With one swing of the shovel......

[creekwalker]

Didn't really have time for much today, but I decided to go down to the lake, located only a couple of miles from my home. I remembered seeing a "hump" that was exposed during the winter draw-down last year. It had some flint flakes on it, but not much else. On a prayer, I went hoping for a miracle. Sure enough, A few flakes and nothing else. Bummer. I decided to poke at the roots of a tree growing on top of said hump. Literally, with one swing, I knocked off a chunk of sticky dirt exposing the blade edge of an artifact lying face down. The rest is history, as they say. It looks like a Ledbetter (mid-archaic) that is fairly well made, with no damage. Heck yeah! Don't let my name fool you, I'm a digger from way back. Got the certified callouses to prove it! The odds looked very bleak, but you just never know!! That is beautiful to me, friends. The thrill of the hunt.....I love it! Mission Accomplished! Enjoy, thanks and HH folks!

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Creekwalker, nice point and nice handle, my name was creekwalker on the indian artifact web sites at least 10 years ago, well actually it was creekwalker with my zipcode behind it. I walked the creeks, streams, rivers and fields in Missouri for over 20 years before moving back to Florida.........You can't beat hunting creeks, streams and rivers for high quality points and artifacts.......

Did you ever try a plexglass bottom 5 gallon bucket for hunting the holes in the water?

 

[cntrydncr1]

a beauty!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Beautiful point and photo's

Thanks!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

One swing of a shovel and you get that point you must be walking in the creek , with the Great Spirit

 

[gallileo60]

Creekwalker, nice point and nice handle, my name was creekwalker on the indian artifact web sites at least 10 years ago, well actually it was creekwalker with my zipcode behind it. I walked the creeks, streams, rivers and fields in Missouri for over 20 years before moving back to Florida.........You can't beat hunting creeks, streams and rivers for high quality points and artifacts.......

Did you ever try a plexglass bottom 5 gallon bucket for hunting the holes in the water?

Please explain, sounds interesting...Thanks Tom..........................................................Nice find....

 

[Roland58]

Creekwalker, nice point and nice handle, my name was creekwalker on the indian artifact web sites at least 10 years ago, well actually it was creekwalker with my zipcode behind it. I walked the creeks, streams, rivers and fields in Missouri for over 20 years before moving back to Florida.........You can't beat hunting creeks, streams and rivers for high quality points and artifacts.......

Did you ever try a plexglass bottom 5 gallon bucket for hunting the holes in the water?

Please explain, sounds interesting...Thanks Tom..........................................................Nice find....

Great find again, CW!!!

Not treasure_hunter, but:
Replacing the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket with a piece of clear plexiglass allows you to clearly see under the water......just place the bucket in the water, forcing the bottom just under the water's surface and you will have a clear view of the bottom. The plexiglass can easily be cut to fit and you can use aquarium sealer or any other silicon sealer/adhesive to bond the plexi in place.

 

[gallileo60]

Thanks Roland, great idea..i will give it a try next spring....Tom

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Creekwalker, nice point and nice handle, my name was creekwalker on the indian artifact web sites at least 10 years ago, well actually it was creekwalker with my zipcode behind it. I walked the creeks, streams, rivers and fields in Missouri for over 20 years before moving back to Florida.........You can't beat hunting creeks, streams and rivers for high quality points and artifacts.......

Did you ever try a plexglass bottom 5 gallon bucket for hunting the holes in the water?

Please explain, sounds interesting...Thanks Tom..........................................................Nice find....

Great find again, CW!!!

Not treasure_hunter, but:
Replacing the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket with a piece of clear plexiglass allows you to clearly see under the water......just place the bucket in the water, forcing the bottom just under the water's surface and you will have a clear view of the bottom. The plexiglass can easily be cut to fit and you can use aquarium sealer or any other silicon sealer/adhesive to bond the plexi in place.

Roland is correct, both in the use and in the way it is made. I made several of them and they work very well. I hunted a lot of creeks and streams where the average depth was usually 8 inches or less, but there were lots of holes where the water wound be 12 inches or deeper.

Deep holes hold many treasures, in the middle of creeks and streams are holes where I found points using the 5 gallon glass bottom bucket. I have also found many points at the foot of small waterfalls in fields and woods. The water over hundred of years dug holes at the base of the waterfall and points washing down stream got caught in the hole.

I imagine you already know this but after a heavy rainfall and the water has receded is a great time to hunt the water. The edges of creeks and streams collapse under heavy rain, the dirt containing artifacts that were there from campsites thousands of years old wash down stream. Any object that obstructs the flow of the current is where you want to look. logs that are in the stream, rocks, even weeds and scrub brush.

An artifact is washing downstream, when the artifact flows over a log, rock, brush, weeds and so on it falls behind the object where it is then out of the flow of the current. It will remain there till the next heavy rainfall when the creak, stream or river is once again a raging waterway and artifact is dislodged again to move further downstream toll it once again rests, unless the hole is very deep or the object blocking the artifact is large enough to continue to protect it.

 

[creekwalker]

Treasure_Hunter is spot on folks. You have to understand that the creek systems are always changing. Water is a powerful force, indeed. Change is a constant. You would not believe the type of stuff that ends up in these systems! From 1000's of years old artifacts to even historic artifacts, they are there!! You should try it, you just might be surprised at what you will find!

 

[Roland58]

One other little tip to go along with the 5 gallon bucket.......take along one of those "extension grabbers" (as seen on tv). These can prevent you from having to submerse yourself in order to reach an object and can be used in conjunction with the glass bottom bucket!

 

[creekwalker]

Roland58, that is a good suggestion to go along with the Bucket. I have heard of this, (bucket with see-thru bottom) but never really put it in practice. One thing I do as well is, taking a 4-pronged rake and raking the exposed gravels. At times, I have flipped points right out. Other times, I will rake the gravels that have water flowing over them, as I walk upstream. When I come back down, The resulting erosion action, reveals things that were lying just under the surface!! I am definitely going to try the other methods as well. I can't tell you how many deep holes I have passed wondering what was at the bottom. Thanks for the tips Treasure_Hunter and Roland58! I will be incorporating those ideas into my future hunts.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

You are doing well finding the points, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[2bits]

Nice point!
RC

 

[phantomfinder]

Thats a cool find , WTG