Advice on finding arrowheads.

[alkoz]

Hi, i need some advice on looking for arrowheads, I've searched most of the local creeks and searched a creek where there were indians and i did not find anything. What is the best place and way to find them?
Thanks

[pickaway]

Creeks can be hard i spent 5 hours yesterday for 1 broke base.Just keep on looking.
Alot of ppl hunt plowed fields flood plains const. sites some ppl dig.and ebay lol,get to know the material in your area and just keep at it.

[GL]

My approach is to look for creeks and hills near them. The taller the better. I recently spent a half hour walking a hill only to find some pottery shards and a small knapped bugger about the size of a quarter.
Just know that once you find one you will become quickly addicted and might get sunburnt.

[Molly.]

Best to look on North banks of the creeks, south facing.(better in winter though, no snakes)...

I find plowed fields on high grounds are better for beginners, Tobbacco fields are excellent for this. After the rains, the points tend to lie in the middle of the mounds, between the tobbacco (in the walkways).
Familiarise yourself with the rock types there.
Look for flakes/chippings.

Also if you checkout 'Youtube'- 'Arrowhead hunting', that will help.

Let us know how you get on, Good Luck.

Molly.

[alkoz]

I'm going to New Jersey to hunt some corn fields and creeks so i'll keep your avice in mind when i'm there.

[steve71]

Hi, i need some advice on looking for arrowheads, I've searched most of the local creeks and searched a creek where there were indians and i did not find anything. What is the best place and way to find them?
Thanks

sometime where 2 creeks come together and realy look good in them gravel bars

[Billco]

Here's how I find all my stuff on small creeks in Alabama:

http://www.squidoo.com/huntingarrowheads

i didn't find anything, except by accident, until last October. Since then, I've found about 75 whole points, and thre times that many brokes. Plus a bunch of tools.

[Jonnyreb]

I would wager that ALL rivers and creeks in N. America contain artifacts, its just that where the bed may be muddy, the finding them is impossible. Like was said before, you need to check out the gravel banks, and be patient. Sometimes, as in my dad's creek, the gravel bars may be exposed after a storm just to be covered up again in sand the next storm. Of course, you probably already know to turn each stone or peice of stone and remember that most of the time you may only find a small peice sticking out of the ground, just to tug it out and find a real "gloat"...or sometimes its just a broke...but then, if they were so easy to find...it wouldn't be as fun now would it?
Good luck to you. Keep us posted with your finds as we dont get to see that much from up your way.

[DirtySouthDigger]

We hunt on Farmland, owned by family members. On my mom's farm, there was a creek that ran along the backside, and we have found a lot of indian artifacts, arrowheads, pottery....etc...
We try to go right after the first rain on a newly plowed field, cause I have found a lot of arrowheads sitting right on top of the dirt.

[Jazdo]

Everyone has some good points!

where you find on alot of times you find more,and more