 artifacts in my lifetime (only 13) but I love doing it I do have a big collection of like 200 artifacts though found some of my dad's old stuff he gave to me so that great I'm looking forward to finding a lot more in also a collector in old coins I have like 75 old coins oldest one dating back to 1864 most kids my age in this day and time think it's boring but I genuinely enjoy collecting all kinds of artifacts
Les and I watched over breakfast. Good to have you with us. 😊 I believe we may be creek walking today if the water is down . All good points (no pun intended) to help people know how to start.
Thanks very much for great useful tips. I'm definitely going to be putting them to use. Great looking finds. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy hunting and take care.
I grew up in New Mexico. We lived about 30 miles south of Albuquerque. In the field in front of our home, before someone built a house over it, was a trash midden from either early Spanish colonization or, more likely, an old Native American village. Not many points but several ground stone tools and lots of broken pottery.
There's Indian campground above a creek near my dad's old farmstead. The man who owned the land, used to plow for cornfield & walked over it to find many artifacts.
Good video for beginners!!! I’m going to suggest picking up the flakes for many many reasons from each site. They tell a story and are pieces to a bigger puzzle. Just my opinion. Good tips ...
Greatness. Thank You Sir !!! ( carry a good stick ~ I notch mine with every find ~ feeling it helps me remember success ) Awesome Vid. Thanks again !!! =)
We have property in the north Georgia Mountains, Union Count, surrounded by Chattahoochee NF and 1/4 mile for the Appalachian Trail. We have a stream and a couple of springs. I guess I’ll be spending some time down by the stream 😉. My only neighbor has unearth some Cherokee artifacts. Your comment about springs is so true. I hiked the Appalachian Trail and fellow hikers always found points at the water sources. Thanks for the info. Subbed!
I live in Iowa and have found several, an unusual stone axe,grooved, and a stone hoe, notched, and a stone that they ground corn with, I've found scrapers, and Hammers, all grooved chiseled, and formed, expertly
We have a Mound connection to Pilot Mountain North Carolina to the top of Northeastern Ohio . Similar artifacts a lot of Paleo Lithics in quartz and quartzite more than Chert , with Hand tooled Glass & Ceramics even concrete ! Ancient Mound City's in Pa. , WV. & Ohio- Mounds in line with Pilot Mountain . Only a couple Mounds documented Unresearched - Twice the size of Monks Mound Cahokia !
Here's my two cents. Walking a farmer's freshly plowed field - especially after a good rain, will cause the arrowheads to pop out of the ground. They wind up being supported on a little pedestal of dirt, so they're incredibly easy to spot. Also while tilling my sister's garden on a high bluff over looking a river was a hunting sight where the Indians evidently herded the game into the relatively small area at the cliff edge. I found several intact (unbroken) arrowheads there.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting I have one broken arrowhead that was turned into a scraper by the Indians themselves. It has the broken edge "reflaked" into a sharp edge. I'm guessing they used it to scrape hide during the tanning process. If you have any other thoughts on this, please share your ideas.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Your blunt idea is something I had wondered about. The bottom half still retains all the traditional look and shape of an arrowhead tang. And this was recovered at that bluff site - where hunting distances would not have been very great. I may have to reconsider the scraper idea. (Thanks)
I don’t think a blunt would be used on big game like bison...so if you found it close to something like a bison jump, chances are it was being used as a hafted scraper to clean hides. A blunt would easily kill birds and small game, but you needed all the penetration you could get to kill big game.
I found a Arrowhead over by my house it was sticking half ways out of the dirt in a corn field by my house I meant to say, its a dark brown color like the color of a penny
.parabéns amigo sensacional muito bom qualidade e conteúdo o caminho é certo ea Vitória também vídeo tóp de linha 🎬📽🎥📺 levanta esse troféu que é seu 🏆 insista persista não desista porquê a certeza da Vitória é certa e está em suas mãos 🖐👋 parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Deixando aquele GIGA 👍🏼🇧🇷
Google Earth is a great resource. I look for artifacts in the flatlands. Almost all River systems around me have old oxbows, sloughs and backouts that are still visible from Google Earth, even though the land has been cleared and drained. If you find flakes, artifacts are there. Also, old home sites are excellent places to look for evidence. They were usually on high ground. Found a lot of artifacts amongst broken glass and other debris of old home places.
That’s very true. Most old homesites are where they are for the same reason that Natives lived there….there proximity to resources like water. Lots of artifacts come from the yards and fields of these old places. I too use Google earth. That birds eye view helps when you know what to look for.
