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Post by genesis273 on Apr 16, 2021 6:41:57 GMT -5
I took a little peek into the fields where I do most of my hunting yesterday. I just wanted to see the closed off field behind the woods. As I walked down the sand trail, looking for turkey sign, I found an arrowhead. It looked as if it had just been dropped there. I think the wind was pushing the sand away from its edges. I was very surprised at how sharp it still is.   |
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Post by stevein on Apr 16, 2021 7:00:32 GMT -5
Shooting a flintlock I have often nicked a finger on the sharp edges and flakes. The flakes seem especially sharp.
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Post by 46382 on Apr 16, 2021 7:21:05 GMT -5
The last hunter to hold that projectile point did so probably a 1000 years ago.
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Post by gumbootbill on Apr 16, 2021 7:23:23 GMT -5
Nice find. The wife and I would walk the fields and find them. We have a couple hundred. I can't post pics or I would show a few.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 16, 2021 7:59:05 GMT -5
The last hunter to hold that projectile point did so probably a 1000 years ago. Probably much longer than that. That looks like an earlier style of point. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 16, 2021 8:00:21 GMT -5
I took a little peek into the fields where I do most of my hunting yesterday. I just wanted to see the closed off field behind the woods. As I walked down the sand trail, looking for turkey sign, I found an arrowhead. It looked as if it had just been dropped there. I think the wind was pushing the sand away from its edges. I was very surprised at how sharp it still is. I can ask some friends for the style of point and possibly the age if you want. |
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Post by budd on Apr 16, 2021 8:07:26 GMT -5
We used to find a good number of them when I lived down there, I couldn't help but think there must have been a heavy population of natives if we were finding all those arrowheads.
Logansport area was always a good place to find them were the wabash and eel river came together.
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Post by budd on Apr 16, 2021 8:09:15 GMT -5
Not unusual to run across burial grounds up here in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by featherduster on Apr 16, 2021 9:48:54 GMT -5
We used to find a good number of them when I lived down there, I couldn't help but think there must have been a heavy population of natives if we were finding all those arrowheads. Logansport area was always a good place to find them were the wabash and eel river came together. A heavy population or a lot of poor shots. |
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 16, 2021 10:36:20 GMT -5
I took a little peek into the fields where I do most of my hunting yesterday. I just wanted to see the closed off field behind the woods. As I walked down the sand trail, looking for turkey sign, I found an arrowhead. It looked as if it had just been dropped there. I think the wind was pushing the sand away from its edges. I was very surprised at how sharp it still is. I can ask some friends for the style of point and possibly the age if you want. That would be awesome! Thank you very much! I have heard that some people can even tell the tribe by looking at them? I have no expertise in this matter. |
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Post by esshup on Apr 17, 2021 4:02:30 GMT -5
I have only found one in my lifetime, and that was when I was a kid. Amazing, and a great find!!!!
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Post by greghopper on Apr 17, 2021 6:55:57 GMT -5
The were easier to find when plowing was still being done back in the day. A fresh plow and rain storm made them easy to find.
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Post by treetop on Apr 17, 2021 7:06:13 GMT -5
That is when we found them my uncle had ground by the ST Mary’s river they say that a tribe lived around his area, I’d believe it to be true as this area has three main rivers coming into it and they had a fort at the head waters.
I ended up losing them in a move years back had probably 35 of them I’d say the box got tossed out with trash.
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Post by bill9068 on Apr 17, 2021 13:22:50 GMT -5
Found a lot of Indian artifacts at my brother in law’s farm. INDIANA university did a archaeological dig there in the 60s and unearthed a couple of skeletons.
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Post by esshup on Apr 17, 2021 22:13:09 GMT -5
That is when we found them my uncle had ground by the ST Mary’s river they say that a tribe lived around his area, I’d believe it to be true as this area has three main rivers coming into it and they had a fort at the head waters. I ended up losing them in a move years back had probably 35 of them I’d say the box got tossed out with trash. That sucks. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 18, 2021 19:08:33 GMT -5
I can ask some friends for the style of point and possibly the age if you want. That would be awesome! Thank you very much! I have heard that some people can even tell the tribe by looking at them? I have no expertise in this matter. I checked my Story in Stone poster and this was the closest I could find to your point. B.P. means before present. The poster is from 1989. The location doesn't match but I think they are found in more than just those locations.  |
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Post by esshup on Apr 18, 2021 19:22:36 GMT -5
So, does B.P. mean it is 5,000-7,000 years old or 7,000-9,000 years old? Either way that is way beyond amazing.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 18, 2021 21:06:51 GMT -5
So, does B.P. mean it is 5,000-7,000 years old or 7,000-9,000 years old? Either way that is way beyond amazing. Before present day, so 5,000-10,000 years old. |
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 18, 2021 21:35:12 GMT -5
That would be awesome! Thank you very much! I have heard that some people can even tell the tribe by looking at them? I have no expertise in this matter. I checked my Story in Stone poster and this was the closest I could find to your point. B.P. means before present. The poster is from 1989. The location doesn't match but I think they are found in more than just those locations. That's incredible! Thank you so much for looking into that for me. I found a few more interesting things. Well, one type of thing but, I found three of them. No clue what they are. I'll dig them out and post a pic. |
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 19, 2021 4:45:42 GMT -5
I have no clue what these are. I found them all here on my 3 acres. They could be absolutely nothing. But, they all have a hole in the center and are fairly round.   |
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