Native American tools or bust?

[cowsaretrippy]

Hey, Im brand new, and infatuated with treasure hunting, particularly for Native American artifacts ( although I seem to mainly just find pottery)

All the pieces here ( with the exception of the 3 in the top right corner are from my very first hunt. Curious as to if anyone could give me some insight on if I may have have found any legit arrowheads or Native American tools. The area hunted is old farm land in PA. I know other things have been found on that site in the past ( like arrowheads and a cannonball even)





Thanks

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Welcome to TreasureNet.

Sorry, I do not see anything in pictures that says artifact.

 

[apdp]

Maybe the left black piece in the first picture, nothing else though. Look for pieces that have chipping marks on their edges. Chip marks will be less than a quarter inch.

 

[Tony in SC]

Don't give up! Once you learn what to look for you'll be on you're way. PS. Go over to the North American Indian Forum and check out what those guys find.

 

[Plug N Play]

Beginners look for shapes.
You want to train your eye to look for color, proper stone, and human alteration.

The black piece and the quartz piece are the direction you want to go.
The other rocks are wasting your time.

Train your eye on these and you'll do better ... ignore that other stuff.

 

[cowsaretrippy]

Beginners look for shapes.
You want to train your eye to look for color, proper stone, and human alteration.

The black piece and the quartz piece are the direction you want to go.
The other rocks are wasting your time.

Train your eye on these and you'll do better ... ignore that other stuff.

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thanks Im going to keep searching , pretty much addicted at this point

 

[cowsaretrippy]

much appreciated,

thank you!

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome to TNet!

Research Paleo occupation in your area. There was more than one migration and since the Ice sheet extended into Pa. you might find anything there. Tool making was an individual effort. You had toolmakers that were real artisans and others that only did enough to get by. The media will also vary by area. Northern peoples were more likely to use what they found laying on the surface because the ground was too hard to mine. They used quartzite, basalt and sometimes even bone from the game they killed. Points made from basalt won't show chipping because it weathers too much. You can also expect to find dozens of chips for every nice point you find. To me the most likely sample is the point in the middle of Pic one.
On newly plowed ground, after a hard rain, go out in the early morning and walk directly into the sun. Harder minerals will a have a smoother surface and will reflect light readily. Also some of the media they used react to either ultraviolet or infrared light, both components of sunlight. When you start seeing those glints of sunlight start looking for unusual shapes and colors, that stand out amongst the more common fragments. Watch for partially buried specimens.
Soon enough your mind and you eyes will become tuned to instantly spot shapes and angles that don't commonly occur in nature.

Best wishes and good hunting-----Phil

 

[Plumbata]

Please feel free to post pictures of your pottery, and if folk managed to eyeball a cannonball (presumably Rev. War) on the farm it sounds like a great place to swing a detector if you ever want a change of pace from collecting artifacts. Good luck!

 

[A2coins]

always good to ask and learn

 

[A2coins]

welcome also

 

[cowsaretrippy]

Incredibly insightul! Thankyou tremendously

 

[cowsaretrippy]

here is a picture of some of the pottery i have found on accident. It has all been found at the same site yet
I am unclear and a little doubtful that it the pieces i have grouped together are correctly placed as i have found similar looking pieces several yards and yards away from their visible similar matches ( all still on very old tilled farm land in PA)

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

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here is a picture of some of the pottery i have found on accident. It has all been found at the same site yet
I am unclear and a little doubtful that it the pieces i have grouped together are correctly placed as i have found similar looking pieces several yards and yards away from their visible similar matches ( all still on very old tilled farm land in PA)

Sorry, they are not American indian pottery pieces.

 

[Plug N Play]

Yeah, this is glazed pottery.
Could be 1800s, it looks old.
I'd expect a site of this sort to have some metal.

Have you found any metal ... nails, fencing wire, coins ... anything ?

 

[Clo]

I would be metal detecting where that glazed pottery was found if I were you. I’m not saying give up on the NA artifacts, just telling you to double dip on the property. And here in Mississippi, an old homestead will often be located on a NA campsite. They both needed the same things (high ground and a nearby water source).

 

[cowsaretrippy]

I found a bunch of old knob and tube insulators , as for metal, a cannonball and a coin and button have been found in the past at that site ( not by me ) ... I did find an old piece of or metal i couldnt identify ( very rusted ) but somone told me it looked like a piece of equipment that would have gone into a horses mouth ... and this whatever this is .. probably just an old broken hoe? ...