Arrowhead Hunting Tips - Creek Selection and Success
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- Nelson and Mark sharing our methods of selecting a creek for arrowhead hunting and tips for success. This video is by request from beginner creek hunters, but we hope seasoned hunters may find this video helpful and entertaining as well...
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This was the best video I've seen in years on hunting
You are the most informative arrowhead hunters I have followed.
I have been hunting for Indian relics since 1961 and in that time I have found 7 arrowheads, 7 scrapers and flint knives searching hundreds of hours in folds in northeast Illinois in streams and fields.
I am now searching near an Indian burial site that has all the variables that you mentioned with little results finding a partially made arrowhead and a flint knife.
Good luck with your hunting.
Perhaps one of the best educational videos I have ever seen in my life. I love you guys.. I should have started leaving comments on all your videos a LONG time ago ! ^_^
Outstanding work gentlemen thanks for all you do and I’m glad to see you wearing those boots, hike on with good smoke, good weather and great success!
I'm extremely blessed. I lost my honey hole last year due to land selling but then became great friends with someone who has a large rocky feeder creek to the Wabash river. Long story short I was able to get in the creek for a couple hours in November and found a couple brokens. I'm itching bad for spring to get here. He doesn't hunt the creek due to it being down a valley but he found a nice dovetail in his yard a couple years back after 5 inches of rain.
Mountaineer here as well "parkersburg area" , have been binge watching some of these older videos on nightshift at work and stumbled upon this. Im really glad i did because we just got permission earlier in the spring to shed hunt a few giant fields that we happened to see a big shed laying in from the road. It ended up being a really nice side by side match set. This field probably 20 acres+ in size has a large snaking creek right through it, may have to check it out this summer now that ive seen this video and realize that is probably a good area. Keep up the videos love them!
I agree guys, creeks are great spots to look in& around. I also have decent luck kayaking in bigger deeper rivers where banks have collapsed or washed out, especially on river bends. You give good advice. Happy hunting!
Thanks for the great tips. I love watching you guys. My day just isn't complete unless ya'll are making me laugh. Keep up the great work.
@Pat8925... Glad you enjoy our videos... We will try to make your day complete a little more often... LOL... Thanx for the cool comment...!
Great video, I'm recently retired and have always wanted to find arrow heads. I live in CT and will apply some of your techniques and tips to finding my first point. Thanks for sharing
Very nice! Best video I've watched yet on the topic
just found this channel and subscribed great video! I have hunted points practically my whole life, and use every technique you have pointed out here. I have mostly plowed fields in the south and deserts in the west, currently living in Missouri and seeking good places to hunt here. looking forward to more videos from you guys!
Hi guys! Just now found your show...I'm here in Iowa, and love to get to the water as much as I can. Many times I have hunted the fields (when I got to go along) and many times not much success have I had. Appreciate the tips, and can't wait till spring thaw!
#1 tip... just move to Missouri. Great stuff guys. I've been watching ya'll for years now.
Nice! Really enjoyed your video. Funny and entertaining!
LMAO, You guys Rock! Moose was something else...Informative vid with a ton of laughter! Not throwing my boots in the yard sale yet! Thanks for sharing! :)
I gotta admit ....this was the most informative and definitely the funniest video I've seen as far as an informational one ! Awesome job guys and I think you got the point out there (no pun intended).
I can't wait to see the permission vid ! I appreciate this because I know how much time and effort went into it !
GL out there you two Stog smoking Sogger finding fools !
@rockhead.... This vid was by request from MANY TH-camrs asking the same questions to us. We did put some effort into this and had a blast making it. We will get another vid up when we get a chance to pull one together. Good Luck to you out there...!
What a fun video with lots of helpful info. I've never found a point in a creek in 30 years of hunting but will give it another shot using your methods. Lots of laughs here too. Hope you make more videos like this!
@Loner... Glad you enjoyed our "Tips" video... Good luck and let us know how your creek hunt goes....
Great video fellas- Informative and entertaining.
Great tips, I really enjoy yalls videos. Creek hunting is a little different here in Louisiana due to not seeing very many gravel or rock bars.. Most of the creeks have to many Beaver dams for that. I usually just look for patches of exposed dirt near the creek. Also, check the cut banks. If you come across a bank that's several feet above the water level give it a good once over. The banks erode and you can find points sticking out of them or laying on the slope about to be washed into the creek. Be sure to check any root systems from trees growing on the bank...they like to trap points sorta like a gravel bar. Same goes for any fallen trees near the creek. Check the dirt clinging to the root systems and the hole where the roots were ripped outta the ground. Dirt piles from animal burrows along the bank are another good spot. Happy hunting and stay safe out there
Gents,Very good video thanks for sharing; glad to see WV can produce some quality advice to society :)Thanks,Missouri Hunter
Informative and amusing-thank you.
