HOLY COW! Jackpot!

[cheese]

It's been a long time since I posted on this board. I haven't been hunting for quite some time now. I had to post this though... I was at a friends house and on his front porch was a rusty can. I noticed a bunch of dusty dirty arrowheads on it, so I walked over to it. It was a full gallon can!!! I dumped them out carefully and found loads of archaic gems! Now I'm from the deep south, and these types mostly aren't found here, but I do recognize the adenas, lost lakes, a kirk or two, thebes, a turkey tail and some other stuff. If I'm thinking right, I want to say these look like something from Illinois or thereabouts. Would you agree? My friend was cleaning out a barn for someone and hauling off the scrap metal and this was found among cans of nuts and bolts and other stuff that was being thrown away. It almost went in the trash! Talk about a lucky guy. I may get to sell these on consignment.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

They look like ones found in Missouri and Illinois.

When I lived in Missouri there were farmers along the Missouri River and some of the smaller rivers that had thousands of arrowheads they picked up over their lifetime while farming their land.....

Some displayed them, many just threw them in buckets. They cursed them because at times they would poke holes in their tractor tires.

We will NOT go quitely into the night!

 

[BosnMate]

They are real. From what I understand, back in the old days when these were picked up, the brokes got tossed back.

I will guarantee that happened, because I did it myself back when I was a lot younger. Shucks, I've been known to do it even in later years when the pickin's were good. Over on the desert side of the state, if you find a spring, you find artifacts. I came upon a spring on one of the buttes, with tons of red obsidian flakes around it. There were several brokes in amongst the flakes, and I left them there.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I will guarantee that happened, because I did it myself back when I was a lot younger. Shucks, I've been known to do it even in later years when the pickin's were good. Over on the desert side of the state, if you find a spring, you find artifacts. I came upon a spring on one of the buttes, with tons of red obsidian flakes around it. There were several brokes in amongst the flakes, and I left them there.

I took all the broken points I found and put them in my rock garden in Missouri, when I moved I left them, I had hundreds of them....

We will NOT go quietly into the night!

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

Solves a big mystery for me, I hunted in Illinois forever and never found much...this guy got them all!

 

[Lucas599]

I would be interested I. Purchasing them if they are for sale.

 

[cheese]

I'm getting messages about me selling these. For those who are thinking about sending me a message about buying them, I don't have them, they aren't mine, and I don't know if I will get to sell any or not. The person to whom these belong knows that I am knowledgeable and willing to help him move the items, but he wants to pick out some for himself first. Then, if I do help him sell, I will be doing so in whichever manner we decide to be most profitable which will probably be in small lots or individually. I don't think these will be sold for $100 for the bucketful.

 

[pointdlr]

Cheese,
Very nice score. I can just about guarantee you that those pieces all come from Southern Indiana along the Ohio River. I know artifacts from that area very well, and it is a match for materials and types. If you receive the go ahead to sell them, please contact me through my website: Prehistoric Artifacts Home
Regards,
Jon Dickinson

 

[joshuaream]

Cheese,

Great looking lot. Hopefully, you can get some additional pictures posted. There is a nice range of types in there, Thebes, Lost Lakes, Dovetails, Kirks, etc. An absolutely great field collection, and I'd agree with Jon on the original find location.

I hope you wrapped them up individually before they got packed up again. You can't really see condition on those, but a ding from an otherwise perfect, large Lost Lake or Dovetail could be hundreds of dollars. Also, make sure you check the bottom of the bin/can where they are stored, there might be some ears/chips that can be reglued.

Joshua