Advice hunting points in central Virginia

[vabuckhunter]

I am new at arrowhead hunting, I have found a few while metal detecting and fishing but never while I was actually looking for them. All the points I have found have been Quartz, is that all I can expect in my area (Rockingham County) since there is no flint around. I was also wondering if there is such a thing as a river being too big to hunt. I live near the Shenandoah River and its not a huge river but is quite sizeable. Thanks in advance.

 

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[Indian Steve]

You should be in a good area and you should be looking for flint points as well. Natives traded material for making relics from long distances in some cases. If you don't look for flint points, you won't find any. Good Luck!

 

[Charl]

I had a friend who hunted fields on the Nottoway River a lot. Most of his points were quartz and quartzite. Virginia does have a great deal of quartzite of all colors.

 

[DigIron2]

You should have quite a bit of material over there by the mountains. Try your gravel bars. They say those little side creeks that run into main rivers are really good places to look too.