Steve in PA
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- Jul 5, 2010
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Saturday, June 18, I took a female friend out so she could try and find an arrowhead (she has never found one). I normally don't spend much time looking for them, but do run across them from time to time while metal detecting in plowed fields. I took her to a field that I know has produced arrowheads, but I had never walked it personally, so I didn't know where the concentrations were. After about a half an hour of looking, I came across this bad boy. Emily was on the other side of the field, but I wanted to her to see one "insitu", so I marked the spot with my shirt and went across the field to get her. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it sitting there almost completely exposed from the rains. Around here (Westmoreland County, PA) the fields have been cultivated for a long time, and most of the larger points have been broken by farming operations. This is the largest one I have ever found. It is 3 1/8" long and 1 3/4" wide with no basal grinding that I can see. Can anyone ID it by type name and approximate age?
The first two pictures were taken in the field with my cell phone, the last two show both sides of the point with a symbolic "indian" head penny for size reference. It is almost perfect except for a small chip near one of the notches.
The first two pictures were taken in the field with my cell phone, the last two show both sides of the point with a symbolic "indian" head penny for size reference. It is almost perfect except for a small chip near one of the notches.
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