I really like how you guys did a tips video. Prefect info for beginners. When I met you guys in flint ridge I still use your tips you gave me and so far it helped me a lot.
@JC... Glad our tips have been useful for you....Keep hunting and consider making more vids of your hunts... You have many nice finds worthy of vids.. Hope you are doing well with your knapping too.!
You guys are the best I can watch your videos all day love the comarodomy you two have can tell your great friends God bless
Very informative and fun. Good job guys
Really enjoy all your videos . Keep up the great work ! Just sittin here on a hill in Missouri ,waitin for nicer weather .
Great video guys I been looking in fields for 40 years plus and have done really well but creeks always give me trouble, finding very few. thought I would watch your video figured never to old to learn and it helped me a lot. I slowed down and got in a different mind set and it made a big difference. thanks for the tips you guys are a little CRAZY but I love it. Keep it up!!!
@Rockin Ridge.... Glad you enjoyed our Informational Video and got some useful tips from it... These are our methods that we use and it was fun sharing them with everyone... We are working on another InfoVid and we will get it posted soon... (A work-in-progress...) Thanx for the comment and Good Luck...!
I loved this video! Keep up the great work.
Awesome video guys! Very informative for those who wish to pursue creek hunting! Love you guys videos and look forward to the next! Two thumbs up! Mike
@MegaMike... These vids will be made as a "work in progress"... We will get another up as soon as we can pull it together. We have many more questions to answer to our TH-cam subscribers. Thanx for the comment!
Whenever I'm riding or driving in a car I ALWAYS look at the creeks as I go across the bridges. Like you I prefer remote areas. I've found that creeks that have decent planted fields beside them tend to be good hunting areas. I was a union roofer for years and we'd get lots of rock from Kansas or Oklahoma rivers. After putting that rock on the roof I'd always walk it like I'd walk a creek. Founds lots and lots of points that way. You never know where you'll come across a point.
When I was a kid my grandfather told me that if I ever seen a field near a creek that had ANY small humps on it, to search around the humps. He was right as rain. Btw, the nicest, most pristine points I've ever seen and continue to see come from a small creek in the middle of a city of 54,000 here on the western edge of Mo.
Good vid with lots of good info for a beginner like me...Thanks, I`ll be watchin for more.
@Jack... Beginner hunters and requests are the reason this vid was made.. We hope some of this info helps you. These methods are what we have come up with that works for us. Good luck and let us know how you do...!
Mark & Nelson, sure appreciate the methods, tips, hints; very informative. please keep up
all the good work; look forward to each of your vids.. thnx, walt
@wyore.... Glad you found our methods to be helpful.. We are planning another vid like this one. Thanx for the comment...!
Omgosh you guys are just so fun to watch & I just wanna let ya'll know how much i actually enjoyed watching! Funny, witty, & creative! And! I actually learned ALOT! Thanks so much for the entertainment & of course the info c:
@MandaT.... Glad you enjoyed our "Tips and Methods" video... We are planning more of these types of vids in the near future... Thanx for the comment...!
SenecaRelics
What...No thumbs up!? 😜 Lol! Jk thanks for responding! I'm a fan for sure... you guys
Oh & BTW, I am actually planning on a "get your boots at a yard sale" trip! Haha! I'm totally inspired guys... I think I'll even grab someoveralls if I see them at the same yard sale that I get my boots from! It's gonna storm tonight and I'm excited... I live in South Texas in San Antonio and there are HUNDREDS of creeks, rivers, lakes, and ponds so close by in the outskirts of San Antonio where I'm from... So you guys can probably imagine how many hidden treasures there are out here...one of my favorite places to hunt & find tools for arrowheads & points is Park Chalk Bluff in Uvalde, Texas. That is where I found my very first arrowhead ♡ The Nueces River is BEAUTIFUL! And It's even mapped with a Historical Marker. This place is so full of Indian History...you can feel it. Anyway I can go on and on lol! Thanks again! - Manda c:
Good video with a lot of important facts. now I'm gonna having to try some creeks I use to hunt near
an they are deeply in the woods
You guys are awesome. Love the video
enjoyed the video thanks for putting it together good luck on your next hunts
Outstanding informative video . It is jam-packed with excellent tips and it is more than well worth watching more than once . Just enough of your humor to keep it hopping . The emphasis on permission is terrific . I just can't say enough good about the result of the time and effort to put this together (like Elvis said) . Big thanks guys . Good luck and happy stog lighting----Butch
@qcy... We had alot of fun putting this together. Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck to you out there and thanx for the comment.!
