Found this quartz arrowhead while digging a target

[n3tuf]

I was hunting an 200 year old house today and my detector was picking up some metal and while digging around 6-8" down I saw this white quartz arrowhead along with some square nails come out of the dirt. I wonder if the arrowhead was there before the house was built or used by Indians visiting the owners? It was found between their parking lot and the house.

 

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[kuger]

You are right kuger, not all are. It is fun to find them though,, durn I would love to find a flint, agate, or obsidian out here!!!! I miss them so.

Now agate,chert and obsidian ones are COMMON here,especially obsidian.Over the mountain from me here the obsidian is three feet deep for miles...the source.The Indians right here though had to trade for it,and did,but they reused it over and over and unless it is burial it is usually not very appealing to the eye!

 

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[Dave44]

I grew up in N.M. and found many of em, I always liked them, even the ugly ones. and flint we found in all colors but it made such an even, concentric looking point. I always thought the quartz looked rather bulky but I have found a few really sweet ones. Show us some of your beauts kuger!

 

[Eric Willoughby]

Kuger, I wasnt saying you were wrong, I was mostly directing my comment towards the statement by a collector that quartz was used because it held onto dirt, which would intentionally cause infections. The natives did no such thing, if they wanted to maximize the death factor, they had very strong poison recipes for that purpose. I was very wrong in saying that quartz was easy to knap, I am guilty of speaking of what I was picturing in my head, rather than from experience. Sorry, I knew better than to do that. However, quartz was used alot here because we simply lack the more ideal stones that the midwest and western states have. We certainly don't have agate, chert, or obsidian, we do have some flint in areas, but it's not a huge abundance until you get into Northern Tennessee and Kentucky. The area I am speaking from knowlege of is limited to North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama.

Again Kuger, I appologize if it sounded like I was calling you a liar...... I really wasn't.

 

[kuger]

Kuger, I wasnt saying you were wrong, I was mostly directing my comment towards the statement by a collector that quartz was used because it held onto dirt, which would intentionally cause infections. The natives did no such thing, if they wanted to maximize the death factor, they had very strong poison recipes for that purpose. I was very wrong in saying that quartz was easy to knap, I am guilty of speaking of what I was picturing in my head, rather than from experience. Sorry, I knew better than to do that. However, quartz was used alot here because we simply lack the more ideal stones that the midwest and western states have. We certainly don't have agate, chert, or obsidian, we do have some flint in areas, but it's not a huge abundance until you get into Northern Tennessee and Kentucky. The area I am speaking from knowlege of is limited to North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama.

Again Kuger, I appologize if it sounded like I was calling you a liar...... I really wasn't.

THANK YOU,for clearing that up,no offense taken,and we are all guilty of trying to convey what we are thinking into typing!!!

Dave44 you have a pm

 

[spitfire55]

 

[HISPAN]

Nice arrowheads !
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[romeo-1]

Just to add to the discussion, quartz is very common here in the north east as are quartz arrow heads...I've got many. Some of my best points are quartz!

Sorry, crappy pic.

 

[Deno]

That is a neat one.

 

[Tank69]

beautiful point there ya got .


I found 1 when I first started hunting a couple years ago but now after 10-12 points I've only found the 1 of quartz .

 

[Alnitak]

I grew up in southeastern PA; quartz and quartzite arrowheads were common there, as were jasper arrowheads. Those were the most accessible and useful stone types to be found.

Often early settlement sites were near the same locations native americans had settled, for similar reasons--the availability of local resources such as water, etc. Not too uncommon to find early american and indian artifacts on the same sites.

 

[kuger]

That one is stunning Tank!!!!I feel sorry for your eastern Indians that had to use that stuff

 

[romeo-1]

Here's the coincidence of the day...I found a quartz arrowhead today and I wasn't even looking for points!

BTW...nice find OP!

 

[kuger]

Here's the coincidence of the day...I found a quartz arrowhead today and I wasn't even looking for points!

BTW...nice find OP!

Yes,to the O.P. sorry,and if you found it out west it would be rare!!

 

[dfx willy]

i think we get the rariety POINT! nice find. willy

 

[jamesbibb]

I was told by a collector that quartz arrowheads were used for warfare because they would retain dirt in them and the enemy would die from infection.

Nonsense, some people just make up thier own "facts".

Quartz, is used because it is easy to knap and it's plentiful. Quartz arrowheads are very common.

thats mostly what is found around here!

 

[bartholomewroberts]

Sometime you can find quartz crystal points up here in B.C.

 

[kuger]

i think we get the rariety POINT! nice find. willy

Arent these forums for discussion??

 

[root]

I was hunting an 200 year old house today and my detector was picking up some metal and while digging around 6-8" down I saw this white quartz arrowhead along with some square nails come out of the dirt. I wonder if the arrowhead was there before the house was built or used by Indians visiting the owners? It was found between their parking lot and the house.

Am I correct in assuming you are in S.E. Pa? The Lenni Lenape(Delaware) indians used quartz as there is much of it here in this area..

 

[liftloop]

 

[september]

Nice find!