Large agate spearhead. My best native piece

[CoinFetcher]

Been hunting this area for 4 years. My buddy usually gets the artifacts, and I left with agates and Jasper's.

He was distracted, and walked right this orange beauty. I knew right away it was special.

My whole life, they tell me the natives in seattle didn't use arrowheads....






Thanks for looking. Really special to me.

 

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[scepter1]

Natives in the Northwest, including Seattle, used arrowheads. I can't imagine why anyone would say differently! But as Gator said, your artifact is too large to be an arrowhead. Need photos of the other side. I also find a lot of cores/chips/flakes that were used as quick and dirty sharp edged tools and not "finished".

Rich.

 

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[jackflashz]

Yes, Puget Sound probably had more "quick and dirty, use until until dull" tools than finished ones.

 

[TimberCrack]

The correct term is PROJECTILE POINT......the first projectile points were used on Spears...then came the ATLATL which is still used by aboriginal tribes which was a point on a for-shaft and aided by a spear thrower(Atlatl) then the bow and arrow was the last invention. Here on the North American continent according to archeologists the bow was invented in just the last 2 thousand years..

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice agate. It is a material I do not see here. I would be pumped as well. Very nice knife/tool. I like them best as they often evolved with use and wear.

Gator is correct that bows are a pretty recent invention in the scheme of things in your area or North America. Nice piece for the collection.