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Ben Allen
Приєднався 6 жов 2015
To the point.... Im just a fellow rock hound that’s humbly hubris :) The goal of this channel is to educate/inspire any current or future artifact hunters. Also to bring to light the beautiful artifacts that havnt been seen or handled in thousands of years. What better way to bring those that came before us honor. God bless and good luck out there my friends.
Water, Wind, & Fire!!!🔥 Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
This video is from the last 3 hunts of 2023. Sadly my season is over..:( Hope y’all enjoyed this years content. It took tons and tons of time and many many miles for 5-7 videos this past year. I’ll be doing a flake scraper video here soon to show y’all what I believe are the early archaic/ paleo scrapers me and Josey have found. Take care UA-cam and thank you very much for watching.
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Pickwick Mountain part 3!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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My good friend from Ohio (Mike) was down here for what turned into a 6 day hunt. We spent 3 days on pickwick mountain and found 32 broken pickwicks and 3 day on my river system and found 23 broken points. All in all we found 50 broken points and 3-4 whole/reworked artifacts. Hope y’all enjoy these incredible pieces from the pickwick culture that lived on this knob some 6-8k years ago.
Some of Middle Tennessee’s Finest Artifacts in Review…. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Congratulations Josey Whales…. Very very proud of you and honored/blessed to have you as my brother. To all the rock heads out there happy hunting. Hope y’all enjoy taking another look at some of me and Josey’s nicest pieces. 🇺🇸✌🏻
Early Archaic Extravaganza…. + a G10 ending! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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This video is from the last 3 hunts and the season is just started. Kudos to anyone that can name the types found in the video. Also i have a 3 day hunt planned for next week that should produce some killer artifacts. God willing the river doesn’t rise after all this rain. 🙏🏻 Hope y’all enjoy the video and as always I look forward to reading and responding to your comments. To all the rock houn...
Once in a Lifetime, Museum Quality, 5” Big Sandy!!!! Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
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Congratulations Josey Whales!!! Find of a lifetime… I havnt been at my normal pace this year rock hunting wise but Josey came on the scene with a bang. Very happy for him and so far me and him both think it’s a contracting base E notched big sandy. Love to know what y’all think about the typing and I hope you enjoy again this once in a lifetime piece.
Eva, Palmer, & Pinetree… Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
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This video is from the past couple of hunts with my son Sam and a solo trip. This video is a total testament to keep pushing… just when your ready to throw in the towel and turn around I’d suggest going a little further. The first point is most certainly an Eva. That spot has played hard to get and I’ve found broken up early archaic pieces there so when I saw that left hand bevel I jumped to co...
Transitional Paleo Greenbrier Dalton (10,500,-9,800 B.P.) Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
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I excluded two used up points from the video that were found around this paleo beauty. Also I excluded it because my rock talk video was 11 mins long haha. Sorry for the tease and i hope y’all enjoy the find. Happy hunting to all and to all a goodnight 🌙
Drill baby Drill!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Been a long time UA-cam. Sorry for my absence. Been working like a rented mule. Either way here’s some of the families recent outings. Hope y’all enjoy 😊 turkey tail drill, pinetree drill, Eva, big sandy, and a killer thumb scraper. Oh and there’s been 50 broken points found to bring y’all these.
Proud Pappy!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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The last month of rock hunting here in middle Tennessee. 02/23 I’ve been very busy but here’s what I’ve managed to find when I have gotten out. Hope y’all enjoy and i look forward to reading your comments. Have a great weekend UA-cam!
12,000+ year old Clovis Found!!! and much much more… Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Today was a very very special day. I know I find tons of killer artifacts broken and whole but today I found the holy grail or at least a piece of one. God is amazing and if you surrender yourself to every moment he will show you the way. Control is a total illusion. This has been years in the making and finally my efforts have paid off. Forgive the wind and stick with the video till the end be...
Year of the Lost Lake!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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This video is dedicated to my pride and joy as a father. Sam I love ya brother but Sadie is my crown jewel haha. Happy 5th birthday big girl. Your fathers a selfish man the other 364 days a year haha Hope y’all enjoy the video. This is the reality of arrowhead hunting if you’ve put in the time developing sites. Thanks for sticking with me UA-cam. There’s many more killers to come from this spot...
Exploration Pays Off! Arrowhead hunting
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The real star of todays hunt wasn’t caught on camera. I found my 3rd broken beaver lake base today along with another couple killer heartbreakers. Plus a couple nice whole points. Hope y’all enjoy the video. Let me know what you think the point at the very end of the video is. I’ll do a cleanup video tomorrow to give y’all a closer look.
🪙Dimepiece Dovetail!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Josey whooped me good this time out… haha I tried to tell him which direction we should head when we first got to the area. Begrudgingly I went with josey cause time if anything especially now has taught me to trust my brother’s judgment haha. Either way 10 mins into the hunt going joseys way he struck major paydirt if you will. A huge congratulations to my brother Joe. Thank you brother so muc...
