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[Digger_Dude]

How do i search for native american artifacts and what do i need to do so. I already metal detect, and find the propect of finding artifacts interesting

 

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[diggummup]

When I lived up north I would search creek beds and plowed fields. I knew of one place near a creek that had many broken bits and pieces just laying on top of the ground, that was in Cynthiana, Ky.

 

[rock]

If you search the site you will find many have already asked and got results and answers. Just search creek hunting on tnet.

 

[Digger_Dude]

thanks for the info

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I believe the best tool(s) are your eyes and experience in the area. Many times you find arrowheads in plowed fields sitting on the surface.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

The first and most important thing to do is find yourself a farm near a good water source and obtain permission to hunt it. I usually just stop by and ask. All they can do is tell you yes or no. I usually ask if anyone else hunts there or if they have ever found anything.

Look for high ground or ridges that are above the flood plain. Walk these and look for evidence of occupation. Finding pics of Flint, Bone, Shell, and even Pottery can be a sign of a camp or a village. Once you start seeing evidence, even if it's just Flint, walk the area in a back and forth pattern about 6 or 8 feet apart and check every rock and piece of Flint you see. You will eventually get an eye for what to check and what to leave alone.

Basically all you need is a stick with a nail in it to flip Flint out and a pouch to put your finds in. I use an old broomstick myself.

Good luck.

 

[yakker]

And... just like with metal detecting, research helps a great deal. Whatever you can find on line- as to historic locations- and there are a number of official digs up in PA, so you're in the thick of it anyway, but to know that there's a spot that's open for you to hunt (or that you can get permission to hunt) downstream or in a logical hunting area a distance away from a known location. Well, suffice it to say, the more info the better. I used to live around a number of tidal rivers which yielded an incredible number of artifacts and points. Here, I'm on line whenever I can- and as a result I know where to put my kayak in. And I've become more accustom to field hunting too. Fields that get tilled then rained on are amazing. And ones that flood- the washing makes everything visible.

Good luck- and hope to see some of your finds soon Yakker