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[CreekSide]

The other day I was in a creek and I saw a shape of a Pickwick in the water. Some wind so there was the ripple effect going on. I looked at it and thought to myself it must be covered with algae. So I reached in and grabbed it thinking it’s been a long time since I have found a big one like this. Well it was a Dangit but it’s in the top 10 of fakers.
The 1st pic is what I saw in the water the 2nd pic is what I saw when I flipped it over. It was a good laugh.

 

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[GDub62]

Yeah that one will fool ya for sure. Leaves are my biggest nemesis. I'm usually in the woods

 

[unclemac]

yep, however I have seen those for sale on ebay!

 

[GaRebel1861]

It happens to all us I believe - I was walking in the river years ago and saw a small clay trade pipe. It looked great until I picked it up only to discover that it was actually a rubber sparkplug cover off a lawnmower.

 

[unclemac]

ouch

 

[ARC]

Try a scoop of sand and see a nice gold coin staring at ya... then you grab the lighter than air top foil cap of a champagne bottle.

 

[CreekSide]

Yeah that one will fool ya for sure. Leaves are my biggest nemesis. I'm usually in the woods

I run into that problem too in the creek. I flip them with my stick. Really helps save the back

 

[CreekSide]

yep, however I have seen those for sale on ebay!

It has some creek chatter on one edge it might pass on eBay

 

[CreekSide]

It happens to all us I believe - I was walking in the river years ago and saw a small clay trade pipe. It looked great until I picked it up only to discover that it was actually a rubber sparkplug cover off a lawnmower.

😂

 

[CreekSide]

Try a scoop of sand and see a nice gold coin staring at ya... then you grab the lighter than air top foil cap of a champagne bottle.

That’s funny

 

[antmike915]

Cotton fools me alot, especially since the primary colors for me are basically white, off white and tan.

 

[Older The Better]

This one made my heart jump from a distance, was just a oddly broken leaf

 

[fyrffytr1]

It happens to all us I believe - I was walking in the river years ago and saw a small clay trade pipe. It looked great until I picked it up only to discover that it was actually a rubber sparkplug cover off a lawnmower.

Can I have it?

 

[fyrffytr1]

This one made my heart jump from a distance, was just a oddly broken leaf View attachment 2145303

That would have gone into my display case!

 

[ToddsPoint]

I hunt along the local river for points. I have competition from others hunting the same areas. One friend in particular that hunts the river too. I was walking the river and spotted a styrofoam cup. Ah ha! I pulled out my Swiss Army knife and opened the scissors. I cut a nice little dovetail out of styrofoam and left it. A while later I found another and cut another point. White flint is common here and I got my friend with both of them! He called me and gave me hell. He said he knew right away it was me.🤣

 

[CreekSide]

I hunt along the local river for points. I have competition from others hunting the same areas. One friend in particular that hunts the river too. I was walking the river and spotted a styrofoam cup. Ah ha! I pulled out my Swiss Army knife and opened the scissors. I cut a nice little dovetail out of styrofoam and left it. A while later I found another and cut another point. White flint is common here and I got my friend with both of them! He called me and gave me hell. He said he knew right away it was me.🤣

I’m sure you find net weights? Do you keep them cause I don’t. They are nothing but flat rocks with a notch on each side. They don’t show any other signs of work. I found one today but didn’t keep it. If you have some I’d like to see what yours looks like

 

[unclemac]

always, i keep them always

 

[CreekSide]

always, i keep them always

Maybe I will keep the best ones. Today’s was a pretty good example and I know where it’s at

 

[RGINN]

Yeah walkin along the other day and spotted what I thought was paleo work, nope just a rock. Posted it in the geofacts forum. It did look good at first sight.

 

[tamrock]

A lot of folks do that and will argue they found a genuine artifact. Took my wife looking one time. She'd say hay look at this. Just a pointy looking rock I'd tell her. She said so everything you find is awesome, but everything I find is crap. I didn't wanna go there and just said we're probably better doing other stuff together instead of this. Like disneyland, we both enjoy doing that together. Her more than me, but that place does fill up your day if anything.