Years Of Experience Collecting Native American Artifacts

[Treasure_Hunter]

Thread is for information only, trying to get total years experience of forum.

How many years experience collecting Native American artifacts do you have?

I will start off, I started collecting in 1981 when I found my first point in a corn field.

Please end post with total years.


39 years.

 

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[Force_of_Iron]

May as well chime in.

I focus more on militaria and historical books and paper. Artifacts are a sideline for me however, I've been enjoying them as long as I can remember and watched and help my father hunt as well as buy them.

I love the varieties and unique nature of them. They are beautiful in displays whether chipped or whole. The artistry has to be appreciated.

If you ask me they display better than any other category the next closest being patches or groups of labels.

My hunting as previously stated is poor only finding a few but I unfortunately live in a time of no till farming.

I have been learning about them for 40 years but since its not a focus Ill go with

8 That being about where I would compare in knowledge with the rest of you.

I do know something good when I see it, I suppose that is enough.

 

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[antmike915]

Found my first arrowhead in a creek in Columbus, Georgia when I was 10. I somehow lost it but it got me interested but didn't really start until I found another by pure luck in the same creek when I was 13; I haven't been the same since

33 years and hopefully more

 

[DaveSmith]

I was laying a natural gas service line to an industrial plant in Spartanburg SC in 1982. The plant had a field beside it and there were probably about 30 or so huge stumps that had been dumped there. I always looked for rocks in the ditches we were digging and was looking at the soil and rocks on the stumps and found a broken point in the dirt on a stump. Been looking at the ground ever since!!

38 years

 

[Ripcon]

Found my first point in 1976 in south Mississippi. I’ve been collecting ever since.

 

[Tdog]

1695 as of now.

 

[Garscale]

1695 as of now.

You can add 56 for me.

 

[NCPeaches]

It all started for me, the obsession, when my Grandson found the pottery shard in the creek March of 2012 so now my creek has gotten pretty much undivided attention, has produced well over 400 pieces of pottery and about 15 points, knives, tools, etc. It's been a great adventure for 8 years now.

 

[Tdog]

1759 and counting.

Approaching 2 millennia.

 

[diggingthe1]

I had 3 very good years where I was obsessed and would hunt a lot. Now I am excited that my boys enjoy going out with me. We are hunting more which is sure nice!! I started as early as I can remember. Mom is about to pass her collection on to my brothers and I. I still feel like a kid hunting and wonder about everything. 43 years because I can't remember and age 7 seems a good starting point!

 

[Tdog]

1802 currently.

 

[Volfannumber1]

I have been hunting Native American artifacts for going on 17 years. I went on my first hunt when I was 18 which is also the day I found my first projectile point. My mentor took me to several really large bluffs on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee. Now I primarily hunt my home county of Anderson.

 

[Mine Shaft]

My first was 1988. 32 years and counting lol.

 

[Riverbum]

My first one ,El Paso Texas 1973 ,been at it ever since.

 

[Tdog]

Now it's 1898.

 

[Jon Stewart]

How was the boat ride over T-DOG, lol

 

[Tdog]

 

[TimberCrack]

I started hunting Indian artifacts when I was 7..that was 1964...even find them to this day while swinging a metal detector..

 

[Tdog]

1954 now!

 

[Relicgrubber]

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[Lone Star]

Indian Artifacts.............1978........43 years

Metal Detecting.............1966...Built my own detector from a kit (Relco/Popular Science add) Then dropped it until 2014.