monsterrack
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- Apr 15, 2013
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I went for a hunt Saturday but only found pottery , worked stone and an old med. bottle. So I thought I would use the trip for some tips for newbies. Now what I am saying goes for my area, but it holds true for a lot of areas. First thing know your hunting grounds, use Googel Earth or just a Topo map to see where your creek are what ever starts at and then most important part GET PERMISSION from land owner or owners, because most creeks are used has property lines. It also helps to know when you are in a creek ,where you can walk out of it and where you will end up at, it just might save you a lot of walking back to your ride.
Now not every creek has artifacts but most do, it's just some are harder to find artifacts in due to the amount of sand, mud and other materials. Next get some books on arrowheads and other stone artifacts and study them and then study them again. Just remember mother nature can fool you big time when you are just getting started. For example look at these photos of items I found yesterday
The first photo is just little round balls of clay that are rock hard, made by the flow of water, the second photo shows you just how many of these things a creek can make.
Now worked stone, I see a lot of post asking is this a worked piece. First if you study the books like I said earlier you can see what is a flake that was removed due to man or nature.
The first photo looks like a natural break but then when you look at the other side, you can see where flakes were taken off by knapping. Not to long ago there was a post on hammer stones, most hammer stones will be well used and there is no doubt when you look at it that it was used.
The first photo shows the outer core of the stone and the second shows the end that was used.
Now some points on creeks, always look all around, water level, in the water and up on the banks, you never know what you may find sticking out of the bank.
This photo shows where the water has cut down through the old creek bed and this one shows a couple of different layers it has gone through
This tells me that there is a good chance of finding all types of artifacts in a creek such as this.
A lot of us that have been doing this for a long time forget that we once where newbies also, and some tend to hold on to the info that we have gained over time, but we should always want to pass on anything that might help someone gain more insight to this great hobby. Last note to newbies just remember out in the field there is always something out there that can ruin your day
Now not every creek has artifacts but most do, it's just some are harder to find artifacts in due to the amount of sand, mud and other materials. Next get some books on arrowheads and other stone artifacts and study them and then study them again. Just remember mother nature can fool you big time when you are just getting started. For example look at these photos of items I found yesterday
The first photo is just little round balls of clay that are rock hard, made by the flow of water, the second photo shows you just how many of these things a creek can make.Now worked stone, I see a lot of post asking is this a worked piece. First if you study the books like I said earlier you can see what is a flake that was removed due to man or nature.
The first photo looks like a natural break but then when you look at the other side, you can see where flakes were taken off by knapping. Not to long ago there was a post on hammer stones, most hammer stones will be well used and there is no doubt when you look at it that it was used.
The first photo shows the outer core of the stone and the second shows the end that was used.Now some points on creeks, always look all around, water level, in the water and up on the banks, you never know what you may find sticking out of the bank.
This photo shows where the water has cut down through the old creek bed and this one shows a couple of different layers it has gone through
This tells me that there is a good chance of finding all types of artifacts in a creek such as this.A lot of us that have been doing this for a long time forget that we once where newbies also, and some tend to hold on to the info that we have gained over time, but we should always want to pass on anything that might help someone gain more insight to this great hobby. Last note to newbies just remember out in the field there is always something out there that can ruin your day
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....and that snake...:O...but pretty pattern on it!