Reality on the River. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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This video represents multiple hunts. I’ve been trying hard to bring y’all content but the reality of arrowhead hunting is that most days your lucky to find one broke. Let alone 15-25 haha The difference a day can make is unbelievable. Sites that were once covered in sign/artifacts can be completely stripped away or covered up. Meant to be is almost an understatement lol either way I still gave...
Big Sandy Blowout… Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Me and Josey rocked out again. This hunt is from yesterday Dec. 30th and I’d say with finished the year out with a bang. The flawless big sandy I found is super translucent and absolutely glows in the light. I’ll do a clean up video here at the house here soon so y’all can see it. May possibly be some type of agate. Thanks as always to my subscribers. May y’all have a wonderful & blessed new ye...
Lost Lake…. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Lost Lake…. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Lost Lake, Hardin, & Lecroy cleanup. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Lost Lake, Hardin, & Lecroy cleanup. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Maccorkle, Hardin, & Smokin’ Lost Lake!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Maccorkle, Hardin, & Smokin’ Lost Lake!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
The Old Tear Continues! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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The Old Tear Continues! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Gracious Greenbrier!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Gracious Greenbrier!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Smokin’ Sublet Ferry!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Smokin’ Sublet Ferry!!! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Paleo Dawn and Mississippian Madness! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Paleo Dawn and Mississippian Madness! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Mississippian Sandstone Statue!!! “Lou” Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
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Mississippian Sandstone Statue!!! “Lou” Arrowhead Hunting Tennessee
Find of a Lifetime! Arrowhead hunting Ohio
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Find of a Lifetime! Arrowhead hunting Ohio
Rock Talk 2.0! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Rock Talk 2.0! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
I Sang Dixie, as He Died… Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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I Sang Dixie, as He Died… Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Cumberland Clovis & Greenbrier Morphology! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Cumberland Clovis & Greenbrier Morphology! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Early Bird gets the Early Archaic Worm! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Early Bird gets the Early Archaic Worm! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Transitional Paleo Paint Rock Valley and much more! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Transitional Paleo Paint Rock Valley and much more! Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Elk River or Benton’s… you decide. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
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Elk River or Benton’s… you decide. Arrowhead hunting Tennessee
Rich site !
😮 those ancient lures are awesome 👍 and the arrow head 😅
Bro, been waiting patiently for yalls next videos from this season. Hope yall been killin it and finding the good ones and im.sure yall have. Where that massive full grooved axe or that bannerstone thats lurking out there still waiting to get picked up ha 😅 yall gotta have found pieces of axes id imagine, or banners or pipes? That kind of stuff is defenitaly way harder to come across even than the killer early archaics are. Ill find 50+ early archaic points at minimum before finding an axe usually. The odds are something like that lol
WHAT A FIND ! ❤
Now that's a Toad sticker!
Awesome!
Have you ever looked around Johnson Co? I’ve looked in woods, creeks, fields and nothing so far 🥲 Eyes are ALWAYS down lol
Very nice.
Bad ass score 👍👍👍
We serve an awesome God who loves us and blesses us with instincts and intelligence. You were surely blessed this day .
That's a first stage big Sandy. And it's definitely a center piece. Congrats 👏
Geeze guys ! What a honey hole ! It’ll likely yield for years . Enjoyed the hunt .
Nice
I’m sure you dont want to share your spots but this is awesome! Where can I go in big sandy? Just moved here
@8:30 definitely the WOW factor comes into play!!! Killer area man!!! Hit me up if your pockets get to full! I'll definitely come help you out!!!😉
A nice point, but IMO you're a little generous with your grading. Better than anything I ever found though. :)
Hey Ben, I was in TN recently and wanted to go stomp around in some creeks, but everyone was like "IT'S ILLEGAL to hunt for arrowheads in TN"! I keep hearing that from everyone yet there are so many youtube channels with people hunting TN !? What's the real story?
That is a beautiful thing.
some nice finds
Thank you my friend
Hay Ben ! Those cases are awesome ! This will be my 6th year since I found my first artifact and still have not found a actual point, damn it! Have found some awesome artifacts though, just built a corner cabinet with glass doors and lights, came out really nice, your coffee table inspired me, haven't found anything yet this year but I haven't been out much plus I don't go very far for several reasons, good luck on your next hunt!
I thought all artifacts were the property of the public museum
GOD NE😅ED A HAND RAKE DIG IN A LITTLE😂❤
Beautiful finds brother! Those big uniface pieces are killer! Especially that first one. Great flaking and not a Knick on it. Thanks for sharing!
TVA
Quackidy quackidy quack 🦆 ….? This isn’t TVA property silly try again. Do you care about seeing these amazing artifacts rescued from certain destruction/being lost forever or are you that jealous tryin to accuse me of breaking federal laws?