Love you guy and thank so much for sharing your expertise 😍👍🤪
Very helpful I will add this to my arsenal. Thanks!
these guys are really good at finding arrowheads. Listen to them!
Loved your video!! LOL!!! Very informative PLUS humorous to boot. I'm pretty much a newbie at hunting & collecting (2 years now) and love it and am obsessed. Got a kick out of your crazy shotgun packing land owner and selling the boots at the yard sale. Very funny!
@Barb... Glad you enjoyed our "Tips" video.. We had alot of fun putting it together. We will be doing another vid similar to this one soon... It is sortof a "work in progress" though... They take time.... Thanx for you comment and good luck to you on your hunts...!
Yes, really got a kick out of your video. Not only did I learn some tips but got several chuckles out of it as well.
Good luck in your hunting as well!
Great tips....funny as well!
I think Siskel & Ebert would have given this video two thumbs up! Great job guys. I look forward to enjoying future topics such as, "successfully knapping black Kanawha chert", "how to take a group of relatives arrowhead hunting", and "how to handle aggressive psycho customers at a knap-in"......
Are you close to kanawha? I am and would love to get into knapping. I see your name and plan on checking your channel
@@bjellison905...No, I live in Virginia. Normally I would suggest attending one of the knap-in events but so far this year they have all been cancelled. In the meantime, D.C. Waldorf's flintknapping videos offer a wealth of information about knapping. I have every video he has made and studied them back in the 90's when I first started learning.
Enjoyed that guys! Very informative!
thanks guys, I was feeling low, spent 4 hrs walking 3 creeks in what apparently is the Walmart of artifacts - Missouri, lol. I was a bit close to the outer suburbs, not deer country so I will head out further next time. Good tips, will give you a shout when I find my first one... thanks again
@GKiger.... We have hunted many hours before without finding anything... You just don't see that on our vids.... From what we can tell on TH-cam, you should be able to find a pile of artifacts in your area (Missouri)... Plenty of Walmarts in there... LOL... Amazes us.... We are looking forward to the shoutout and your first find..! Good luck and thanx for the comment.!
Must say this was informative! Enjoyed it, thanks to the both of you and especially to the editor, I know there is a lot of work to put it together! Hope you the best on your next hunt! -Jeff
@Treasurefact... It was some work to pull this vid together but we sure had fun with it.... We hope everyone gets some good info from it... Thanx for the comment.!
I love creek hunting, the points are usually so smooth, it's just hard to find points that aren't damaged. I'm in central Texas and that's where I usually have luck (creekbeds). And it's about that time, I can hunt for points and "sheds" at the same time. And if I don't have any luck, hey the white bass should be running any time now!
Thankyou for sharing your knowledge!😊
This was surprisingly informative. I always search for arrowheads but since I don’t hunt myself I never thought about seeking hunting areas. Switching up my approach this week! Thanks a lot, hopefully I’ll be having a celebratory stogie by the weekend
@CSim.... Glad you found our video helpful... Good luck and let us know how your hunts go...!
That was awesome and had me laughing! TONS of information! Thanks I will try that here one day!
@Sabine... Glad you enjoyed our tips vid... We wanted to get this info out to all the beginners that have contacted us but we also wanted to entertain all the seasoned hunters (such as yourself) out there. Keep your dig vids rolling... We catch them all...!
***** You guys knocked it out of the park! I was entertained thats for sure haha! And thank you for watching guys! We appreciate it! Hopefully i will put another video up in the next week or so!
That's a good tip looking where feeders dump into larger creeks, I've found quite a few in those areas.
Love your videos. Very informative. If you ever need a 3rd wheel im just a few counties over. I'd love to join you.
Nelson is still in my prayers.. hope he is doing better..
Waiting on an update!!
Thanks so much for the reply back and the info' yea a future what's we carry video would be awesome lol, when we start finding we will start posting finds videos thanks to your guys inspiration thanks again talk to y'all later
I showed up for Jury Duty wearing that same outfit!
You made a good "point" there "Pointing Out" where to look for "POINTS".
I see your point
Awesome video thanks for the info!!!
Your guys are awesome I would hunt fish and stoke with u. Nice guitar collection too!!!
nice video guys. Appreciated it.
good stuff gentlemen. great vid thanks.
hell of a good video, i've got that itch to get out there and applies some of these!
Really enjoyed the video guys . As soon as our fields play out I am going to try the creeks again . One thing we have ran into is most of the creeks we have don't have the high banks . We'll figure it out for sure .
