Some More S.W. MO. Finds

[keeplooking4756]

Here are a few shots of a typical walk on my Creek.Probably nothing but I keep looking
and enjoying that time. I find a lot of the Red Colored Rock and I believe it is Catlanite.

But I am new at this so correct me if I am wrong in that guess.....

 

[Neanderthal]

They look like typical creek cobble? Have you found artifacts at that spot? S.W. Missouri is a good place to look and I've hunted it a bit. Are you around Springfield?

 

[crow12c]

Keep lookin, words will not express how your gonna feel when you look down and see that perfect blade , you'll never forget it or the spot you found it in. they are there, you just gotta keep lookin. its like shroon huntin, seems like their not there until you find the first one then they seem to just appear.....
your in a good area, you'll be postin a killer blade if you keep lookin. I like to hunt the little fingers that run into the main creek. there narrow and not as easy to move through, but man do they give up the flint!! later. crow

 

[keeplooking4756]

Thanks for the replies.I have found two nice pieces which are shown on my previous posts.
I seem to meander on the creek as dirt is hard to come by with hay and sage grass in full force.
I am patient so what a better thing than to do than just keep looking.Are those fingers which
you describe a better alternative than my 400 foot wide creek bed? I am starting to see things more
clearly with time but would love to find as you said,something I would never forget or the spot
I found it at..........................................

 

[crow12c]

I find most of my bigger blades in them fingers, round here their deep and bout 4-6' wide, over your head in most places, this keeps allota hunters out of then due to the fear of large nasty snakes. we aint got no creeks round here no where near that wide, man your talkin bout a river.. later, crow

 

[keeplooking4756]

At places it is as wide as I mentioned but the extraordinary water volume variations brought on by seasonal rain is what
makes this creek so unpredictable.I have seen many of those fingers you mentioned now that the water has dropped.
Though I have huge volumes of rock to explore I am bent on finding soils that would preserve the find rather than
water tumble them.Pic is attached so you can see the Creek at a smaller run and just one area of 8 miles of creek side bed.

 

[crow12c]

I couldnt hunt a creek like that, Id be walkin in circles,lol, to many to choose from, yea Id look for high ground round there, find a creek drainin into the big one, then follow them little creeks till they end, a good rain makes bank erosion, bring's em right out. wow man you got wheels to hunt in, that be nice. I foot all my huntin, but one a them little fingers start on my land so wheels would really help me, to tight. another tip I do round here Is take and hand dig a trench on a steep creek bank, dig bout a shovels depth as far up the hillside as you can, Ive done one that was bout 75' long. and after a few gully washers you can hunt your home-made finger. I have found several blades doing this. kinda like diggin but let mother nature do the hard part. takes a few good rains and youll start seein rocks. Ill post some pic's of our creek. later man, crow

 

[keeplooking4756]

The Artic Cat is great since I have 4500 Acres to hunt on. Throw the Dogs in the back pack some grub and I can get so far back all I hear is water.
It gets into some tight places but once I shut her down I am footing it.I like your advice on making my own finger.Great Tip.I have only done surface searching
as I was not sure what is the appropriate digging depth.Saw a lot of negative input on digging.Was not sure how that applied overall.

 

[crow12c]

I start the trench at bout a shovels deepth, just to start the water shed to run in the trench. like I said I leave the rest to the rain. theres a big diffrence in diggin a known grave site and startin a finger with the trench method. one finger I made is already 4' deep, owning the land is a must on this, folks might not take right by you deverting the water shed's on their land.

 

[Tnmountains]

In a creek that catches a lot of run off from rains you will want to hunt the corners and upper edges of it.That is where the flint will wash up to and hang up, It is also washing out from a site or camp somewhere along there if that is where you found your past artifacts. I tend to find more in the outside corners up towards the edges where the current pushed it. If that creek hits a river close by even better. We have a little over 4000 acres we deer hunt on and have been finding stuff when we plow our food plots. Now I am plowing and scraping with a back hoe in some spots to look for artifacts. Its hilarious the other hunters want to shoot me sometimes but,,, its good to be the man.
Never hesitate to find new areas either.Some places are always better than others.
Good luck and happy hunting
TnMtns