Send regards to atf
ATF? Those commie bastards? Lol 76 lost lakes is unreal. We’re definitely fortunate to have discovered these old sites with very little pressure. Most people miss what’s right under their nose thank God. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comments brother. Take care and have a great night
Yall embrass a real hunter
Nothing like my 76 lost lakes
I know what that is
Bird stone? Atlatl weight?
Me and my friend have several sites that early archaic to paleo. Friend got me into arrowhead hunting about 8 yrs ago. He has been doing for almost 40 yrs. Year 3 for me, I found a 3 inch intact blueish Grey and white banded base Clovis. It was 2 days before his kidney transplant. I sent him a picture from the field. He about schit his pants. We had found broken ones in general 2 square mile area of ancient sink holes and rolling ridge fields. About 2 hrs he was at the house checking it out. Getting ready to leave handing it back to me. I said " It's your dude" "Keep it you got me into this hobby" "And you are going under the knife in 2 days so I want you to have it" He has had massive complications ever since. Both his original kidneys removed per renal cancer. Bone marrow issues. Lung cancer treatments never smoked. Dialysis now. Friend keeps on plugging along. Unable to hunt arrowheads now due to being weakened by all his issues. But still is very active deer hunting, he spent about 3k last summer making a shoot house deer blind. His plan, me constructing. Food plot. No longer able to tree stand woods hunt like before or ground stand hunt. Pretty much needs a friend along with him doing stuff as a just in case factor. Friends are hard for me to come by. I spent 24 yrs in the Infantry from 83- 08 and have been around this planet and did alot of things. He is the only person I have spoke to of things I have done. Stuff I have not even spoke of to my wife or my side of family with a military background. I enjoy arrowhead hunting alot. And have learned alot about the hobby. I thank my friend for that. Went out yesterday found a wide base big sandy and a serrated contracting stem Kirk Alot of broken stuff. Mid archaic to Trans paleo stuff. Going out today to pitbull hill. Lucy the pit bull does zoomies and let's us pat her. I found a intact 5 inch Angostura 3 yrs ago their among alot of other archaic stuff. 3 weeks after the find. My friend another intact Angostura nicer than mine not 30 yds away after a hard rain washed away soybean straw. We had some heavy rain come thru last night. Farmer planted corn early last week. Heading out to pitbull in about 2 hrs. My friend is going to a infusion treatment at Vandy today. His Cancer signs are getting smaller per imagery which is good, but he is unable to hunt arrowheads anymore. He loves my pics from the fields. Hopefully I can find something nice today. My dog and cat gravestones each have a pristine arrowhead on them. I have buried my pets with Graves lined with arrowheads and on top of them then filled in with dirt. Have put in turkey beards and spurs in their Graves also. So yeah.. Arrowhead hunting has some meaning and connection in it all to me. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Alot of the places we have found in known area,s that others overlook where found by us doing survey walks. 800 x 800 yd blocks and then a x across the middle looking for sign. And that really paid of for us putting in a little time confirming or denying area,s. For us it is ancient low ground/ giant sink holes surrounded by high ground, or old limestone bank stream courses in those areas also. And knowing the dirt. Just so much in the hobby to visualize ancient terrian wise. How it was back then versus what it is now.
Dude what a piece....in my dreams
Thank you brother man. When are we going diggin together lol
Right were you washed that decanter ,there was a Clovis base under the water you missed it.
Maybe so… who knows…. the areas I hunt are very old and I’ve found multiple broken Clovis points around them. If I missed it and you saw it through the video then Ive got to schedule a visit to the optometrist lol thanks for the comment and man I hope your wrong. I went back and looked but couldn’t identify what you saw. Take care and have a great day
Can you resharpen them t
In short yes you can… Better question tho is why would you? These artifacts in the video range from 3k-9k years old. To resharpen them is very possible but would ruin the artifacts authenticity imo. The damage to the pieces are usually from use wear all those years ago. Perfect artifacts are nice but very rare. I’m partial to the used up ones also because they tell one hell of a story in a sense. Like the scrapers in the video. They saw probably 10+ animals and were essential in cleaning the hide of the animal 🦬 Thanks for the comment Robert and have a great week.
Beautiful finds! I would say that Scrapers are one of my favorites to find! So Iam looking forward to seeing your next video. Iam not sure on the age of some that we find ! I usually go with the size and material for aging because most come from mixed sites. Take care.
Thank you! Their my favorite too! Take care as always Norma and have a great night
Ben. If you have time at some point, I’d really value your opinion of typing of a point I found. I put up a 5 min video last night that shows it. I feel it screams dalton, but the base doesn’t seem right. Check it out if you can, no pressure man
Nice finds Ben, ya always bring the goods! Stay on em my friend 🏹
Will do bubba. Thanks for the comment/kind words. Take care and have a great day
Love those uniface pieces! Thank you for sharing Ben!
