Pretty cool find

[RC]

This is a piece of a pot I found once. It was dated at over 2000 years.RC

[RC]

[RC]

[Robert Armstrong]

Good eye!

[30coupe]

My Grandpa Yost had a knack for finding arrowheads and other Indian artifacts. He had a huge collection, which was stolen by some rotten bastard who will hopefully rot in hell...oops...got a little carried away there.

Anyway, I used to ride on the tractor with him when he was cultivating corn. He had a long stick that he always kept on the hood of the tractor. Every once in a while he'd stop and use the stick to uncover a hill of corn that had been accidentally covered up. Invariably though, he'd stop and point the stick at the ground and say, "hop off and pick that up." Nine times out of ten, I couldn't see what he was pointing at until I got down and moved to the end of his stick. There would be an arrowhead, often only part of it sticking out of the ground. I'd grab it and hand it to him. He'd slip it into the top pocket on his bib overalls, and we'd go on cultivating. I couldn't count the number of times that happened. Sometimes we'd walk across the road and roam the neighbor's field looking for arrowheads or other artifacts. I found a few, mostly broken ones. Grandpa had axe heads, spear points, arrow heads, grinding stones, and many other stone artifacts. I have a handful that he gave me before he died. The rest went with the slimeball who broke into Grandpa's bee shed and made off with them.

I have his most prized find though: an arrow head about the size of a dime! He kept it in an envelope with a piece of sewing thread tied around the base to keep from losing it. It was stored inside the clock that stood on his old library table/desk. The clock and desk now sit in my den. Someday I hope to pass them on to one of my grandkids.

Thanks for the post! It brought back some very pleasant memories.

[TxAg]

Originally posted by Butts2:
Pictures will have to wait as the Turkey season starts in 4 days. The find was in a Cedar forested area here in CO. Pulled up on the internet that one discovered Cedar tree had 1,460 rings and that Cedar trees in the western U.S. can take 6 to 10 centuries to decompose.
I think I am going to have to sit there for a bit when I go back to take pictures      

Wow, that's amazing..thanks for sharing.

[Shawn Leonard]

Can't wait for pics. I am in area rich in arrowheads, the Iroqouis tribes got 90% of their flint used for arrowheads about 12 miles from my house. They say other indian tribesman traveled hundreds and hundreds of miles to trade for this flint, yet I have never found any arrow heads. A buddy of mine has found hundreds. I think stuff like this is just too cool!! Shawn

[JamesKerr]

Cool find!

[freeman]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/freeman72/002_zps95d2ef11.jpg?t=1365561362


A few I've found...

[Butts2]

Dandy pic of that one in the ground RC
The 15 or so that I found were close to that one on RC's finger tips.
30coupe ...that first sentence made me laugh 3 or 4 times...thankyou

[parshal]

I found a similar area to what describe back when I lived in GA on the banks of a large lake that was low.  You could sit cross-legged and see the chips all around and between your legs.  It was really cool.

[Izzy]

Cool, would love to see pics.

[RunninWild77]

Awesome, this kinds stuff just fascinates me! Cant wait for pics!

[Elksong]

Very cool, Rick! You should probably take me to that spot so I can verify your story.....    . I bet it will be a little hard to find for a few days after foot of snow we got last night!

[T-Bowhunter]

Thanks for sharing.

[Butts2]

http://m412.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/tradbutts2/CIMG1215.jpg.html?newest=1&

[Butts2]

Don't know how to get the image across, so i will stop here for now. This is the way the stones were located. I have 10+ pic's. Fellow i took up there is really into finding artifacts. In 20 minutes he found at least 20 "fragments" in the surrounding area. I heard the word thanks for showing me this 50x  

[Butts2]

http://mob412.photobucket.com/albums/pp204/tradbutts2/CIMG1215.jpg

[shankspony]

Really cool! The pre european people of New Zealand never developed bows and their length of occupation here is over a much shorter period so we don't tend to find as many artifacts. I still remember the day I was walking along, mind on other things, and something clicked in my brain. What had I just seen? I retraced my steps about 30 yards and there poking out of the ground was the tip of a stone axe.

Many of your guys sentiments strike a cord. i've spent many hours holding that axe and running my hands over it just trying to picture the people and life they lived on the land that is now in my stewardship, marveling at the skill and patience it must have taken to create such a thing.

[Keefer]

Craig,
We do the same thing on this side of the creek..I love to sit and picture what it was like and how much use did a certain artifact have given to it's creator...Then it was laid to rest and I wonder and think "just how many years did it lay in this spot" before I stumbled upon it?
I respect it's maker and how much time was used to make such a tool ...Good find there...