@ALABAMAHEAD.... We do look for the high banks in the field bottoms... We know points spit into the creeks at these locations... Good luck to you and we hope your creek hunts are successful...!
***** I hope we do also . If you get a chance check out our last 2 hunts . We found a bunch of little bitty ones .
Share your tips and suggestions for Creek Selection and Success in the comments section... We know there are alot of good ideas and suggestions out there. (Way more than we covered in this vid...) We look forward to seeing the comments.!
A fine fragrant cloud production if I ever saw one! Great tips and advice and I love that old dude with the shotgun, I think he was a bit touched in the head. You all were probably getting a little too close to his moonshine still, haha! I'm enjoying this series and I can't wait for more! I never have found a point in the creeks or rivers yet but I'm gonna give it a good try this year! Thanks for this entertaining video, you guys are the best!
@Paleoman... Glad you enjoyed our first vid of a planned series. We have many tips and topics we want to share... It may take us some time to pull another one together but it will happen sometime... (Sooner if responses are good...) As for the dude with the shotgun: His property is very close to my deercamp site. He is very cool if you know him. He does run off unauthorized hunters though. LOL...
I think a large polka dot bow tie would go really well with professor Nelson's attire...maybe in the next class. Top notch video guys!
@Aesculus... LOL.. Doubt Nelson has a PocaDot Bowtie but we will see what he can come up with on the next Filming session... Thanx!!
Love this video
hey great training vid.
I may try those creeks again.
ive always been in a hurry on the rock bar.lol
looking forward to your next vid.
@flintman... We will get another vid up as soon as we can pull one together. Thanx for the comment.
Cool video👍
Sweet! I just moved to Mo. I'll try your methods there. Thanks for sharing!
@JD... Like we said in this vid, you probably dont have to use our methods in Missouri... Just walk out your backdoor, set up a lawn-chair and open a box of cigars... From the looks of the videos coming from Missouri, We are convinced that points will just be lying there for you to pick up. LOL... Good luck to you and let us know how your hunts go.
Being in wv I've found looking in known indian areas helped me a lot.
So cool guys, I am a rock drummer with a passion for point hunting and metal detecting too
Great stuff.
Very well done...Best of luck out there u guys
@Theditch... Thanx for the comment and good luck to you too...!
coming from a field hunter wanting to branch out very basic yet informative, with decent dumb humor lol. enjoyed the video you gained my sub.
@RMason.... Hope our tips and methods video helps you out.... Good luck to you and let us know how your hunt goes. Thanx for the sub...!
Love that Ibanez Destroyer!
✌😂 Great tips, guys!! 🙌🏹😊
I live in Michigan where a lot of the creeks are kinda muddy, but I've got one in mind.
Hey guys. It's Ben from the knap-in. Thanks for the great vids and the hooch. By the way, Anyone who would buy my boots at a yard sale the jokes on them. See ya Labor Day!
@Hiker... Ben, Thanx for the comment... It was nice to meet you at the Ridge... Looking forward to talking to you again at the Fall knap-in...!
khya kolb Hey Khya... This is Mark... The good-looking one... (Nelson was the ugly one)... I remember you and I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Flint Ridge again next year too...! Glad you like our videos...!
khya kolb Hi Khya. This is Nelson. I'm not the one who's head looks like an old bucket.. (That was Mark.) Tell your dad Hello for me. We will see you next year.!
Great vid. Thank you for your efforts.I share your envy of those fellows in the mid-west who seem to effortlessly find the G-10s. Has a KBF point every acheived that stature? None among my 800+.
You two are fulla crap! Hehehe. Excellent vid. Places look a lot like my hunt club between Mt Gilead and Ellerbe, NC. Creeks, rivers, bottoms, lots of NA history in the area. The ever dwindling number of old men in our club really like a nice rack, but a quality arrowhead carries more "braggin' rights". My freezer is still half full. I'm thinkin I'll be lookin at the ground a good bit mo' this season. Thanks fellas! And apologies if I've ever hadta run ya off the hunt club. d:^)
PS-Nice axe collection as well. Izzat a l'il PRS influence I'm seein' back there along with that triple humbucker Explorer? (possible geez moment)
All good tips. As far as the "take a buddy to prevent boredom". That's fun at times but more often I would go it alone. I'd grab my fishing pole or a gun. Or two. Or do some mushroom hunting in between gravel bars.
What's boring to me is digging a cave.
GREAT INFORMATION! Thanks.
You guys have some great advise! Wanna-be creek hunters listen up!
Nice vid
How much gas money do you need to get to central Missouri?? 😂🙏🏻 Y’all are too funny. Love you guys. I’m so glad I stumbled across your channel!! 👍🏻👍🏻
@CarolynC…. Glad you enjoy our channel... The "gas money" comment in this vid was just simple humor... LOL... Thanx for the comment...!
