Advice? Total newbie doesn't really know where to start...

[Noah_D]

Howdy folks, I've stumbled across a few broken pieces of points while out detecting but I don't ever have any luck when I go out specifically to find artifacts. I've heard a lot of people say that they looked for weeks (and found nothing) and than talked to someone who had experience and started finding things much easier. Does anyone have any tips of where to look (I've walked some fields and creeks near me but anything specific?) or how to look? By how to look I mean like how fast to go and what exactly to look for and that sort of thing. Thanks in advance for any tips or advice!

 

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[FloodcityTom]

I usually find points when I am out looking for Civil war artifacts, usually in a plowed field after a rain or in Jan/Feb/Mar when the rains and snows have "washed" the fields. Do your research, talk to the old timers especially the older farmers and ask them if they have found Native American artifacts and where. I've had these old timers tell me that Native Americans liked to camp in a place faceing east where the sun would shine on them best in the winter and early spring, they'd move into the low hills with plenty of shade during summer and ALWAYS ALWAYS near some running water. LEARN WHAT your artifacts looks like. It might pay to visit a local meuseum with a display of NA points, tools etc. For example, the points I found in Civil war country in Virginia Near the Rapahannock were usually white or even red quartz, stuck out like Christmas tree lights in the orangish clay soil. However, Hunting around Winchester Va and in West Va, darker soil, I had to train my eye to look for darker flint points which don't stand out so much. I know I've passed things up because my eye was not trained to the type of material I was looking for. Last, when you figure out what your points look like and what they were MADE OUT of, try to find the areas that have that type of rock material. You just might get lucky and find an ancient "factory".

Best of Luck!

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

Sorry! A lot of NE Ohio was claimed by CT and was (and the area sometimes still is) known as the Connecticut Western Reserve. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for that history, as that's VERY much like where we live,
parts of Oregon and Northern Calif. have been claiming they are in THE State of Jefferson - a dream since 1941 .........!~