Is This A Real Arrowhead? For Absolute Beginners.
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2023
- Maybe you have never found an arrowhead before but you think you have now. How do you know for sure? If you go to some
Facebook groups with you find there are sure to be some meanspirited people that will rip on you no matter what you say. Here are some suggestions. I'm no expert, I'm pretty much a beginner, but I have learned a few things and that is what I am passing along. #artifacts #arrowheads #rocks #rockhounding #flintknapping #arrowheadhunting #artifact #artifacthunting
Tim I use to find them along the river until a certain company bought the land along the river were I use to find them and fenced it off. One could maybe get to it by canoe or kayak. I have bought some from gift shops many years ago that claimed they were authentic but after a little researching I knew I was taken. Your video will help others to not get fooled at the git shops ! Thanks for sharing😊
Thanks for watching and the comment. Sorry you got taken at the gift shop. There are more and more fakes out there and people are getting clever with making points look old. The true experts can get fooled sometimes too as has been reported.
I once tried to fool an expert in artifacts. I had a large spearhead that had been nicely knapped by a friend. It laid in the dirt for two years to get some patina. I took it to an expert. He looked at it with a microscope and he could tell within about a minute that it was modern.
Me and my wife recently found an object and are unsure if it is real or faked. Can I send you some photos of it? Hope to get your insight on it.
I am complimented that you would ask me for my insights. However, I think the best thing to do is to contact your local Department of Natural Resources because they usually have an archaeological department with some real experts that can give you precise information. When I lived in Indiana I did this several times and found that the archaeologists were knowledgeable and super helpful. Another idea is to post it on a Facebook group. The one I belong to is Hoosier Artifact Hunters. You might get more opinions than you want by way of the style of the artifact, but I have posted on there before and received good information. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching the video and commenting.
No, there are no serated scrapers, true scrapers have a flat untouched side and a curved side that is chipped away from the flat side, hafted scrapers have worked sides to fit into an antler handle. Anything worked on both sides is a cutting edge, not a scraping edge. Until you have worked a hide into buckskin, you may not be able to see the difference. And that material was not obsidian, obsidian is much more glass like. :)
Any idea what the black (non-obsidian) material is? Thanks for watching and the comment.