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Collecting Arrowheads!

Collecting arrowheads is a lot like metal detecting. To the average person, it sounds boring and time consuming. But, there is no greater thrill then bending over to pick up an arrowhead that was made over a hundred years ago by a native american.

I have a modest collection of arrowheads that I display with pride. All of them were found in Arkansas by my daughter or myself on private property.

This lens is all about tips for the beginning collector and stories from veteran collectors.

An arrowhead is point of an arrow, or a shape resembling such a point, also known as projectile point. Arrowheads are found all over the world. They are usually made of stone: primarily being flint, obsidian, or cherts. In North America, Arrowheads are sometimes mistakenly attrubuted to the Historic Period American Indians, but are actually from North America's prehistoric ancestors; some arrowheads date back to over 15,000+ years old (Paleo-Clovis Culture). Arrowheads were attached to arrow shafts and "thrown" with an Atl-Atl (which is like a spear thrower) and were never formally used on modern bows as sometimes depicted. Today Arrowheads and other Stone Artifacts are becoming a very popular collectible hobby. There are many clubs and archaeological societies hobbyists can join to learn more about arrowheads and an excellent online resource for more photos is http://www.arrowheadworld.com

This text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, and comes from Wikipedia!

Identifying Arrowheads

If you're looking for a place to identify your arrowheads, you might want to check these sites out.
Identifying Arrowheads!

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Is This A Scraper?

I just found this "scraper" and even after looking through a bunch of sites for identification, I'm still not sure about it.

If any of you can identify it, I'd sure appreciate the help!

It's approx. 3 1/2" long, 1 3/4" wide and 1/2" thick.

In archeology, scrapers are unifacial tools that were used either for hideworking or woodworking purposes. Whereas this term is often used for any unifacially flaked stone tool that defies classification, most lithic analysts maintain that the only true scrapers are defined on the base of use-wear, and usually are those which were worked on the distal ends of blades-- i.e., "end scrapers" or grattoirs. Other scrapers include the so-called "side scrapers" or racloirs, which are made on the longest side of a flake, and notched scrapers, which have a cleft on either side which may have been used to attach them to something else.

Most scrapers are either oval or blade-like in shape. The working edges of scrapers tend to be convex, and many have trimmed and dulled lateral edges to facilitate hafting. One important variety of scraper is the thumbnail scraper, a scraper shaped much like its namesake. This scraper type is common at Paleo-Indian sites in North America.

Arrowheads on eBay

Beware of "modern" arrowheads!

While I collect arrowheads because I enjoy the search for them, a lot of collectors find their treasures at flea markets or buy them over the internet.

I know that mine are "real" treasures of the past because of finding them myself. But, when you buy over the internet or at a flea market, you may be getting an arrowhead that was made yesterday!

There are a lot of people who make arrowheads as a hobby or to make money. Unless you are an expert, it can be nearly impossible to tell one of these "new" arrowheads from an original artifact!

If you insist on buying your arrowheads, the best advice is to only buy from a reputable dealer who will gaurantee authenticity.

JEWEL RESIN MOLDS, OVALS/ARROWHEADS

These molds for casting resin are both durable and reusable. Each mold contains an assortment of shapes commonly used in jewelry making.

Finding Arrowheads

Most of my collecting is done in freshly plowed farm fields.

Every year hundreds of arrowheads are turned up as a farmer does his spring or fall plowing. The best time to spot the arrowheads is right after a heavy rain in a newly plowed field.

The rain washes dirt from the arrowheads and they tend to "stand out" for a short time. But, if you wait to long after the rain, they dry out and blend back in with the ground, making them harder to spot.

Always check with the owner of the property before hunting for your arrowheads! Most famers don't mind letting you walk their freshly plowed fields, but get angry when you do it without permission.

Do some research before you start your hunt. Most areas in this country has been home to native americans at one time or another, but unless you find areas where there have been encampments, you'll spend a lot of time searching in vain.

The link to "Finding Arrowheads" in my links section has some great advice for the beginner as well as the experienced hunter so I won't repeat it here.

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Rockhounding & Geodes

Chances are good that if you collect arrowheads, you're probably a rockhound also. After all, if you're out there hunting for arrowheads, you might as well watch for minerals and geodes too!

Why not take a few minutes and check out my lenses on rockhounding and geodes?

Making Arrowheads

Arrowhead Links

Finding Arrowheads: Almost everyone takes delight in reaching over and picking up a fine, ancient arrowhead that has lain lost for hundreds or even thousands of years. ...
Arrowheads and Projectile Points: The Tools of a Prehistoric Hunter: Arrowheads are the most identifiable archaeological artifact in the world. Whether they've personally collected them from nearby farmlands, ...
ARROWHEADS INDIAN ARTIFACTS PREHISTORIC RELICS ARCHAEOLOGY: Restoration Services Roger Gidney. Arrowheads.com: Serving the collecting community since 1997, OffLine Artifact Collector's Magazine ...
Texas Arrowheads and Indian Artifacts - Virtual Museum: Texas Arrowheads vitual museum with projectile point typology, updated Archaeological information, descriptions and photos of Texas arrowheads and Indian ...
ARROWHEAD MUSEUM - Arrowheads From Around the World: Arrowheads,Lithics from around the world, Flint chert points foliates world wide artifacts points birdpoints Peru, tips Africa, Argentina, China,Egypt, ...
How to Hunt for Arrowheads | eHow.com: How to Hunt for Arrowheads. Native American campgrounds, creeks or plowed fields can hide treasures of long ago. Hobbies, Games & Toys > Science & Nature ...

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Excellent Pictures & Discriptions!

Unless you are an expert, there is no better way to classify your arrowheads then to compare them to pictures from the experts.

So far, I havn't found a better site for great pictures of arrowheads than Right Here!

Enjoy yourself but remember to come back to this site because we'll keep bringing you the latest news and information on collecting arrowheads.

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Tell Me About Your Arrowhead Collection!

If you enjoy hunting for arrowheads, how about telling us about some of your finds?

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interstellaryeller Mar 9, 2009 @ 1:43 pm | delete

Nice lens, i used to collect fossils when I was younger.

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JaguarJulie Mar 4, 2009 @ 4:47 pm | delete

You would think we'd find arrowheads here in Florida, but I remember finding them in Ohio growing up!

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sittonbull Feb 19, 2009 @ 2:43 pm | delete

Nice lens! Sending to my brother, who I've been urging to join squidoo. He is an avid picker. 5* fanned and faved.

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flipflopnana Feb 19, 2009 @ 1:18 pm | delete

Great lens! I am not a collector but have really enjoyed learning a little mor about arrowheads. Thanks!