Anytime brother man. Take care and have a great day.
Super nice finds man. Thanks for sharing and the insight you bring along with the pieces. Keep ‘em coming bro
Will do brother. Have a great day and thanks for commenting.
Hey Ben awesome hunt brother love them scraper’s good luck to ya
Thank you very much Tiller. Take care brother and have a great weekend.
Awesome brother !!!! Some nice stuff and nice flake tools sorry there's some not so nice flakes too , in the comments 😂 have a good one brother
Hahaha that guy is a total snowflake ❄️ thanks for the kind comment. Take care brother and have a great weekend
Aces Ben! I've been waiting for you to post and see what I missed...kept me up a few nights must say! I'm practicing patience and I hear it's a virtue? Doesn't make it easier though (Grinning). Rock On Brother!!!
Thank you Scott and believe me we’re both still learning patience. Haha I’ve got a 4 and a 5 year old little boy and little girl who love to stress me and their mother out some days. Wouldn’t trade it for all the artifacts in the world tho. Again thank you for the kind words and have a great weekend my friend.
That's a really nice uniface tool, love the use polish on it! That second one is really nice too! They are so unappreciated. They very often show wonderful craftsmanship in the way they are made. Looks like you had a really good hunt!
Thank you my friend. Me and Josey absolutely love the uniface tools. I’d rather find one of those vs. an averagely worked more modern point type. Wouldn’t you agree that that style is the older variety? Maybe I’m seeing what I want but this is the style we find on our older sites. I’m going to be doing a video on all the amazingly worked uniface flake tools we’ve found over the years…. Just as soon as joseys brings his collection by so we can have them all together for the video. Imo they’re pretty rare to find. Either way thank you my friend for the comment. Take care and have a great weekend.
At 70 yrs young living in so cal for 60t your finds are amazing. You'll are highly favored. Thanks for sharing..
It was my pleasure John. I’m just glad you enjoy the content. Are you a new subscriber or have you been tuned in for awhile? I only ask cause I’d encourage you to dig back through some of my older videos. Take care John and have a great weekend
Hey Ben I've a question for you!! Ben have you ever found any Indian Game balls? Perfectly Round Smooth Rock's?
Thanks Sharon for the comment and question…. I have found two maybe three game balls. I’ll include them in a rock talk video in the near future for you. Why do you ask?
Ben I have found 6 Indian Game balls I don't know what to do with them, but I was just wondering if you ever found any Indian Game balls Bro?👋👍😃
Ben I've got 6 Indian game Balls and this guy is wanting them; what should I do I've told him NO but he won't stop asking me for them
Take down post why dont you show your face. You hunting river its illegal all other hunters show their face just sayin
Plenty of guys don’t show their face and are hunting artifacts legally and then there’s some that show their face and do it illegally also. Just because you don’t see my face doesn’t mean I’m hunting artifacts illegally. For G’s sake I’ve got my legal name attached the UA-cam account. Again if your trying to warn me or just want to tell your story I’d love to hear it but don’t insist just because I don’t show my face I’m doing it illegally. In Davidson county Tennessee the landowner owns the banks not TVA. I’ve spoken with our state authorities about this. They don’t like this law but it is on the books here in Tennessee. Davidson county is the only county where this is legal with the land owners permission of course.
Wow !!! Great finds, loved the first scraper. One of the best ive seen. Got to appreciate the working on those things. Hope you put out another video soon.
Thanks Chris. Me and Josey can’t get enough of those high quality flake tools. Videos are hard to come by these days but I’ll definitely be doing a rock talk/overview of the flake blades/scrapers me and josey have found we believe to be at least early archaic and some I’d bet are paleo. Either way I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Take care brother and have a great weekend. Best of luck out there brother
Man those blades are sweet oldies! Awesome points too! Good luck on the next one!
Thank you and same to y’all. Me and Josey are in love with high quality scrapers/ flake tools. Take care brother and have a great night
Heck yeah brother !!! Love those flake scrapers !!! Awesome huntin' !! 😎👊🔥
Thanks brother for the comment. Look out for a rock talk scraper video coming soon. Take care ✌🏻
@@benallen7793 Heck yeah 👊!! I need to show all of mine, and you give opinions 🤣👍... Trying to start an upload now, but gotta delete some stuff ✌... Love your shows and knowledge brother....
Sweet finds , love the video
Thank you very much 🙏🏻 take care and have a great night
Great location! Beautiful unis! ♥
I loved em also till they busted my ass on the Tva property good luck
Brother this isn’t TVA property. If you have a story to tell I’d love to hear it but attacking me and my followers isn’t how you go about it.
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Badda bing badda boom 💥 night brother man