Ohio arrowhead found

[Armyguy159]

My 8 year old son found this while walking this weekend. Any insight would be appreciated. Found in central ohio l

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[ToddsPoint]

Looks like a crude point made on a waste flake. Maybe made by an 8 yr. old Indian! Regardless, I wouldn't want to get hit in the head with that thing coming in on an arrow. Tell your son nice find. Gary

 

[Hawks88]

Keen eye. Nice find. Congrats to your son.

 

[Armyguy159]

Thanks guys, he is now super interested. I’ve heard of people actually going out looking for arrowheads, any idea where would be a good place to start?

 

[echodog]

Plowed fields, creek banks, anywhere the ground has been disturbed.

 

[mhess22]

Great find. It's awesome that your child found that point. I found my first arrowhead in a large plowed field when I was 5 years old. I could still show you the exact spot that I found it to this day. I have been taking my boys out looking for points (6 & 8 year olds) but so far we have only found a few worked pieces of flint and a few chips but we are having a great time making memories!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thanks guys, he is now super interested. I’ve heard of people actually going out looking for arrowheads, any idea where would be a good place to start?

Farmers fields are always a good place to start. I also walk creeks and have had good luck in both areas. Congrats to your son on a nice find. Glad he's hooked!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats to your boy.
Much better than playing video games,,

 

[Dirtwisher]

My ten year old found this point by a boathouse on a public trail that thousands of people walk every year. He’s got “the eye” and always seeing things no one else does. You can’t teach that!

 

[huntsman53]

As others have stated, plowed fields and creek banks are great places to find Native American Indian arrowheads and other points. They often camped along major water sources (i.e. large streams, rivers and natural lakes) due to the food sources as well as trading with other tribes, so any flat areas along these as well as their banks are good places to check. This could be fields or woods but unless they have been plowed or the grounds otherwise disturbed, it will be hard to make any finds with the exception of the creek, stream, river and lake banks and in the water in shallower water sources. Some 15 years ago, I found what I was told was a Pre-Woodland Fishing Point in a very small stream in the woods not far out of Lexington, North Carolina while Gold Prospecting. I am sure that when the point was lost probably from use, the small stream was likely a large stream with lots of fish in it.

 

[smokeythecat]

That's the way to get him started. I still have the first two I ever found...in the 1960's.