In NC, we plowed some land for a crop (in the woods, we were not that smart), and so many arowheads, and rockaxes, poped out of the ground, I thought it would be like that everywhere. I put them next to a tree (before we left). Still there, as far as I know. Funny enough, really close to a school, but not all that close to water.
Raised on burial ground in New Mexico . I have more arrow Heads than I know what to do with all styles and colors but mostly black obsidian, also found a skull and peace pipe digging as a kid, and our neighbor found a full skeleton. It’s still there
It blows my mind how many heads there are to find. I'm trying to do the estimating in my mind of how many natives there must have been to leave that many heads.
Think more in terms of years rather than Natives. Say you have a spring of fresh water. Over a period of 7,000 years, how many Natives not only established camps by that spring but also hunted the animals that drank there. That’s a lot of time for artifacts to collect in one small area...even if there weren’t hundreds of thousands of Natives in the area.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Good point (not a pun). I'm in Texas and we watched one of these videos and my 7 year old is dying to go hunting for some heads. Thanks for the help
Well how many meals do you eat?, they need arrowheads whenever they ate meat, or fish, and depending on what time of the year, you could loose an arrow easily, if you missed
When I was a kid, I found a rock that was real smooth. Shaped like a teardrop. And maybe 1/2 to 1 inch thick. It was a dark gray to light black with a white vein running down the middle. I took it home and showed my parents. They told me that it was a dinosaur egg. I took it to school and showed it to my teacher. She laughed when I told her that my parents said it was a dinosaur egg. My dad was a hoot, I should have known better. My mom still has the rock to this day. And the egg story I forgot about until my mom reminded me.
The indigenous people in my area used to summer on one big area of land on the banks of the river. Too bad that area is now a turf farm and they don’t want anymore near the area. Back in 2016 artifacts back to 600 BC were found.
Good tips bud. I’m actually in a great area for artifacts but the folks who own land along the river here don’t freely give permission these days. I think it’s probably due to catching people sneaking on their property via boat.
Got a question for you. Patches and decals for your History Hound Detecting. Can those be purchased? If so, where can I get some? Also, last time I spoke with you I was thinking of purchasing a new detector. I did. I got the Nokta Makro Simplex. Having fun with it. I gave my Garrett Ace 250 to my grandson. Trying to get him interested in metal detecting and history. I think he's hooked on the sport. Being respectful and responsible. Thanks for assisting in this process. 13 years old.
Hey Carl! I don’t have patches but I do have a few stickers lying around. Just email your address. Glad to hear your out there with your grandson enjoying this great hobby!
Thank you for your video I'm new at this and I'm going to use what u said just what keep me clean n keep my mind in the right place.. thank you again sir.
Oops they had been chipped on too I meant to say. Their had been a major mound 8 miles away. I never read to see if it had obsidian there, it was on a bay.
Dude please come down to Tallapoosa county Alabama and hunt there is so much history down here this area was a major hot spot during the creek wars of the 1800s there were tribes everywhere
i live by big mulberry creek in arkansas we know there were tons of indians here but i need help finding and yea permission to go on sooo come to arkansas and lets hunt there was supposidly a cherokee block house in this area and no one knows or is looking for it.mabey u could find it
A workout doors a lot for a living and I found one just the other day by complete accident was just walking around look down and it was sticking out of the mud an arrowhead.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting I've been hunting artifacts for as long as I can walk. 53 now and I get just as excited as when I was eight years old. My best fine was laying on top of the grass of a field that had not been plowed and several seasons.but the sun hit this spearpoint just right and it was just as if it was made that morning. you can't help but wonder who made it and how his life depended on it.
i camp right next to the tipicano river and there is a creek going going right through it would and the creek connects into the river would i beable to find stuff there do you think
What is the one found at 7:38?!?! I have a giant one of these found in a field here in iowa. It literally looks like a glass rock. I can't find anything online that looks much like it until whatever you picked up in this video at 7:38.
We live up in the hills and 20+ miles away from the ocean but my boys recently found a large rock the size of a softball with seashells embedded inside. Is this significant at all and should we give it to a local museum? We also found a rock that was the exact shape and smoothness of an egg, what could that be historically?
Hey Ed! I’d hate to give you any bad advice because I’m really know nothing about fossils. You should take it to your museum and ask questions there. Hope it turns out to be something cool!
When I was a kid a construction crew took off the topsoil across from where I lived and uncovered an indian camp, showing where they had their fires and napped their flint. What a thrill to sit where they sat and did their work.
That is so cool!!
