Anybody know about Native American artifacts?

[Vincent]

Great find!

What kind of stone is it made from?

[A. F Medic]

Not sure. Very hard mortar. A little grainy no pun intended Possibly a form of granite. The pestle appears to be a very hard shale with fossils

[Aragorn243]

I used to hunt arrow heads when I was still in school. Haven't done so in many years. A lot of the places we used to go went to no till farming and without the fresh dirt, it's hard to find much.

I have a very small collection of points. My dad has a fairly extensive collection, several hundred along with half a dozen tomahawks and one stone necklace pendant which is really nice. He has scrapers, a couple of drills, no bowls though.

[Youngblood]

without the fresh dirt, it's hard to find much

Creeks are an excellent place to look for such artifacts. Some of the best, undamaged points I found in the creek that runs thru this farm.

After a big rain when the water had gone down some, I would pull on the tall boots, grab my walking stick (leaning over, unaided, peering into the water for long periods can wear on your back muscles) and take a slow hike.

[A. F Medic]

I will have to try. Never thought of that. Just spent 2 hours walking a newly rained on corn field and did not even find a chip. Lot of deer tracks though

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Have a friend who has been collecting for many years. Most of the best areas in our part of the US are on Goverment controlled areas particulary resevoirs In recent years they have taken a dim view of removing arrowheads from the area surrounding the lakes at low water.

[A. F Medic]

Most of my "hunting" is done on my property or by permission. If on permission property, I share the finds. Thanks for the "heads up" about the government controlled areas....

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I am sure the fish appreciate historical artifacts as much as we do so I suppose it is a good idea to leave them rather than preserve them for later generations of humans.

[Aragorn243]

Government control nearly wiped out the areas we used to hunt. Lake Raystown in Central PA is where I grew up and most of the fields we hunted are well below low water marks now. I remember as a kid the frantic hunting my Dad did to try to find those last arrowheads before they were covered by water. One very significant site is covered by the water, Sheep Rock Shelter produced over 80,000 native American artifacts.

[A. F Medic]

Same thing happened when Kinzua dam (Warren County) was built. Wiped out small towns, cemeteries, Indian burial grounds