Ive been a member of TNet for 10 years and have never ventured to this forum before

[TrpnBils]

I've been a member of TNet for 10 years and have never ventured to this forum before

It's not for lack of interest, but for lack of knowing how the heck I'd ever even begin to look for some of this stuff should I ever choose to. It's really cool to see what you all post here because it's so far out of my realm of understanding.... I look for metal in the ground. I have a machine. It beeps when it finds metal. How on earth do you guys go about even looking for stuff like what's posted here? I've heard the whole "go look for arrowheads in a newly plowed field after a good rain" but have never done it because I'm always out detecting!

 

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[Peyton Manning]

looking with ones eyes is detecting as well

 

[TrpnBils]

Yes but based on the pictures I've seen here tonight my eyes would see most of them and my brain would be thinking "rock.....rock.....other rock with a different shape...." etc.

 

[theviking]

I metal detected for over 30 years until I started finding pointy rocks.. I think I have used my Whites maybe four times in as many years. Your in a great area, good luck.

 

[TrpnBils]

Luck indeed - I wouldn't know where to start! My wife always said if she could do it all over again and thought she could make a career out of archaeology or anthropology it's what she'd do. Very fascinating stuff....

 

[theviking]

Educate yourself on local materials used and head to the nearest water source, small river or creek will do. You maybe surprised. I'm just over the state line from you in VA and find some decent stuff in our local creek, and our garden.

 

[mainejman]

The draw to me over metal detecting is the age difference.I like being able to be the person that makes it possible for an individual to touch the oldest man made item they will probably ever handle.I also like having found artifacts that you will only ever see in books and museums...mjm

 

[rock]

Im glad not many can recognize what a artifact looks like or understands how to find them (which by the way takes a couple of years to learn). I had to self taught myself but am still learning each time I go out. They don't always just lay there waiting but every once in a while its a nice surprise walking up to a gravel bar and a black point is laying on a bunch of white cobbles. That's how I found this one last week...stood out like a beacon

 

[Tnmountains]

I hunt both. Sometimes at the same time especially in plowed fields. Best of both worlds.

 

[DigIron2]

I am like Tnmountains,i like to do both, but I usually just consentrate on hunting either one or the other,I am not a very good multi-tasker.I usually turn to the machine when I am not finding any native artifacts.To me there is nothing more neater to find and collect then tools of prehistoric man.Hard to find, yes!Even thow the way some of these guys find them sometimes one wouldn't think so.Hard to find,but when they come along the rewards are the best in my opinion.oh yeah,by the way welcome to the Darkside!Just kidding these guys are awesome-HH

 

[Peyton Manning]

just learn to walk with yours eyes always scanning the dirt, when you see your first man altered stone you will know it.
It just takes a little patience

 

[Tnmountains]

I can always find at least worked stone or broken ancient tools. They are plentiful here. I can not always go metal detect and find something good.. Ancient America and man is a deep layer in time.Colonial and forward is very thin layer here.

 

[civil_war22]

I've managed to pull more artifacts out while detecting miraculously by luck. I've found around 15 by digging a hole during detecting

 

[DigIron2]

I've managed to pull more artifacts out while detecting miraculously by luck. I've found around 15 by digging a hole during detecting

I have found a couple pieces while detecting,but when I am native hunting I like to move really slow and poke around

 

[rock]

I have tried swinging the MD while looking for worked stone. As soon as I see something worked I stop swinging and start looking for points. Then I wish I didn't bring it cause its heavy.

 

[yakker]

Well, I have a crappy McCheap machine and only use it when I'm desperate. I go out looking for pointy rocks first- the knapped divots on the edges give them away on a sunny day. If I come up empty, I go for the machine- if I have it with me. It took me not too long to figure them out on a sandy riverside. My first summer was pure magic- and probably the best season I've ever had. Just have top train your eye. And know where to look. Many times hunting artifacts like this is as detailed as detecting as far as research goes. Give it a shot- you might be surprised! HH! Yakker