I really enjoyed this video. I’m old enough to have had a father and grandfather who walked behind their farm equipment as it was pulled behind their workhorses a century ago. Each year they found many arrowheads and other tools in the spring while they were plowing their fields. When I was growing up, Daddy sometimes pulled out the old tin lunch pail where these items had been stored, and we would spend a weekend afternoon admiring the items while he reminisced. He also had other boxes, one filled with pyrite and another with the stones that remained after a nearby iron mine removed the ore. We never figured out what this rock was called, and that box was lost over the years; but most of it was a beautiful sky-blue color like nothing I’ve seen since then, and the rest was a lovely deep green. Because I was an only-child, I inherited the entire arrowhead collection, including both stone and copper artifacts. I treasure it immensely. My dad said it should never be broken up, and if a relative wants it after me, it may stay in the family; otherwise I should see that it goes to the county historical museum in the county where the farm was located. My four adult children feel that is the right place for it; and when I’m gone, they’ve been entrusted to see that it gets there. Your emphasis on respect and obtaining proper permissions reminds me more of my father’s principles than any other collector I’ve encountered, either online or in person; and I thank you.
That’s such a wonderful story. Your father was ahead of his time! So many of these items have lost all of their original context by being sold and distributed. That collection might well tell a story in the future as it has remained together and the location is known. Thank you for the kind words!
Probably malachite would be the green or turquoise color. Blue could have been bornite although it can be iridescent.
Iron ore slag is common around Tennessee.. we often find it a lot .. children find it very pretty but it’s Gus a glass trash from the Orr prosses
77
Ive lived on a family farm in Texas for almost 40 years and had never found anything, never even thought there could be anything out here. And in the last 2 months, ive found 2 artifacts. Its an amazing feeling.
That’s awesome Robin. Do that homework and identify as much as you can about those artifacts and the history of your property will start to reveal itself!
Well done and informative for the novice collectors!
I live in Saskatchewan and have been walking the fields and creeks for 40 years having found 1000s of artifacts ranging from spears, points, tomahawks, bannerstones, scrappers, nutting stones, etc. etc.
What a wonderful adventure every time I go walking.
Thanks again.
Thanks so much for watching!
Personally, amigo, I enjoyed your “endless talking”. I’m not an ‘artifact hunter’, but in college in New Mexico, I took quite a few archaeology classes and I’ve always maintained an interest in the field. I now live in New England, a retired federal game warden. I spent a majority of my career in the south and southeast, and have a special place in my heart for the people, lifestyle and culture. While in my career, I’ve met both the best and worst of people, my experience is that most people are good, or they certainly want to be. Now I don’t know you from Adam, but the fact that you stressed staying off public lands….and equally stressed permission for private land….speaks volumes to your good character. Great video…both informative AND relaxing! I wish you well…be safe, and Take care.
Thank you sir! I appreciate those kind words.
Did you ever bust anybody hunting on public land?
@@Jeremiahgilman423 Yes. Bottle diggers, down south in GA and SC…..not so much they were just “diggers” in what used to be the outhouse of an old plantation. More that they cut down gate and fence, and broke into the office, trashed the place. Idiots. Lost their equipment, lost both of their trucks, rifles…..everything. Plus a large fine….and jail time, as they were “repeat offenders”….and had been caught before. Stupid redneck swamp rats. They were more pissed off that a federal LEO -- and a Yankee LEO, to boot -- caught them, made it stick, rode it out in federal court, and watched them carted off. Sometimes, the good guys win. Also, involved in busting “raiders” of a Native American archeological site in New England.
Found my first arrow head and rock tool within the past two days and now I’m addicted all I can think about is trying to find more
You are hooked now 😂😂
I have effigies 😅😅
Where are the effigies 😢😢
I appreciate your advice to beginners about getting permission and interacting with the landowner. If everyone follows this advice it helps all of us that hunt private lands.
Absolutely! Nothing worse than being turned away from a likely permission because someone didn’t respect the landowner enough to ask.
Growing up on old Choctaw ground in southeast Louisiana, I used to find old Indian camps on bluffs or high ground overlooking creeks. Found many, many artifacts in locations such as this. Also, when a farmer would plow his field, I'd wait for it to rain and they would be all over the ground.
It’s amazing how many artifacts can come out of one small plowed area. A lot of people over a lot of years sure do leave a lot behind.
I live in Indiana where there's a lot of corn fields, someone told me you can find arrow heads on the high spots of a fresh plowed field after a rain. And boy was they right, most are broken but out of oh maybe a gallon of pieces around a dozen were whole and that is exciting....now I take my young grandson with me ...he can see better... and He found one his first day and now it's hey pa,pa wanna go look for arrow heads.....great way to spend quality time too or even a great time to get away and talk to the Lord , I found He loves to walk with you just like a good friend would , and He's delighted you are talking to Him too 😊
Amen to that! Yes sir! No one enjoys sleeping in a puddle so even a slight elevation on flat terrain is an ideal place to look.
