Buyer BEWARE

[trevmma]

Hey everyone I brought a point to work today to mess with its patina with some chemicals and etc and boy did it get scary. I have argued with people that this is the very same point. Just please know your dealers before you buy. I have purchased off of one very trusty person, prehistoricartifacts.com (jon dickinson) I don't trust anyone else. He would return anything in a heartbeat you question.. This isn't spam for his site I just think that honest people like him should be told about so people (novices don't lose money.

 

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[mainejman]

Wow that is scarey.I don't want my carefree hobby tainted by the worry of being ripped off.I can see where you would want to find a trusted artifact dealer.Keeping my finds personal.I don't hate anybody in my life and I don't want to start...mjm

 

[rock]

So was the point a repro and why would you even want to try that?

 

[trevmma]

It's a fake . It's the only way to learn rock

 

[southfork]

What chemicals did you use ? So the before is the point on the right ?

 

[trevmma]

Yeah. I don't know what chemicals I just put stuff together and dried it. Lol with walnut oil too

 

[NC field hunter]

Kinda dangerous Trev! Lol!

 

[Cachefind09]

All the edges and flake ridges look sharp and freshly made which probably won't fool someone whose been hunting and looking at flint for many years. Be careful with what you mix, it's hard to predict what will be produced when you mix chemicals with natural organic compounds. You might want to use a respirator while doing this.

 

[Tnmountains]

No one ever wants to admit when they get burned. I was given a bunch of arrowheads and they are now decorations in a flower pot.Hopefully you always keep bought and found separate then no one can question your collection.

 

[southfork]

I don't know what the patina looks like outside of where I hunt . But if I left one soak in chemicals it would sure change color . I find points sharp as the day they were made with no patina other than a little dirt in the hinges . I'll leave all the COA's up to the experts and try to refrain from buying artifacts .

 

[rock]

I don't know what the patina looks like outside of where I hunt . But if I left one soak in chemicals it would sure change color . I find points sharp as the day they were made with no patina other than a little dirt in the hinges . I'll leave all the COA's up to the experts and try to refrain from buying artifacts .

That is so true on patina. If a point is in the water for many years it will look like it was made yesterday here. It will have some staining but as far as mineral deposits there wont be much if any. Some might think they are fakes so it would be a hard to prove and it really makes a difference in the lithic types. The hardest lithic to see any difference is the black flint and white quartz. Quartzite shows well.

 

[trevmma]

They would had to excel in the water within a couple hundred years after they were made

 

[rock]

The creeks here are clear not much water stain other than normal green from plant life in the water. I have many found in the creek with next to none as far as deposits go or stain. The bottoms are sand and cobbles hardly any mud.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Seen people use acid paths to try to age points.....