Can anyone help me identify my sugar quartz arrowhead please

[Crazyplantlady]

Hello. This little sugar quartz arrowhead was found in Orange County Indiana. I recently received it from my papaw when he passed. He gave me my love for all things natural stone and my aunt gave it to me after his funeral because I was the only grandchild willing to spend all summer with him in the fields. Thank you for any help.

 

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[Up-North]

Looks Adena to me
Let’s see what others think

~crazy plant lady~ I like…… lol

 

[Lenrac2]

Welcome to TNet. Sorry for your loss.

 

[DizzyDigger]

It's a beautiful stone, but in all honesty I don't see any evidence
of it being worked by human hands. It's natural, IMO.

 

[pepperj]

It's a beautiful stone, but in all honesty I don't see any evidence
of it being worked by human hands. It's natural, IMO.

Yes it is beautiful
Though it looks like it was on the left, and really I'd have to wonder how something could be so perfect if not altered by hand.

Condolences for your loss, and this gift will always serve as a great memory of your time shared.

 

[newnan man]

Welcome. Very nice, I have no idea as to its type but I believe it definitely is an arrowhead.

 

[MAMucker]

It's a beautiful stone, but in all honesty I don't see any evidence
of it being worked by human hands. It's natural, IMO.

?

 

[MAMucker]

Beautiful Quartz Stemmed Point. I think a Contracting Stem type. Too far from my area to type. Very well made though.

 

[CaptEsteban]

Beautiful Quartz Stemmed Point. I think a Contracting Stem type. Too far from my area to type. Very well made though.

YES, it is a point. These are typically found in the Southeast.

 

[scruggs]

Looks like a point to me and a nice one!

 

[Up-North]

Morrow mountain could be another possibility

 

[Crazyplantlady]

Thank you very much everyone . I mostly collect larger geodes, raw gemstones, and fossils now but I think I'm going to try to find someone to allow me to hunt their field for arrowheads. I'm a morning grillcook 5 days a week in a little town in a little diner. Maybe I can talk one of the farmers into letting me look. It's worth a shot.

 

[joshuaream]

Nice piece, as others have mentioned I don't see any way that isn't an arrowhead.

I've hunted north of Orange County and south of Orange County a bunch of times, and I don't think that material is local. Your papaw might have picked it up on vacation if he ever went to the Carolinas or somewhere else where quartz is more common. In your area you'll see a lot more grey/blue hornstone and maybe a mix of beige & greenish beige materials from north and west of you. Your local material is Paoli, beige & pink, but it's not super common in your area. (The same chert is found in Kentucky and it's a better quality, the stuff that is exposed in Orange County tends to be chalky with more cracks from what I have seen.)

Absolutely, old farmers having breakfast or coffee is a great way to get access especially if you and your family are local.

 

[Buckleberry]

Thank you very much everyone . I mostly collect larger geodes, raw gemstones, and fossils now but I think I'm going to try to find someone to allow me to hunt their field for arrowheads. I'm a morning grillcook 5 days a week in a little town in a little diner. Maybe I can talk one of the farmers into letting me look. It's worth a shot.

Yeah, that's an arrowhead and I have over 15 fields to look because I asked the farmers who own them, you want to find fields with a current and or ancient source of water, creeks going into rivers are the best and the second tier up from the source is where they typically camped, the first tier would be the floodplain.
There are great threads here on where to look.
Best of luck!

 

[Tdog]

Nice quartz point. Definitely man-made. Wish I could help ID it. Glad someone who appreciates it wound up with it. Good luck hunting fields.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Welcome to Treasure Net!
Beautiful point...!

 

[uniface]

Just ask the farmers. They'll know where people have found them, even if they themselves have no interest in them.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Gorgeous white point! Thanks for posting.

 

[DizzyDigger]

It's a beautiful stone, but in all honesty I don't see any evidence
of it being worked by human hands. It's natural, IMO.

?

I looked at the large sized image, here:



Note the area outlined in the red brackets. From what I see there,
the stone appears to be very thick for an arrowhead.

In that same pic, I also don't see any obvious evidence of the stone
being worked. Maybe I needed to look closer..

It's also entirely possible that I'm completely wrong on all counts.
Happens all the time...just ask my wife.

 

[Tdog]

A lot of quartz arrowheads are thick. It is difficult to see the knapping scars on many of them. This one has a tip ding. I'd bet money it is the real thing.