When i was a kid we used to build dirt jumps for our BMX bikes every day out in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We used to find oyster shells in the dirt in certain spots and didn't think much of it. Years down the road I've learned this is a very good tell of the soil where you're digging. Since then, I've found knife points, bird points, drill bits, broken pottery, blanks, and many other artifacts. All from digging where I find oyster shells. (New England area). And you are 100% correct in saying that you should look for where a creek runs into a river. Those corner points of land made for good lookout points, and very good sources of food. Very good advice. So if i could add a tiny bit of advice for you, and anyone else watching this video.... if you see oyster shells up on land on the surface of the dirt than you can bet money that there are artifacts underneath your feet.
Excellent information Tom. I have heard that before. I think they are sometimes called shell middens, but that might just refer to very large trash piles. Appreciate your input and adding to the conversation!
Yesterday I was searching the riverbanks near me. I only check in fall due to low water. I got two pieces! Made me so happy!
Sweet! I’m happy any day I get to lay hands on a single piece of ancient history!
I’ve got two large Mount Albion classified side notch heads that were found on a ranch in Delta, Colorado. They are by far the coolest and oldest things that I own. It still amazes every time I hold them that a person 5000-6000 years ago put care and effort into making these beautiful implements. I just have so much respect for the people who produced them. It wasn’t until recently that I did a lot of research to actually identify them, and it was definitely worthwhile. Now I’ve been reading everything I can find about the Mount Albion culture and their complexes.
That’s awesome! The highest compliment we can pay those who came before us is to take the time to study closely what they left behind. Well done!
My very first and single artifact I have ever found I had stepped literally within an inch of stepping on it and I almost missed it call my grandmother you come pick me up from the field while I was on the phone I looked down and seen it by my foot other than being married that was one of the best days of my life hopefully I will find more thanks for the tips I appreciate everything you tell us
Roger stop trying to compliment your wife hoping/thinking she’s going to read it. She is still not letting you go arrowhead hunting only weirdos do that!!!! I’m kidding. That’s my life story projected. Someday
Thanks for the tips . this is a great and fun hobby that ain't hurting nobody and keeps guys like me out of trouble
Lol! I reckon that’s a good thing! Thanks for watching!
I really like your kindness and respect ☮️
The aquachigger just put out a video called "Digstock 5" that showed a method for hunting arrowheads I've never seen. Shaving dirt with a shovel and listening for click sound of hitting stone arrowheads. Seems to work well. Great video!
That definitely works...but it’s a situational method. Certain sand soils lack much natural stone, so by shaving or probing you can easily identify potential artifacts. It’s very hard to do in an area like mine which is mountainous and covered with rocks and stone.
Thank you for bringing honoring our sport/hobby, I've been digging for about 34 years and have seen alot of disrespect and unawareness. Thank you for expressing the importance of the land ,permissions and where you can and and cannot, some states like mine Colorado, you can get a claim on the land,but that's a whole different story. Thank you again, picked up a subscriber!
Very kind of you! Thank you for watching!
@@felixluck9379 well.on arrow heads no unfortunately, I've found peices of pottery, but would need to research it as well and then go looking
When I find find an artifact and I pick it up I pause and think that I'm the first person to touch this since the person who used it , made it, or dropped it hundreds, or thousands of years ago. It's a special moment for me.
That’s the moment that so many of us treasure. I really pity the person that can find an artifact without having that realization wash over them.
I completely agree with everything you said. Especially when a land owner understands that you can be trusted with massive or tiny "finds.".
I'm a coin hunter although I like walking creeks 20miles deep. Where no person has seen in decades if not centuries. Strange things in strange places . I look for coins and have found in the oddest of odd . But I've found "knives" made of stone forearm long length to the size of a hand . Looks like an arrowhead but has a long Handel for hands , weird creatures, bones , possible airplane dumps and on .
I live right next to the susquehanna river in pennsylvania, its an amazing place. I used to look when i was a kid knowing the susquhannox tribe lived in the area but was not very succesful. knowin what I know now I might have to look around some more. there are actual paintings on a few large boulders in the middle of the river and they are protected so Im already in a hot spot, thanks for lighting that fire in me that I lost a long time ago when I was a kid. I love exploring the river banks!!
You should watch some mudlarking videos. River banks hold all sorts of cool history! Good luck to you!
