EYEBALL SAVES THE DAY!!!

[Steve in PA]

I got a call from one of my farmer friends saying he had plowed one of his fields. Although I have found two 18th century house sites in separate fields of his, all I have ever found in this particular field is a few squirrel rifle balls, a 1906 Barber quarter that was probably lost by a hunter, and dozens of shotgun shells. But having been plowed I figured the arrowhead potential had improved dramatically...

And it did

Saw this bad boy laying in the dirt at the edge of the field under a big oak tree. Scooped it up with my shovel and walked over to where the farmer was on his tractor smoothing the field in preparation for planting. He said "I guess they were here after all"



A nice atlatyl point or knife. Neat looking material, but amazing it survived almost 100% intact considering all the fracture flaws in the material.


I was only able to spend about an hour metal detecting before the heat drove me off and found nothing except more shotgun shells and some scrap bucket material.

Thanks for looking. Stay safe and hydrated out there!

 

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[jewelerguy]

awesome. I love arrowheads

 

[CoilyGirl]

That’s almost perfect,congrats!

 

[sandchip]

Killer point. Killer material!

 

[lenmac65]

That's a really nice one. Congrats!

 

[Sidevalve45]

That's a dandy for sure. Congratulations on your find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

That one is made of great looking material Steve. Nice find.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Very interesting looking point! I like it!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice point Steve! Congrats

 

[Sidevalve45]

That's a dandy for sure. Congratulations on your find.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome finds, congrats!

 

[against the wind]

That'll take front and center in your display case.
Congratulations

 

[Mudflap]

That's a really cool point! Nice going. I still can't seem to train my old eye/brain to lock on arrowheads.....

 

[ToddsPoint]

PA is kind of out of my range for material ID, but that sure looks a lot like a type of glacial till flint we have here. Brought down from somewhere up north by the glacier. Possible? Gary

 

[cheffer]

Thats a beauty, congratulations

 

[pepperj]

Love it! Nice save of the day-heck it would make my season.

 

[Steve in PA]

awesome. I love arrowheads

Thanks JG. They are definitely fun to find.

That’s almost perfect,congrats!

Thanks Coily. I have found my share of broken ones, so it's nice when the are intact.

Killer point. Killer material!

Thanks Sanchip. Definitely different than any I've found before.

That's a really nice one. Congrats!

Thanks Lenmac. It will display nicely

That one is made of great looking material Steve. Nice find.

Thanks TH. I bet it was tough material to work with though.

 

[Steve in PA]

Very interesting looking point! I like it!

Thanks Arfie. My brother and I named our beagle Arfie when we were kids.

Nice point Steve! Congrats

Thanks Thad. This makes three from three different fields so far this year.

That's a dandy for sure. Congratulations on your find.

Thanks SideValve.

Awesome finds, congrats!

Thanks Professor

That'll take front and center in your display case.
Congratulations

I have a couple cases full of my better arrowheads, but I'll find a special place or this one.

That's a really cool point! Nice going. I still can't seem to train my old eye/brain to lock on arrowheads.....

You just have to adjust the discrimination on your eyeballs to reject random rocks, leaves, and other field debris. I never had a problem finding them. Found my first one at age 5 or 6 and I'm 62 now.

 

[Steve in PA]

PA is kind of out of my range for material ID, but that sure looks a lot like a type of glacial till flint we have here. Brought down from somewhere up north by the glacier. Possible? Gary

Hard to say TP. This was found in SW PA about 20 miles east of the Ohio river.

Thats a beauty, congratulations

Thank Cheffer!

 

[pepperj]

You just have to adjust the discrimination on your eyeballs to reject random rocks, leaves, and other field debris. I never had a problem finding them. Found my first one at age 5 or 6 and I'm 62 now.

We have the same history in looking for points.
The new permission I received asked me if I had picked up any on the other permission beside him.
The landowner's uncle was always picking them up and the family has a nice collection of artifacts from the fields.
Then again he tilled-and now it's a no till world. Hard to see the dirt even with the dead crop waste laying on top.
So sadly no as the crop rotation and time hasn't been kind to me it seems.