Wheatie and an Arrowhead

[ridger12]

Me an my daughter pulled a plug from an area that we had a good signal in. When the plug was removed my daughter grabbed what I thought was a rock and began checking it out. The signal turned out to be the bottom of a light bulb. Then my daughter, who is seven, said that she had an arrowhead. I took the rock from her to show her why it wasn't an arrowhead and planned on giving her a local history lesson about there not being Indians in our area. To my suprise I found that the rock she had was flint and it had been knapped. I am no native american artifact expert but I have found a few arrowheads in other areas and I used to knap flints for muzzleloaders so I am pretty sure she did indeed find an arrowhead. We were detecting in an old farm field so the arrowhead must have been plowed up and mixed with surface junk. I need to listen to her more often, last time we found a cache of pennies in a rusted old tin that I was sure was junk but she insisted it was a treasure chest and sure enough upon closer inspection it was a treasure chest! We found a wheatie today too but I was much happier about the arrowhead.

 

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[High Plains Digger]

Beautiful workmanship on it! Not too sharp, so it could be the end couple of inches of a long lance point or dart point, I think. But I am out west, so the eastern experts may be able to tell you. I think it is fantastic. Now do you think you had indians in your neighborhood

Sorry, I meant not to pointy instead of sharp.

 

[ridger12]

Hello High Plains Digger and thanks for the reply. I believe it now! Every time I pass any type of excavation I am going to be paying more attention and looking for artifacts

 

[High Plains Digger]

Since you know knapping, tell us about the bottom. Is it worked, or does it appear to be broken from the rest of the point? May be a really nice tool of some sort if it isn't broken.

 

[ridger12]

It looks like the bottom is broke off. After I realized it was a point of some sort I started looking at the bottom of it for notches or flute like a clovis point. I was hoping for a clovis point but no matter how hard I looked I couldn't put that flute on it.

 

[High Plains Digger]

Perhaps the flute was closer to the base...could be! I know those Clovis and Folsom guys got around. Still, exceptional knapping, isn't it? A work of art from a skilled craftsman, whatever it is.

 

[Troyounce]

Nice Finds! It looks to me like the top of a knife! I find a lot in my area , some of them are straight and some have an angled base!

 

[Theakiki]

for the little girl!

 

[Steve in PA]

I agree with Troyounce, looks like you have part of a knife there. Your daughter has a sharp eye!