I have been collecting since i was old enough ta walk. I have a major collection of artifacts. Thank you for the video. I am a history NUT. Such beautiful finds. Happy hunting! Looking forward ta see what you find!
Keep up the hard work we enjoy these videos. I love seeing people promote saving artifacts so thank you seriously.
Very good. I only found one arrowhead in my life. On a path to the crabbing dock after torrential rains. A Clovis man style tip.
I have friends who use too live in around Buckholts Texas they've shown me lots of arrow heads they've found out of streams and old creeks ...this friend would be a J Southerland .
Its been many years and i dont know if they are still there .
Blessed digging my friend .
🕊♥️🕊
🕊
I have a goal this summer to find my first arrowhead. Tons of places to look around me, just never really have. I figure if nothing else itll be nice getting some fresh air. Thanks for the tips.
Best of luck to you Rod. That magic of discovery is habit forming!
I have a similar issue. Me and all my friends have been die hard fishermen since preteens and during trout season were at the rivers and streams. So over the years I’m constantly looking for artifacts in amongst the river stones and lately I just want to search for arrowheads and other interesting things. My buddies don’t think I’ll ever find one and that there is even any around our area. But I’ve been doin my homework’ and eventually I’m gonna find one and I garuntee when I do finally get a legitimate artifact that none of them can deny they will be right there next to me searching riverbanks and tributary merges. I mean the hard thing is I’ve found things that are just odd and out of place with strange wear spots like one I just found is a stone that can fit in your palm and had a perfect indentation that your thumb fits perfectly I couldn’t throw it back the indentation was just like some sort of tool used repetitively. Anyway I’ll get one. Burlington Connecticut location. Like my western Massachusetts commenter earlier
That was great, Thanks! (Loved the slide guitar, too!)
Thanks for watching Lou!
Just rain no thunder and lightning I'm out walking in the rain!! Found a nice polished Celt and 3/4 Grooved axe. Water, sand blows, Grey sand blows, amongst good areas.
Thumbs up My friend. I feel like we have known each other for years. And we would hang out if we were closer but 3.5 hrs is a big trip to the neibors hse. Lol. Thanks again Ben. Happy hunting (every time) and luck in your pocket.
In less than one 6 months on two of my properties I stumbled on an abundace of artifacts. I dug a pond with a mini excavator then made a huge pile. I was shoveling dirt to level out my yard when I seen a arrowhead in the wheel barrel right on top. I actually have a spring that runs straight through the middle of one of my houses, and a stream about 100 yards away from the property. For only becoming interested in Rockhounding, and artifacts for six months out of my 57 year's it is amazing the amount I accumulated. I can't even think about trying to sell them because I was raised in the wood's, and they aren't going to some city slicker. lol
That spring is why you are finding them. A lot of things change over time but humans needing water isn’t one of them. Congratulations!
Where I live, many sidewalks are still made of dirt. Sometimes, you can spot an artifact, or a strange looking rock, stone, or pebble. I live in what used to be a pond. Also, I live by the Rio Grande. I've collected a few things, myself.
Thanks for posting your videos I live in Maryland and there are great spots for arrowhead hunting all up and down the chesapeak bay I like to look in the cornfields after they plow and then you wait till it rains it's a good time to go look in the rows of the cornfields
Yes sir! Hard to beat a plowed field after a good rain! Best of luck to you!
Your lucky I live that area for artifacts. I was there as a kid with my uncle and I had that good ‘ol 1st timer good luck and got a perfect megalodon black front tooth and then a smaller green colored one. Still have them and I put them in my kids hand after watching the movie “the Meg” and said hey there are 60+ million years old. Crazy when u think about it. Apparently Florida and Chesapeake area are hot spots.
Went looking today and found a flake that has the outline of the tip with notches, using your methods of looking for color especially after a rain. Thank you!
Excellent! Best of luck to you on future hunts my friend!
You forgot to mention that hunting an area after there has been a fire is a good idea. Especially if there has been some rain to wash away the ash.
Thank you so much for you videos! You have really taught me so much about finding artifacts. Can’t wait to go this morning
Good luck on the hunt?
My dad use to be a huge artifact hunter but unfortunately he got in a bad place had to sell them way underpriced but I love on a big 150 acre farm that's great for hunting my dad has found lots of great finds I myself in all have found a good 30 artifacts in my lifetime (only 13) but I love doing it I do have a big collection of like 200 artifacts though found some of my dad's old stuff he gave to me so that great I'm looking forward to finding a lot more in also a collector in old coins I have like 75 old coins oldest one dating back to 1864 most kids my age in this day and time think it's boring but I genuinely enjoy collecting all kinds of artifacts
@Shannon Sez ...but has no clue about punctuation...
