Beautiful multicolored arrowhead

[MOrockCollector]

This beautiful rock was found by my wife in stone county missouri, I do believe it is a clovis and one of the best native arrowheads I have ever seen, this point is also one of the most colorful rocks I've ever seen it has red,orange,black,white,greyish bluish, tan and also sparkles at ya from a couple of spots were quartz crystals are formed, light passes through 90% of it. I believe this arrowhead is a one in a lifetime find.
Does anybody know about how much something like this could be worth?

 

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[ArfieBoy]

Wow! That is a beauty! Thank you for sharing. Congratulations!

 

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[MOrockCollector]

We were at the river and walked up a creek that flowing into the river and their was a chip looking piece at the base of a tree and when she scraped about 3 inches of dirt up it was right there

 

[MOrockCollector]

Hooten town missouri is where we found it, their is a creek on friends property that flows into the river and about 120 yards or so up the creek their is a large flat area of land and about 40 feet from the creek bank at the base of a tree about 3 to 5 inches under the dirt was where this was found. I have another nice arrowhead I found about 30 feet away from this one a few days earlier from just flipping over leaves but it is a completely different style and solid greyish brown.

 

[Huzzah!]

Dude, dig. Just a few test pits. Sift it. Sounds like a great place to look

 

[Garscale]

Hooten town missouri is where we found it, their is a creek on friends property that flows into the river and about 120 yards or so up the creek their is a large flat area of land and about 40 feet from the creek bank at the base of a tree about 3 to 5 inches under the dirt was where this was found. I have another nice arrowhead I found about 30 feet away from this one a few days earlier from just flipping over leaves but it is a completely different style and solid greyish brown.

Yep. Could be a killer spot to dig if paleo is only a few inches deep. Post up the other point as well please.

 

[dognose]

Would you buy for say ,6g without it being authenticated?

Even with a certificate of authentication I would not offer that.

Where did you pull that figure from?

 

[Garscale]

Even with a certificate of authentication I would not offer that.

Where did you pull that figure from?

Just a decent folsom with papers will go for that. My point that you challenged is whether an item is more valuable with papers. Yes they are.

 

[dognose]

I disagree. That is you opinion and I can respect that.

If you plan to sell where the prospective buyer may not have the opportunity to inspect it then it helps.
But that is not a guarantee of no shenanigans or authenticity.

I still have the view that one should feel comfortable with the relic and not put all their faith in another's opinion.

I have had experience with authenticators who are not worth the paper they churn out. I would rather inspect and make my own judgment thank you.

 

[Garscale]

I disagree. That is you opinion and I can respect that.

If you plan to sell where the prospective buyer may not have the opportunity to inspect it then it helps.
But that is not a guarantee of no shenanigans or authenticity.

I still have the view that one should feel comfortable with the relic and not put all their faith in another's opinion.

I have had experience with authenticators who are not worth the paper they churn out. I would rather inspect and make my own judgment thank you.

Somehow we are having a communication issue and likely because I have been too brief. Let me try again.

This point was posted in the what's it worth section. The thread was later moved here. Now I dont have the point in hand and there are several questions to answer before even thinking of a price. The first is authenticity . Since I doubt it would be sent to me, I suggested one of the the more respected guys. Next is type. It is made much closer to folsom than Clovis but I cant see any fluting nor fine edge work. I also dont know how thin it is so that's critical. Next is material . I now believe it is a fine agate but I'm still not positive. Makes the point more valuable or more likely to be modern depending on how you look at it.

I said say..6g as a total hypothetical since there are so many unanswered questions on this point. I totally agree with your opinion on some authenticators . I have witnessed some very bad papered points myself. Back to the value of this one? No way to know without having a much clearer knowledge of that point.

I'm not selling, I'm trying to answer his question of what its worth.

 

[Edgychris1]

Found this the other day. Not quite like yours but one of the two multicolored ones I have.

Above pics are some awesome pieces!!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

The value is only what someone is willing to pay, I personally would never pay 6 grand for it, that is just me and only if I could even afford $6,000.😁

Nice find..

I also agree, take it to the Greater St. Louis Archaeological Society show.

I also think it is a Folsom, not Clovis.