🥇 BANNER Found Lots of Arrowheads Today!

[oldmxrat]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!

All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

 

[releventchair]

Dang!
Congrats on an amazing tour.

Almost expected to read that you heard native tongues and smelled a meal cooking too.

 

[NHDirtShark]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

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I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!
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All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

Wow, I would be dancing to find one of those. Gratz!

 

[unclemac]

out by Pyramid? all those shells are confusing, tell me more about the site without telling me where. was it a seasonal water source or reliable?

 

[invent4hir]

Absolutely MINDBLOWING! How much area did you search and how much time did it take?

 

[oldmxrat]

out by Pyramid? all those shells are confusing, tell me more about the site without telling me where. was it a seasonal water source or reliable?

One of the many playas in Nevada. That's all I'm gonna say!

 

[oldmxrat]

Absolutely MINDBLOWING! How much area did you search and how much time did it take?

I hunted for about 5 hours and covered a lot of ground.

 

[unclemac]

hope you brought a lot of water.... 100 degrees in northern NV is oddly comfortable, no humidity...a little breeze blowing... i always wear a brim and long selves...and a couple frozen water bottles.... easy to stay out longer than you should!

 

[Digger RJ]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

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I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!
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All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

I totally missed this post.
Congrats on the great day out of recoveries.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

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I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!
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All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

Wow!!!!! You hit the jackpot! Big, big Congrats!

 

[jimther]

If recently exposed by the wind, I have to believe there are many more UNexposed points below the surface. Have you tested this by using a sifter in the spots where the highest concentration of points resided?

 

[Tesorodeoro]

A powerful leaf blower comes to mind..

 

[jimther]

A powerful leaf blower comes to mind..

Powerful leaf blower might blow away the Native American points along with the sand, pebbles and other small matter… no?

 

[oldmxrat]

If recently exposed by the wind, I have to believe there are many more UNexposed points below the surface. Have you tested this by using a sifter in the spots where the highest concentration of points resided?

Been hitting this place for 25 years. No need to work at sifting, I enjoy just walking around and finding them year after year.

 

[oldmxrat]

A powerful leaf blower comes to mind..

Ha, funny you should mention that!
A friend of mine suggested that about 20 years ago and I agreed to let him try. We saw several little points and beads appear and disappear in milliseconds, never to be seen again!
That was the end of that experiment.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Gorgeous.
Now those are some stellar finds. Congratulations.

 

[russau]

hope you brought a lot of water.... 100 degrees in northern NV is oddly comfortable, no humidity...a little breeze blowing... i always wear a brim and long selves...and a couple frozen water bottles.... easy to stay out longer than you should!

You guys are some tough ole Hombre's to be beating the bush in that kind of heat ! CONGRATS !

 

[pepperj]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

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I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!
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All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

Congratulations on making the Banner with your spectacular day out.

 

[Florida Finder]

Such a perfect-weather day for getting out in the desert, so I decided to hit one of my favorite spots. It's a very long drive to get there so I headed out early.
I was lucky that the winds have been blowing pretty hard recently and uncovered lots of goodies today!

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I came up to this spot where there used to be a little sand dune to see these metates and pestle stacked up. This place is very out-of-the-way, and I've never seen signs of anyone else having been here in the 30+ years I've been coming here. And, there was a dune here the last time I was here, so I'm thinking the indians had buried their wares here and they just recently were exposed by the winds!
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All in all a fantastic day in the Great Basin desert!

Dang that’s on heck of a day! Congratulations!

 

[oldmxrat]

Congratulations on making the Banner with your spectacular day out.

Thanks, wasn't expecting it!