Les and I watched over breakfast. Good to have you with us. 😊 I believe we may be creek walking today if the water is down . All good points (no pun intended) to help people know how to start.
Thanks very much for great useful tips. I'm definitely going to be putting them to use. Great looking finds. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Thanks for the tips! I live right by where king Philips war took place
Awesome! Best of luck to you!
I grew up in New Mexico. We lived about 30 miles south of Albuquerque. In the field in front of our home, before someone built a house over it, was a trash midden from either early Spanish colonization or, more likely, an old Native American village. Not many points but several ground stone tools and lots of broken pottery.
Sounds like my kind of place! Ancient trash is the best kind!
There's Indian campground above a creek near my dad's old farmstead. The man who owned the land, used to plow for cornfield & walked over it to find many artifacts.
Good video for beginners!!! I’m going to suggest picking up the flakes for many many reasons from each site. They tell a story and are pieces to a bigger puzzle. Just my opinion. Good tips ...
Thanks for watching Scott!
Entertaining even though im not new i liked watching it . good luck this year
Thank you, now I know a little more about the search
Greatness. Thank You Sir !!! ( carry a good stick ~ I notch mine with every find ~ feeling it helps me remember success ) Awesome Vid. Thanks again !!! =)
We have property in the north Georgia Mountains, Union Count, surrounded by Chattahoochee NF and 1/4 mile for the Appalachian Trail. We have a stream and a couple of springs. I guess I’ll be spending some time down by the stream 😉. My only neighbor has unearth some Cherokee artifacts. Your comment about springs is so true. I hiked the Appalachian Trail and fellow hikers always found points at the water sources. Thanks for the info. Subbed!
Awesome! Thanks so much! Definitely a lot of Native activity in your area! Good luck!
I live in Iowa and have found several, an unusual stone axe,grooved, and a stone hoe, notched, and a stone that they ground corn with, I've found scrapers, and Hammers, all grooved chiseled, and formed, expertly
A grooved axe is still on my wish list!
Thanx for the tips! I am interested but have no experience yet.
We have a Mound connection to Pilot Mountain North Carolina to the top of Northeastern Ohio . Similar artifacts a lot of Paleo Lithics in quartz and quartzite more than Chert , with Hand tooled Glass & Ceramics even concrete ! Ancient Mound City's in Pa. , WV. & Ohio- Mounds in line with Pilot Mountain . Only a couple Mounds documented Unresearched - Twice the size of Monks Mound Cahokia !
Might note... geography... Here in Indiana where we have glacial deposits, round stones are everywhere!
I found my first point in my parents garden
Great channel. I love your content. Liked and subscribed!
Thanks so much!
Thee best advice on TH-cam thanks man
That’s quite a compliment! Thank you for watching.
Thanks- and love the slide guitar at the end!
Thanks Whitney. That’s my cousin Caleb playing.
Here's my two cents. Walking a farmer's freshly plowed field - especially after a good rain, will cause the arrowheads to pop out of the ground. They wind up being supported on a little pedestal of dirt, so they're incredibly easy to spot. Also while tilling my sister's garden on a high bluff over looking a river was a hunting sight where the Indians evidently herded the game into the relatively small area at the cliff edge. I found several intact (unbroken) arrowheads there.
Yep. That’s were I do the vast majority of my artifact hunting. Find a lot of plow damaged ones that way but I still love em...even the brokes.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting I have one broken arrowhead that was turned into a scraper by the Indians themselves. It has the broken edge "reflaked" into a sharp edge. I'm guessing they used it to scrape hide during the tanning process. If you have any other thoughts on this, please share your ideas.
It could be what is called a “blunt”....used as a projectile point still. Or it might well have been used as a chisel or hafted scraper.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Your blunt idea is something I had wondered about. The bottom half still retains all the traditional look and shape of an arrowhead tang. And this was recovered at that bluff site - where hunting distances would not have been very great. I may have to reconsider the scraper idea. (Thanks)
I don’t think a blunt would be used on big game like bison...so if you found it close to something like a bison jump, chances are it was being used as a hafted scraper to clean hides. A blunt would easily kill birds and small game, but you needed all the penetration you could get to kill big game.
I found a Arrowhead over by my house it was sticking half ways out of the dirt in a corn field by my house I meant to say, its a dark brown color like the color of a penny
.parabéns amigo sensacional muito bom qualidade e conteúdo o caminho é certo ea Vitória também vídeo tóp de linha 🎬📽🎥📺 levanta esse troféu que é seu 🏆 insista persista não desista porquê a certeza da Vitória é certa e está em suas mãos 🖐👋 parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Deixando aquele GIGA 👍🏼🇧🇷
Good honest video. I probably find 10 broken points for every decent one. Laugh when guys finding perfect ones ,one after the other lol.