SenecaRelics I know. 😂
But I was serious...!! 😁🙌🏻
BUMP! Hell I'd like to sit, Drink, Talk and Smoke with these Ole Boys... Hunting would be a Bonus!
This has been the most useful video for me as a newbie. I have ever hunted points but want to start next spring in WI. Any specific tips for my state or IL are appreciated. Thanks again for a great video.
@AvnGal… Unfortunately, we don't have any specific tips for hunting in your area but we believe our tips on this video should be useful anywhere... Understand the types of flint in your area and look for evidence. You will know it when you see it. Good luck...
That’s some really cool handwriting haha 17:02.
Your advice sounds like my typical hunt..
Nice Hartke rig by the way.. who's the musician?
The only other tip I might add is when you've exhausted all possibility of more surface finds on a rock bar, a shovel can come in handy along with a screener..
@CavScout... Both of us are the musicians.... Sound Check here... th-cam.com/video/A_lcav7VSsU/w-d-xo.html
@@SenecaRelics coolness..
I'm sure we'd be instant friends.. I'm an avid amateur archaeologist and a drummer/sound tech..
I've been in touring bands and ran sound for lots of bands..
Great video, guys. Nice tips and well done. Oh, you forgot one tip: get a good stogie! (By the way, with all those guitars on the wall you fellow should be able to crank out a good tune. Let's hear some).Thanks!
@wadowman... I wish we would have thought of the "stoag" tip during filming... We would have included it... All you get is a sample of our music... Put it this way: The intro music at the beginning of this vid is NOT Van Halen... Thanx for the comment...!
***** Pretty good music, guys. Enjoyed what little I could hear. Happy hunting!
@wadow... Check our channel... Look for a vid titled "Smoke on the Water"... We recorded a sound check several months ago.
cool video guys, i have always wanted to find an arrowhead in the creeks and have tried for years but never even found a piece of flint in a creek yet haha. im in Washington PA right on Greene county line, if you would ever wanna come up this way and try some creek hunting id love to tag along and learn a few things and maybe find my first creek artifact! my fields i find all my points in are right along a creek but i still have no luck in the creeks, but i know they gotta be in there.
@PAarrowheads.... Thanx for the invite to hunt in your area with you. We may take you up on it sometime. We will consider it.... If you are finding points in fields next to creeks... Then points will be there. Look again.... and again... Good Luck...
thanks buddy, let me know if you ever want to go and we will set up a day or two of it
My brother and I are thinking going to Mason County, we live in the Kanawha area finding a few...is there any good areas that you would recommend looking?
Great video.... knuckleheads😂👍🏻
great vid...good advice...and...KILLER AXES on the wall! thanx guys. now...TURN IT UP & CRANK ONE OUT FOR US!!! lol!
@musicman.... Glad you liked the vid, the advice and the Axes... Regarding our music, we probably wont be cranking one out on vid anytime soon, but you can have a sample... Just watch this vid again.. The Van Halen intro isnt Van Halen. You may be able to guess who it is... Thanx for the comment..!
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Ever look around sulug rd. I pipeline an helped fixed the big slip.
Great video guys... how can I send you pics of some of my finds?
Dudes have got the trifecta
Cigars
Arrowheads
Axes on the wall.
I thought you guys did a great job! Very nice info. What do you think about the actual rock types in the creeks. Small rocks=no points and big rocks= points? What are you thoughts
@BandRocks... Great point and we agree... We have noticed that we find points relative to the size of the rocks... The Larger points are usually in the areas of larger rocks. (We believe small points are there too but buried by rubble and not visible).. Small sandy pebble bars usually do not seem to trap points. We have discussed this theory. Thanx for the Tip..!
Do you guys know of or had any luck hunting the creeks within the Outlaw trails in Mercer and Logan County?
@NCOutdoors.... We have never hunted that area but we have heard that area is a good spot... Perhaps some research and a road trip is in order for us...
Good deal. I’m gonna be looking this weekend and let ya know what I find out.
Hey guys just subbed and love the videos, I'm new to hunting arrow heads, and getting my 12 year old daughter interested as well . Can you please give me a list of some tools I can get that you guys use to help us be more successful thanks
@BK33... Tools...? Hmmm.. That is a possible topic for us to use on a future vid. Thanx for the tip... But the only actual tools we use are good waterproof boots, a homemade claw-stick, beltpack for water/snacks... and maybe a good lighter. (but your daughter shouldnt need that...) Good luck to you and your daughter...! Let us know how you hunts go..!