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I found one in extreme SW North Dakota on an antelope hunt. It was on top of a ridge overlooking a river. I just happened to look down and there it was.

That's the only one I ever found. Pretty thrilling experience though.

That is the only type of place, geographically speaking, I have found anything. Learned that from a post huntsman made a couple years ago, and low and behold I started finding stuff. Saddle on a ridge overlooking water.

Damn! The number of times I've done that, I've never looked for anything smaller than an antelope!

I will know better from now on.

Looks to be from the infamous "Islapahoe" tribe.
I once found a tomahawk, but had to throw it back. The handle was rotted out of it.

Not the "Fuggarewetribe??"

We have a member here that belongs to that tribe..

Hit it again today, renegade with a heartbreaker; he will post up when gets it cleaned.

2 bluebird days in a row.

I'll post his insitu, he messaged me says he already looked it up.

I bet it was plow broken...

Nut crusher but still a good find.
Lerma Bi point blade
Aka Ovoid blade
8000 BC - 3000 BC
trans paleo to mid archaic

Couple small broke square knife bases
Couple broke peices
Nice thumb / heel scraper
I like scrapers.

Told slumlord to go check out the way better spot and I would check out the other spot since I can cover ground a little faster.

Got done
He was taking a break
So i crossed the road to see if he wanted to call it a day.
30 yards from him I stopped
Said dude you ain't gonna beleive this!!!

He asked me if I beleive in god before I pulled it
I said ya but not how men tell me to believe

I faced north said a few words.

Plow hit but still a great find.

How old are those points that you guys are finding?

I tried to google the answer to that question and couldn't get any good answer.

It would be interesting if you guys who keep up with that stuff would put a date on the types of points you're finding. Not the exact year, of course,..but whether they're 1000 years old or 5000 years old,...ballpark dates.

Slumlord found a real nice Benton blade probably not 50ft away from this about 4 yrs ago.

That was a sweet find after 2 other guys still on the feild had looked in the area. Foot prints all around it literally.
And we had just rolled up and got out of my truck and had not walked 20 yards into the feild yet.

It was funny.

I enjoy identifying em
Projectile points .net
Everytime you add to your knowledge

Search
State
Type of shape and characteristics.
Alot of em cross eras with a broad time frame
Others are very specific.
I found a Clovis couple years ago.
Slumlord found a Cumberland/ beaver creek last year.
Both early or mid paleo
8000 BC - 9500 BC 10k years old maybe up to11.5k yrs old.

That projectile points.net web site covers the continent.
And is a wealth of instant info.

When slumlord was getting his transplant.
I checked out our library's overstreet book
Bout 1200 page paper back
No one ever checked it out for 3 yrs prior.

Told em I lost it , paid for it.
Little over 30 dollars.
Gift for him in the hospital.

Here's your other pic

It’s a shame you have to walk around N [bleep]. You should build an arrow head house..

Bristoe:

most of the artifacts we find in the areas we go to, have ONLY late-paleo/transitional-paleo 6k-8k years old
early archaic to mid archaic 4k-6k years old

*estimated

Thanks,...I saw those terms mentioned when I looked into it, but I couldn't find any information on what they meant as far as what time period they represented.

It's interesting, though,....finding a man made object in a field that pre dates the birth of Christ by 4 millennia. I've got a Tyrian shekel from 65 AD that seems old to me. Some of those points you're picking up are 4000 years older than that.

What type of rock are those artifacts made from and are they locally sourced? If so, where? Have you found a source area? I think this is very cool stuff; never found an arrowhead.

Thanks, RS