Yep... those pretty ones are few and far between!
Can't wait to watch this Video 👍😃🖐
Google Earth is a great resource. I look for artifacts in the flatlands. Almost all River systems around me have old oxbows, sloughs and backouts that are still visible from Google Earth, even though the land has been cleared and drained. If you find flakes, artifacts are there. Also, old home sites are excellent places to look for evidence. They were usually on high ground. Found a lot of artifacts amongst broken glass and other debris of old home places.
That’s very true. Most old homesites are where they are for the same reason that Natives lived there….there proximity to resources like water. Lots of artifacts come from the yards and fields of these old places. I too use Google earth. That birds eye view helps when you know what to look for.
Cool educational video! Thanks for taking the time to help.
You bet! Ya’ll are doing a great job as well!
In NC, we plowed some land for a crop (in the woods, we were not that smart), and so many arowheads, and rockaxes, poped out of the ground, I thought it would be like that everywhere. I put them next to a tree (before we left). Still there, as far as I know. Funny enough, really close to a school, but not all that close to water.
You definitely should go recover them! They aren’t making them anymore.
Thanks, I am just starting to look this year. Tips are great
Best of luck to you!
Thank you
Raised on burial ground in New Mexico . I have more arrow Heads than I know what to do with all styles and colors but mostly black obsidian, also found a skull and peace pipe digging as a kid, and our neighbor found a full skeleton. It’s still there
Great video! You seem to be a likable person right off the bat.
Well thank you! I appreciate you watching
Very good tips. That is the way I have found mine. Thanks
It blows my mind how many heads there are to find.
I'm trying to do the estimating in my mind of how many natives there must have been to leave that many heads.
Think more in terms of years rather than Natives. Say you have a spring of fresh water. Over a period of 7,000 years, how many Natives not only established camps by that spring but also hunted the animals that drank there. That’s a lot of time for artifacts to collect in one small area...even if there weren’t hundreds of thousands of Natives in the area.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Good point (not a pun). I'm in Texas and we watched one of these videos and my 7 year old is dying to go hunting for some heads.
Thanks for the help
Well how many meals do you eat?, they need arrowheads whenever they ate meat, or fish, and depending on what time of the year, you could loose an arrow easily, if you missed
Awesome video , looks like you’re in NC .
Western NC for sure! Thanks for watching!.
Digging isn't allowed in some states. Doesn't matter if you're on private property or not. Indiana is one of those states.
That is true. It’s been pointed out to me by others as well. I wish I had mentioned it in the video.
6:00 thought that was a mouse just looking in a hole
When I was a kid, I found a rock that was real smooth. Shaped like a teardrop. And maybe 1/2 to 1 inch thick. It was a dark gray to light black with a white vein running down the middle. I took it home and showed my parents. They told me that it was a dinosaur egg. I took it to school and showed it to my teacher. She laughed when I told her that my parents said it was a dinosaur egg. My dad was a hoot, I should have known better. My mom still has the rock to this day. And the egg story I forgot about until my mom reminded me.
Haha! Great story. I too had a number of weird rocks that stayed with me a long time!
I am young and I found my first arrow head a year ago after that i have been givin arrow heads that people found on my land
The indigenous people in my area used to summer on one big area of land on the banks of the river. Too bad that area is now a turf farm and they don’t want anymore near the area. Back in 2016 artifacts back to 600 BC were found.
Good tips bud. I’m actually in a great area for artifacts but the folks who own land along the river here don’t freely give permission these days. I think it’s probably due to catching people sneaking on their property via boat.
Metal Detecting NWGA That’ll do it every time!
Got a question for you. Patches and decals for your History Hound Detecting. Can those be purchased? If so, where can I get some? Also, last time I spoke with you I was thinking of purchasing a new detector. I did. I got the Nokta Makro Simplex. Having fun with it. I gave my Garrett Ace 250 to my grandson. Trying to get him interested in metal detecting and history. I think he's hooked on the sport. Being respectful and responsible. Thanks for assisting in this process. 13 years old.
Hey Carl! I don’t have patches but I do have a few stickers lying around. Just email your address. Glad to hear your out there with your grandson enjoying this great hobby!
Sorry...my email is benjpope1818@gmail.com
This was great information thank you.
Thank you for your video I'm new at this and I'm going to use what u said just what keep me clean n keep my mind in the right place.. thank you again sir.
Tony Garner Hope it helps Tony! God bless!
