Looking to get a little information on an arrowhead I found roughly 10 years ago. I found this arrowhead in a creek off the french broad river in knoxville tennessee.
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The material isn’t from North America, the style doesn’t match any North American artifact and the condition is inconsistent with a point more than 20 years old. 100% not ancient.what exactly tells you for 100% fact that it's not old or ancient?
Im obviously no expert otherwise i wouldnt be posting here asking about it, however, based on where i found this im one thousand percent confident it's not fake.
i suppose i will take it to a local professional to get it checked out in person.
Yes, I would be suspicious of that one too.would you say this one attached is also a fake View attachment 1738733
this image was taken from http://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Neuberger.html and looks pretty similar and is from same regionYes, I would be suspicious of that one too.
hey, just wanted to say welcome to cafvol99. if you are still located in east tn, i'm a bit west of you on the plateau.
not sure from your posts if artifact hunting is a hobby for you, but Tennessee is definitely a great place for it. six or seven years back i found a beautiful point, freshly broke in half. not by a plow, but by that mornings deer traffic. which rekindled
.......... a childhood growing up on the bluffs, finding points and flakes. family didn't have a tv.. until i was in sixth grade..times previous to that (in retrospect), were some awesome years. making animal traps/bows/arrows/spears/clubs.
.......cooking killed creatures on little fires.
always hoping.. my grandfather's research into our ancestry/genealogy would uncover some lost Native American branch of the family tree. obviously so i wouldn't be a poser singing
but i digress..
some members have a huge amount of knowledge, gathered over decades in the field. that knowledge and experience is something i personally really have appreciated on here, and other forums.
seems upon reaching that level of expertise, it's easier for them to appraise an object with a high percentage of personal certainty.
I can't personally say anything 100%, specially over the web w/ pictures only.
i will say: seeing posts from my neck of the woods is always great. local/regional comparison of finds is very compelling.
looking at the first post some of the cracks and crevices on the point appear to hold greenish build-up (in that group, the second picture is a good example using the magnification function) .
in later pictures you (op) have cleaned the point a bit more ? the stuff that i'd associate w/light to moderate creek time for our area looks to be wiped off . so, was your initial discovery something freshly eroded or in a waterway with minimal flow?
any ways. hope you figure it out. Tennessee has some wild flint/chert types. if you work on identifying the material that it is made of, it will be very unlikely your question won't be answered.
Congratulations on your beautiful recoveryLooking to get a little information on an arrowhead I found roughly 10 years ago. I found this arrowhead in a creek off the french broad river in knoxville tennessee.