Not all treasure is metal...

[Vikingblood]

Puns this point on the beach in New Jersey

 

[sponge]

Sweet arrow head man. I would love to find that.

sponge using smoke signals.

 

[lorraine]

WOW!!! I have seen several arrowheads .and that is one of the best !

Congrats on a great find!

Lorraine

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice find... it's good to see some New Jersy material... I've popped a few Florida points out of the ground while metal detecting myself... It's always a nice surprise.
Yours looks like it would be called an "Orient" aka: "Fishtail" in your area.. A transitional archaic/ woodland point 3,200-2,500 yrs . old

 

[Vikingblood]

Thanks everyone, it was a nice surprise. Thanks for the info Gatorboy. I was hoping some one like you would offer some details. It's just amazing to think some Native American held this in his or her hands so long ago. I wonder if they hunted for fish with it. Or did they shoot birds and or other small game with it. I found it on LBI.

Thanks again everyone, I was soooo excited.

 

[GatorBoy]

Probably small game and one more little tidbit of info is that it would have been attached to a shaft and thrown with the use of an atlatl.
The atlatl was used for thousands of years before the bow and arrow

 

[Vikingblood]

Awesome info. I just love this stuff. I'm sure a point like this is no big deal to some guys who find tons of these. But I was so stoked!

 

[GatorBoy]

Your hooked :-)
Welcome to the club.
It will change the way you look at the ground you walk on

 

[I-DIG-IT]

That is nice.

 

[GatorBoy]

Again very nice find and be sure to look that area over closely especially after erosion

 

[Boatlode]

Well done! Arrowheads have to be found with the eyes, not an easy task even when you're looking for them.

Aren't you the one who found that brass ship spike still in the wood? You are on a roll.

 

[Diggin Dave]

Sweet find Viking!

 

[Vikingblood]

Thanks again guys. I haven't found anything with my excal in months so it was some sweet relief to a very long metal detecting dry spell. And yes, Boatload that was me that found the brass nail. That was the last good thing I found.

Gatorboy: thanks again for the input and kudos. And I will definitely check that area closely for as long as I'm going there.

Keep digging,

Vikingblood.

 

[penzfan]

Real nice

 

[GTzer]

Nice post & pic. Very pristine for an ocean beach point also. Maybe from replenishment?

 

[BOXING63]

Congrats

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome point! I'll bet you were stoked! HH!

 

[Vikingblood]

Thanks for the congrats. And yes I was stoked. And it was found just a little south of what was replenished.

Thanks again guys.

 

[Vikingblood]

Kid found a spear tip shaped head last week it was in the paper. Twice as long as mine. Princeton professor said it was jasper and it was 10,000 years old. It's the same color as mine and the kid found it right were I found mine.