Bored tonight - Pics of heartbreakers from last year

[Adena_man]

Just wanted to post some of the heartbreakers from last year. Man, if they would only have been complete! It's enough to make a grown man cry!

These were found on my Grandfather's old farm here in Kentucky.

[fossis]

You hate to see those,

Fossis....................

[River Rat]

I have some like that too...I should be gathering them together to see if I had found the missing pieces.

Still nice finds, Adena.

[Cannonman17]

Ouch... I have all mine like that packed away, that makes me want to get them out and look at the what might have been again.

[hasbeen]

It seems to me that the ones with the best shape or finest knapping are always the broken ones.I average about 10 broken ones for every whole point or blade.I probably find about 7-8 point ends for every tang end found.My average was a little better last week as I found 32 points and 4 of them were whole..

I have only been actively arrowhead hunting for a little over a year and have found 56 complete points and blades.

hasbeen

[Adena_man]

I think i've found their trash pile in the field that I hunt. It seems like there is one area in the field that consistently produces a lot of broken pieces. There are other areas in the field that I always hunt first, because they produce good, whole artifacts. It's pretty cool how you can learn a field after a while and can almost tell where the trash dumps were. You can also get a general area of where the villages stood by the concentrations of points, tools, etc. You can't tell exactly, but you can get a general idea.

[Johnny X]

I think i've found their trash pile in the field that I hunt. It seems like there is one area in the field that consistently produces a lot of broken pieces. There are other areas in the field that I always hunt first, because they produce good, whole artifacts. It's pretty cool how you can learn a field after a while and can almost tell where the trash dumps were. You can also get a general area of where the villages stood by the concentrations of points, tools, etc. You can't tell exactly, but you can get a general idea.

I have a nice trash, possible reworking spot in our field. Always produces broken, reworks, and TONS of flint chips.


xstevenx

[Atlantis0077]

I feel your pain!!


Rule of thumb here is 20% good 80% not so good. Finding the perfect ones without spot nor wrinkle is rare. Seems on bird points especially that there is always a tiny knick off the tip or ear or tail. Yep always the ones with the best shape or most intricate flaking are broken. Makes you sick, but is an unfortunate occupational hazard. Just makes you that much more appreciative when you find that perfect 10.

Atlantis