@@HistoryHoundDetecting it does sir an God bless you we need more people like u an people saying God bless you too.. Thanks sir..
I found an arrowhead in my backyard garden today!
Awesome! That’ll be a special memory from now on!
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Thanks! If it doesn't have notches at the base, is it a spear head?
Great video man! Subscribed!
Thanks Mike!
Great video!! Thanks so much for the lesson!
Hope it helps Faith!
Great information and wonderful music!
Thank you Theresa!
Oops they had been chipped on too I meant to say. Their had been a major mound 8 miles away. I never read to see if it had obsidian there, it was on a bay.
Dude please come down to Tallapoosa county Alabama and hunt there is so much history down here this area was a major hot spot during the creek wars of the 1800s there were tribes everywhere
I’ve found a few down that way. My family settled just east of you across the GA line back in the 1830’s. The old home place had lots of artifacts.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting that’s cool man my family came over here around the same time from England they settled in Crenshaw county Alabama
"that reminds me of something else" lol me too brother
Lollll
Thought the same.
I have not ever found an artifact, I recently found a river sight [ Tangipahoa river ] and have permission. Just need the time.
Thanks for the info.
Best of luck to you! Thanks for watching!
Great video. Thanks for the education.
Thanks for watching Neal!
Awesome, love it
i live by big mulberry creek in arkansas we know there were tons of indians here but i need help finding and yea permission to go on sooo come to arkansas and lets hunt there was supposidly a cherokee block house in this area and no one knows or is looking for it.mabey u could find it
A workout doors a lot for a living and I found one just the other day by complete accident was just walking around look down and it was sticking out of the mud an arrowhead.
Those unexpected finds are the best!
Thank you for the tips. 🙂
Thanks for watching!
Question: the intro song, what is it? My dad use to sing that while my mom played piano when i was a little kid.
The name of the song is “The River is Wide”.
Thank you!
His info is accurate.
These videos will always have that effect. What may take several hunts has to in some way be encapsulated in a 15 minute video. Just the way it is.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting you're an honest dude.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting I wasn't the means to be a jerk. I did not mean how it came out. I'm just going to delete it
No worries, I knew exactly what you meant.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting I've been hunting artifacts for as long as I can walk. 53 now and I get just as excited as when I was eight years old. My best fine was laying on top of the grass of a field that had not been plowed and several seasons.but the sun hit this spearpoint just right and it was just as if it was made that morning. you can't help but wonder who made it and how his life depended on it.
i camp right next to the tipicano river and there is a creek going going right through it would and the creek connects into the river would i beable to find stuff there do you think
That sounds like a plausible site…as long as the ground isn’t marshy and soft in that area.
can you tell me what natives from pittsburgh old pitt area i live 40 miles north
Iroquois tribes (Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga) as well as Lenape (known as Delaware), Shawnee, Wyandot, Mohican and Tisagechroami.
Kissimmee, PA used to be an Indian village
Which video was it where you found the Gorget with the cross hatching on it ?
About 7 months ago. The thumbnail says ..Not Just a Rock.
@@HistoryHoundDetecting Ok do you have the link " URL ?
th-cam.com/video/C5racFoTAG8/w-d-xo.html
In Florida,no removal of Anything from county,state or federal land,including rivers
That’s true. I wish I had stated that laws in each state vary.
The best place to look is just above the arrows shoulders
What is the one found at 7:38?!?! I have a giant one of these found in a field here in iowa. It literally looks like a glass rock. I can't find anything online that looks much like it until whatever you picked up in this video at 7:38.
Oh. I paused too soon. Lol you called it quartz crystal
Yep! I keep finding pieces of it all over that field. Really hoping to find a complete point made out of it one day. They are rare!
You know I have found a few broken pieces mad out of the same stuff here in southern Indiana I was wondering what you would call that
Is there somewhere I can send you a short video of the giant chunk I have?
@@Bmae44 you can send it in an email. benjpope1818@gmail.com
Great video!
Thanks Austin!
We live up in the hills and 20+ miles away from the ocean but my boys recently found a large rock the size of a softball with seashells embedded inside. Is this significant at all and should we give it to a local museum? We also found a rock that was the exact shape and smoothness of an egg, what could that be historically?
Hey Ed! I’d hate to give you any bad advice because I’m really know nothing about fossils. You should take it to your museum and ask questions there. Hope it turns out to be something cool!
As a kid we used to find them just walking around in Northern California. Wish I had saved them.
I wish I had my childhood collection too Miss Annie!
The problem now a days is no one wants to talk to u when u drive up trying to get permission especially relic hunting
Very true.